The Parallel Sessions
Two parallel sessions had been set in the Conference’s programme. Clary Kosovitsa and Alexia Giannakopoulou, Katerina Nikolaki and Evangelia Karagianni, Smaragda Papadopoulou, Lilika Kouri and Suzanne Antonaros, Doriana Nikaki and Martha Giannakaki, Thalia Hatzigiannoglou –all were involved in the programme according to their specialization and talked about the ‘what’ and the ‘how’.
The Poster Presentation Prizes and Awards
The Conference also featured a Poster Presentation and a Prizes and Awards giving ceremony. A Poster evaluation committee had been formed which had set specific evaluation criteria.
Conference participants were asked to vote taking into account these criteria. Based on the results of this evaluation, prizes were given to the following poster presenters:
1. Despina Karamitsou for her poster entitled “Lapbooks and Dioramas” (1st Prize)
2. Vana Koutalakidou and Chryssa Laskaridou for their poster entitled “Learning by Playing” (2nd Prize)
3. Agapios Oikonomidis and Leonard Meachim for their poster entitled “Multiple Techniques for Language Acquisition and How Puppets Can Help” (3rd Prize)
4. Maria Partheniadi for her poster entitled “Learning about Food and Healthy Eating” (3rd Prize)
Awards were also given to:
1. Eleftheria Vatantzi and Aravatinou Loukia for their poster entitled “Ella - the hungry European caterpillar”
2. Angeliki Anagnostopoulou for her poster entitled “The Greek Programme of English for Young Learners –PEAP as a differentiated Instruction Tool: The case study of a special school”
3. Maria Papadaki for her poster entitled “When masks speak: Creative teaching ideas in the PEAP classroom”
4. Olga Giovani for her poster entitled “Positive Educational Practices”
5. Anastasia Kosyva for her poster entitled “Our Healthy Fridge”
6. Suzana Drampa for her poster entitled “Playing with… Goldilocks and the Three Bears”
Conclusion
1. Young students are in position to learn a second language early on, which will benefit them greatly in the future. Once a student becomes familiar with a second language it is much easier for him or her to master it as they grow older. It is also a good thing when students learn about the culture of different countries, which is enhanced by learning the language.
2. Greece has the human resources to reform its educational system if the people who are commissioned have the ability to inspire people to reach great heights of performance, have passion, purpose, good listening skills as well as the ability to communicate that passion, purpose and meaning to others.
All these people who, from their area of spesialization, contributed to the materialization of the ELL Programme have all these qualities and deserve every praise for carrying out a project which, as Kia Karava said, stood no chances of success in the beginning.
