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Hellenic Communication Service - January 23, 2003

A Call For Action

Landmark Report Evaluates Greek Language Education

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Few Americans have been as influential in their fields as Dr. John A. Rassias, Dartmouth's world-renowned pioneer in foreign language teaching. The Rassias Method, also known as the Dartmouth Intensive Language Model, has been adopted by language teachers in hundreds of colleges, universities, and high schools in North America, Europe, Africa and Asia, and is currently being used for instruction in 180 languages. In 1998, Dr. Rassias headed a Commission which reported to Archbishop Spyridon on the state of Greek language education in the U.S. The 99-page report took over a year to complete, undertook a thorough analysis of the current situation, and made many specific recommendations. The text presented here is excerpted from the report.

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