Lexis, Centre of Greek Language & Culture
Daskalogianni 48, Splatzia sq. , Crete, Chania, Crete 73100-Chania, Greece
Lexis, Centre of Greek Language & Culture
Online private courses are offered in packages of 20 hours with two meetings/per week and 2 hours duration in each meeting.Days and time of the lessons it is necessary to agreed before enrollment.
During the high season May-October the online private courses are offered only in the early afternoon(14:00-19:00 Greek time)
Listening, Speaking, Pronunciation, Reading, Writing, Vocabulary and Grammar
Class schedule may change depending on availability and season.
Average | 1 student |
Maximum | 1 student |
Age range | 16 - 65 years old |
Average | 39 years old (30 in the summer) |
The Centre offers programs to adults of every nationality who want to learn Modern Greek, to improve it or to perfect their knowledge of the language and at the same time discover Greece itself, via lively teaching methods and also through various activities that the Centre offers outside the classroom. We offer courses for beginners, intermediate, advanced and level of perfection. Also, special courses can be offered per request as Literature Courses, modern Greek language courses for translators/interpreters, ancient Greek language courses, summer Greek language courses for juniors, oral practicing courses and exam’s preparation courses (for the official examination of the Greek language).
Private lessons are also offered.
The school has two fully equipped classrooms, a small library, kitchen used as a refreshment –room by our students and where the cooking activities that are offered by the Centre are taking place.
Free of charge is provided the teaching material to the intensive courses and also some cultural activities, such as:
- one hour presentation from the fields of greek painting or greek music-poetry or greek cinema
- a visit to a museum, to an exhibition, to a monument or to a place of one's work (e.g. to a lawyer's office, to a painter's studio or to a farm during the hours that people are working)
- a drink/coffee together with all the students and the teachers in a kafeneion in the town or in the neighboring suburbs
- preparing a typical Greek dish in the kitchen of the school and eating with the students
- screening of one or two greek film on the school premises
- one hour Cretan dance lesson on the school premises
The nationality and age mix at Lexis, Centre of Greek Language & Culture varies over different time periods, courses and levels. Throughout the year, the average age is 39. In the summer, the average age is 30.
LEXIS CENTRE teaches students from all over the world, including:
Lexis Greek Language and Culture Centre is located at the historical square of Splantzia with the high plant tree in the middle and the minaret which sits on top of the church of Saint Nikolaos at the east part of the square. Splatzia is 5 minutes on foot from the Municipal Market and from the Venetian harbor of Chania.
I had 2 weeks 2 hours private lessons. The lesson were held in places outside (coffee shops etc.) The teacher was comitted and well prepared.
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Show details » Read more...We had an amazing experience with Lexis Language school in beautiful Chania, Crete.
The school was able to accomodate both me as mother and my daughter 8 years old at the same time but in different classes. The level of difficulty was appropriate for us both and most importantly my daughter both learned and had fun at the same time.
I recommend this language school fully.
I had booked a basic greek language class in May 2024. Because no other student with my knowledge level had enrolled, instead of 4 hours a day in a group I had 2 hours per day lessons 1 on 1 which I thought was very efficient. My teacher, Evi, was wonderful and I learned a lot. The amount of theory, excercise, cultural learning etc. was great.
I also liked the location of the school: it is located in a beautiful part of Chania with nice cafes/restaurants close by.
Hi. This is Mario from Italy.
Με λένε Μάριο στη ελληνικά!
My experience to the Lexis center was great.
I took one week of an intensive course and I was quite lucky ‘couse we were just the 2 of us at the same level, at the beginning of June. We got long very nice and the teacher was super.
The course is really intense. It takes almost the hole day through the class, activates and exercises at home.
You have to be prepared that it’s not a vacation although you are by the sea, and the season is starting!
Chania is a lovely little town to stay and the school is right in the center close to everything.
I hope to go back soon.
Highly recommended
Our teacher enthusiastically taught us the alphabet and went through exercises with us. They care for your language needs and current skills very well. The progress you make is really depending on oneself, how much time you are willing to spend learning the language. My expectations on myself was only to get to know the alphabet which was quickly fulfilled within one week. Also I could get out cultural and historical aspects since our teacher was an authenthic creten citizen and the class size allowed a pragmatic exchange not only tailored to learning Greek. Only negative was that some of the copies of the exercise materials were not readable.
