The Role of Semantics in Speaking Classes
by Vasiliki Lismani With very young learners we start talking about everyday things (pencils, pens, books, houses, namely common nouns) and take for granted…
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What Can Cinderella Tell us about the Role of Pronunciation in L2 Teaching?
By Vasiliki Lismani The well-known fairy tale of Cinderella with its adorable, yet miserable and unfortunate heroine has always been one of my favourites….
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Where I Teach: Piraeus, Greece
By Vasiliki Lismani Since 2016, by Law (Government Gazette B’ 2419/ 5 – 8 – 2016), Greek students officially start learning English as a…
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Reflection as an act of sharing and caring
By Vasiliki Lismani “Sharing is caring”. You might think “What a cliché!” but, as teachers we know that this is (or at least should…
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Creativity on call: empowering learners’ autonomy
By Vasiliki Have you ever realized that some amazing things have happened completely unintentionally during our teaching practice, so spontaneously but yet so effectively…
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English as a Lingua Franca in University
I. Introduction: Conceptualizing English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) Any lingua franca through time has made possible the communication of people who have different…
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