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Showing posts with label Students. Show all posts

24.2.23

Σημαντική ανακοίνωση του Ιταλικού Ινστιτούτου Αθηνών

Σήμερα ανακοινώθηκε μια σημαντική αλλαγή για τις εξετάσεις που διοργανώνονται απο το Ιταλικό Ινστιτούτο Αθηνών. 

Ακολουθεί η ανακοίνωση.

24.2.21

The Tales of Strays campaign!


 

It's been so long, but fortunately I'm back with an inspiring post about stray animals. The cause of inspiration is an estimed colleague, Margarita Kosior along with her lovely daughter Evita and their quest to help the strays' situation. 

They have published a wonderful book, illustrated by Evita herself!, with the title Toby To The Rescue. You can find it here  both in paperback and Kindle option. They also volunteer for an animal shelter here in Thessaloniki, Stray Planet . 

The campaign is supported by many other great ELT educators and teachers! Please, feel free to contact Margarita Kosior for more information and guidance. Our colleagues were more than generous to offer lesson plans and ideas for our classes. 

It's a magnificent initative with the aim of raising awareness on the strays issue. Through Toby's story, students can realise the problem of those animals and consequently you, as a teacher, could have a fruitful and meaningful session. Isn't it exactly what we as educators should do? Urge our students to contemplate and make wise desisions while developing their critical thinking skills. 

Undoubtedly, the lesson plans are more than helpful and we all are grateful for them! They regard young ages and levels, but there are some also for higher levels. 

This is one of the cases among my students. Dimitra, a lovely young lady of thirteen years old, decided to write a story. Since my cat, Bella, has been always present in our lessons, Dimitra decided to write a story about a stray cat! 


English has never been Dimitra's favourite subject. She doesn't hate it either. She is a diligent student who always does her homework, but she has never been too keen on being a bit passionate about it. 

However, she a girl who loves reading! I was very happy to discover one day a couple of years ago, that in spite of her disliking in writing, she really enjoyed writing stories! This is not very common here in Greece, just because most of the students simply avoid reading.

So without a delay, here is Dimitra's story about Ginger, a stray cat! She illustrated the story herself! 

The story is exactly how she wrote it, typed it and sent it to me.














I hope you enjoyed Dimitra's story! Please, give it a try and talk in class about the stray's issue! You will be surprised by the students' response! However, parents can use the book as well. It would be a wonderful way to teach their children how lovely it is to help the helpless! 















