Category: ELT in Greece
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Our IATEFL panel: A summary
This post is a summary of the 2015 IATEFL panel discussion about Teaching English to Young Learners (TEYL), in which I was involved, along with Vicky Loras, Juup Stelma, Magdalena De Stefani and María Muniz.
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Teaching English to Young Learners, revisited
A discussion of the effectiveness of the Greek TEYL project, based on recent publications.
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Some Thoughts on Student Evaluation in Greek ELT
This post critically discusses a proposed evaluation frame for language education in Greek schools, and points at issues where additional thought is required.
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Greek Model Experimental Schools: Some reflections
Last Saturday, I had the pleasure of presenting a paper, along with my colleague Ioanna Gkourogianni, at the 1st National Conference for Model-Experimental Schools (link now defunct) in Thessaloniki (Greece). In our presentation, we problematised the function of Model-Experimental schools. At present, it seems that these schools function primarily as Models in a top-down system,…
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Revisiting MATE
In 2011, I presented a paper at a conference, where I made the case for Developing Multicultural Awareness Through English. This was an idea that I picked up from Richard Fay at the University of Manchester, who has also published about MATE with colleagues Vally Lytra and Maria Davaliagkou. I did not pursue this idea…