School of Foreign Languages in Athens & Online
This must have happened to you, too. You are in a desperate hurry to get on with something and your friend, sister, husband or boss, start rabbiting on about completely unconnected things, like details of the traffic, the clothes someone wore or his relationships etc. You think: “Get to the point!!!” Watch this experiment – the…
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If you turn on Greek TV during a talk show or multiple interviews or even some sitcom, you will note that Greeks do interrupt each other freely The following video shows how mother tongue teachers may teach this feature of good communication skills. Teachers can use if to drive home this business of waiting for…
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Checklist 1 taken from Dyslexia Action If the answer to most of the following questions is ‘Yes’ it would be wise to seek advice: All ages 1. Is he bright in some ways with a ‘block’ in others? 2. Is there anyone else in the family with similar difficulties? 3. Does he have difficulty…
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Κρίση και στην ξενόγλωσση εκπαίδευση; Η συγκεκριμένη ανάρτηση δεν θα είναι ανάλυση της οικονομικής κατάστασης των Ελλήνων και το πώς τα «βγάζουμε» πέρα μετά την ανακοίνωση της οικονομικής κρίσης. Το σκεφτόμουν πολύ καιρό αν θα έπρεπε να γράψω αυτά που έχω στο μυαλό μου και στο τέλος το έκανα στo δικό μου ιστολόγιο στην αρχή,…
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I am a big time fan of Spike Milligan, who has nothing whatsoever to do with foreign language teaching or foreign language teacher education but who has given me hours of great delight and, at times, inspiration for materials or activity design. In 1985, he brought out a book called “Further Transports of Delight” with…
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I find it a great game for learning about content as well, something which I find quite important in adult and younger classes. My own downfall is usually the sports category – the orange one in the Genus edition – which I dread! There are also many online versions of this great game, like this “Bring…
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Yes, and….. There is a specific activity I often use in creative thinking skills workshops which works wonderfully well. I learnt it from T.Richards, during a lecture in Athens some years ago (pls see note at end). It’s called the “Yes, and…” activity In this activity, one person, or the teacher even, begins by positing…
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Yannis is 6 years old and last year his parents decided it was about time he started learning English. So they enrolled him in the local foreign language centre, part of a big franchise of similar centres in Greece and the Balkans. What is the best way of teaching young pre-school children English? Well, this…
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