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Jimmy Kouniakis
Jimmy Kouniakis

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May 4, 2018

TEFL in Greece

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)…

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TEFL in Greece
TEFL in Greece
Education

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Apr 5, 2017

ELT Greece : “Teaching to Learning” Vs “Teaching to Testing”

The public sector in Greece was the country’s main employer for over 4 decades. In the early 1990s the government introduced a series of measures in order to reduce the increasing influx of under qualified employees in a rapidly overstaffed near saturated public sector. One of the measures introduced was…

Education

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ELT Greece : “Teaching to Learning” Vs “Teaching to Testing”
ELT Greece : “Teaching to Learning” Vs “Teaching to Testing”
Education

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Oct 25, 2016

The Greek knowledge deficit is taking its toll…

Why is the Greek educational system so slow in responding to reforms in education and has this had any kind of impact on the TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) field in Greece? Taking a look at the infrastructure of Greek society, there are some very solid assumptions to…

Education

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The Greek knowledge deficit is taking its toll…
The Greek knowledge deficit is taking its toll…
Education

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Aug 24, 2016

Revolutionizing Education can happen online.

Education as a whole has been in a recession for over 40 years. It has been globally acknowledged that the industrial model of education no longer provides any service to its purpose. Many more go one step further to advocate that the current education systems are becoming toxic for our…

Education

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Revolutionizing Education can happen online.
Revolutionizing Education can happen online.
Education

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Jun 20, 2016

TEFL Exams and Certificates in Greece

The story behind the story… — Teaching English as a Foreign Language as it is most commonly known is one of the biggest service providing industries in Greece. Greece has one of the biggest percentages of non-native English speaking populations in the world. …

Education

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TEFL Exams and Certificates in Greece
TEFL Exams and Certificates in Greece
Education

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Jun 13, 2016

Oxford Day in Athens (ELT in Greece)

On Sunday June 12th I had the opportunity of not only attending but also participating as a guest panel speaker at the Athens Oxford Day 2016 organised by Oxford University Press Greece as part of Oxford University’s aim for continuing education and promoting English Language Teaching in Greece. The venue…

Education

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Oxford Day in Athens (ELT in Greece)
Oxford Day in Athens (ELT in Greece)
Education

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May 26, 2016

Teachers…Nurture Vs Nature ?

A whole month of every year is dedicated by the Greek Educational system (from mid May- mid June) to strict raw streamline testing. In my attempt as an educator to let my students know that I am on their side, that I sympathize with them during this monthly ordeal they…

Education

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Teachers…Nurture Vs Nature ?
Teachers…Nurture Vs Nature ?
Education

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Published in Age of Awareness

·May 18, 2016

The Greek Tragedy , Education Edition

It took Finland over 40 years to create an educationl system which would be student friendly and therefore would benefit the country and its economy in the long run. …

Education

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The Greek Tragedy , Education Edition
The Greek Tragedy , Education Edition
Education

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Published in Age of Awareness

·May 3, 2016

The Greek Educational system in the recession

The Greek Educational system is one of the most fundamentally flawed systems to be encountered globally. It is not the curriculum itself that imposes real learning to take place outside the classroom environmnet that makes Greece one of the few countries where children go to school in the morning and…

Education

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The Greek Educational system in the recession
The Greek Educational system in the recession
Education

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Apr 29, 2016

How Education is failing its students

Where does education stand today? There is and has been much concern over the last decade about where education is heading, the real purposes it is serving and the skill sets it is providing students. In addition, there has always been that constant ongoing conflict between academians/scholars on the one…

Teaching

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How Education is failing its students
How Education is failing its students
Teaching

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