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DrThomaïAlexiouCONTACTINFORMATION

SchoolofEnglish

AristotleUniversityofThessaloniki

Thessaloniki,Greece

Tel.+306974113424

Email:thalexiou@enl.auth.gr

EDUCATIONBACKGROUND

2001-2005 PhD inApplied Linguistics (full scholarship), Centre forApplied Language Studies,Universityof

WalesSwansea,UK.

Project: “Cognitive Development, Aptitude and Language Learning in Greek Young Learners”.

Supervisor:Prof.JamesMilton

1997-1999

MA in TEFL,Departmentof Language Studies,University of Kent andChrist ChurchUniversity,

Canterbury,UK.

1997-1998

Advanced Certificate in Techniques and Methods in Teaching English as a Foreign Language,

CanterburyChristChurchUniversity,UK.

1993-1997 BachelorinEducationandCertificateinTeachingYoungLearners,DepartmentofPedagogyand

Pre-SchoolTeaching,UniversityofIoannina,Greece.

WORKEXPERIENCE

August

2019-

currently

Associate Professor, Department of Applied Linguistics, School of English Language and

Literature,AristotleUniversity,Thessaloniki,Greece(Unanimouselection,GovernmentalPaper

1323Γ,6-8-2019).

Specialisation- Applied Linguistics: Learning of English as second/foreign language at the

preschoolandschoolage.

June2018-

August2019

TenuredAssistantProfessor,DepartmentofAppliedLinguistics,SchoolofEnglishLanguageand

Literature,AristotleUniversity,Thessaloniki,Greece(Unanimouselection;GovernmentalPaper

725Γ/26/06/2018).

Specialisation- Applied Linguistics: Learning of English as second/foreign language at the

preschoolandschoolage.

October

2018-

January

2019

Tutor at theMAprogrammeof theDepartmentof French Languageand Literature.Module:

‘DidacticsIII:Teachingapproachesofforeignlanguagesforchildrenofpre-primaryandprimary

schoolage’.

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Dec.2014–

June2018

Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Linguistics, School of English Language and

Literature,AristotleUniversity,Thessaloniki,Greece(Unanimouselection;GovernmentalPaper

162Γ/03/12/2014).

Specialisation: Applied Linguistics: Learning of English as second/foreign language at the

preschoolandschoolage.

2019-2020

2010-2019

2017-2019

CoordinatorandTutoroftheModule‘CourseDevelopment’attheHellenicOpenUniversity.

Coordinator of the Module ‘Teaching English to Young Learners’ at the Hellenic Open

University.

CoordinatorandTutoroftheModule‘TeachingEnglishtoYoungLearners’attheHellenicOpen

University.

CoordinatoroftheModule‘TeacherTrainingEducation’attheHellenicOpenUniversity.Tutor

atthiscoursein2016-2017.

2016-

Currently

ResearchAssociateattheCenterforGreekLanguage.

Coordinator and Tutor at Distance learning module EN1 ‘Course Design, Classroom

managementandTeachingoffourskills’.

2013

(Oct.-Nov.)

VisitingLecturer,GraduateSchoolofEducation,UniversityofMelbourne,Australia.

June2010–

Nov.2014

Lecturer, Department of Applied Linguistics, School of English Language and Literature,

Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece ((Unanimous election; Governmental Paper

465Γ/7/6/2010).

Specialisation: Applied Linguistics: Learning of English as second/foreign language at the

preschoolandschoolage.

2007–2010 AdjunctLecturer,DepartmentofPrimaryEducation,AegeanUniversity,Greece.

2005–2010 AdjunctLecturer,DepartmentofEnglishLanguageandLiterature,AristotleUniversity,Greece.

2007–2010 AdjunctLecturer,UniversityofThessaly,DepartmentofPre-SchoolEducation,Greece.

2006–2018 MAThesisSupervisor,HellenicOpenUniversity,Thessaloniki,Greece.

2005-2010 TutoroftheMedModule‘TeachingEnglishtoYoungLearners’attheHellenicOpenUniversity.

2005–2006 Scientific Associate, Department of Speech Therapy, Technological Institute of Epirus,

Greece./2006-2007IEK

2004-2005 DirectorofStudiesandEnglishteacher,PrivateEnglishSchool,Ioannina,Greece.

2001-2004 ResearchAssociateandTutor,CenterforAppliedStudies,UniversityofWales,Swansea,UK.

2002-2004 Tutorinthemodule‘GreekasaForeignLanguage’,DepartmentofAdultContinuingEducation,

UniversityofWalesSwansea.

1998-2001 InstructorofEnglish,PrivateEnglishSchool,Ioannina,Greece.

AWARDS&SCHOLARSHIPS

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Memberofthe2019ELTonsInnovationsAwardsjudgingpanel,BritishCouncil.Assignedtojudgethe

ELTons‘InnovationinTeacherResources’category.

Honorarium and invitation to give a lecture in a series of lectures for postgraduate students ‘TEFL’,

MSPU,Moscow,Russia.Seminarson‘EFLandDyslexia’,(23-27June2019).

ErasmusScholarshipforteachingatCanterburyChrisChurchUniversity,Wales,UK(10-16June2019).

Honorarium and invitation to give a lecture in a series of lectures for postgraduate students ‘TEFL’,

MSPU,Moscow,Russia.Seminarson‘WritingupanMAdissertation’,(23-28September2018).

Honorarium and invitation to give a lecture in a series of lectures for postgraduate students ‘TEFL’,

MSPU, Moscow, Russia. Seminars on ‘Teaching English as a foreign language to young learners:

challengesandperspectives’,(13-19June2018).

Job offer by the Ministry of Education of the United Arabic Emirates within the context of the

EducationalReformasaKindergardenExpert(KG)in2016(didnotacceptforpersonalreasons).

Invitation by the Ministry of Education, Dubai, UAE to provide staff training seminars within the

EducationalReform,26November2016&March2018,Dubai,ΗΑΕ.

Invitation to speakatTEDx,Veroia,13May2018.Event title:Progressdespite thecrisis inBusiness,

EducationandCulture.

o Talktitle:‘Routesandwings’https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TedZ33adGo8

ErasmusScholarshipfortrainingatUniversitàperStranieriSiena,Siena,Italy(6-12May2018).

Honorariumandinvitationtogivealectureinaseriesoflecturesforpostgraduatestudentsunderthe

Project ‘Raising Gender Awareness in Foreign Language Learning, Language Teaching and Language

Use’ organized by the University of Frankfurt/Main, Germany. Project Coordinator: Prof. Daniela

Elsner. Lecture title:Gender Research in EFL classrooms - or: are girls better language learners? (26

May2015).

Honorarium and invitation to give a lecture under the IP La Diva Project ‘Language learning and

language teaching in multicultural environments: How to bring language diversity and language

variation in class’ realized in the Department of Preschool of Education under the LLP Erasmus

Program.Project Coordinator: Prof.Marina Tzakosta. Title of the lecture:Entering theworldof very

younglearnersandlanguagelearning:Ajourneytoremember,Rethymno,Crete,Greece(2April2014).

ErasmusScholarshipforteachingatSwanseaUniversity,Wales,Swansea,UK.(17-24March2014).

“MagicBook2”byAlexiou,T.,&Mattheoudakis,M.,shortlistedfortheMacmillanEducationAwardfor

NewTalentinWriting,attheELTons2014BritishCouncil,UK(2014).

Erasmus Scholarship for teaching at the University of La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands (10-17

September2013).

PhDscholarship,Centre forAppliedStudies,DepartmentofEnglishLanguage,UniversityofWalesat

Swansea,UK.(2001-2004).

PROFESSIONALAFFILIATIONS

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v GALA:ElectedmemberofGreekAssociationofTheoreticalandAppliedLinguistics(2011-2018).2012-2013

(Treasurer),2014-2015(memberoftheBoard),2016-2017.AtpresentIamtheVicePresidentofGALA

(sinceFebruary2018).

v ΟΜΕΡ: Vice President of OMEP in Thessaloniki (OrganisationMondiale pour L'EducationPrescolaire),

http://www.omep.gr/index_gr.html(2011-2014).

v MemberofΑΙLA:AssociationInternationaledeLinguistiqueAppliquée.

v Member of the scientific team http://www.enl.auth.gr/me2glosses/ (cooperation with the University of

Edinburghhttp://www.bilingualism-matters.org.uk/.

v Memberof‘Polydromo’:Groupforbilingualismandmulticulturalismineducationandsociety,

http://www.polydromo.gr/index_en.html.

v MemberofTESOLMacedoniaThrace.

v MemberofIATEFL(InternationalAssociationofTeachersofEnglishasaForeignLanguage).

v Member of the Evaluators of EducationalMaterial of the Greek Pedagogical Institute, protocol number:

3344/18/4/2006.

CONFERENCEANDWORKSHOPORGANIZATION

2019

§ The Applied Linguistics and Language Teaching International Conference, Zayed

University, 7-9 March, Dubai, UAE, (Member of the Scientific Commitee),

http://www.allt-uae.org/sientific_committee.php.

2018

§ Ιnternational Conference on ‘Less widely used and less taught languages: an added

value for widely used languages, School of French, Aristotle University, 1-2 June,

Thessaloniki(MemberoftheScientificCommitee).

§ TheAppliedLinguisticsandLanguageTeachingInternationalConference,Zayed

University,8-10March,Dubai,UAE,(MemberoftheScientificCommitee).

2017 § 8th InternationalScientificConferenceChildrenandLanguagestodayorganizedbythe

Department of Philology, Faculty of Education, University of Osijek, Οsijek, 1-2

December,Croatia(MemberoftheProgrammeCommittee).

§ 16thInternationalConferenceonMigrationand LanguageEducationorganizedby theGreekApplied LinguisticsAssociation , 6-8October, Thessaloniki,Greece (ΜemberoftheOrganisingCommittee).

§ 2nd Panhellenic Conference ofModel Experimental Schools in Primary and Secondary

Education.Organiser:3rdModelExperimentalprimaryschoolofEvosmos,Thessaloniki,

Greece,6-7May(MemberofScientificandOrganizingCommitee)

2016 § Teacher training workshops (addressed to Polish and Slovenian partners) for the

Project on DysTEFL 2 (Dyslexia for Teachers of English as a Foreign Language 2).

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Erasmus + (No 2014-1-PL01-KA200-003578), Aristotle University of Thessaloniki,

Greece,4-8April(MemberoftheOrganisingCommittee).

§ Teacher Training seminar: Foreign Language Learning: Challenges and Perspectives,

Kastoria,Greece,18March(MemberoftheOrganisingCommittee).

2015 § 4th International Conference Teaching English to Young Learners: Assessment and

Learning, Faculty of Education in Jagodina, University of Kragujevac, Serbia, 5-6 June

(MemberofProgrammeCommittee).

§ ProjectmeetingonDysTEFL2(DyslexiaforTeachersofEnglishasaForeignLanguage

2). Erasmus + (No 2014-1-PL01-KA200-003578), Aristotle University of Thessaloniki,

Greece,11-12March(MemberoftheOrganisingCommittee).

2014 § Panhellenic Conference Reflections about childhood, School of Early Childhood

Education, Aristotle University, 31 October- 1 November (Member of the Organising

Committee).

§ One-dayeventonStrategiesinLanguageLearningandTeaching.InhonourofEmeritus

Professor Angeliki Psaltou-Joycey. Greek Applied Linguistics Association, Thessaloniki,

Greece,4October(MemberoftheOrganisingCommittee).

§ One-day event: The child at Montessori school, Thessaloniki, Greece, 19 March

(MemberoftheOrganisingCommitee).

2013 § One-dayevent:Curriculumforpre-schoollearners:suggestionsandideas,Thessaloniki,

Greece,2November(OMEPco-organisation).

