Teaching Grammar at all levels of Greek as L2

Written by Ιφιγένεια Γεωργιάδου on 07 March 2021.

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Overview

An online teacher training course that is focused on how to teach Grammar at all levels of Greek. Grammar is the favourite subject of teachers and of some students too, and they like it much more than they like the vocabulary. How we can manage to attract all our students and at the same time to go off the beaten track in teaching Grammar?

The teaching proposal of the Hellenic Culture Centre is based on its long experience in teaching Greek as a second/ foreign language, and includes different alternatives to enrich your teaching. The trainee teachers must prepare a final assignment consisting of creating an original communicative teaching material to teach Grammar at any level you are interested in.

Intended for

Greek Language teachers with no or little language teaching experience
Practitioners who have experience in teaching Greek in non-formal contexts, i.e., NGOs or wishing to teach a language they know or Greek as L2
Experienced language teachers of Greek who feel they need to upgrade their practical skills
Directors of language schools who plan to add Greek as L2 and design curricula for different learners’ groups
Other educational or managerial staff, of language organisations, assistant or shadow teachers

Methodology

Apart from study hours according to a time-schedule, the trainees will attend six (6) hours online synchronous Skype sessions with the trainers (optional). The trainers will be communicating through the forum of the platform and will be answering any questions.

The synchronous sessions are not obligatory, but the trainees participate in order to ask questions and to “meet” all participants. In case a trainee cannot attend the session, she / he will receive the session recorded.

Trainee teachers have to upload at least one post in every Unit of this course and to upload at least ten answers to other participants. They also should work on the Final Assignment as well as on filling in the evaluation form of the course.

Trainers will be at the trainees’ disposal in order for the later to contact them through Skype, phone or e-mail.

Content

The course consists of six modules:

Grammar or Text?
How do you teach Grammar?
Planning Grammar teaching
Teaching materials for a creating Grammar lesson
Assignment
Reflection and Evaluation

Trainee teachers must upload at least one post from each Seminar Unit and at least ten replies to other participants. In addition to the set study hours, trainees can opt to attend six (6) hours of online synchronous Skype sessions with trainers where trainees can ask questions and ‘meet’ fellow participants.

Fees

The fees for this teacher training are 110 euro (30 hours of synchronous and asynchronous learning)

Trainer

Ifigenia Georgiadou. Director of Studies at the Hellenic Culture Centre. Former director at the Cultural Development Society of Lesvos Island AEOLIS. Philologist (University of Athens, Faculty of Philosophy. ΜΑ in Education and Human Rights, University of Athens and the University of London). 25 years experience in education. Training in using drama techniques in language teaching and in adult training. Author of books, articles and research papers on the teaching of Modern Greek as a foreign language. Teacher trainer and certified Master Trainer (trainer of teacher trainers). Facilitator of seminars on teaching methodology, intercultural education and peace education at the Hellenic Culture Centre, in various NGOs and other public and private institutions. Coordinator of various research projects on education at European and national level. Founding member of the Centre for the Arts and Intercultural Education (OSMOSIS). External adult education consultant – evaluator to the National Organization for Certification of Adult Educators (EOPPEP), the State Scholarship Foundation (IKY) and two National Agencies for the Erasmus Plus Programme, Cyprus.

Other adult educators who are certified and experienced in teaching Greek as L2 and in adult training may cooperate to introduce special topics in all Hellenic Culture Centre’s teacher training courses.

Dates

30 hours (6 hours of synchronous and 24 hours of asynchronous training)

15 March 2021-25 April 2021

Certification

Our Centre issues a Certificate of Attendance for the teacher training courses held, to be submitted to private or public organisations and calls. The Hellenic Culture Centre is an officially recognized as a Lifelong Learning Centre and a language school by the Greek Ministry of Education and Religions (EOPPEP code number 2101782/ 2018 and 2308668/2018).