Show details » Read more...The teacher was very good and the classes were exactly at the level which I'm at now. First week there were two of us, and the second I was the only one on my level. The classrooms are small, but adequately sized for 2-5 people. The location is perfect. Right in the centre above a cafe with nice coffee and bisquits. There were only one activity, film, that I didn't attend. If it had been later in the evening, I might have joined. There are plenty of hotels, airbnbs etc in the area. I liked the course a lot and I will come back.
Show details » Read more...As there were no students of my level, I did 2 hours of lessons per day in private lessons.
The teacher was very competent, very friendly and the lessons lively.
The only downside was the temperature, it was really cold.
We also did not do any activities, apart from lessons.
I had a great time at Lexis, individual lessons on my level.
Flexible, when I asked for timetable changes.
I liked the activities (cooking, films, dinner all together).
But: I chose this school, because they offer host family as accommodation, but I was told, that for these two weeks, they couldn't give me a host family. I thought, maybe there was no family left, I didn't know, how many students choose host family. But when I came to Chania, I heard that no one of the other students stayed with a host family.
It seems to be offered, but not available.
Everything was fine. Our teacher Evangelia was patient, structured and very clear in her way of teaching. humorous.
Show details » Read more...My 3 children attended the school for 1 week and learnt so much! The class was challenging but fun and they made a lot of progress in a week.
The teachers were friendly and engaging and they enjoyed the activities provided (Greek dancing, cooking and museum visit)
Thank you Lexis
I arrived at Lexis school Monday morning. They told me I had a 2 hours class that morning with one teacher, Vaggelo (a woman), and an hour class later that day (all private), with Maria. Vaggelo didn't really test my Greek language skills, but started right away with a conversation about a subject that was a bit too difficult for a start. Also she spoke very fast in Greek and sometimes it was hard to understand her English, and my English is not that bad, as I always go on holiday with English people and lot of my friends are English. I had expected that we would start easier and built it up to my level. So I was a bit nervous and it was difficult for me to talk. The class later with Maria, more on grammar, was better and interactive and I was less stressed and more relaxed, as Maria seemed more motivated and I could better understand her Greek and English.
The next morning I started again with Vaggelo, and again I was a bit stressed, so after an hour I asked her if we could adjust the lessons, and if I could bring in the subjects we would talk about and do more exercises from the book, so put more variation in the lessons, so not only conversation, as it is very hard to talk on your own for 2 hours. She was OK with that and from then I felt more relaxed and it went well. The lessons with Maria were good all the time. But still I wasn't very comfortable with Vaggelo, as sometimes she seemed disinterested and distracted, but maybe that was just my observation. But I heard from 2 other women that had classes with her that she mostly was like this, even 3 years ago.
Another thing that was a disadvantage, was that my classes were not always in the morning from 9.00-12.00. Sometimes it was from 12.00-15.00, in the middle of the day, so I didn't have much time before or after to go on a excursion outside Chania by bus or by bike. But they adjusted the schedule a bit, when I noticed it earlier that week, when they gave my schedule. But I understand that it was difficult, as they also have to consider other students.
But overall I really enjoyed the classes, although it was pretty tiring and intensive, 15 hours private classes, so if I do it a next time, I would prefer to be in a class with at least 2 people, and, to be honest, not with Vaggelo as a teacher. I wanted to thank her and say officially goodbye to her after my last class, but she was gone very quickly. I think I've learned a lot, and it was a great experience, and feel more confident to speak now. I will start conversation lessons here in The Hague, with a Greek teacher, this Saturday.
The location of Lexis was very nice, it was pleasant to walk to school every day through the old city of Chania. I didn't join the extra activities, like the movie, as I had enough to do and see outside school, like cycling, walking and sightseeing in Chania by myself and with 2 Dutch ladies who were also attending classes at Lexis. We also had our diner together most nights. I stayed in an apartment very near to the old town and the bus station, and it was very good and the owner lend me a bike. On one of my bike trips I drove into the mountains, which was fantastic!
I had a great week in Chania, the weather was superb, and I did really enjoy the classes at Lexis, and practicing my Greek all week.
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