IATEFL BRIGHTON 2011 -Memoirs
Summary My name is Paraskevi Andreopoulou and I come from a Mediterranean island in Greece. I have run my own school of foreign languages for 8 years now, with remarkable success, as I’ve taught all levels and age groups in teaching foreign languages, such as English, Italian and Modern Greek. Once, I’ve graduated with a B.A. in English Language and Literature, I thought that I would return to homeland, pass on the same didactics, methodology, phonology and literature, I was taught there, to my students back in Greece until my retirement day, that is, for the 30 consecutive years to come, although, we were all subscribed to TESOL Inc, back then..! Totally unthinkable and atopic for today’s teaching life standards…and romantic, I would admit to say…. Since I lived in Greece, it was cost effective to maintain my TESOL America subscription and I’ve decided to change into IATEFL, which I visit on a common basis with international colleagues to exchange view...