18.3.16

ΚΠΓ Εξετάσεις Ιουνίου 2016



Ανακοινώνεται ότι από την Δευτέρα 21 Μαρτίου 2016 μέχρι και την Παρασκευή 1 Απριλίου 2016 θα υποβάλλονται αιτήσεις συμμετοχής στις εξετάσεις του Κρατικού Πιστοποιητικού Γλωσσομάθειας εξεταστικής  περιόδου Ιουνίου 2016.
Οι εξετάσεις θα διεξαχθούν το Σάββατο 11 και την Κυριακή  12 Ιουνίου  2016 για τα επίπεδα:
α)    Επίπεδο Α (Α1 «στοιχειώδης γνώση» και Α2 «βασική γνώση») σε ενιαία διαβαθμισμένη δοκιμασία (test), στις γλώσσες Αγγλική, Γαλλική, Γερμανική Ιταλική και Ισπανική.
β)     Επίπεδο Β   (Β1 «μέτρια γνώση», Β2 «καλή γνώση») σε ενιαία διαβαθμισμένη δοκιμασία (test)στις γλώσσες Αγγλική, Γαλλική, Γερμανική, Ιταλική και Ισπανική.
γ)   Επίπεδο Γ (Γ1 «πολύ καλή γνώση», Γ2 «άριστη γνώση») σε ενιαία διαβαθμισμένη δοκιμασία (test)στις γλώσσες Αγγλική, Γαλλική, Γερμανική, Ιταλική και Ισπανική.
Όσοι επιθυμούν να λάβουν μέρος στις εξετάσεις, υποβάλλουν τα παρακάτω δικαιολογητικά στις κατά τόπους Διευθύνσεις Δευτεροβάθμιας Εκπαίδευσης:
1)Ειδικό έντυπο «Aίτηση-Υπεύθυνη Δήλωση» που διατίθεται προς συμπλήρωση από τις κατά τόπους επιτροπές συγκέντρωσης δικαιολογητικών. Οι υποψήφιοι μπορούν επίσης να εκτυπώνουν το ειδικό αυτό έντυπο και από την ιστοσελίδα του Υπουργείου Παιδείας, Έρευνας και Θρησκευμάτων: www.minedu.gov.gr
2)Μία πρόσφατη φωτογραφία μικρού μεγέθους .
 3) Ένα ηλεκτρονικό παράβολο Δημοσίου (e-paravolo).  Η δημιουργία του e-paravolo πραγματοποιείται μέσω της Γενικής Γραμματείας Πληροφοριακών Συστημάτων www.gsis.grή μέσω Κ.Ε.Π. Η πληρωμή του πραγματοποιείται για μη πιστοποιημένους χρήστες μέσω Τράπεζας ή Ε.Λ.Τ.Α. Οι πιστοποιημένοι χρήστες μπορούν να καταβάλουν το ποσό του παραβόλου μέσω πιστωτικής/προπληρωμένης/χρεωστικής κάρτας των Ελληνικών Τραπεζών. Η ημερομηνία του αποδεικτικού πληρωμής του ηλεκτρονικού παραβόλου πρέπει να έχει ημερομηνία το αργότερο 01/04/2016. 
Τα ποσά των παραβόλων ανά επίπεδο έχουν ως εξής:
α.  των 60 ευρώ για τη διαβαθμισμένη εξέταση του επιπέδου Α (Α1&Α2),
β. των 80 ευρώ για τη διαβαθμισμένη εξέταση του επιπέδου Β(Β1&Β2)και
γ. των 100 ευρώ για τη διαβαθμισμένη εξέταση του επιπέδου Γ(Γ1&Γ2)
4)Φωτοαντίγραφο των δύο όψεων της αστυνομικής ταυτότητας. Ελλείψει αυτής,  κατατίθεται φωτοαντίγραφο διαβατηρίου ή άλλου νόμιμου αποδεικτικού εγγράφου από το οποίο προκύπτουν τα στοιχεία ταυτοπροσωπίας του υποψηφίου όπως στοιχεία ταυτότητας και φωτογραφία αυτού. Ανήλικοι υποψήφιοι κάτω των δώδεκα ετών, οι οποίοι δεν είναι κάτοχοι δελτίου αστυνομικής ταυτότητας ή άλλου συναφούς δημοσίου εγγράφου, μπορούν να προσκομίσουν βεβαίωση ταυτοπροσωπίας από το Δήμο, όπου είναι εγγεγραμμένοι ή τα ΚΕΠ. Αλλοδαποί υποψήφιοι, που φοιτούν στην Α/θμια, Β/θμια ή Ανώτατη Εκπαίδευση της χώρας, μπορούν να προσκομίσουν, αντί της άδειας παραμονής τους στη χώρα, βεβαίωση φοίτησης σε ένα από τα προαναφερόμενα εκπαιδευτικά ιδρύματα.
5)Αίτηση (μηχανογραφικό δελτίο), που συμπληρώνεται αποκλειστικά στις Διευθύνσεις Δευτεροβάθμιας Εκπαίδευσης και υπογράφεται από τον υποψήφιο. Στην αίτηση-μηχανογραφικό δελτίο αναφέρεται η γλώσσα ή οι  γλώσσες και το επίπεδο ή τα επίπεδα στα οποία επιθυμεί να εξετασθεί ο υποψήφιος. 
Οι αιτήσεις συμμετοχής στις εξετάσεις για τη λήψη του Κρατικού Πιστοποιητικού Γλωσσομάθειας υποβάλλονται στις Διευθύνσεις Δευτεροβάθμιας Εκπαίδευσης όλης της χώρας. Ειδικότερα στις περιοχές Λήμνου, Άνδρου, Πάρου, Νάξου, Μήλου, Θήρας, Κω και Καλύμνου αιτήσεις θα υποβάλλονται και σε σχολεία Πρωτοβάθμιας ή Δευτεροβάθμιας Εκπαίδευσης, που θα οριστούν με απόφαση του  Περιφερειακού Διευθυντή Εκπαίδευσης. Παρακαλούμε να απευθύνεστε στην Περιφερειακή Διεύθυνση Εκπαίδευσης για να πληροφορηθείτε σχετικά με τα σχολεία που θα ορισθούν.
Διευκρινίζεται ότι στο έντυπο της αίτησης αναγράφονται και οι περιοχές όπου το ΥΠ.Π.Ε.Θ προτίθεται να λειτουργήσει εξεταστικά κέντρα.
Ειδικότερα, για τη διαβαθμισμένη εξέταση του επιπέδου Γ (Γ1&Γ2), εξεταστικά κέντρα θα λειτουργήσουν ως εξής:
Για την Αγγλική γλώσσα: Αθήνα, Θεσσαλονίκη, Ιωάννινα, Πάτρα, Λάρισα και Ηράκλειο Κρήτης.
Για τη Γαλλική γλώσσα: Αθήνα, Θεσσαλονίκη, Ιωάννινα, Πάτρα και Ηράκλειο Κρήτης.
Για τη Γερμανική γλώσσα: Αθήνα, Θεσσαλονίκη, Ιωάννινα, Λάρισα και Ηράκλειο Κρήτης .
Για την Ιταλική γλώσσα: Αθήνα, Θεσσαλονίκη, Ιωάννινα, Λάρισα και Ηράκλειο Κρήτης.
Για την Ισπανική γλώσσα: Αθήνα και Θεσσαλονίκη.

