When are lessons held?

Classes, starting from Oct 2023, are held from Monday to Saturday, 6 days X 120 min / day (12 normal hours / week*) in small classes from 1 to 4 students. 10 additional hours of activities / week (dance lessons, lectures, conversation classes, games, cooking evenings, etc.). There are no classes on Sunday. You can have your room from Sunday (check-in) to Sunday (check-out).  Classes until September 30th 2023 take place from Monday to Friday at the same time and with the same number of students / class.
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* Language schools  announce teaching hours, equal to 45 min. 20 teaching hours / week (4 teaching hours / day) is equal to 15 hours / week 

Accommodation

We provide accommodation to our students, in our guesthouse, located next to the classrooms, in a magical spot of the island, 1,5 Km away from the settlement of Arethousa, in direct contact with the natural environment. If you want to to enroll in a course without staying at our guesthouse please contact us in advanced. Please note that if you choose to stay outside our guesthouse, you will need to have your own vehicle or book a room in the settlement of Arethousa, located 1,5 Km away from Ikarian Centre. The settlement of Arethousa is the only place where you can walk to the Centre.

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Cost

– Courses until Sept 30th 2023

1 week 910 Euros, 2 or more weeks 595 Euros / week. Accommodation in private double occupancy room equal to 35 Euros / day is also included in the previous cost. You can share your room with a fellow traveler who does not participate in the lessons with no extra cost.  (-50% in the accommodation fee if you share your room with a student you travel with). Classes are taking place in small groups up to 4 participants / class, from Mon to Friday x 120 min / day. Extra activities are offered in the afternoon. Meals and breakfast are not included. Course materials, local transport, free pick up from Evdilos port and excursions on the island are also included.  No free pick up from the port of Agios Kirikos or the airport. We can arrange a taxi that will cost you ~ 50 Euros (40 Km of driving)

– Courses after Oct 1st 2023

Note for courses after Oct 1st 2023: Many of our students are coming back regularly. If you enrol in a course for two or more weeks within 2 year from your previous participation, we’ll be happy to deduct an additional 10% of the total fee mentioned below. The cost is not calculated automatically in the submission form, you can count that you’ll pay -10% of the total sum. The same deduction applies to a person who comes with you for the first time in our lessons, and share the room with you.

1 week:  924 910€ / person For more than 1 week, 785 700 Euro / week / person  Accommodation is included. Each person has his / her own double occupancy room with private bathroom and kitchenette.  -50% in accommodation cost, if you share your room with a student you travel with. If you are traveling with a fellow traveler who is not participating in the lessons and activities, you can share the room with him / her at no extra cost. The cost of these courses also includes:

  1. Greek language lessons from Monday until Saturday (Saturday including).
  2. SMALL CLASSES: up to 4 students / class
  3. Breakfasts and simple meals for students staying at the guesthouse.
  4. Transfers from ports and airport on Sundays, for students staying at the guesthouse.
  5. Outdoor activities: If you sign up for a course after November you can participate in the olive picking. If you sign up for a course in May, you can join hikes around the island. In the Easter lessons you can participate in the Orthodox Easter events.
  6. Local transfers after the lessons to nearby beaches and settlements, depending on the season, for students staying at the guesthouse
  7. Excursions to the island
  8. The course materials
  9. Activities (discussion classes, songs, lectures and screenings, dance lessons and cooking evenings, etc.)

Select a course and enrol

  • Classes are held from Monday to Friday. After October 1st 2023, classes are held from Monday to Saturday
  • You can miss 1-2 first or last lessons, if your schedule does not allow you to attend them. In this case there is NO tuition discount
  • If you arrive by ferry to Evdilos on Monday, you will not miss the first lesson, because it is in the afternoon.

You can enroll in on of the following Greek language courses, according to your background in Greek language. Select the appropriate course, choose a date and submit the form.The calendars are updated with the courses up to May 2024. The summer 2024 courses will be announced later. If you want to stay informed, subscribe to the newsletter, at the very end of this page.

Greek language courses- Enrolment
If you at least understand when you listen and if you can verbally answer questions like “τι δουλειά κάνεις; Τι δουλειά έκανε ο πατέρας σου; Πού μένει η μητέρα σου; Πού πήγες χθες;  Πού ήσουν το πρωί; Τι θα φάμε αύριο; Πρέπει να αγοράσεις γάλα σήμερα;“; also if you are sure that you will try to communicate with the teachers and other students outside the classroom in Greek without having to immediately “switch” to English or another language, then you should enroll in on of these Greek language courses, for students with an existing background. Students at these levels may still need to learn and begin to become familiar with basic verb tenses, or need more vocabulary and grammar to discuss an abstract topic (such as the environment, climate change, a play seen at the cinema) , or need vocabulary and grammar to understand the language of newspapers and television, or finally can already understand newspapers and television, and want a refresher on their Greek. During the lessons we try, outside the classroom, to speak ONLY Greek. Different classes will be formed, depending on the needs and level of the students. If you think that you will not be able to communicate at all in Greek outside the classroom, also if you do not understand and cannot answer the above questions, you should choose another Greek language course. If you don’t know what to choose, please contact us

Enrollment

You can register for one or more weeks with arrival on the following days:
  • 2023: July 16th 2023, July 30th 2023, August 20th 2023, September 3rd 2023, September 17th 2023, October 1st 2023, November 19th 2023,
  • 2024: May 19th 2024
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Greek 4 false beginners – Enrollment

If you can read and write short texts in Greek, you have a limited vocabulary, but you can’t form your own sentences to have a small conversation (introduce yourself or learn something about someone else), also if you don’t know how to form any other tense of the verb except the present tense, you must enroll in one of these Greek courses for false beginners, which are aimed at students with very limited skills.

In the lessons we will try to expand the vocabulary, get familiar with the use of adjectives and nouns in simple sentences, learn how to form sentences like “Θέλω να φάω μουσακά” or “Πρέπει να πάω στον γιατρό”, and make an introduction in the use of the basic tenses of the verb (simple future and infinitive). You can enroll in classes for one or two weeks, depending on the season.

Not sure if you should enroll in this course? If you DO NOT understand and can’t verbally answer questions like “τι δουλειά κάνεις; Τι δουλειά έκανε ο πατέρας σου; Πού μένει η μητέρα σου; Πού πήγες χθες;  Πού ήσουν το πρωί; Τι θα φάμε αύριο; Πρέπει να αγοράσεις γάλα σήμερα;” you must enroll in this course. If you are still not sure, please contact us

Register

You can register for one or more weeks with arrival on the following days:

  • 2023: July 16th 2023, July 30th 2023, September 3th 2023, September 17th 2023, October 1st 2023, October 29th 2023,
  • 2024: April 28th 2024

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If you can speak in the past and the future, please come in a Greek language course for more advanced users

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Greek 4 absolute beginners- Enrollment

If you are starting from scratch, you don’t know how to read and write and how to conjugate simple verbs to answer simple questions in the present tense, like  “Πού μένεις; Τι δουλειά κάνεις; Κάθε πότε τρως μακαρόνια;” you must join the Greek language course for absolute beginners

This is an introduction course on the Greek language. In the lessons we will learn to read short texts written in the Greek alphabet, use verbs in the present tense and introduce ourselves to others. We will also develop a basic vocabulary of 300 words and learn to use adjectives and nouns in simple sentences. You can enroll in this course for one or two weeks.

Not sure if you should take this course? Contact us

Register

You can register two weeks with arrival on the following days:

  • 2023:July 16th 2023, August 20th 2023, September 17th 2023, October 29th 2023
  • 2024: April 28th 2024

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