Interviews
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...
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ROGER 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...
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...
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 ...
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
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...
Read MoreTeacher Development: Educational Trend or Necessity?
Teacher educators must now, more than ever, direct learning beyond mastery of core subjects to improve students’ 21st-century skills and make education more responsive to the challenges of a knowled...
Read MoreKnowledge-Based Leadership in Language Education
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I,
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
Robert Frost
I ...
Read MoreLifelong Learning and Educators: Do We Really Need to Pursue Further Studies?
‘Accomplished’ is a word used most often than not to describe fulfillment or the realization of one’s goals. Although the maximum potential reached in any endeavor is clearly of a subjective perspec...
Read MoreAdult Learning: Pedagogy and andragogy
Learning can be both an emotional and intellectual process. Teaching–learning process lasts the entire life span of each individual. Adult learning allows an adult to acquire, renew, upgrade, or co...
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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...
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Flipped Learning
When we look at all the assumptions that have been overturned in education because of the pandemic and all the needs that have only grown during this time, what becomes clear is that the frameworks ...
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Transformational Leadership in Schools
A new school year is a fresh opportunity to revisit, reconnect, and reimagine your school’s mission and vision. It’s the perfect time to open up your leadership practice and share the work with your...
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Entering Kindergarten
In an ordinary year, a child’s entrance into kindergarten is a major milestone for students and their families. The transition can be filled with trepidation, anticipation, eagerness and uncertainty...
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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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