Τα δικαιολογητικά υποβάλλονται ΑΠΟΚΛΕΙΣΤΙΚΑ στις Διευθύνσεις Δευτεροβάθμιας Εκπαίδευσης. Οι αιτήσεις ΔΕΝ αποστέλλονται με το ταχυδρομείο.

Πατήστε εδώ για το πρόγραμμα και την αίτηση.

11.3.16

Bullet Journal

I love planning and I love planners. I get crazy over organisers, printables and colourful stationary like a girl. I became a master list maker over the years since our profession requires at least a minimum  of organisation. You can find lists in my lesson plan book and my daily planners.

Consequently, starting with the premise of an organisation freak in mind, you can all see where this is going. I recently fell into the black hole of bullet journaling and it seems I can't get out of it, but the most important is that I don't wish to get out of it!

My one month-old bullet journal

Looking through the various pins in Pinterest one day, I came across a pin talking about bullet journals and how to set it up. That was it. One pin followed the other, blog posts and Youtube video tutorials followed suit. I began with small steps, all of them leading to the "gurus" of this practice.
Most of the people who chose to turn into planning with a bullet journal are either creative personalities or they are urged to be through it. I found the whole venture to be a revelation. The fact only of having to set it up is one of  the most creative things ever! However, you don't have to be an artist to have a bullet journal and this is not exactly the first or the only use of this magnificent tool: it can be a planner, a journal, a tracker, an artistic notebook and much more. It can be whatever its holder chooses it to be.


Having all this in mind, I thought to apply my latest craze onto my students! I chose the pre-intermediate level for my "experiment" and just a couple of students. Truth to be told, if you browse around, you'll see mostly ladies using it and just a few gentlemen among them. I've witnessed college students using a bullet journal on Tumblr and their wonderful studying organisation and that's when it struck me.



How about using it with EFL students, who don't like writing in particular and what they need perhaps is a slight nudge... So, I provided them with two small, but very cute notebooks with colourful covers, some post-its and bookmarks. The notebooks can be whatever you wish, a simple notebook of any size or kind. I should inform you that one of them is not really keen on planning her studying time and thus, forget, reschedule and fall behind on her assignments.


The first stage was a bit strange on how to introduce the concept. I thought it shouldn't feel pressuring and stressful, like a project or an assignment, but something fun, making them go back and organise more. The only restriction they have is the use of the English language. My supervision will only consist in checking, advising and suggesting, but not actually correcting. The thought behind it is that they should get started with some basic kind of writing in a foreign language, some kind of enjoyable type of writing and not a homework assignment. Just like speaking, it's tiring for students listening to a teacher correcting them all the time. The plan is to get them moving!



