Greek Language Program Objective

The Boston Language Institute, New England’s leading language school, offers Greek language courses to individuals and companies. The quality of instruction provided in our Greek language classes are on a par with the best native Greek language school.

We consider it to be the major goal of our program to have you use Greek in as large a variety of real-life situations as possible. To that end, our Greek courses have been designed to build fluency in both the spoken and the written language. Communication in a warm and relaxed environment is an important feature of our programs, as is homework, which includes exercises for review and practice of the material taught in class. Moreover, by keeping the class size limited to twelve students, we ensure that each student will be able to actively participate.

Level 1 Greek
Introduces both spoken and written Greek and aims to give beginning students a practical command of the language. Upon completion of this course, students can expect to be able to talk about a range of everyday topics using the simple present and simple future tenses. Proper pronunciation and the development of conversational proficiency are strongly emphasized as a foundation for further learning. Among the topics introduced in Level One are adjectives, noun gender, and simple sentence structure.
(Greek 1+1, Lessons 1-3)

Level 2 Greek
Upon completion of Level Two, students should be able to engage in more sophisticated conversations on a wider range of everyday topics. Among the topics introduced at this level are main and subordinate clauses, possessives and the past tense. Information about modern Greek culture is introduced to enhance studentsÕ appreciation and use of the language.
(Greek 1+1, Lessons 3-6)

Private Programs

Immersion Program

Text and Supplementary Materials

Since communication in a foreign language requires an understanding of the cultural context, our aim is to teach you the living language through carefully selected textbooks, newspaper and magazine articles and other relevant materials, rather than have you repeat and memorize tourist phrases.

Since 1981, we have reviewed many university-level Greek textbooks and have selected Greek 1+1 as the one that best fulfills the objectives of our students in beginning and intermediate levels. Teachers provide texts and supplementary materials at the higher levels. Books may be purchased at the Boston University Bookstore, 660 Beacon St., Boston.

Tuition and Course Organization

Tuition for the Greek program at all levels is $599. There is a non-refundable $35 registration fee for first-time students only.

In addition to our core program, we offer a Daytime Intensive program which covers three to four semesters in eight weeks - offering the greater likelihood of actually speaking, as well as reading and writing, the language than a traditional university course. Tuition for the Daytime Intensive Program is $2,396. And the cost for the Group Immersion Program is $2,995.

The Boston Language Institute Guarantee

Because of the individualized nature of our programs and the high quality of our instruction, we guarantee your satisfaction. If you are not satisfied with the quality of instruction within the first two weeks of a main session, or the first week of an accelerated session, we will refund your tuition in full.
Refund requests must be made no later than the business day after the second meeting of a once-a-week or the fourth meeting of a twice-a-week class of a Main Session; and no later than the business day after the first meeting of a once-a-week or the second meeting of a twice-a-week class of an Accelerated Session.

Class Schedules

We encourage students to register at least a week before the session starts, especially since classes are limited to 12 students. A Program Coordinator will be happy to take registration information by phone (617-262-3500 x241), fax or e-mail.