Interviews
George Drivas explores the ‘why’ and the ‘how’ and investigates different forms of assessment.
George Drivas studied English Literature at the University of Athens and Theoretical Linguistics at the University of Reading, UK. He has worked in Foreign Language education since 1981 as a teac...
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Scott Thornbury talks about commercially produced coursebooks and neoliberalism in education
Scott Thorbury is a teacher and teacher educator, with over 30 years’ experience in English language teaching, and an MA from the University of Reading. His previous experience includes teaching and...
Read MoreROGER HOUSE TALKS TO ELT NEWS: FROM JOURNALISM TO ELT, FROM TEACHER TRAINING TO MATERIALS WRITING
Roger House has been involved in ELT for over thirty years as a teacher, trainer and author. He is a former chairperson of TESOL Macedonia-Thrace, Northern Greece and an active member of TESOL Greec...
John H.A.L. de Jong talks about language learning, teaching and testing
John H.A.L. de Jong is Professor Emeritus of Language Testing at VU University, Amsterdam, and owner/director of a consultancy business “Language Testing Services”. John graduated from Leiden Un...
George Athanasopoulos, Academic Coordinator, is talking about OUP’s new start in Greece
George Athanasopoulos has been active in the ELT scene for twenty five years teaching English to all age groups. During the last ten years he’s been teaching Business English and ESP. He has also de...
Dr Michael Milanovic talks to ELT NEWS about the new LanguageCert certificates administered online
Michael Milanovic has worked in English Language learning and assessment since 1977. He holds a PhD in Applied Linguistics, and has over 30 years’ academic, practical and managerial experience in th...
Dr Thomai Alexiou talks about teaching English to kindergarten children
The introduction of English in pre-primary schools is rapidly increasing worldwide since there is a growing belief that foreign language learning is beneficial for the young child’s intellectual and...
Ο Πρόεδρος της PALSO Βασίλης Κροντήρης μιλά στο ELT NEWS
Ήταν μεσημέρι μιας Παρασκευής του Φλεβάρη όταν η γραμματέας μου, μού πέρασε μια γραμμή λέγοντας «μια κυρία Σπυροπούλου θέλει να σας μιλήσει». Προς στιγμή σιωπή μετά Τασούλα! Βασίλη! Θεέ μου τι θύμ...
Nick Dellas talks about the Educational Leadership Association
Nick Dellas is a teacher of English and a FLS owner who has been running Chronos School, one of the most successful FL schools in the greater Athens area, for more than twenty years. Nick Dellas is ...
Education
Are they truly independent users of the language?
The B2 Goal
The goal of most foreign language learners is to reach the level of independent users of the language, i.e. to be able to do things like the following:
understand at least the main ...
Read MoreThe 3 Principles to Supporting Special Educational Needs Students
Research in the field of special educational needs and inclusion has equipped the educational community with evidence-based practices and ideas to support classroom diversity. How come that stude...
Read MoreGeorge Drivas explores the ‘why’ and the ‘how’ and investigates different forms of assessment.
George Drivas studied English Literature at the University of Athens and Theoretical Linguistics at the University of Reading, UK. He has worked in Foreign Language education since 1981 as a teac...
Read MoreThe strategies begin with lesson one at the start of the course
Like most teachers, I use the first lesson for a ‘getting to know you’ period to establish a harmonious classroom community. There are three activities that we do at this time:
By Helen Papadopoulo...
Read MoreOK HOW DO I TEACH THE VERY LITTLE ONES?
The teaching of English in the pre-primary classroom is often characterised by a blended whole-child/academic approach to learning. What is the difference between the whole-child and more traditiona...
Read MoreKnowedge-Based Leadership in Language Education
I have a new morning routine: cycling around the hill in my neighborhood, listening to podcasts. It makes me forget about the struggle of cycling and it gives me fantastic ideas! Only problem? I can...
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To take, or not to take?
September is the month that we, teachers and students, all start thinking of the upcoming language exams.
The most common questions brought to our attention before choosing an examination body m...
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A psychological perspective of B2 level exams
“The class room can be a board game with rules but also free-will during turn taking; choices bring about outcomes of winning or losing, but most importantly, of discovering that choice is always...
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Are they truly independent users of the language?
The B2 Goal
The goal of most foreign language learners is to reach the level of independent users of the language, i.e. to be able to do things like the following:
understand at least the main ...
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ADAPTIVE TESTING AND THE LANGUAGECERT TEST OF ENGLISH ADAPTIVE TEST
A test – through most teachers’ and students’ eyes – is usually a linear operation consisting of a set number of items that a student grinds through from the first item to the last. The current arti...
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Τι έχει συμβεί ακριβώς με την επάρκεια διδασκαλίας; FAQ
Οι αλλαγές στην χορήγηση επάρκειας έχουν προκαλέσει ανησυχία και σύγχυση σε αρκετούς εκπαιδευτικούς που έχουν άδεια διδασκαλίας μεν αλλά δεν έχουν τελειώσει κάποιο ξενόγλωσσο πανεπιστημιακό τμήμα. Π...
Read MoreΤέλος στην Επάρκεια Διδασκαλίας
Τέλος στη χορήγηση επάρκειας διδασκαλίας στους κατόχους πιστοποιητικών γλωσσομάθειας.
Ποιοί μπορούν να διδάξουν ξένες γλώσσες σε Δημόσιο και Ιδιωτικό τομέα;
Οι πτυχιούχοι των Τμημάτων τ...
Read MoreDictation: Make it an interesting activity
Dictation is one of the oldest techniques known for both the teaching and testing of foreign languages. Stansfield (1985) dates its origins back to the sixteenth century. It has long been associated w...
Read MoreTeaching Materials and Young Learners
The enormous amount of existing materials for the teaching of English to young learners might lead us to think that everything has been invented and nothing is left to be discovered in EFL. Bu...
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