The set up of a bullet journal can be variable and adjustable according to the user's liking, tastes and mood, and that is actually the beauty of it. There is a basic structure of a calendar, tracker, journal and whatever the owner chooses to add. 




The students bullet journal will contain a calendar so as to organise their study time better, schedule their week, a couple of trackers and some specific sections such as the one called, "What Stuck With You Today?" I got that idea from Pinterest. The original pin is about a bulletin board that students post their most memorable time of the day. Another section could be dedicated to song lyrics since -at least Greek students- they love listening to youtube videos and singing karaoke style. They might have a part of the journal writing their favourite lyrics. It would make a great combination of listening and writing practice! They can copy something that stuck from their course book or a quote we mentioned in class. They are going to be urged, from my part, to create lists of books to read or films to see and include any other interest or hobby they might have in their lives. The great fact about bullet journals is that you can change what you don't like and make it fit into your own needs. So they can customise as they go along. I'd love to listen to more ideas and uses if you wish to discuss about it!

I certainly hope we have a successful experiment. I can't wait to see the results! We just needed a notebook and a pen! 








What's next? Bullet journals/lesson plan books for teachers! 






4.1.15

Έναρξη μαθημάτων - Ιανουάριος 2015


 

Καλή χρονιά σε όλους! Υγεία, αγάπη και ευτυχία!








 Η έναρξη των μάθημάτων μετά τις διακοπές των Χριστουγέννων θα γίνει στις 8/1/15. Καλή χρονιά και συνέχεια λοιπόν!

12.12.14

Έλεγχοι Α' τριμήνου 2014-2015



 Οι έλεγχοι προόδου του πρώτου τριμήνου του έτους 2014-2015 θα δωθούν τη 15η και 16η Δεκεμβρίου 2014, 10:00-12:00.

7.12.14

Prepositions game

This game regards beginners. Students usually struggle with prepositions and I found that the combination of hand gestures and movement helps a lot. It just came to me some years ago, while struggling myself to teach my students their first basic prepositions of place.

There should be an introduction of some kind, using the material a course book offers, or anything else which can be found on the Internet such as this:



There should be a selection of the prepositions, depending on the level of course. Another way could be through the use of flashcards, in abundance on the Net, as well!


Then, we begin with the repetition of gestures and the corresponding preposition. It's best if you follow the same order during repetition, for example, in-on-under etc.

After repeating in a form of chant, they should follow by repeating them on their own. I usually assign them the role of the teacher. Each student takes turn in being the teacher in front of the rest of the class and showing the gestures while repeating the prepositions.

























The next step is to ask students questions about where some well known objects can be found in the classroom. They proceed by asking one another questions of the same sort.




Finally, they play a game they love! A student leaves the classroom and the rest of the students hide his/her things. However, make sure they "hide" them in places they can be seen and found easily! Then, the student comes back in the classroom and the rest of the students ask questions, for instance, "Where is your pencil?" or "Where is your Activity Book?" etc


The student, whose items are "missing," should answer in the form of simple sentences, using the prepositions of course! "It's under my desk"-"It's opposite my pencil case" and so on.






It's a most entertaining way to learn the prepositions of place and they have loads of fun!!!

Enjoy! Happy learning!



3.11.14

Halloween 2014


There has been some controversy regarding Greek teachers "celebrating" Halloween. There were also some discussions on losing time from the "real" lesson. Well, it's not a celebration, it's just a cultural connection.

A language, any language is a living organism! It breaths through people who speak it. It's the expression of a lot or just some people. Halloween could be just the beginning of how a language can be tought! Through life itself, through places, lifestyle and people themselves! What's wrong with students know what people celebrate, remember or even what they try to forget some times...

 Anyway, we had loads of fun this year in so many ways!



      My older students love getting spooky!







                         My trick or treaters!





Listening activities through the vast Internet archives, sources and materials! Don't ask, just google it!







 Only a small sample of the games we played, such as classic bingo, learn vocabulary through flashcards and so many other games!






           Endless fun and learning activities with our favourite Nightmare Before Christmas!

 Arts and crafts!

                              Happy Halloween until next year!