AVRAMOPOULOU GIORGIA
- After high school with the aim of being admitted to an English University, I attended Cambridge University A levels in Sociology, Literature, History.
- BA Human Studies University of Bradford with the following subjects: Philosophy, Literature, Sociology, Psychology After completing my studies I proceeded to obtain a DIKATSA parity with the Department of English Philology of the Kapodistrian University of Athens.
- MΑ UCL Teaching English as a Foreign Language
Through this postgraduate course I specialized in the following areas:
- Teaching methodology aimed at acoustics, speech, word processing and writing.
- How to organize a course for foreign language students
- How to motivate a class
- The use of video, cd rom and internet for educational purposes
- How young students and adults are taught.
"MOTIVATION IN LEARNING" PhD
Research on the basic principles of educational psychology that motivate a student to learn.
- 1996-1997: I worked as an external collaborator at the Intertrans Lations L.T.D. where I mainly dealt with the translation of diploma theses into English.
- 1997-2001: I worked at IEK Ierapetra as an English teacher in the fields of aesthetics, accounting and computer.
- 1998-2000: Teacher at a foreign language school in Ierapetra.
- 2000 to present: I run my own business, the English Institute G. Avramopoulou
- 2007-2009: TEI Marketing and Advertising Ierapetra Branch. Teaching terminology, vocabulary, preparing students for the Business English Certificate exams.
- Organizer of PTE exams in the prefecture of Lasithi
- Recognition of quality of services by the Hellenic American Union and the British Council for the high success rate in the B2, C1 and C2 exams
- Collaboration with Frederick University, as a representative of the prefecture of Lasithi
- Head of the prefecture of Lasithi for the BAA (British Award Association) Level 5 Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages as well as for the BAA Level 7 Diploma in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages.
- Responsible for preparing prospective students for English IELTS exams whose results make it possible for them to be admitted to English-speaking Universities on undergraduate or postgraduate courses.
During my stay at Cambridge I attended seminars that analyze the strategy and philosophy of the Cambridge Assessment English exams that certify English language proficiency. My specialization this year was related to the Cambridge English Young Learners exams, KET, PET, FCE, CAE, CPE. Part of the training was the graded evaluation of written exams for these exams from all over Europe. One of the ‘benchmarks’ was the common mistakes students make depending on their age, social background, but especially their country of origin.
From 2010-2020: Attending online short courses from Harvard University with topics:
- Teaching and learning strategies for higher education
- How to teach Shakespeare in class
- Use poetry in teaching
- Fundamentals of Academic Writing
- Deep learning in English language
- Family engagement in education
Attending webinars by the British Council on:
- A trip down the memory lane of methodology
- An innovative way to teach ESL children phonics
- Dyslexia for teachers of English as a foreign language