§ 1stHellenic Conference on Early Language Learning (PEAP conference), University of

Athens, Faculty of English Language and Literature, Anavyssos Attica, Greece, 14-16

June(MemberoftheAcademicCommittee).

§ Workshop by OMEP Thessaloniki: Creative play for the activation of the senses,

Thesssaloniki,Greece,26May(MemberoftheOrganisingCommittee).

§ 1st Panhellenic Conference ofModel Experimental Schools in Primary and Secondary

Education.Organiser:3rdModelExperimentalprimaryschoolofEvosmos,Thessaloniki,

Greece,27-28April(MemberofScientificandOrganizingCommitee).

§ 21stInternationalSymposiumofTheoreticalandAppliedLinguistics,AristotleUniversity

ofThessaloniki,Greece,5-7April(MemberoftheOrganisingCommittee).

§ HandsonworkshopsonMusicalandpedagogicalgames.Theseminarwasorganisedby

in‘Polydromo’andOMEPinThessaloniki,Greece,2March(MemberoftheOrganising

Committee).

2012 § SeminarbyΟΜΕΡThessaloniki:Whenthedolls…act’,Thessaloniki,Greece,9December

(MemberoftheOrganisingCommittee).

§ 15thInternational Conference on Applied Linguistics: Cross curricular Approaches to

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Language Education, Thessaloniki, 23- 25 November (Member of the Organising

Committee).

§ SeminarbyOMEPThessalonikiaddressedtonurseryandprimaryschoolteachersand

parents: Board games in the educational process, Thessaloniki, Greece, 26 May

(MemberoftheOrganisingCommittee).

§ Art workshop at Children’s Festival ‘Parathinoupoli’: Tagging my city, Thessaloniki,

Greece,25May(MemberoftheOrganisingCommittee).

§ SeminarbyΟΜΕΡThessaloniki:Howcanyouhideformchildren?Theyknoweverything

anyway:Family-School-Economiccrisis,Thessaloniki,Greece,16March(Memberofthe

OrganisingCommittee).

2011 § 20thInternationalSymposiumofTheoreticalandAppliedLinguistics,AristotleUniversity

ofThessaloniki,Greece,1-3April(SecretaryoftheOrganisingCommittee).

2010

§ Two-day seminar addressed to state English language teachers and advisors in the

course of PEAP project: English in the first grades of primary school, Thessaloniki,

Greece,1-2November(MemberoftheOrganisingCommittee).

ORIGINALPUBLICATIONS

EDITEDBOOKS

1. Zoghbor, W. & Alexiou, T. (in print). Advancing ELT Education. Dubai, UAE: Zayed University

publications.

2. Zoghbor, W., Al Alami, S. & Alexiou, T. (2019). Teaching in a globalized world. Proceedings of the

Applied Linguistics and Language Teaching Conference (ALLT) 2018. Zayed University, Dubai,

https://www.zu.ac.ae/main/en/research/publications/_books_reports/2018/ALLT2018Proceedings.pdf

3. Alexiou,T.,Gavriilidou,Z.&Milton, J. (2018). Special Issue: LanguageLearningStrategies,Language

LearningJournal,46(5).https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rllj20/46/5

4. Gitsaki, C., & Alexiou, T. (2015). Current issues in second/foreign language teaching and teacher

development:Researchandpractice.NewcastleuponTyne,UK:CambridgeScholarsPublishing.

5. Lavidas,N.,AlexiouT.,&Sougari,A. (2014).SelectedPapersof the20th International Symposiumon

TheoreticalandAppliedLinguistics,1-3April,2011,AristotleUniversityofThessaloniki,Greece,Versita

Publications,575pages,Volume1,http://www.degruyter.com/viewbooktoc/product/422019

a. Volume2,http://www.degruyter.com/viewbooktoc/product/422023

b. Volume3,http://www.degruyter.com/viewbooktoc/product/422024

6. Milton,J.,&Alexiou,T.(2012).SpecialIssue:Vocabulary,PartII:InputandUptake,LanguageLearning

Journal,40(1).

BOOKCHAPTERS

1. Alexiou,T.&Milton, J. (2019)Pic-Lex:Anewtoolofmeasuring receptivevocabulary forveryyoung

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learners. In Zoghbor, W. & Alexiou, T. Advancing ELT Education. Dubai, UAE: Zayed University

publications.

2. Alexiou,T.,Roghani,S.&Milton,J.(2019)AssessingtheVocabularyKnowledgeofPreschoolLanguage

Learners. InProsic-Sandovac,D.&Rixon,S. IntegratingAssessmentintoEarlyLanguageLearningand

TeachingPractice(pp.207-220),Bristol:MultilingualMatters.

3. Alexiou, T. (2016) Gender research in EFL classrooms –or: Are girls better language learners? In D.

Elsner&V. Lohe (Eds.)Gender and Language Learning: ResearchandPractice (pp.85-95). Tubingen,

Germany:NarrFranckeAttemptoVerlag.

4. Alexiou,T.(2015)VocabularyuptakefromPeppapig:acasestudyofpreschoolEFLlearnersinGreece.

In C. Gitsaki, & T. Alexiou (Eds.) Current Issues in Second/foreign Language Teaching and Teacher

Development: Research and Practice (pp. 285-301). Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars

Publishing.

5. Alexiou, T. & Mattheoudakis, M. (2015) A paradigm shift in EFL material development for young

learners:Instillingpedagogyinteachingpractice.InC.Giannikas,L.McLauglin,N.Deutsch&G.Fanning

(Eds.)Children learning English: From research to practice (pp.77-96). IATEFL YLT SIGbook. Reading,

UK:GarnetpublishersLtd.

6. Agathopoulou, E.,Alexiou, T., Joycey, E., Kazamia, V.& Sougari, A. (2015) Activities formainstream

primaryschools.InA.Psaltou-Joycey(Ed.)ForeignLanguageLearningStrategyInstruction:ATeacher’s

Guide. Kavala (pp.52-115.) Saita Publications. Available on line at:

https://issuu.com/saita.publications/docs/fllsi_a_teacher___s_guide

7. Mattheoudakis,M.&Alexiou,T.(2015)YoungLearners’LearningstylesinMagicBook1and2:Mission

accomplished? InC.Gkonou&M.Daubney (Eds.),HumanisingLanguageTeaching,Current Issues in

the Psychology of Language Learning and Teaching, Year 17; Issue 4; August 2015, (33 pages) ISSN

1755-9715,availableonlineat:http://old.hltmag.co.uk/aug15/index.htm

8. Alexiou,T.(2015)Comicseriesand‘PeppaPig’:Ahiddentreasureinlanguagelearning.InM.Τzakosta

(Ed.)Languagelearningandteachinginmulticulturalenvironments:theinclusionoflanguagedeviation

andlanguagevariationinclass(pp.187-207).Athens:Gutenberg-Dardanos.

9. Mattheoudakis,M., F. Chasioti&T.Alexiou (2014).Once upon a timewebrought content into the

languageclassroom: Theuseof fairytales inprimaryeducationand theireffecton foreign language

development. In A. Psaltou-Joycey, E. Agathopoulou & M. Mattheoudakis (Eds.), Cross-curricular

ApproachestoLanguageEducation(pp.71-97).CambridgeScholarsPublishers.

10. Psaltou-Joycey, A.,Mattheoudakis,M.&Alexiou, T. (2014) Language learning strategies in CLIL and

non-CLIL classes: Which strategies do young learners claim they use? In A. Psaltou-Joycey, E.

Agathopoulou&M.Mattheoudakis(Eds.),Cross-curricularApproachestoLanguageEducation(pp.305-

322).CambridgeScholarsPublishers.

11. Milton, J., Alexiou, T. & Mattheoudakis, M. (2014) Knowledge of spoken form. In Milton, J. and

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Fitzpatrick, T. (Eds.) Dimensions of Vocabulary Knowledge (pp.113-129). Basingstoke: Palgrave

Macmillan.

12. Μattheoudakis,M.&Alexiou,T.(2010)Identifyingyounglearners’learningstylesinGreece.InVarela,

M.C.,Javier,F.,Polo,F.,GómezGarcía,L.andI.M.PalaciosMartínez(Eds.)CurrentissuesinEnglish

languageteachingandlearning.Aninternationalperspective(pp.37-51).CambridgeScholars

Publishing.

13. Alexiou, T. (2009) Young learners’ cognitive skills and their role in foreign language vocabulary

learning. In M. Nikolov (Ed.) Second Language Acquisition: Early learning of Modern Foreign

Languages.ProcessesandOutcomes(pp.46-61).Bristol:MultilingualMatters.

14. Milton,J.&Alexiou,T.(2009)VocabularysizeandtheCommonEuropeanFrameworkofReferencefor

Languages. In B. Richards, H. Daller, D.D.Malvern, P. Meara, J. Milton, J., & J. Treffers-Daller (Eds.)

Vocabulary studies in first and second language acquisition: The Interface Between Theory and

Application(pp.194-211).Hampshire:PalgraveMacmillan.

15. Mattheoudakis,M.&Alexiou,T. (2009) Early foreign language instruction inGreece: socioeconomic

factorsandtheireffectonyounglearners’languagedevelopment.InM.Nikolov(Ed.)ΤheAgeFactor

andEarlyLanguageLearning(pp.227-251).Berlin:MoutondeGruyter.

16. Milton, J. & Alexiou, T. (2006) Language aptitude development in young learners. In C. Abello-

Contesse,R.DeKeyser, P.Chandler, Fco.GallardodelPuerto,M. L.García Lecumberri, K.Geeslin, P.

Guijarro-Fuentes, J.Milton,C.Muñoz,C.Pérez-Vidal,GloriaRuiz-González&T.Scovel (eds.)Theage

factor inL2acquisitionand teaching (pp.177-192).Monograph issueofELIA (EstudiosdeLingόustica

InglesaAplicada),PeterLangPublishers,Spain.

17. Milton,J.&Alexiou,T.(2004)Reconsideringlanguagelearningaptitudewithyounglearners’inmind,

WorkingPapers inLinguistics (pp.103-118).DepartmentofEnglishLanguageandLiterature,Aristotle

UniversityofThessaloniki.

PAPERSINREFEREEDJOURNALS

1. Mattheoudakis,M.,Alexiou,T.&Ziaka,I.(2018).TheimpactofCLILinstructiononcontentlearning:

evidence from the Greek context, International Journal of Innovation in Education, 5(2), pp.92-109,

DOI:10.1504/IJIIE.2018.097850

2. Alexiou, T. & Kokla, N. (2018). Cartoons thatmake a difference: A Linguistic Analysis of Peppa Pig.

Journal of Linguistics and Education Research, 1(1), pp.24-30, DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30564/jler.v1i1.314

3. Mitits,L.,Alexiou,T.&Milton,J.(2018).Doesthelanguageyouspeakathomeaffectthesizeofyour

L2 vocabulary?,The Language Learning Journal,Vol. 46(5),(pp.569-

582),DOI:10.1080/09571736.2018.1503134

4. TsaliA.&Alexiou,T.(2017).DyslexiaandreadingthroughcolouredbackgroundinGreekprimaryEFL

learning.JournalofAppliedLinguistics,AnnualPublicationoftheGreekAppliedLinguisticsAssociation,

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Issue31(pp.84-107).Availableonlineat:http://www.enl.auth.gr/gala/jal/online_vol.asp?Vol=31

5. Mattheoudakis,M.,&Alexiou,T. (2017) Sketching theprofileof theCLIL instructor inGreece. InN.

Sifakis, E. Griva, & A. Deligianni (Eds.) Research Papers in Language Teaching and Learning: CLIL

implementation in foreign language contexts: Exploring challenges and perspectives, Vol. 8(1), 110-

124,availableonlineathttp://rpltl.eap.gr/images/2017/RPLTL-8-1.pdf

6. Mattheoudakis,M.&Alexiou,T.(2014)WritingMagicBook1.PE@PJournal,Vol.2,13pages,available

onlinehttp://rcel.enl.uoa.gr/peap/steps/teyxos-2/grafontas-%C2%ABmagiko-biblio%C2%BB?cis=1777

7. Alexiou,Τ.&Mattheoudakis,M.(2013)Introducingaforeignlanguageatprimarylevel:Benefitsorlost

opportunities?ThecaseofGreece.ResearchPapersinLanguageTeachingandLearning,4(1),February

2013,pp.99-119.Availableonlineathttp://rpltl.eap.gr

8. Konstantakis, N. & Alexiou, T. (2012) Vocabulary in Greek young learners' English as a foreign

languagecoursebooks,LanguageLearningJournal,40(1),pp.35-45,Routledge.

