Our current journals in language education are full of long papers. A typical journal might have, at most, five major papers. Sometimes we have to write long papers, but much of the time, it's unnecessary: the papers often contain long introductions more suitable for doctoral dissertations or review ("state of the art") papers, apparently designed to...
According to longitudinal studies conducted by Arvidsson et al. (2019), Skaalivik and Skaalvik (2010), Jacobson (2016) and Brouwers and Tomic (1999) teachers are more likely to experience burnout and other stress-related issues. Have you ever thought about why? Why are we susceptible to burning ourselves out?
text by Tanya Livarda(BA/ MA in...
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 require tablet or smartphone use on the part of the child (especially for very young learners, i.e. children up to the age of 6). So I said back then, zero small...
This article could easily have the title “ Advertising the Ogilvy way” or “Teaching the Human way” so to follow the style of my previous articles on Teaching, but I decided to change it a bit since my main idea to write this article came straight from this conclusion.
Text by Natassa Manitsa
All too often when creating ads most of us are so product and...
Recruitment for all educational exchange programs is based on open, and fair national competition, and on individual merit and academic excellence. Transparency in the selection process is assured through clearly defined eligibility criteria and requirements. Fulbright Greece is fully committed to recognizing the inherent dignity and worth of every...
The inaugural QLS Online Book Club Competition took place on Saturday 17 April 2021, to celebrate World Book Day. More than 550 students from across Greece participated in 5 sessions according to linguistic level. 45 winners received medals, certificates and special prizes. The first cycle of the QLS Book Club, including the Competition, was kindly...
Let’s admit it! It was a tough year! We had to face and cope with multiple things. At first, we had to deal with the Internet and learning about different applications that would help us deliver quality online lessons. Then, we enjoyed our summer. After that, we started face to face lessons and then, after a month, a stricter lockdown arrived. We had...
What a painful duty it is to have to find the words to say goodbye to an acclaimed colleague, a brother in arms, a bosom friend! How can one start to list all those things that made him so good a teacher and an author, and so special a person! There is so much that I want to say about Kostas Termentzoglou, yet I feel that there could be no eulogy worthy...
The evaluation process for the 2021 ELT Excellence Awards has been concluded by this year's judging committee. It was a long and difficult process as the number of entries surpassed not only last year's number but also our expectations.
We would like to thank the judging committee for their effort and hard work as well as all of the participants who...
The development of the skills presented in the introductory article on learner autonomy requires the combined effort of tutors, learners and learner peers. This article will discuss their vital role in this process and ways in which a balance between support provision and autonomy scaffolding can be achieved.
TEXT BY MAROUSSA PAVLI, MA APPLIED...
