Smaragda Papadopoulou, talked about the PEAP website which provides a plethora of information for teachers, students and parents.
Teachers can upload material for evaluation, download material for classroom use, use videos, draw questionnaires, take part in online discussions, exchange messages, share ideas and experiences and many more.
“Teachers are no longer isolated” Smaragda said.
KPG Introduces Graded C1-C2 Level Exams
Prof. Bessie Dendrinos, announced that the graded C1-C2 Level KPG Exams in English, French, German and Italian will be administered for the first time this autumn (23-24 November 2013).
She also announced the introduction of C1 Level exams in Turkish. The graded C1-C2 Level exams, in this session, will be administered in Athens, Thessaloniki, Ioannina and Heraklio, Crete.
Content and format of the C2 Level Test in English was analysed by a bunch of young and enthusiastic researchers and namely Virginia Vlani, Maria Stathopoulou, Vassilis Zorbas, Moira Hill, Elizabeth Apostolou and Vasso Gheka.
This new generation of young academics contribute to the work done by the Research Centre for Language Teaching, Testing and Assessment of the University of Athens.
Attendees were informed that the graded C1-C2 Level Test will be 5-hour-long; 4:30 hours for the written part and 30’ minutes for the speaking part of the test.
Specifications and sample tests can be downloaded either from the ministry’s of education site or from the site of the Research Centre rcel.enl.uoa.gr/kpg
Conclusion
PEKADE members enjoyed a very productive and thought provoking seminar just before the beginning of the current academic year. Although the event was held in turbulent times (Teachers’ Trade Unions had decided to go on rolling strikes) it managed to instil confidence in participants.
The irony is that teachers are expected to develop in young people the attributes, skills and capacities that will enable them to prosper and succeed in the knowledge society and, at the same time, they are expected to counteract and mitigate, to an extent, the problems emerging from a weakening economy.