9. Zouganeli, K.,Alexiou, T. & Bouniol, P. (2011) EYL Teachers’ Professional Development by Distance

Learning: TheGreek Case.Research Papers in Language Teaching and Learning,2(1), January 2011,

pp.74-84.Availableonlineathttp://rpltl.eap.gr

10. Alexiou, T. & Milton, J. (2008) Vocabulary size in Greek as a foreign language and the Common

European Reference for Languages. Journal of Applied Linguistics, Annual Publication of the Greek

Applied Linguistics Association, Issue 2 (pp. 35-52). Available on line at:

http://www.enl.auth.gr/gala/jal/24.html

PAPERSINCONFERENCEPROCEEDINGS

1. Kiose E., Alexiou, T.& Iliopoulou, K. (2019). Sketching the profile of the interculturally competent

teacher:Greekteachers’beliefsandperceptionsininterculturalJuniorHighSchools.InZoghbor,W.,Al

Alami,S.,Alexiou,T.&Kasem,M.Teachinginaglobalizedworld.ProceedingsoftheAppliedLinguistics

and Language Teaching Conference (ALLT) 2018, pp. 215-240, Zayed Univerity, Dubai,

https://www.zu.ac.ae/main/en/research/publications/_books_reports/2018/ALLT2018Proceedings.pdf

2. Alexiou, T. & Yfouli, D. (2019). Charlie& Lola: An innovativeway of promoting young learners’ EFL

lexical development. In Tsichouridis et al (eds). Conference Proceedings from the 4th International

Conference for the Promotion of Educational Innovation, pp. 323-330, Larisa, University of Thessaly,

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1g0DOpzqz4vadC8w3eM8m-eM5P8nfi84y

3. Alexiou, T.& Kokla,N. (2019). Teaching Cultural Elements and Pro-social Behaviour to Preschoolers

through Peppa Pig. In Tsichouridis et al (eds). Conference Proceedings from the 4th International

Conference for the Promotion of Educational Innovation, pp. 299-305, Larisa, University of Thessaly,

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1g0DOpzqz4vadC8w3eM8m-eM5P8nfi84y

4. Alexiou,Τ.,Mitits,L.&Milton,J.(inprint).Cummins’CUPandthelanguageofthehomeinlearningL2

vocabulary.Toappearin:Gavriilidouetal(eds)Proceedingsfromthe2ndInternationalConferenceon

SituatingStrategyUse,Komotini,DemocritusUniversityofThrace,18pages.

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5. Alexiou, T. & Chondrogianni, M. (2017). Bringing innovation to the primary EFL classroom: Total

PhysicalResponsewithTwisterandWii-fit.InTsichouridis,Ch.etal(eds)ConferenceProceedingsfrom

the 3rd International Conference for the Promotion of Educational Innovation, (pp.425-432), Larisa,

UniversityofThessaly.

6. Kambakis-Vougiouklis, P.,Mamoukari, P.,Agathopoulou, E.,&Alexiou, T. (2016).Oral applicationof

theSILLquestionnaireusingthebarforfrequencyandevaluationofstrategyuse.InM.Mattheoudakis

& K. Nicolaidis (Eds.) Selected Papers from the 21st International Symposium on Theoretical and

AppliedLinguistics(ISTAL21),(pp.650-665).Thessaloniki:Prothiki,AristotleUniversity,availableonline

https://ejournals.lib.auth.gr/thal/issue/view/832/showToc

7. Alexiou, T. & Vitoulis, M. (2014). iGeneration issues: Tracing preschoolers English receptive and

productive vocabulary through interactive media: Mission impossible? In J. Enever, E. Lindren & S.

Ivanov(Eds.)ConferenceProceedingsfromEarlyLanguageLearning:TheoryandPractice2014(pp.16-

22).UmeåUniversity,Umeå,Sweden.ISBN978-91-7601-193-5.

8. AlexiouT.,NikakiD.,GiannakakiM.&LaftsidouM.(2014).Specialchild learningdifficultyorspecific

teacher difficulty? in A.C. Ilhan et.al. (eds) International Teacher Education Conference Proceedings

Book(pp.551-559).Dubai,UAE.

9. Psaltou-Joycey,A.,Sougari,A.,Agathopoulou,E.&Alexiou,T. (2014)Theroleofage,genderandL1

strategies in the L2 strategies of primary school children inGreece. InG. Kotzoglou, K.Nikolou, E .

Karantzola, K. Frantzi, I. Galantomos, M. Georgalidou, V. Kourti-Kazoullis, C. Papadopoulou & E.

Vlachou (Eds.), Selection of papers for the 11th International Conference on Greek Linguistics,

UniversityoftheAegean(pp.1436-1448).Rhodes,Greece.

10. Mattheoudakis,M.,Alexiou, T. & Laskaridou, C. (2014) To CLIL or not to CLIL? The case of the 3rd

ExperimentalPrimarySchoolinEvosmos.InN.Lavidas,T.Alexiou&A.Sougari(Eds.),MajorTrendsin

Theoretical and Applied Linguistics: Selected Papers from the 20thInternational Symposium from

TheoreticalandAppliedLinguistics(pp.215-233),Vol.3.DeGruyterVersitasPublications.

11. Alexiou, T. & Mattheoudakis, M. (2011) Bridging the gap: Issues of transition and continuity from

primary to secondary schools inGreece. Selected Papers from the 19th International Symposiumon

TheoreticalandAppliedLinguistics(pp.87-99).Thessaloniki,Greece.

12. Milton,J.,&Alexiou,T.(2010)DevelopingavocabularysizetestforGreekasaforeignlanguage.InA.

Psaltou-Joycey&M.Mattheoudakis(Eds.),Selectionofpapersforthe14thInternationalConferenceof

AppliedLinguistics(GALA)(pp.307-318).AristotleUniversityofThessaloniki.Alsoavailableonline:

http://www.enl.auth.gr/gala/14th/Papers/English%20papers/Milton&Alexiou.pdf

13. Alexiou,T.&Konstantakis,N.(2009)Lexisforyounglearners:Areweheadingforfrequencyorjust

commonsense?.InA.Tsangalidis(Ed.)Selectionofpapersforthe18thSymposiumofTheoreticaland

AppliedLinguistics(pp.59-66).AristotleUniversityofThessaloniki.

14. Alexiou,T.(2008).Cognitiveskillsthatfacilitateyounglearners’Englishlanguagelearning.Proceedings

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oftheInternationalConferenceofLanguageCentreoftheUniversityofAthens(pp.581-584).Athens.

15. Milton,J.&Alexiou,T.(2006)Whatmakesagoodyounglanguagelearner?InA.Kavadia,M.

Joanopoulou&A.Tsangalidis(Eds.)Selectionofpapersforthe13thInternationalConferenceofApplied

Linguistics:NewDirectionsinAppliedLinguistics(pp.636-646).AristotleUniversityofThessaloniki,

Volumenumber9.

16. Alexiou,T.(2003)Greekteachers’preferencesinELTmethodologyfortheteachingofvocabulary.InE.

Mela-Athanasopoulou(Ed.)SelectionofProceedingsforthe15thSymposiumofTheoreticalandApplied

Linguistics(pp.485-490).AristotleUniversityofThessaloniki.

BOOKREVIEWS

Alexiou,T.BookreviewofFitzpatrick,T.&Barfield,A.(2009)Lexicalprocessinginsecondlanguagelearners:

papers and perspectives in honour of PaulMeara. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publ. In Language Learning

Journal,2012,Volume40,Issue2,Routledge,pp.257-258(Impactfactor1.2).

ONLINETEACHINGMATERIALSANDPAPERS

1. Alexiou,T. ‘CLIL (ContentandLanguage IntegratedLearning)and the roleofDigitalTechnologies in

Education’(in Greek). Teacher training material under the Project ‘Teacher training on using and

implementingdigitaltechnologyinteachingpractice’fortheInstituteofEducationalPolicy,Greeceand

DiofantosPublishers(EKPA2014-2020).

2. Nijakowska, J.etal (2016)DysTEFL2:TeachingmaterialonEnglishasa foreign language for learners

withdyslexia(http://dystefl2.uni.lodz.pl/?page_id=1053)

3. Alexiou, T. & Tzakosta,M. (2013). Teaching strategies for children. Centre for the Greek language,

Module 3 of the teacher distance training programme Routes in teaching Modern Greek,

http://elearning.greek-language.gr/pp.51.

4. Alexiou, T., Iliopoulou, Κ.,Moumtzi,Μ. & Roussoulioti T. (2013).Assessment issues. Centre for the

Greek language,Modules 3 of the teacher distance training programmeRoutes in teachingModern

Greek(Programme2),http://elearning.greek-language.gr/,pp.98.

5. Alexiou,T.,Kouvara,V.,Panagiotidou,V.&Spanou,Κ. (2013)Teaching languageskills inGreekasa

foreign/second language. Module1of the teacherdistance trainingprogramme ‘Routes in teaching

ModernGreek’(Programmes2respectively),http://elearning.greek-language.gr/pp.63.

6. Alexiou,T.(2013)Cognitivedevelopment,languageaptitudeandlanguagelearninginyounglearners

in Greece: a different approach. Electronically published on the web platform of the programme

“RoutestoteachingModernGreek”oftheCentrefortheGreekLanguage(MinistryofEducationand

Religious Affairs), Web address where the article is uploaded: http://elearning.Greek-

language.gr/mod/resource/view.php?id=370

7. Alexiou,T. (2012)Teachingasecond/foreign languagetochildren:Theuseofstories inclass.Centre

for the Greek language, Deliverable p2b4: Practical suggestions for the teaching of Greek as a

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second/foreignlanguage,8pages.

8. Alexiou,T.(2011)Writingof3teachingsuggestionsfortheteachingofEnglishasaforeignlanguage.

CentrefortheGreeklanguage,Deliverablep2a5:Designinganddevelopingmaterialforthetrainingof

teachersbydistance,14pages.

9. Alexiou, T., Kouvara, V., Panagiotidou, V. & Spanou, Κ. (2011) Curriculum design, classroom

managementandlearningstrategies.Module1oftheteacherdistancetrainingprogramme‘Routesin

teachingModernGreek’ (Programmes 1 and 2 respectively),http://elearning.greek-language.gr/ pp.

100.

10. Alexiou,T.,Antonopoulou,Ν.,Iliopoulou,Κ.,Moumtzi,Μ.&RoussouliotiT.(2011)Assessment.Centre

for the Greek language, Modules 3 and 4 of the teacher distance training programme Routes in

teachingModernGreek (Programmes 1 and 2 respectively), http://elearning.greek-language.gr/, pp.

120.

11. Alexiou,T.,Iliopoulou,Κ.,Κitsou,Ι.&Sougari,Α.(2011)Foreignlanguageteachingtoyounglearners.

Centre for the Greek language, Module 3 of the teacher distance training programme Routes in

teachingModernGreek,http://elearning.greek-language.gr/pp.80.

