Innovation in Language Learning
Ifigenia Georgiadou
Institution: Hellenic Culture Centre
Country: Greece
Ifigenia Georgiadou is a language teacher, teacher trainer, writer and consultant. She currently serves as the Managing Director and Director of Studies at the Hellenic Culture Centre www.hcc.edu.gr , and has worked as Director at AEOLIS Cultural Development Society of Lesvos Island and as Director at the Education Department of AGROTOURISTIKI S.A., Public organization.
She is a philologist (Faculty of Philosophy, University of Athens, ΜΑ in Education and Human Rights, University of Athens and University of London) with 30 years of experience in education. She has had further training in adult training and in using drama techniques in language teaching. Author of 5 books including the Kaleidoskopio book series www.learn-greek-kaleidoskopio.com on language learning and teaching, as well as articles and research papers on teaching Modern Greek as a foreign/ second language.
Ifigenia is a teacher trainer and certified EUROLTA Master Trainer and facilitator on Teaching Methodology and Intercultural Education seminars at the Hellenic Culture Centre, in various NGOs and other public and private Institutions. Coordinator of various research projects on education, on European and national level.
She has worked as Evaluator – adult education expert in the National Organization for Certification of Adult Educators (EOPPEP) and evaluator of adult education In- Service Training courses and projects for the State Scholarship Foundation (IKY), National Agency for the Erasmus plus Programme, evaluator for Erasmus Plus Youth Projects for the Youth and Lifelong Learning Foundation (INEDIVIM), coordinator and evaluator in EU and National funded projects on education. She has worked as a Master Trainer level A and level B at the Hellenic Ministry of Education (“Major Training Programme”) in a 9 person group of Master Trainers who were responsible for training all public school language teachers. She is in the Board of the International Language Network ICC http://www.icc-languages.eu/
E-mail: [email protected]
She is a philologist (Faculty of Philosophy, University of Athens, ΜΑ in Education and Human Rights, University of Athens and University of London) with 30 years of experience in education. She has had further training in adult training and in using drama techniques in language teaching. Author of 5 books including the Kaleidoskopio book series www.learn-greek-kaleidoskopio.com on language learning and teaching, as well as articles and research papers on teaching Modern Greek as a foreign/ second language.
Ifigenia is a teacher trainer and certified EUROLTA Master Trainer and facilitator on Teaching Methodology and Intercultural Education seminars at the Hellenic Culture Centre, in various NGOs and other public and private Institutions. Coordinator of various research projects on education, on European and national level.
She has worked as Evaluator – adult education expert in the National Organization for Certification of Adult Educators (EOPPEP) and evaluator of adult education In- Service Training courses and projects for the State Scholarship Foundation (IKY), National Agency for the Erasmus plus Programme, evaluator for Erasmus Plus Youth Projects for the Youth and Lifelong Learning Foundation (INEDIVIM), coordinator and evaluator in EU and National funded projects on education. She has worked as a Master Trainer level A and level B at the Hellenic Ministry of Education (“Major Training Programme”) in a 9 person group of Master Trainers who were responsible for training all public school language teachers. She is in the Board of the International Language Network ICC http://www.icc-languages.eu/
E-mail: [email protected]
