Interviews
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...
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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...
Read MoreDr 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 ...
Zafi mandali talks about ELT its past, present and future
Zafi Mandali has been the director of the Department of English, Ellinogermaniki Agogi for two decades. She has served as drama and literature Sig Coordinator for TESOL Greece, has given a numbe...
Education
Can a leopard change its spots?
It was one of the first few times I was interviewing candidates for a teacher training course. I remember being quite nervous myself trying to make complete strangers feel comfortable enough to mayb...
Read MoreAre You Where You Need To Be?
It so often seems to me that education is a world with kings but no prophets. It has those who have power but lacks those to guide and find a way through its and life’s confusions. There is a ne...
Read MoreJohn 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...
Read MoreHow children learn
Knowing how children learn their first language can help us teach them a second language. All children can speak at least one language when they come to school. Think about how they learned their fi...
Read MoreOne size fits all?
One-to-one lessons: some of us love them, others put up with them. Yet, they are a major part of our teaching, right? Many teachers tend to fill up their daily schedule with as many one-to-one lesso...
Read MoreB2 First for Schools: what it means for teens
Over the last decade B2 First for Schools has become a household name in Greece amongst ambitious secondary-school students and parents alike. It’s the most popular Cambridge English Qualificatio...
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The Child and the Screen: What now?
A year ago I wrote a series of articles called ‘The Child and the Box’. They were about the use of technology in education and my educational decision to stop working with any ed tools that requi...
Read MoreCan a leopard change its spots?
It was one of the first few times I was interviewing candidates for a teacher training course. I remember being quite nervous myself trying to make complete strangers feel comfortable enough to mayb...
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Are You Where You Need To Be?
It so often seems to me that education is a world with kings but no prophets. It has those who have power but lacks those to guide and find a way through its and life’s confusions. There is a ne...
Read MoreJohn 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...
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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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