12. Alexiou,T.(2004)‘Memory,analyticskillsandforeignlanguagelearninginyounglearners’.Summary

ofposterpresentationpresentedat the summer conferenceof theVocabularyAcquisitionResearch

Group,Centre forAppliedLanguageStudies,UniversityofWalesSwansea,15-18 July2004,6pages,

http://www.swan.ac.uk/cals/calsres/events/conf2004.htm(inactiveURL),6pages.

13. Alexiou,T. (2002) ‘Foreign languageaptitudeinyounglearners’.Summaryofpaperpresentedatthe

summer conference of the Vocabulary Acquisition Research Group, Centre for applied Language

Studies, University of Wales Swansea, July 2002,

http://www.swan.ac.uk/cals/calsres/events/conf2002.htm(inactiveURL),5pages.

PUBLISHEDPEDAGOGICALMATERIAL

1. Kilby,L.,Beare,N.,Calderbank,R.&Alexiou,T.(2017).BridgetoSuccess:Grade1EFLbookforstate

primaryschoolsinUAE(Learner’sbook&Activitybook).UnitedArabicEmiratesMinistryofEducation.

PublishingHouse:CambridgeUniversityPress.

2. DysTEFL2: Teaching material on English as a foreign language for learners with dyslexia

(http://dystefl2.uni.lodz.pl/?page_id=1053)

3. Alexiou, T. & Mattheoudakis, M. (2014) (Authors, editors & coordinators)Magic Book 1 Teaching

packagefortheteachingofEnglishatGrade3,http://rcel.enl.uoa.gr/peap/node/2362

4. Alexiou, T. & Mattheoudakis, M. (2013) (Authors, editors & coordinators)Magic Book 2 Teaching

package for the teachingofEnglishatGrade3 for learnerswhohavebeen taughtEnglishatGrades

1&2, http://rcel.enl.uoa.gr/peap/node/2362 Shortlisted for the 2014 ELTons awards:

http://englishagenda.britishcouncil.org/eltons

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5. Alexiou,T.&Mattheoudakis,M.(2012) (Authors,editors&coordinators)MagicBook(pilotversion):

Teaching package for the teaching of English at Grade 3,

http://rcel.enl.uoa.gr/peapABC/peapC/book.pdf

6. Mattheoudakis,M. & T. Alexiou (2009) European Portfolio for Student Teachers of Languages - A

reflection tool for language teacher education Council of Europe, European Centre for Modern

Languages, 94 pages. Available only in electronic form:

http://epostl2.ecml.at/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=CJKxR3z2Ohw%3d&tabid=505&language=en-GB

Translation from:Newby, D. R. Allan, A-B. Fenner, B. Jones, Barry, H. Komorowska,& K. Soghikyan,

(eds.) (2007) European Portfolio for Student Teachers of Languages - A Reflection tool for language

teachereducationStrasbourg,Graz:CouncilofEurope,EuropeanCentreforModernLanguages(ISBN

978-92-871-6207-6).

7. Freelance writer of 6 teaching material (4 for New Editions publishers and 2 for Longman) for the

teachingofEnglishforyounglearners(2005-2008).

THESES

Ø Alexiou,T. (2005).Cognitivedevelopment,aptitudeand language learning inGreekyoung learners. PhD

Thesis,UniversityofWalesatSwansea,UK.

Ø Alexiou, T. (1999).Greek teachers’ Preferences in ELT methodology for the teaching of vocabulary. MA

Dissertation,UniversityofKentatCanterburyandCanterburyChristChurchUniversityCollege,UK.

CONFERENCEPRESENTATIONS,WORKSHOPS,SEMINARS

PLENARYANDINVITEDSESSIONS

1. Alexiou, T. (2019).Measuring vocabulary in young EFL learners. Professional Development Seminar,

CityCollege,7May,Thessaloniki.

2. Alexiou,T.(2019).Themagicelementofvocabularyintherecipeofearlyforeignlanguagesuccess.14ο

ForeignLanguageForum,31March,Thessaloniki.

3. Alexiou,T.(2019).DevelopingPic-Lex:Avocabularysizetestforveryyounglearners.Featuredspeaker

atALLT2019,8March,Dubai,UAE.

4. Alexiou, T. (2019). EFL vocabulary building for young learners. Professional Development workshop

titled‘EarlyForeignLanguageLearning’attheALLT2019,7March,Dubai,UAE.

5. Alexiou,T.(2019).AdaptingEFLmaterialsforyounglearnerswithdyslexia.ProfessionalDevelopment

workshoptitled‘EarlyForeignLanguageLearning’attheALLT2019,7March,Dubai,UAE.

6. Alexiou, T. (2019). The power of words: Re-evaluating vocabulary in the TEYL context. TESOL

Macedonia-Thrace,February23-24,Thessaloniki,Greece.

7. Alexiou, T. (2018) Accommodating learners with dyslexia in the EFL classroom (seminar). Online

training series for Russian school teachers titled Creating comfortable integrated educational

environment for English learning in school. Organised byMoscow State Pedagogical University and

Prosveshcheniye Publishers, Moscow, Russia, 2 December (via teleconference-1070 teachers

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registered).

8. Alexiou,T.(2018).Dyslexiaandforeignlanguages:MythsandTruths.TeacherTrainingseminarafter

invitationbytheTeacherUnionofstateschoolsofImatheia,19May,Veroia,Greece.

9. Alexiou,T. (2018). Whatnot todotoourMagicBooks.TeacherTrainingseminarafter invitationby

theTeacherUnionofstateschoolsofImatheia,19May,Veroia,Greece.

10. Alexiou,T. (2018).DevisingCLILmaterials:Therecipeforsuccess.FeaturedspeakeratALLT2018,10

March,Dubai,UAE.

11. Alexiou,T.(2018).Developingactivitiesforexplicitstrategyinstructioninprimaryschools.Professional

DevelopmentworkshopattheALLT2018,9March,Dubai,UAE.

12. Alexiou, T. (2018). Dyslexia in the foreign language classroom: Challenge accepted. Professional

DevelopmentworkshopattheALLT2018,9March,Dubai,UAE.

13. Alexiou,T. (2018).Accommodatinglearnerswithdyslexia intheEFLclassroom:Makingadifference.

TrainingsessionafterinvitationbytheUAEMinistryofEducation,12March,Dubai,UAE.14. Alexiou, T. (2018). Dyslexia and Foreign Languages: Truths, secrets and lies. 13ο Foreign Language

Forum,4March,Thessaloniki.

15. Alexiou,T.(2017).DyslexiaandEFL:Challengesandperspectives.Onedaytrainingeventorganisedby

the Teacher Union of State Primary and Secondary Education of The Perfecture of Serres, 19

November,Serres,Greece.

16. Alexiou, T. (2017). The power of words: Bridging first language acquisition with the learning of a

secondlanguage.OnedayeventfortheEuropeanDayforLanguagesorganisedbythe....ofPrimary

education of the Perfecture of Rodopis& the Center forGrreel Language, 28 September, Komotini,

Greece.

17. Alexiou,T.(2017). CLIL:Thesecretrecipeforsuccessinlearningaforeign/secondlanguage.Training

seminarforKessarisprivateschoo,21September,Athens,Greece.

18. Mattheoudakis,M.,&Alexiou,T. (2017).DysTEFL2:DyslexiaandtheteachingofEnglishasaforeign

language. Association of parents of children with dyslexia and leanring difficulties, 19 February,

Thessaloniki,Greece.

19. Alexiou, T. (2016). Alternative models of Education. Training session after invitation by the UAE

MinistryofEducation,26November,Dubai,UAE.

20. Mattheoudakis,M.,&Alexiou,T.(2016).Thenewsociopoliticaldiscourseforthelearningoflanguages

at an early age. Conference on “The current Social and Political Discourse for Foreign Language

EducationintheEuropeanUnion”organizedinhonorofProf.B.Dendrinos,NationalandKapodistrian

UniversityofAthens,Athens,4-6November,2016.

21. Alexiou, T. (2016). CLIL them all! A different approach to teaching Greek as a Second Language.

LanguageTeachers’Conference,21Ocober,Sydney,Australia(viateleconference).

22. Alexiou T. (2016). A series of teacher training seminars for European Teachers via Erasmus

programme.Titlesofseminars:Earlyforeignlanguagelearning,GamesandsongsintheTEYLcontext,

CLILandMaterialdevelopment foryoung learners. CLyLTSummerSchool.18-22 July,Chania,Crete,

Greece.

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23. Alexiou,T.(2014).EntertheworldofMagicBooks!TeachertrainingseminarorganizedbytheSchool

EFL Advisor of the primary schools of the Perfecture of Ileias, 8 November, Amaliada, Greece (via

teleconference).

24. Alexiou,T.&Tzakosta,M.(2014).Childrenareplaying...Greek:TheimportanceofpreservingtheGreek

languageinchildimmigration.InternationalconferencefortheTeachingandCertificationofGreekas

aSecond/ForeignLanguage,CentreforGreekLanguage,25October,Thessaloniki,Greece.

25. Alexiou,T. (2014).TeleconferenceTeacherTrainingseminarforEnglish languageteachers inprimary

onthedesignanduseofMagicBook1and2,June,Greece.

26. Alexiou,T. (2014).Creating‘magic’foryounglearners.TeacherTrainingseminar,15March,Katerini,

Greece.

27. Alexiou, T. (2013). The program “Routes” travel to Australia and transfer

experiences and thoughts about children’s language learning. Representative of the Centre for the

GreekLanguage(GreekMinistryofEducation),16November,UniversityofSydney,Australia.

28. Alexiou, T. (2013). Steps in teaching English to Young Learners. Seminar for staff members, The

Language and Literacy Education group, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, University of

Melbourne,6November,Melbourne,Australia.

29. Mattheoudakis,M.&Alexiou,T. (2013).Risingfromthecrisis:changingisthechallenge.34thAnnual

InternationalConvention,TESOLGreece,March30-31,Athens,Greece.

30. Alexiou,T. (2012).ThePEAPprojectand thedevelopmentof teachingmaterials for the3rdgradeof

primaryschool:MagicBook1&2.TrainingseminarforEnglishteachersinthecourseofPEAPproject,

7September2,Larisa,Greece.

31. Alexiou,T. (2012).ThePEAPprojectand thedevelopmentof teachingmaterials for the3rdgradeof

primaryschool:MagicBook1&2.TrainingseminarforEnglishteachersinthecourseofPEAPproject,

6April,PolygyrosHalkidiki,Greece.

32. Alexiou,T. (2011).ThefirststepstotheNewEducationalPolicyΕΠΣ-ΞΓwiththe‘MagicBook’forthe

3rd grade. One-day training conference organised by the Panhellenic Association of State School

TeachersofEnglish,October8,Athens,Greece.

33. Mattheoudakis,M.&Alexiou,T.(2011).TeachingtheMagicbookatthe3rdgradeofprimaryschool.

TrainingseminarforEnglishteachersatprimaryschoolsinthecourseofPEAPproject,12November,

Xanthi,Greece.

34. Mattheoudakis, M., Alexiou, T. & Laskaridou, C. (2011). Where there is a will, there is a way:

introducing CLIL into English language. 18th Αnnual Convention, TESOL Macedonia Thrace, 19-20

March,Thessaloniki,Greece.

35. Mattheoudakis,M.,Alexiou,T.&Laskaridou,C.(2011).Wherethere’saWill, there’saWay:Content

andLanguage IntegratedLearning(CLIL).Trainingseminar forEnglishteachersatSerres, January23,

Serres,Greece.

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36. Alexiou,T.(2010).TeachingEnglishtoveryyounglearnersor…Theearlybirdcatchestheworm.One-

daytrainingconferenceorganisedbythePanhellenicAssociationofStateSchoolTeachersofEnglish,

October2,Athens,Greece.

