A long-running initiative for young Modern Greek language learners from Simon Fraser University (SFU) and the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs, staellinika continues to expand its offerings to reach new people and make learning good Greek easier. It recently added an AI tool that draws from a human-authored database to answer questions about Greek grammar and vocabulary.
The interactive language-learning resources it provides are available to speakers of English, French, German, Spanish, and Portuguese.
Story-driven and game-based language courses, designed to engage everyone in the Greek diaspora from preschoolers to teenagers to adults, form the basis of staellinika. These were developed through Rebooting the Greek Language, a project of the SNF Centre for Hellenic Studies and the SNF New Media Lab at SFU, with support from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF).
A collaborative effort of the SNF Center for Hellenic Studies and the General Secretariat for Greeks Abroad at the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the platform is built to reach heritage learners around the world at home through independent study and through school curricula.