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“Employing The “Word Wall” Approach As A Means Of Enhancing The Motivational Tendencies Of My Greek L2 Learners Towards Vocabulary Tasks”

How many times have you, as an English practitioner, encountered teaching situations which seemed or eventually became too inflexible to control? How many times have you actually considered the fact that TEFL may, at times, be an arduous activity leaving you problematized and/or devoid of thought as to what to do next? Well, being myself a ‘reflective practitioner’ (Schon, 1983), I know, based on personal teaching experience, that there are always solutions to implement that can bring balance to your teacher-self! The ELT situation I would like to share with you involves an upper-intermediate class which consisted of twelve, Greek,…

“Employing The “Word Wall” Approach As A Means Of Enhancing The Motivational Tendencies Of My Greek L2 Learners Towards Vocabulary Tasks”

University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations Student FORUM

  Are your students interested in studying abroad? Do they know which the best available English certificate for their career is? Would they like to meet and discuss with the experts? University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations invites your students to an inaugural event with all the answers:   “Ready to study or work abroad? Do it with Cambridge English: Advanced!” An opportunity for your students to answer all their questions on English language qualifications for studying in the UK and meet experts from Cambridge ESOL, University College London (UCL), Kingston University    Your students will:   Find out why Cambridge…

University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations Student FORUM

Exam Programme for BCCE™ and ALCE™

  As of 2012, the Hellenic American University exams for Basic Communication Certificate in English (BCCE™) and Advanced Level Certificate in English (ALCE™) will be administered four times a year. The exams schedule for this year is the following: Written Exams dates BCCE™  ALCE™   Fees Registration period Saturday 31 Μarch 2012 BCCE™: 90€ ALCE™: 150€ 31 January - 28 February 2012 Saturday 16 June 2012 TBA TBA Saturday 20 October 2012 TBA TBA

Exam Programme for BCCE™ and ALCE™

Classroom Material

A Christmas visit

A Christmas visit

The little boy woke up in a sweat, almost shaking with fear and looked at the wide open door of his bedroom. “Is anybody there?” He asked, but received no...

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‘Reading between the lines’

‘Reading between the lines’

According to a well known saying we should not judge a book by its cover but take a look at the material contained, although just reading is not enough but...

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Disabled Access Friendly campaign’s newl

Disabled Access Friendly campaign’s newly launched website helps teachers shape the world

Even if there are no children with mobility disability at the foreign language centre where you teach, you can still do a lot to help them. Even if you rarely see...

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ΕΑΠ (HOU) enrollment for M.Ed. in TESOL

ΕΑΠ (HOU) enrollment for M.Ed. in TESOL course:

Very early in my childhood I remember accurately and clearly what lack of money and bare necessities meant (I was then living in a remote village of the post 2nd...

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Taking the boredom out of Writing – Plan

Taking the boredom out of Writing – Planning [3a]

A colleague was telling me how stunned she was when her 11-year-old offered to help her with the washing up… Yet I trumped her story; I told her I once...

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Christmas Activities

Christmas Activities

Are you planning to organise a Christmas show in your school? If so you may wish to use the following activities:   The Night Before Christmas (poem) It was the night before Christmas The...

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NEWS

City & Guilds 2nd Teacher Development Symposium

City & Guilds 2nd Teacher Development Symposium

More than 800 teachers of English attended the 2nd City & Guilds Teacher Development Symposium held in Athens and Thessaloniki last October.  The Symposium’s focal theme was ‘critical thinking in teaching...

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FCE, CAE AND CPE

FCE, CAE AND CPE

Exam Dates, Registration and Fees   COMPUTER-BASED TESTING: CBFCE, CBCAE Candidates can now choose to take the computer-based versions of FCE and CAE: CBFCE, CBCAE. The computer-based test is the same as...

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Erasmus for All: 5 million in line for EU funding

Erasmus for All: 5 million in line for EU funding

Up to 5 million people, almost twice as many as now, could get the chance to study or train abroad with a grant from Erasmus for All, the new EU...

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ECCE exam-prep presentation

ECCE exam-prep presentation

The Hellenic American Union invites teachers to attend a presentation on how to increase their students’ chances for success in all sections of the ECCE test. Participants will learn how to...

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Summer Courses for Primary and Secondary Teachers of English

Summer Courses for Primary and Secondary Teachers of English

LFEE Europe is a Comenius/Grundtvig course provider based in Scotland which offers Annual Immersion Courses in Scotland for Primary and Secondary Teachers of English. All participants receive support from the EU...

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Christmas Activities

Christmas Activities

(2) Merry Christmas Seven boys and seven girls with good voices are required. Each carries a wand, to the upper end of which is fastened an evergreen wreath surrounding a large,...

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From our Columnists

“Homework: aim, image & practical application”
Homework, homework, homework! What would school be if there wasn’t any homework! Rumour has it that teachers invented it, parents loved it and learners hate it. In this month’s article, I am planning to wear my
A Nod from the North
When I came to live here in the north of England last year, I had not done any serious research on the area I must admit. Having visited only London and the south till then, I was in for quite a few surprises. One of my
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ELT Agenda

March 3-4, 2012 :13th Cyprus International Publishers’ Book and Resource
March 17-18, 2012 : The 29th Athens International Publishers’ Book
March 31-1, 2012 : The 29th Thessaloniki International Publishers’ Book and Resource

AWAY FROM ELT

  • Dangerous stunts
    When it comes to investigating the big scandals, Greek politicians are playing a very dangerous game. Cynical as it may sound, perhaps it would have been better not to set up all those parliamentary committees looking into the various scandals. Sure, that... ...
  • Government braces for troika
    As a delegation of inspectors representing the country's international creditors prepares to return to Athens on Thursday to check whether authorities have pushed through the necessary reforms to secure the fourth installment of a multi-billion-euro rescu... ...
  • Migrants arrive at Piraeus for hunger strike
    Immigrants shout slogans after arriving at the port of Piraeus in the early hours of yesterday morning. More than 200 immigrants, most of whom are from North African countries and have been employed in menial jobs on the island of Crete are to begin a hun... ...
  • WHAT'S ON
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  • Pharmacists to continue action
    Pharmacists who object to the government's plans to open up their sector to competition decided over the weekend to resume their action with another three-day strike starting Wednesday while insisting that a handful of duty pharmacies that would remain op... ...
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