37. Alexiou, T. (2009).Young learners’ individual differences in theGreek state primary school:Myth or

reality?AssociationofPrimaryEducationNorthernGreece,February7,Thessaloniki,Greece.

38. Alexiou, T. (2008). Individual differences in the young learners’ classroom: Takingadvantageof our

learners’ language aptitude and learning styles (invited speaker). TESOL Greece, 1st SIG event,

September28,Athens,Greece.

39. Alexiou,T.(2008). Individualdifferences.StateEnglish languageTeachersof Imathia,Greece,April8,

Alexandria,Greece.

40. Alexiou, T. (2006).Contemporary TeachingMethods I: Task Based Learning: Evaluation Techniques

andMethods, Self-evaluation,Advantagesof TBLmethod: Someexamples.UniversityofMacedonia,

February18,Thessaloniki,Greece.

41. Alexiou, T. (2002). Do children possess foreign language aptitude? Research seminar in the

DepartmentofEarlyChildhoodStudies,UniversityofWalesSwansea,May15,Swansea,UK.

CONFERENCEPRESENTATIONS-REGULAR

42. Alexiou,Τ.&Serafeim,Μ.(2019).Measuringforeignlanguagelearningaptitudeofintellectuallygifted

students.2ndEAPCrete“Options,PracticesandPossibilitiesofEAPandESPpractitioners”,Universityof

Crete,20-23September,Heraklion,Greece.

43. Ziaka, Ι., Alexiou, Τ. & Mattheoudakis, Μ. (2019). CLIL-Prime: Establishing standards of

implementation. International Conference on Multilingual Theories and Practices (MTP19), Ionian

University,9-10May,Corfu,Greece.

44. Alexiou,T. (2018)DesigningaCLILtrainingcourse.PresentationundertheProjectofErasmus+CLIL

Prime,13October,Viterbo,Italy.

45. Alexiou, T.& Kokla, A. (2018). Teaching cultural elements and Pro-social behaviour to preschoolers

throughPeppapig.4th InternationalConference for thePromotionofEducational Innovation,12-14

October,Larisa,Greece.

46. Alexiou,T.&Yfouli,D.(2018).Charlie&Lola:Aninnovativewayofpromotingyounglearners’ lexical

development. 4th International Conference for the Promotion of Educational Innovation, 12-14

October,Larisa,Greece(video-presentation).47. Alexiou, T. & Stathopoulou, M. (2018). The New CEFR and its potential: What foreign language

educatorsshouldknow.CelebratingHellenicOpenUniversity’s20years,1998-2018:Past,Presentand

Future»,23SeptemberAthens.

48. Alexiou, T. (2018). Dyslexia and EFL: Reading between the lines. Two-day seminar on Educational

Innovations organised by the 3rd Model Experimental primary school of Evosmos, 5-7 September,

Thessaloniki,Greece.

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49. Alexiou,T.&Kokla,A.(2018).CLILingthroughIpads:ThecaseofKessarisPrivateSchoolinAthens.5ο

International Conference ‘Crossroads of Languages & Cultures’, University of Crete, 1-3 June,

Rethymno,Greece.

50. Alexiou, T. & Chondrogianni, M. (2017). Bringing innovation to the primary EFL classroom: Total

Physical Response with Twister and Wii-fit. 3rd International Conference for the Promotion of

EducationalInnovation,13-15October,Larisa,Greece.51. Alexiou, T. (2017). Reviewing CLIL materials from an academic perspective. Presentation under the

ProjectofErasmus+CLILPrime,11November,Kladno,CzechRepublic.

52. Kokla, A. & Alexiou, T. (2017). Peppa Pig: Teaching cultural elements and pro-social behaviour to

preschoolers. 16thInternational Conference onMigration and Language Education organized by the

GreekAppliedLinguisticsofAssociation,6-8October,Thessaloniki,Greece.

53. Alexiou, T.& Agathopoulou, E. (2017).Me2glooses-Bilingualismmatter: Discovering the benefits of

bilingualism. 2ο International in Strategy Use. Department of Philology, Democritus University of

Thrace, 28-30 September, Komotini,Greece (as representativesof ‘Me2glosses-Bilingualismmatters,

AristotleUniversity).

54. L.Mitits,Alexiou, Τ.& J.Milton. (2017).Does the languageyou speakathomeaffect the sizeof L2

vocabulary? 2ο International in Strategy Use. Department of Philology, Democritus University of

Thrace,28-30September,Komotini,Greece.

55. Alexiou, T. (2017). Bilingualism? YES. Dilemma? NO. One day event for the European Day for

Languages&Centre of TeachingGreek language and culture,University of Ioannina, 26 September,

Ioannina,Greece(asrepresentativeof‘Me2glosses-Bilingualismmatters,AristotleUniversity).

56. Alexiou,T.&Kokla,A. (2017).PeppaPig: Justa cheeky littlepiggy? InternationalSummerSchoolof

Linguitsics ‘School-based linguistic research from an international perspective’ organised by the

UniversityofKolnandAristotleUniversity,18-22September,Thessaloniki,Greece.

57. Mattheoudakis,M &Alexiou, T. (2017). Sketching the profile of the CLIL instructor in Greece.AILA

WorldCongress,2014,23-28July,RiodeJaneiro,Brazil(thepresentationwawdeliveredbyacolleague

fromtheDepartmentofEnglish).

58. Kaiktsi,K.,Zapounidis,T.&Alexiou,T.(2017).TheTeachingofEnglishinKindergarden.AnExperiental

Approach. 2nd Panhellenic Conference of Model Experimental Schools in Primary and Secondary

Educationorganisedbythe3rdModelExperimentalprimaryschoolofEvosmos,6-7May,Thessaloniki,

Greece.

59. Kokla, A.& Alexiou, T. (2017).Peppa Pig:More than Just an Animated Series for Preschoolers. 23rd

Symposium of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 31 March-2

April,Thessaloniki,Greece.

60. Alexiou, T.&Mattheoudakis, M. (2017). The secrets of Magic Books for the 3rd Grade of primary

school (in Greek). 1st Conference of the Centre for Research and Evaluation of School Books and

EducationalProgrammes,17-19March2017,Thessaloniki,Greece.

61. Giannakopoulou,A.&Alexiou,T.(2016).ExploitingtheeducationalmaterialforGradeA&B(Primary

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School).MinistryofEducationandReligiousAffairsand InstituteofEducationalPolicy,5September,

Athens&7September,Thessaloniki,Greece.

62. Mattheoudakis,M.,Alexiou,T.&Laskaridou,Ch.(2016).ExploitingtheeducationalmaterialforGrade

C (Primary School).Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs and Institute of Educational Policy, 5

September,Athens&7September,Thessaloniki,Greece.

63. Alexiou,T.&Kokla,A.(2016).Cartoonsthatmakeadifference:Alinguistic,culturalandpedagogical

analysisofPeppaPig.TheYoungLanguageLearnersSymposium2016.6-8July,Oxford,UK.

64. Alexiou, T. & Mattheoudakis, M. (2016). Reconsidering language course materials materials with

learnerswith dyslexia inmind. DysTEFL2-Dyslexia for Teachers of English as a Foreign Language. 25

June,Lodz,Poland.65. Mattheoudakis,M.,&Alexiou, T. (2016).Themagic journey ofGrade3. 1st Panhellenic Conference,

Curricula-SchollTextbooks:Frompasttopresentandfuture,4-6March,Athens,Greece.

66. Alexiou, T. (2015).Magic books: The magic and the tragic way of teaching 3rd graders. Teacher

trainingseminar‘GoodPracticesforPrimarySchoolChildren’,20October,Thessaloniki,Greece.

67. Alexiou,T. (2015).DysTEFL2:Dyslexia for teachersofEnglishasa foreign language.Teachertraining

seminar‘GoodPracticesforPrimarySchoolChildren’,20October,Thessaloniki,Greece.

68. Alexiou, T., Zapounidis, T. & Kostopoulou, I. (2015). In quest of themagic element in preschoolers’

vocabulary reception (poster presentation). International research conference: Issues of

Multilingualism in Early Childhood Education: Zero to Six, Roma Tre University, 26 -27 November,

Rome,Italy.

69. Alexiou,T.(2015).Activitiesforteaching/developinglanguagelearningstrategiesintheGreekPrimary

EFL Classes (workshop). International Conference and workshops on Language Learning Strategies:

TheoreticalIssuesandAppliedPerspectives,27-28June,Komotini,Greece.

70. Saratsli,D.Vagenas,A.,AlexiouT.&Mattheoudakis,M. (2015).Wordsdon’t comeeasy: Themagic

element of vocabulary in primary English coursebooks and strategies to develop it. 4th International

Conference Teaching English to Young Learners: Assessment and Learning, Faculty of Education in

Jagodina,UniversityofKragujevac,Serbia,5-6June,Jagodina,Serbia.

71. Kokla, A. & Alexiou, T. (2015). This Little Piggy Went into our Homes and Introduced Formulaic

Language and a Multicultural World. Rethinking Language, Diversity and Education Conference,

UniversityoftheAegean,28-31May,Rhodes,Greece.

72. Rassopoulou,E.&Alexiou,T.(2015).DoIhavetosaythewords?’tracingGreekpreschoolers’receptive

and productive vocabulary in EFL’. Rethinking Language, Diversity and Education Conference,

UniversityoftheAegean,28-31May,Rhodes,Greece.

73. Papakonstantinou,E.&Alexiou,T.(2015).DevelopingandImplementingForeignLanguageMaterials

for Preschoolers. 22nd Symposium of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, Aristotle University of

Thessaloniki,24-26April,Thessaloniki,Greece.

74. Alexiou,T. (2015).Teaching theMagicBook in the thirdgrade.TeacherTrainingseminar forEnglish

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language teachers in primary education (organizedby theGreekApplied LinguisticsAssociation), 3rd

ExperimentalPrimarySchoolofEvosmos,April,Thessaloniki,Greece.

75. Alexiou, T. (2014). Investigating and measuring young learners’ foreign language aptitude and

strategies: Challenges and perspectives. AILA World Congress, 2014, 10-15 August 2014, Brisbane,

Australia.

76. Psaltou-Joycey,A., Sougari,A.,Agathopoulou&Alexiou,T. (2014).Useof strategiesbyGreekyoung

EFL learners: developmental, gender and instructional effects. 1st International Conference ‘Early

LanguageLearning:TheoryandPracticein2014’,Umeåuniversity,12-14June,Umeå,Sweden.

77. Alexiou, T. & Vitoulis, M. iGeneration issues: Tracing preschoolers English receptive & productive

vocabulary through interactive media. Mission impossible? (poster presentation). 1st International

Conference ‘Early Language Learning: Theory and Practice in 2014’, Umeå university, 12 -14 June,

Umeå,Sweden.

78. Alexiou,T.,Kokkinidou,A.&RousouliotiT.(2014).TheteachingofGreekasaforeign/secondlanguage

inveryyounglearners:Languagepolicyissuesandimplementation.3rdCrossoroadsofLanguagesand

Cultures,IssuesofBi/Multilingualism,TrianslanguagingandLanguagePoliciesineducation,Polydromo

&FacultyofEducation,30-31May,Thessaloniki,Greece.

79. Alexiou, T. et al. (2014). Early language learning difficulties in Greek EFL learners: Myths and

misconceptions. Conference on Language Learning 2-6: International Perspectives on early years

plurilingualism,EuropeanUniversityCyprus,23-25May,Nicosia,Cyprus.

80. Alexiou, T. & Rassopoulou, E. (2014). Tracing pre-schoolers English receptive and productive

vocabulary:Acasestudy inGreece.ConferenceonLanguageLearning2-6: InternationalPerspectives

onearlyyearsplurilingualism,EuropeanUniversityCyprus,23-25May2,Nicosia,Cyprus.

