The Future of Education
Evangelia Vassilakou
Institution: The English Academy of Languages
Country: Greece
Evangelia Vassilakou is an educational consultant, international conference speaker and experienced EAP/ESP/EFL instructor. She has a BA in Philosophy from Deree College - The American College of Greece, and an MA in Applied Linguistics from the Hellenic American University with high distinction.
Evangelia has an excellent editorial experience. Some of her recent articles in ELT News include:
(January 2018) Strategic Reading, (March 2018) Corpus Linguistics: Data driven language learning (DDL) via online grammar concordancing, (April 2018) Scientific speed reading in the EFL curriculum: The awakening of a mental literacy, (May 2018) Clickers- aided EFL instruction for active adult learning: Polling education, (June 2018) Listening with Transcripts: A pedagogical approach or a lost art in EFL classrooms?, (September 2018) Addressing disruptive behavior in EFL classrooms: The fundamentals of a teacher-based functional behavioral assessment (FBA), (October 2018) Basic statistics and research education via web-tools, (November 2018) Considering the total hegemony of high-stakes English exams: A linguistic challenge or a myth of excellence?, (December 2018) The unfathomable power of readers in a literary-oriented EFL classroom, (January-February 2019) Unleashing the potential of limericks: Humorous poetry for the EFL young learners, (March 2019) Qualitative evaluation and adaptation of EFL course books to be kept under the absolute control of professional teachers, (April 2019) The return of "nostalgic learners" for English lessons: A compilation of the best working techniques for teaching adult restarters and in TESOL Greece Journal (July- September 2018) The introduction of critical discourse analysis (CDA) in foreign language instruction: a new perspective for critical reading in advanced C1-C2 CEFR levels.
Some of her recent journal publications include: (2018) Written corrective feedback and multiple feedback - based instruction: A necessity or an act of pseudolearning in second language (L2) and foreign language (EFL) writing classes? Journal of Applied Languages and Linguistics, 1(1), article & book reviews: (2018) Journal of Applied Languages and Linguistics 2(2) and Proceedings of the CyTEA Annual Conference, Nicosia, Cyprus (2018), the 2nd International ELTRIA Conference, Spain (2019), the 1st International Conference on Children's Well-being, Greece (2019), the 7th International ELIT Conference, Varna, Bulgaria, (2019) and the 1st International LER Conference, September, Greece (2019).
Areas of research interest: Applied linguistics, adult education, academic writing, discourse analysis, sociolinguistics, EFL instruction and modern pedagogy, assessment.
Evangelia has an excellent editorial experience. Some of her recent articles in ELT News include:
(January 2018) Strategic Reading, (March 2018) Corpus Linguistics: Data driven language learning (DDL) via online grammar concordancing, (April 2018) Scientific speed reading in the EFL curriculum: The awakening of a mental literacy, (May 2018) Clickers- aided EFL instruction for active adult learning: Polling education, (June 2018) Listening with Transcripts: A pedagogical approach or a lost art in EFL classrooms?, (September 2018) Addressing disruptive behavior in EFL classrooms: The fundamentals of a teacher-based functional behavioral assessment (FBA), (October 2018) Basic statistics and research education via web-tools, (November 2018) Considering the total hegemony of high-stakes English exams: A linguistic challenge or a myth of excellence?, (December 2018) The unfathomable power of readers in a literary-oriented EFL classroom, (January-February 2019) Unleashing the potential of limericks: Humorous poetry for the EFL young learners, (March 2019) Qualitative evaluation and adaptation of EFL course books to be kept under the absolute control of professional teachers, (April 2019) The return of "nostalgic learners" for English lessons: A compilation of the best working techniques for teaching adult restarters and in TESOL Greece Journal (July- September 2018) The introduction of critical discourse analysis (CDA) in foreign language instruction: a new perspective for critical reading in advanced C1-C2 CEFR levels.
Some of her recent journal publications include: (2018) Written corrective feedback and multiple feedback - based instruction: A necessity or an act of pseudolearning in second language (L2) and foreign language (EFL) writing classes? Journal of Applied Languages and Linguistics, 1(1), article & book reviews: (2018) Journal of Applied Languages and Linguistics 2(2) and Proceedings of the CyTEA Annual Conference, Nicosia, Cyprus (2018), the 2nd International ELTRIA Conference, Spain (2019), the 1st International Conference on Children's Well-being, Greece (2019), the 7th International ELIT Conference, Varna, Bulgaria, (2019) and the 1st International LER Conference, September, Greece (2019).
Areas of research interest: Applied linguistics, adult education, academic writing, discourse analysis, sociolinguistics, EFL instruction and modern pedagogy, assessment.
