The identification of Learning Difficulties and ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) causes is largely elusive, as the educative reforms in the 20th century have been so many, that it becomes precarious to end up to a limited enumeration of the potential culprits. The incremental percentage of the population literacy...
Features of EAP Courses
Language skills
As described in previous articles, the skills of reading, writing, listening and speaking are taught and developed throughout EAP courses. These courses prepare students for the very specific purpose of university study and life at an English-speaking context through specific environments and...
Undoubtedly, change is inevitable in today’s life. Since development means change and growth, can outside change become the motive to personal development? Defining the term teacher development, it is “the process whereby teachers’ professionality and/or professionalism may be considered to be enhanced (Evans, 2010, p. 131) and professionality in turn...
Η παραδοσιακή διδασκαλία παραμένει στο κύριο μέρος της μια προσπάθεια μεταφοράς και μεταβίβασης γνώσεων σε τάξεις όπου οι μαθητές θεωρούνται αδιαφοροποίητος ομοιογενής πληθυσμός (Koutselini & Persianis, 2001). Όμως, όλες οι τάξεις ήταν ανέκαθεν μεικτές ως προς το μαθησιακό στυλ και πολύ περισσότερο σήμερα είναι μεικτές ως προς την επίδοση των...
The aim of this article is to examine storytelling as an educational tool, to delve into its powers, the skills it requires and the activities it can lend itself to. The article consists of 4 parts and in this first part we will be looking very briefly at the history of storytelling, the reason why stories are powerful, how story telling relates to...
When Forest Gump (Tom Hanks) sits on the bench offering chocolates to the listeners of his life story while this story is unfolded before viewers’ eyes, Forest breaks the so-called fourth wall convention.
By Dimitris Maroulis, AdvDipEd – MEd – EdDoctorate
Fourth wall is a convention that best describes the relationship between the stage action...
From needs analysis to curriculum development.
For the last four decades, in order for somebody to be considered employable in Greece, all they needed to present was a certification to prove English acquisition of some level from B2 to C2 level according to the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) to score qualification points for the...
By Vassilakou Evangelia
Introduction/The big questions
Typically, there have been two main approaches to teacher evaluation, namely the practice-based assessment referring to classroom observations by experienced peer teachers and the teacher value-added assessment based on students’ test scores. Students’ evaluation of teachers also occurs...
Supposing you hold the currently released ELT News issue, the present feature section must be of fervent interest to the readership.
Reasons for Prioritizing Lifelong Education and Skills Development
Through educating oneself, the ESL/EFL teacher accomplishes an influential multi- faceted effect:
They essentially nurture their professional...