81. Alexiou, T. (2014).MagicBook1: TheMagicVoyageof 3rd gradeprimary schoolers.OnedayPEAP

conference,29April,Athens,Greece.

82. Alexiou, T. (2014).Special child learning difficulty or specific teacher difficulty? ITEC conference, 5-7

February,Dubai,UAE.

83. Alexiou, T., Papakonstantinou, E. & Mattheoudakis, M. (2013). English language teaching to very

young learners: advantages and secrets. One-day event: ‘Curriculum for pre-school learners:

suggestionsandideas”,2November,Thessaloniki,Greece.

84. Psaltou-Joycey,Α.,Sougari,A.,Agathopoulou&Alexiou,T.(2013).TheroleofL1inthedevelomentand

useofstartegiesinearlyforeignlanguagelearning.11thInternationalConferenceonGreekLinguistics,

26-30September,Rhodes,Greece.

85. Alexiou,T. (2013).The‘magic’ ingredientsofdevelopingcoursebooksforyounglearners.1stHellenic

Conference on Early Language Learning (PEAP conference), University of Athens, Faculty of English

LanguageandLiterature,14-16June,AnavyssosAttica,Greece.

86. Kambaki-Vougioukli,P.,Mamoukari,P.,Agathopoulou,E.&Alexiou,T.(2013).Oralapplicationofthe

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SILL questionnaire using the bar for frequency and evaluation of strategy use. 21st Symposium of

TheoreticalandAppliedLinguistics,AristotleUniversityofThessaloniki,5-7April,Thessaloniki,Greece.

87. Alexiou, T., Mattheoudakis, Μ. & Zapounidis, T. (2013). Words don’t come easy: Vocabulary

development in the Magic Books. 21st Symposium of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, Aristotle

UniversityofThessaloniki,5-7April,Thessaloniki,Greece.

88. Mattheoudakis,M.,Alexiou,T.&Chasioti,F. (2012). ‘Onceuponatimewebroughtcontent intothe

languageclassroom…’:Theuseoffairytalesinprimaryeducationandtheireffectonforeignlanguage

development. 15thInternational Conference on Applied Linguistics on Cross-curricular Approaches to

LanguageEducation,23-25November,Thessaloniki,Greece.

89. Alexiou,T.,Mattheoudakis,M.&Psaltou-Joycey,A.(2012).Young-learners'employmentof language

learningstrategiesinCLILandnon-CLILclasses.15thInternationalConferenceonAppliedLinguisticson

Cross-curricularApproachestoLanguageEducation,23-25November,Thessaloniki,Greece.

90. Alexiou, T. (2012). UsingMagic Book for the 3rd grade. Training seminar for school advisors in the

courseofPEAPproject,31March,Thessaloniki,Greece.

91. Alexiou, T. (2012). UsingMagic Book for the 3rd grade. Training seminar for school advisors in the

courseofPEAPproject,23March,Athens,Greece.

92. Laskaridou, C, Tsiadimos, N., Mattheoudakis, M. & Alexiou, T. (2012). Learning with Phonics: an

excitinginsightintotheworldofEnglishsounds. 19thAnnualConvention,TESOLMacedoniaThrace,,

10-11March,Thessaloniki,Greece.

93. Alexiou,T.(2012).TheMagicBookof3rdprimaryschoolgrade. Two-daytrainingseminarforschool

advisorsinthecourseofNewPolicyforEducation,7-8February,Thessaloniki,Greece.

94. Mattheoudakis,M.&Alexiou,T.(2012).Trackinglearners’L2developmentinaCLILteachingcontext:

Preliminary insights and suggestions.Workshoporganisedby the School ofGreek, School of English

andfundedresearchproject‘DIAPOLIS’aimedatlanguageeducationtobilinguallearners,14January,

Thessaloniki,Greece.

95. Alexiou, T. &Mattheoudakis,Μ (2011). To CLIL or not to CLIL? The case of Greece. 21ο EUROSLA

(EuropeanSecondLanguageAcquisition)Conference,September10,Stockholm,Sweden.

96. Mattheoudakis,Μ.,AlexiouT.&Zapounides,T.(2011). Lexicalphrasesandidiomaticlanguageinan

EFLpedagogiccorpusforGreekyoung learners:Lookingfortrouble.16οAILAConference,August24,

Beijing,China.

97. Alexiou, T. (2011).Where there is a will, there is a way: Introducing CLIL (Content and Language

IntegratedLearning) in theGreekprimaryclassroom. ThammasatELTConference, June11,Bangkok,

Thailand.

98. Mattheoudakis,M.,Alexiou, T. & Laskaridou, C. (2011). To CLIL or not to CLIL? The case of the 3rd

Experimental primary school in Evosmos. 20th Symposium of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics,

AristotleUniversityofThessaloniki,1-3April,Thessaloniki,Greece.

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99. Alexiou,T. (2010).English inthefirstgradesofprimaryschool.Trainingseminar forEnglishteachers

fortheProgrammeofPEAP,2November,Rhodes,Greece.

100. Mattheoudakis,M.,Alexiou,T.(2010).Earlyriserstravelfurther.Twodaystrainingseminarfor

EnglishteachersandschooladvisorsfortheProgrammeofPEAP,1-2November,Thessaloniki,Greece.

101. Mattheoudakis,M.,Alexiou,T.(2010).Earlyriserstravelfurther.Two-daytrainingseminarfor

EnglishteachersandschooladvisorsfortheProgrammeofPEAP,20-21October,Athens,Greece.

102. Milton,J.,Alexiou,T.&Mattheoudakis,M.(2010).Constructingthementallexicon:vocabulary

knowledge, language skills and learning strategies. EUROSLA 20th, Università di Modena e Reggio

Emilia,1-4September,ReggioEmilia,Italy.

103. Mattheoudakis,M.,Alexiou,T.(2010).Theearlybirdcatchestheworm:The3rdExperimental

School of the School of English. Training seminar for English teachers at primary schools, 2October,

Thessaloniki,Greece.

104. Zouganeli C., Bouniol P. & Alexiou T. (2009). EYL Teachers’ Professional Development by

Distance Learning: the Greek Case. International Day Conference titled ‘Distance Learning for the

Teachers of Foreign Languages at the Hellenic Open University, 1998 - 2009: Present and Future’,

Athens,May23,Athens,Greece.

105. Alexiou, T. & Mattheoudakis, Μ. (2009). Introducing a foreign language at primary level:

Benefits or lost opportunities? The case of Greece. 19th Symposium of Theoretical and Applied

Linguistics,AristotleUniversityofThessaloniki,3-5April,Thessaloniki,Greece.

106. Alexiou,T.&Mattheoudakis,M.(2008).Identifyingyounglearners’learningstylesinGreece.

1st International conference in English language teaching and learning (ICELTL1), 10-13 September,

SantiagodeCompostela,Spain.

107. Alexiou, T. & J. Milton (2007). Developing a vocabulary size test for Greek as a foreign

language.14th InternationalConferenceofAppliedLinguistics (GALA),14-16December,Thessaloniki,

Greece.

108. Konstantakis,Ν.&Alexiou,T. (2007).Lexis foryoung learners:Selectioncriteriaandanalysis

forA&B Junior Levels. ESRCSeminar, organizedbyReadingUniversity, SwanseaUniversity and the

UniversityoftheWestofEngland(Bristol),6-7July,Swansea,UK.

109. Alexiou,T.&Konstantakis,N.(2007).LexisforYoungLearners:Areweheadingforfrequency

or just commonsense?18th SymposiumofTheoretical andAppliedLinguistics,AristotleUniversityof

Thessaloniki,4-6May,Thessaloniki,Greece.

110. Alexiou,T.(2007).Cognitiveskillsthatpromoteforeignlanguagelearningandtheirrelationto

learning styles. International Conference TEMOLAYOLE (Teaching Modern Languages to Young

Learners),1-3February,Pecs,Hungary.

111. Alexiou,T.(2005).CognitiveskillsthatfacilitateSecondLanguageLearningforYoungLearners.

InternationalConference‘LanguageinaChangingWorld’,LanguageCentreoftheUniversityofAthens,

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9-11December,Athens,Greece.

112. Alexiou,T.(2004).Cognitivedevelopmentinyounglearnersanditsrelationtosecondlanguage

learning. EERA 2004 (European Educational Research Association), 22-25 September, Rethymno,

Greece.

113. Alexiou, T. (2004). Cognitive skills and second language learning for young learners (poster

presentation). 14th EUROSLA (European Second Language Acquisition) Conference, 8-11 September,

SanSebastian,Spain.

114. Alexiou,T.(2004).Theroleofanalyticskillsonlanguagelearningaptitudeforyounglearners

(posterpresentation).Summerconferenceof theVocabularyAcquisitionResearchGroup,Centre for

AppliedLanguageStudies,UniversityofWalesSwansea,15-18July,Swansea,UK.

115. Milton,J.&Alexiou,T.(2003).Whatmakesayounggoodlanguagelearner?13thInternational

Conference of Applied Linguistics titled ‘New directions in Applied Linguistics’, 11-14 December,

Thessaloniki,Greece.

116. Milton,J.&Alexiou,T.(2003).Cognitivedevelopmentandlanguagelearningaptitudeinyoung

learners.8thAnnualConferenceinAppliedLinguistics(ELIA),titled‘Theagefactorinsecondlanguage

acquisitionandteaching’,SevilleUniversity,13-14March,Seville,Spain.

117. Alexiou, T. (2002). Foreign language aptitude in young learners. Summer conference of the

Vocabulary Acquisition Research Group, Centre for Applied Language Studies, University of Wales

Swansea,July,Swansea,UK.

118. Alexiou, T. (2001). Greek Teachers’ Preferences in ELT Methodology for the Teaching of

Vocabulary.15thSymposiumofTheoreticalandAppliedLinguistics,AristotleUniversityofThessaloniki,

4-6May,Thessaloniki,Greece.

NATIONALANDINTERNATIONALFUNDEDRESEARCHPROJECTS

1.PromotingCLILImplementationinEurope(CLILPrime):Erasmus+KA2CooperationonInnovationandthe

ExchangeofGoodPractices(Coordinator:3rdExperimentalPrimarySchoolofEvosmos)(2016-2018).

TheprogrambroughttogetherparticipantsfromGreece,Romania,Italy,theCzechRepublicandLithuania.The

aimwastocollectdataontheimplementationoftheCLIL(ContentandLanguageIntegratedLearning)method

invariousEuropeancountriesandeducationalframeworks.Theprogramwasanefforttostandardisethe

implementationofthemethodinEuropebyfollowingoneofthe"bottom-up"approachesandtakinginto

accountmodernpedagogicaltheoriesandsecond/foreignlanguagelearningtheories.

FortheProject’sDeliverables,IcontributedtothedevelopmentofcriteriafortheCLILmaterials,Ievaluated

CLILmaterialfromotherpartners,ImodifiedtheCLILcoursetemplate,IprovidedfeedbacktoCLILpractices

thattookplaceintheCzechpartnerschoolandIcreatedanobservationsheetformonitoringonCLILlessons.I

alsosupervisedthedevelopmentofaCLILMOOCteachertrainingcourseandcreatedonemoduleforthe

MOOCcourse.

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2.DysTEFL2

DysTEFL2(01.09.2014-31.08.2016).Website:http://dystefl2.uni.lodz.pl/

Erasmus+ KA2 Strategic Partnership Agreement – Dyslexia for Teachers of English as a Foreign Language

(Coordinator: Prof. Joanna Nijakowska, Lodz University,Poland) (01.09.2014 - 31.08.2016),

http://dystefl2.uni.lodz.pl/

ThisprojectwasacontinuationoftheComeniusMultilateralProject-DysTEFL518466-LLP-1-2011-PL-

COMENIUS-CMP(www.dystefl.eu)andintendedtopromoteaneffectiveapproachtoteachertrainingwhich

reflectsthelatestpedagogicalprinciplesinteachereducation.

