Beliefs and attitudes of teachers of secondary education regarding the teaching of modern Greek as a foreign language, and the role of ICTs

Maria Geroula *

Department of Greek Philology, Democritus University of Thrace Greece.
 
Research Article
Magna Scientia Advanced Research and Reviews, 2023, 08(02), 176–192
Article DOI: 10.30574/msarr.2023.8.2.0115
Publication history: 
Received on 23 June 2023; revised on 09 August 2023; accepted on 11 August 2023
 
Abstract: 
This research focuses on attitudes and beliefs of professors of secondary education regarding the teaching of Modern Greek as a second/foreign language to students. Initially, are mentioned the multiculturalism models and the basic principles of intercultural education. It is very important to distinguish the mother language (L1) from second (L2) and foreign (FL) language and to find the factors that influence their acquisition or learning. In the research part, is described the research methodology and the main purpose of research. More specifically, the sample of survey was 70 professors of Greek language and the research tool was the questionnaire. The attitudes of teachers are investigated with correlation to gender, level of education and years of teaching experience. Finally, follows the results in comparison with the results of other similar researches. Although teachers seem to support and apply to a large extent effective teaching practices for an intercultural education, do not seem to feel ready to support non-native speaker students in learning Greek. Therefore, it is necessary to be made radical changes to educational system in order to tackle assimilation and help teachers have confident to promote a real multicultural education.
 
Keywords: 
Models of Multicultural Education; Intercultural Education Teaching Modern Greek; Mother Language; Second Language; Foreign Language Language
 
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