University of Athens, Greece, an MSc in Teaching English to Young Learners (TEYL) from Aston

University Birmingham U.K and a Ph.D. in Languages and Social Sciences from Aston

University, Birmingham, U.K. I have worked as an English teacher in

primary and secondary schools in Greece and Cyprus for twenty-nine years. Currently, I

hold the position of EFL Education Advisor in the Directorate of Secondary Education of

Korinthia and Argolida, Greece.

I am also one of the authors of the New Programme of Studies for the English lesson in Lyceum

and I have monitored its pilot implementation and trained teachers on it. My main academic

interests involve individual bilingualism, multilingualism, the education of culturally and/or

linguistically diverse children and TESOL methodology. Other than that, I am an avid reader and a self-published Young Adult fiction author. Find out more information about me on https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Jz84_e3LI-JBX6u5a6XS2my2VHTywNTb/view?usp=sharing

My name is Lamprini Stergiouli and I come from Mouzaki, a small country town located in Kadritsa prefecture. I’ve studied English language and literature in the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and graduated in 2009. Since then I've worked mainly as a private tutor and in a few language centers as well.

 In 2018 I attended a nine-month training programme learning to administer psychometric tools, which help in detecting learning difficulties. I’ve also acquired knowledge about the design of intervention programs in Greek using specific strategies.

Within 2021-2023 I worked as a substitute English teacher in the public sector both in elementary,junior high schools and a vocational high school. Currently I was hired again to work in state schools and I’m teaching in two primary schools in Lakonia district. My classes are of mixed ability, without intense differentiation in students’ intellectual level, and multicultural of course.  There are quite a few students that come from Albania. Some of them have been born in Greece, others are newcomers. There are also pupils being born and raised in Greece but their mothers come from other countries such as Romania and Ethiopia. The school tries to smoothly integrate them into the Greek culture and aid them in learning Greek. These children and their families are also welcomed by the local community.

I registered for this module in order to acquire more knowledge of understanding cultural issues  and learn more practical ways  in order to raise my students’ cultural awareness so that they can understand and respect the otherness.

I wish all of you a fruitful winter semester!

Kind regards,

Lamprini Stergiouli

I graduated from the English Department of the Aristotle University in 2021 and since then I have been teaching English to all levels of proficiency in private language schools. My students are mostly Greek. Many students are of Albanian origin, however they were born and raised in Greece.

In this module, I am really looking forward to diving into the theoretical and practical framework of cultural awareness in order to establish stronger bonds between me and my students and among students as well.