DysTEFL2’sobjectivesfollowedfromtheideasputforwardintheDysTEFLprojectandinvolvedtheexploitation

oftheDysTEFL’soutcomes,namelytheDysTEFLcourse.DysTEFL2isacomplementationofDysTEFL's

achievementsbyupdating/supplementingthecoursematerials,bydesigningasetoftest/quizzes/examsand

proceduresforconfirmingthelearningoutcomessothatvalidated/certifiedtrainingtoEFLteacherscanbe

offered.TheDysTEFLprojectanditsoutcomeshavebeenassessedasexcellentbytheEducation,Audiovisual

andCultureExecutiveAgency,expertsinthefieldofEFLanddyslexiaaswellasbyEFLteachers.Theaimwasto

exchangeandspreadthisgoodpracticebyprovidingEFLpre-andin-serviceteacherswithDysTEFLface-to-face

ande-learningcourseswhichwereorganizedinPolandandEuropeancountrieswhichdidnotparticipateinthe

DysTEFLproject,namelyGreeceandSlovenia.IwasoneoftheGreekpartnersandresponsibleforanumberof

intellectualoutputsfortheproject.

3. Programme of Research Activity for newly appointed faculty in Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

(A.U.TH.)Projectleader:ThomaiAlexiou,AristotleUniversity

This action was based on the English for Young Learners Programme (PEAP, see below), which was

implemented in September 2010-2011, in 800 all-day 12-chair Primary Schools on the basis of a reformed

Curriculum (EAEP-acronym for the Reformed Common Core Curriculum for primary education). The specific

CurriculumstipulatedthelearningofEnglishfromGrade1(primaryeducation).

FindingsindicatedthatEYLclassescomprisedanaverageof20students,amongwhom-asdeclaredby49%of

teachers-therearechildrenwhohave'learningdifficulties'(Dendrinou&Anastasiou,inpress).Teacherstend

to‘label’thedifficultiesofpupilslearningEnglishinfirstandsecondprimaryschoolclasses,asspecificlearning

difficulties. An additional problem that arosewas that “the learnerswho are referred to as dyslexics go to

immersion classes and are usually ‘foreigners’, namely children whose mother tongue is other than Greek

(DendrinouandAnastasiou,inpress).

The present study aimed to register which traits and features constitute learning difficulties (or not) with

referencetoteacherobservations.Anin-depthexaminationofthereasonsthatleadeducatorstoregardthese

children,bilingualornot,aslearnerswithlearningdifficultieswasalsoconducted.Thisresearchwasinnovative

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asitdealtwithanissuethathasneverbeendiscussedinGreece.

4. National Strategic Reference Framework (ESPA) Programme: Practice in ELT Teaching Website:

http://www.enl.auth.gr/pa/index.html

The specific project is implemented within the framework of the graduate course LING 3-456 “Practice in

teachingEnglishasaForeignLanguage”.Theaimofthisprojectistohelpthepre-serviceteachersimplement

their theoretical knowledge, acquired in the Theoretical and Applied Linguistic courses, in the classroom.

Likewisetheobjectiveset istofamiliarizethepre-serviceteacherswiththecurrentstateofteachinginstate

education,namelyinGreekstateprimary,juniorandseniorhighschoolsandtohelpthemacquiretheteaching

competenceandthoseELTskillsneededinclass.Withinthiscontextstudentteachersareequallycompetent

tounderstandthepedagogicprinciplespertainingtoprimaryandsecondaryeducationwhiletheprerequisites

fortheirsmoothadaptationofthetraineestotheprofessionalfieldtheyoptedforareestablished.

Sincethe2010Iamactivelyinvolvedinthetrainingofprimaryandsecondaryeducationteachermentors, in

thepreparationandtrainingofthestudentteachersaswellasinthesupport,monitoringandassessmentof

theirteachingduringtheirpracticeinschools.

5.NationalStrategicReferenceFramework(ESPA)Programme“Greeklanguageattainment:supportand

qualitativepromotionofteachingandlearningGreekasaforeign/secondlanguage’’December2011-2015.

Institution:CentrefortheGreekLanguage,MinistryofEducationandReligiousAffairs.

WebsitesoftheAct:

http://elearning.greek-language.gr/

http://www.greek-language.gr/certification/index2.html

1. TheprojectaimedatprovidingcertificationofGreeklanguageattainmentandinelectronicversions,the

designofexamitemsandtherespectiveteachertraining.DistancetrainingofGreeklanguagedepartment

students aswell as of teachers of Greek as a foreign/second language in Greece and abroadwas provided

whilepracticalteachingproposalsfortheteachingofGreekwereoffered.

• As a Research Associate I authored special teaching proposals for the teaching of Greek as a

second/foreign languagewithemphasisputon the teaching to children.Moreover I participated in the

distancetrainingoftheexamcentrepersonnel,fortheimplementationofwhichIhadtodesignthebest

practicesaswellasthecontentofaudiovisualtrainingmaterial.

• Regarding the distance learning programme “Routes in teaching Modern Greek as a foreign language”

implemented on the platform http://elearning.greek-language.gr/ I have been assigned to: (a) write

educationalmaterialandcoordinatetwomodulesandnamelythefirstandthefourthcoremodulesentitled

“Lessondesign,classmanagementandteachingoftheskills”and“Assessment”,(b)coordinateandwritethe

respective material for the two respective modules within the framework of the programme “Routes in

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teachingModern Greek to foreign language speakers in Greece”, (c) prepare and organize themodule for

teachingGreekasaforeignlanguagetochildrenwithin“RoutesinteachingModernGreektostudentsofGreek

languagedepartmentsand(d)writeanarticle forthe languageaptitudeofchildrenandanarticleaboutthe

useofstoriesinclasswithintheframeworkofthesupportofteacherswithpracticalsuggestions.

a)

6.THALIS Programme– Enhancement of Interdisciplinary or inter-institutional research and innovation,1

March2012–30September2015.Title: ‘Adaptationof theStrategy Inventory forLanguageLearning (S.I.L.L.)

scalewithintheviewtodeterminethelanguagelearningstrategiesprofileoflanguagelearnersofPrimaryand

SecondaryEducationaswellasofMuslimstudentslearningGreekasasecondlanguageandexaminationof

strategiesusedbyeducatorsintheclassroom’.

Thebasicobjectiveofthespecificresearchpertainstotheadaptationofawidelyusedinothercountriesscale

calledSTRATEGYINVENTORYOFLANGUAGELEARNING(S.I.L.L)whichevaluatestheuseoflearningstrategies

bylearnersofaforeign/secondlanguage.

Theprimaryobjectiveswere:(a)toexamineonthebasisofatargetedandadaptedpopulationsampleandthe

useofthevalidS.I.L.L.evaluationtoolthestrategicprofileofGreekprimaryandsecondaryeducationstudents

(b)theexaminationofthestrategicprofileofMuslimlearnerswhoattendschoolsintheregionofThraceand

learnGreek as a second language,within the aim to qualitatively promoteGreek language learning for this

target-audience.

My role as research associate pertained to the following activities: (a) thepreparationof a technical report

describing the profile of language learning strategies of primary school students, (b) the participation in

preparingandthedistributionofaspecialquestionnairedestinedtoscreenthestrategiesusedbyteachersin

class,(c)thewritingofatechnicalreportdescribingthestrategicprofileofprimaryeducationteachers,(d)the

writingofaManualcomprisingplansandproposalsfortheimprovementofeducationthroughtheintegration

ofteachingstrategiesintheclassroom.

7.NationalStrategicReferenceFrameworks(NSRF)Programme:“EnglishforYoungLearners-PEAP”project,

carriedoutwithintheframeworkoftheLifelongLearningProgramme,throughtheCohesionPolicy2007-13.

Institution: University of Athens and the Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs. Website:

http://rcel.enl.uoa.gr/peap/en

The PEAP project was implemented within the framework of the co-financed Act “New Policies of Foreign

LanguageEducationatSchools:EnglishforYoungLearners”.Thisprogrammereferstoacurriculumthataims

atthelearningofEnglishinGrade1&2ofPrimaryschoolthroughage-appropriateactivitiesandmaterials.The

goalofEYLwasthedevelopmentofaspectsofsocial literacyratherthanthedevelopmentofschool literacy

(teachingofreadingandwriting).Thisprogrammealsoincludedthecreationofteachingmaterialsforthethird

yearofprimaryeducation,aprojectthatseekstocontributetothesmoothertransitionfromtheGrade2to

Grade3.

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Withinthiscontextmyroleasresearchassociateandexpertinearlychildhoodlanguageacquisitionpertained

to:

(a) theevaluationof theeducationalmaterialofGrade1&2(primary)duringthereformationstage, (b)

thedesignandwritingoflearningmaterialforGrade3(MagicBookpilot,MagicBook1&2)and(c)the

training of English language teachers for developing and cultivating of teaching skills in order to

comprehendthewaysinwhichyounglearnerslearnanL2withfocusonthetrainingofthoseteachers

whousetheMagicBooks.

8. Project: “Foreign Language Examination Battery and Certification System”. Institutions: Ministry of

EducationandReligiousAffairsandtheUniversityofAthens.Website:http://rcel.enl.uoa.gr/sapig/

TheSubproject4-inwhichIwasinvolved-entitled“Trainingandorganizationofabodyofselectedassessorsof

English” contributed to the initial development of the KPG exam system for the five most popular foreign

languagesinGreece,i.e.English,French,German,ItalianandSpanish.Successfultest-takerscanendupbeing

certified for their language competence at one of the following levels:Α1,Α2,Β1Β2,C1and C2. The

examinationsystem’sstartingpointwasthedescriptorsoftheCommonEuropeanFrameworkofReferencefor

Languages,butthroughtheprojectleveldescriptorswerecalibratedandbenchmarked.

MyroleasresearchassociateandmultiplieroftheKPGexamsystempertainedtothefollowing:

(a)theorganizationandconductofevaluationofcandidateoralexaminersandtheirinclusionintheregistry,

with the deliverable called “Report on the Evaluation of Examiners”, (b) the organization and conduct of

training seminars for the oral examiners at levels A, B1, B2 and C1, with deliverables pertaining to the

respectivereports,(c)themonitoringoftheworkoftheexaminersandtheironthespotevaluationduringthe

exams,(d)myparticipationintheSAPiGscientificteamfortheproductionoftrainingmaterialforthetarget-

audienceoftheoralexaminersatthegradedA level (Α1&Α2)and(e)myparticipation inthecreationofthe

respectivevideowhichconcernedassimilationsoftheexaminationattheaforementionedlevel.

9.2006-2007:‘Issuesofequalityandinterventioninclassrooms’aprojectaimingtopromoteequalityissues

inclassrooms.ResearchAssistant.Institution:ResearchCentreforEqualityIssues,Greece.

10.2006-2007:GreekX-LEX,DevelopmentofavocabularymeasurementtestforGreekasaforeignlanguage

(inaCDROMformat)incooperationwithProf.JamesMilton.Institution:SwanseaUniversity.

