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A NEW PILOT COURSE IN ITALIAN LANGUAGE (SPRING SEMESTER 2017-2018)

The Foreign Languages Center is currently organizing a new pilot course in Italian language learning for the spring semester. The action is implemented with funding from the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The lessons will start at the beginning of March and will be completed by the end of June 2018.  Three groups (a total of 30 students will be accepted in each group) will be formed as follows:
Group A (Beginners): Tuesday 13:00 –16:00
Group B (Beginners): Thursday 13:00 –16:00
Group C (Intermediate): Friday13:00 –16:00

Professor responsible for the project: Prof. A. Fotopoulos, Vice-Rector

Academic co-ordinator: Theodora Tseligka, Senior Teaching Fellow in EAP/ESP, Medical School

A NEW PILOT COURSE IN ITALIAN LANGUAGE (SPRING SEMESTER 2017-2018)

The Foreign Languages Center is currently organizing a new pilot course in Italian language learning for the spring semester. The action is implemented with funding from the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The lessons will start at the beginning of March and will be completed by the end of June 2018.  Three groups (a total of 30 students will be accepted in each group) will be formed as follows:
Group A (Beginners): Tuesday 13:00 –16:00
Group B (Beginners): Thursday 13:00 –16:00
Group C (Intermediate): Friday13:00 –16:00

Professor responsible for the project: Prof. A. Fotopoulos, Vice-Rector

Academic co-ordinator: Theodora Tseligka, Senior Teaching Fellow in EAP/ESP, Medical School

Erasmus+ Staff Training Week 2018 - "New pathways in foreign language teaching and learning"

The Foreign Languages Centre and the Center for the Study of the Hellenic Language and Culture at the University of Ioannina organise a staff training week in the framework of the Erasmus+ programme entitled “New pathways in foreign language teaching and learning”.

The training week will take place on Zakynthos Island from 18 to 22 June 2018. The working languages are English and/or Greek. The programme is addressed to language teachers, academics, teacher trainers, school advisors/directors and students in the field of foreign language learning and teaching, as well as non-teaching staff involved in managing language courses, labs and centers.

Course
The course introduces cutting-edge research on the most important topics of interest in the field of foreign language (FL) teaching and learning, with an extra focus on Higher Education (HE). The theoretical sessions are interactive and complemented with participants’ reflective work and practical sessions, encouraging the exchange of experiences and good practices in foreign language teaching and learning as well as course management.

Τhematic areas
1) Innovative methodologies in FL teaching and learning
(Keywords: CLIL, web tools, distance learning, intercultural/cross-cultural education)
2) Language centers in HE
(Keywords: management, financial resources, FL teacher training, language certification)
3) FL and internationalisation in education
(Keywords: FL policies and challenges, life-long FL teaching and learning)
4) Teaching languages in a globalised context
(Keywords: L.S.P., L.A.P., Greek as a second/foreign language, FL for migrants and refugees)

Participants may submit their application forms electronically by 16/04/2018 via the following link: Application form

You may find additional information regarding the programme here Erasmus Staff Training 2018.

Erasmus+ Staff Training Week 2018 - "New pathways in foreign language teaching and learning"

 The Foreign Languages Centre and the Center for the Study of the Hellenic Language and Culture at the University of Ioannina organise a staff training week in the framework of the Erasmus+ programme entitled “New pathways in foreign language teaching and learning”.

The training week will take place on Zakynthos Island from 18 to 22 June 2018. The working languages are English and/or Greek. The programme is addressed to language teachers, academics, teacher trainers, school advisors/directors and students in the field of foreign language learning and teaching, as well as non-teaching staff involved in managing language courses, labs and centers.

Course
The course introduces cutting-edge research on the most important topics of interest in the field of foreign language (FL) teaching and learning, with an extra focus on Higher Education (HE). The theoretical sessions are interactive and complemented with participants’ reflective work and practical sessions, encouraging the exchange of experiences and good practices in foreign language teaching and learning as well as course management.

Τhematic areas
1) Innovative methodologies in FL teaching and learning
(Keywords: CLIL, web tools, distance learning, intercultural/cross-cultural education)
2) Language centers in HE
(Keywords: management, financial resources, FL teacher training, language certification)
3) FL and internationalisation in education
(Keywords: FL policies and challenges, life-long FL teaching and learning)
4) Teaching languages in a globalised context
(Keywords: L.S.P., L.A.P., Greek as a second/foreign language, FL for migrants and refugees)

Participants may submit their application forms electronically by 16/04/2018 via the following link: Application form

You may find additional information regarding the programme here Erasmus Staff Training Week 2018.

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Welcome to the Foreign Languages Centre website of the University of Ioannina.

In view of the currently increasing demands for a high and specialized knowledge of foreign languages, our Foreign Languages Centre seeks to promote competency in foreign languages for all our students and members of staff, addressing also the needs of the local society.

With lifelong learning and multilingualism rising as first hand priorities in Tertiary Education – as is well documented in most contemporary European studies – the Foreign Languages Centre of the University of Ioannina is dedicated to providing an advanced multilingual educational environment, setting primarily the following objectives.

Foreign Language Centre Objectives

• Instruction in foreign languages for:
  1.      a) general, academic purposes
  2.      b) specialized, scientific purposes
  3.      c) occupational purposes
• Adoption of contemporary teaching methods, such as:
  • Content Language-integrated Learning (CLIL)
  • New technologies in teaching and autonomous learning
• Design of multimedia teaching material
• Research activity in topics, such as:
  • study of language structures in specialized, scientific and academic texts,
  • the use of new technologies in language teaching,
  • the use of new technologies in terminology compilation/instruction/translation,
  • lexicographic/terminological studies of various thematic fields,
  • language policy in higher education,
• Reinforcement of students’ mobility abroad
• Cooperation with academic and research institutes both at a national and international level
• Organization of seminars, conferences and open lectures