ACADEMICTEACHINGEXPERIENCE

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Undergraduate

Level

CompulsoryCourses

• MethodologyofTeachingModernLanguages

ElectiveCourses

• PedagogicalFoundationsinLearningaForeign/SecondLanguageI

• PedagogicalFoundationsinLearningaForeign/SecondLanguageII

• CurrentCommunicativeApproachestoLanguageTeaching

ELTPracticeinPrimaryandSecondaryEducation

CognitiveDevelopment

BilingualisminNurseryEducation

Psycholinguistics

IntroductiontoLinguisticResearchPaper

English(alllevelsandFoundationcourses)

GreekasaForeignLanguage

MALevel CoreModules

• ResearchMethodsinAppliedLinguistics

1. SecondLanguageAcquisition(co-teaching)

ElectiveCourses

2. TeachingEnglishtoYoungLearners

3. MeasuringSecond/ForeignLanguagePerformance

4. DesignandEvaluationofTeachingMaterials

5. TeachingForeignLanguagestoLearnerswithspecialLearningDifficulties(3lectures)

6. TranslationfromEnglishtoGreekwiththeuseofTechnology

Coursedesign,classroommanagementandteachingthefourlanguageskills

Assessment

TeachingstrategiesforchildrenDidacticsIII:Teachingapproachesofforeignlanguagesforchildrenofpre-primaryand

primaryschoolage

Onlinepostgraduateprogrammeof studies (MOOCs)onAppliedLinguistics, Schoolof

Philosophy, Faculty of English Language and Literature, National and Kapodistrian

University of Athens, Greece. Within the course, ‘Theories and practices of foreign

language learning’ I taught themodule ‘Foreign Language Learningwith Very Young

Learners’(2015).

SUPERVISORANDEXAMINEROFMA&PhDSTUDENTS

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MASTUDENTS

MainSupervisorof58MAdissertationsbetween2007and2019fortheHellenicOpenUniversityandAristotle

University.Theycoverarangeoftopics;someindicativetitlesaregivenbelow:

1. “GamesintheGreekEFLclassroomforyounglearners”

2. “AttitudesandmotivationofyounglearnerstowardsEFLinGreekstateprimaryschools:Acasestudyinthe

contextofMuslimminorityschoolsofThrace”

3. “Using stories as a vehicle to boost the readingperformanceof 11-year old students in aGreekprimary

school”

4. “TeachingyounglearnersEnglishthroughgamesandartandcraftintheGreekprimaryschool.Suggestions

andideas”

5. TheroleofpuppetsinpromotingspeakingskillsinTEYL:supplementingWelcomeAboard1withpuppets”

6. “Supplementingaprimaryschoolcoursebookwithmaterialsforteachingwriting,tocomplywiththecross-

thematiccurriculum”

7. “Teachingvocabularybyexploitingmultiple intelligence theory canbe realisedeffectivelywith3rdgrade

Greekprimaryschoolstudents”

8. “Supplementingabeginner,younglearnercourseusingtechnology:achallengingprocess”

9. “TeachingEnglishasameanstostudyshort-termmemorythroughdramaandsongstoeducable9to12

year-oldlearnerswithmoderatementalretardationinspecialeducationclassroomsettings.Acasestudyin

English”

10. “PhonologicalawarenessasapossiblepredictorforthereadingcomprehensioninEnglish:acasestudyfor

Greekyear3andyear6studentslearningEnglishasaforeignlanguage”

11. “Measuring early vocabulary development in pre-school learners of English- A case study in a nursery

school”

12. “The relationship between language learning strategies, gender, and proficiency: a study of EFL young

learnersinthecontextofGreekstateprimaryschool”

13. “The impactofcolourandspatialorganisationof thematerial to-be-taughtonyoung learnersvocabulary

acquisition”

14. “TheuseofPortofolioasanalternativeformofassessmentinthethirdclassofGreekpublicschools”

15. “MotivatingGreekEFLyounglearnersthroughdigitalcomiccreation”

16. “EvaluatingoftheMagicBookfromthelearners’perspective:Acasestudy”

17. “ImplementingCLILinthefifthgradeofprimaryschool:thedawnofanewperspectiveinTEFLeducation”

18. “DoratheExplorer:ATVcharacteroraPre-schooler’slanguageteacher?”

• MemberoftheMAadvisorycommitteeof83postgraduatestudents(2009-2019).

PHDSTUDENTS

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Mainsupervisorof3Ph.D.students.

• Memberofthesupervisorycommitteeof8Ph.D.students(3ofthemhavecompletedanddefended)

• Memberoftheexaminationboardof28Ph.D.students

• Externalexaminerof1Ph.D.studentatSwanseaUniversity,UK.

MEMBEROFSCIENTIFICCOMMITTEES

1. Member of Editorial Board for the Journal of Linguistics and Educational Research Singapore,

http://ojs.bilpublishing.com/index.php/jler/about/editorialTeam(since2018)

2. Memberof Editorial Board for the Journal ELIA, Estudiosde Lingüística InglesaAplicada,Madrid, Spain,

http://revistas.uned.es/index.php/ELIA/about/editorialTeam(since2017)

3. ReviewofarticlesfortheJournalInternationalJournalofBilingualEducationandBilingualism(2017).

4. Review of articles for the Journal ‘Research in Education’, Department of Educational Sciences in Early

Childhood,DemocritusUniversityofThrace,Greece(2017).

5. ReviewofarticlesfortheJournalInnovationinLanguageLearningandTeaching(2016).

6. ReviewofarticlesfortheJournalLanguageTeachingResearch(2016).

7. Review of articles for the Journal of the Department of Preschool Education, University of Ioannina,

Greece.(2016).

8. Memberof theEditorialboardfortheopenaccessE-JournalResearchPapers inLanguageTeachingand

Learning(HellenicOpenUniversity),http://rpltl.eap.gr/index.php/el/editorial-board

9. Member of the Editorial Board for the e-journal PE@P (Research Centre for the English Language,

UniversityofAthens),http://rcel.enl.uoa.gr/peap/steps/syntaktiki-omada

10. Review of articles for the journal of the Union PEKADE ASPECTS today since 2013,

http://www.pekade.gr/images/magazine/ASPECTS_TODAY_35_Contents.pdf

11. Review of abstracts focusing on the teaching and learning of languages for the 1st & 2nd Hellenic

ConferenceofModelExperimentalSchoolsinPrimaryandSecondaryEducation(2013).

12. Reviewofarticlesfortheproceedingsof15thInternationalConferenceonAppliedLinguisticsorganizedby

theGreekAppliedLinguisticsAssociation:“CrosscurricularApproachestoLanguageEducation”(2013).

13. Review of the book by Milton, J. and Fitzpatrick, T. (Eds.) Dimensions of Vocabulary Knowledge.

Basingstoke:PalgraveMacmillan(2012).

14. EvaluatorofresearchproposalfortheInternalResearchGrantattheEuropeanUniversityCyprus(2012)

15. ReviewofarticlesfocusingontheteachingandlearningoflanguagesfortheJournalofAppliedLinguistics

(publishedbyGreekAppliedLinguisticsAssociation,since2011).

16. ReviewofarticlesandabstractsontheteachingandlearningoflanguagesfortheInternationalSymposia

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onTheoreticalandAppliedLinguistics,SchoolofEnglish,AristotleUniversity(2010todate)

17. Reviewofarticles for theproceedingsof the31stAnnualmeetingofAppliedLinguistics,Departmentof

GreekPhilology,AristotleUniversity(2010).

ADMINISTRATIVEANDACADEMICDUTIES

§ Member of the Coordination of MA Programs’ Committee for the School of English at Aristotle

University(since2018).

§ Member of the Supervising Academic Committee for the MA ‘Teaching English as a foreign/global

language’fortheHellenicOpenUniversity(2018-2020).

§ MemberoftheCommitteeoftheDepartment’sResearchPolicy(2017todate).

§ Member of the Electoral Commission for the holding of the elections of the President of the

DepartmentofTheoreticalandAppliedLinguistics,SchoolofEnglish(2/11/2017&2/07/2013).

§ ECTSCoordinatorfortheSchoolofEnglish((2015-2016,2017-2018,2018-2019).

§ Erasmus coordinator (Socrates-Erasmus), School of English, Department of Theoretical and Applied

Linguistics(2010todate)withthefollowingUniversities:PaulValeryMontpellier(France),Potsdam&

Essen (Germany), Erasmushogeschool Brussel (Brussels). There was also a bilateral agreement until

2012with theUniversityofBedfordshire (UK)butdue to theeconomiccrisis, itwas resolvedby the

British University. I set up new bilateral agreements for student & staff mobility with Swansea

University, UK in 2012, with Canterbury Christ Church University, UK in 2018 and an Earmus

InternationalagreementwithMoscowStatePedagogicalUniversity(Russia)in2019.

§ Memberof theSupervisingCommitteeof the3rdModelExperimentalprimaryschoolofEvosmosof

theSchoolofEnglish(2010-todate),co-responsiblefor:

o curriculumplanningfortheteachingofEnglish

o selectionofbooksandsyllabus

o teachertraining

o coordinationofresearchprojectstakingplaceattheschool

§ Representative of the Greek Applied Linguistics Association in the meeting of the International

CommitteeoftheInternationalAssociationofAppliedLinguistics(Brisbane,Australia,August2014).

§ MemberoftheSchoolofEnglishattheCommitteeofStudentAffairs(2010-2016).

§ AcademicadvisorattheSchoolofEnglish,AristotleUniversityofThessaloniki(2014-2015).

§ Member of the Committee for the selection of postgraduate students for the Mas ‘Language,

LiteratureandDigitalMedia’and‘TEFL’.

§ Member of the Evaluation Committee for the selection of postgraduate students for annual

scholarshipsforMAinTheoreticalandAppliedLinguisticsofferedbyTrinityCollege,TheUniversityof

Dublin.

§ Memberof theCommittee for theappointmentof Tutors in themodule ‘TeachingEnglish to Young

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Learners’attheMAcourseoftheHellenicOpenUniversity(2012-2013,2013-2014).

§ MemberoftheExaminationCommitteeofscholarshipsforpostgraduatestudiesofferedbytheState

ScholarshipsFoundationfortheacademicyear2012-2014.

§ Substitutemember of the committee for the receipt of stationery and equipment for the School of

English(2012).

§ Representative of the School of English at the Committee of Volunteers (2011 to 2016 & 2017- to

date).

§ RepresentativeoftheSchoolofEnglishattheCommitteeofCivilianProtection(2011todate).

§ ResponsibleoftheResourceCentreoftheEnglishDepartmentlibrary(2011todate).

§ RepresentativeofPEAPgroupat theceremonyfor theawardof theEuropeanLanguageLabel2011,

State Scholarships Foundation, Short talk title: ‘Teaching English to young learners. The journey

begins’,Kavala,1March2011.

§ Attendance of a training seminar for trainers of teachers on the pilot application of the Common

FrameworkofStudiesforForeignLanguages(PEAP–ESPA),Athens,22-23October2011.

§ RepresentativeoftheSchoolofEnglishattheCommitteeofEnvironment(2010todate).

§ GreekrepresentativeandattendanceofworkshopatECML(EuropeanCentreforModernLanguages)

atGraz,Austria.Workshoptitle:“ClassroomAssessmentrelatedtotheCommonEuropeanFramework

of Reference (CEFR), Short-term project (2010-2011): Evaluation: A guide to theManual for linking

examinationstotheCEFRsupplementedbyweb-baseddocumentation’”,24-28November2010.

§ Member of the committee for the appointment of a fixed term lecturer at the School of English,

Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics (2010-2011) for the teaching of:Methodology of

Teaching Modern Languages I (fall semester) and Methodology of Teaching Modern Languages ΙΙ

(springsemester),18October2010.

§ Deliveryofa3-hourlectureafterinvitationattheMAinTEFL,SchoolofEnglish,AristotleUniversityof

Thessaloniki. Tile of the lecture: ‘Aptitude in foreign language learning’. Thessaloniki, 14 December

2009.

§ Second internal examiner for the Centre of Applied Language Studies, University ofWales Swansea

(2005-2009)

§ Examiner at State ΙΕΚ Triandrias, Thessaloniki (teaching practice), for the Department of Early

ChildhoodinNovember2006.

§ Worked as interpreter for TEI of Public Relations at a conference on ‘Political Marketing’ held in

Kastoria,6-7thJune2003.

§ InstituteofLinguists(IOL)Consultant,London,UK(inMay2002).