Dr Dimitriadis and Ms. Kosior invited as Guest Speakers to the “Teaching Techniques and Classroom Management for Diverse Pupils” Conference

Dr Giorgos Dimitriadis and Ms. Margarita Kosior from the English Studies Department participated as Guest Speakers in a one-day Conference on teaching techniques and classroom management skills for diverse pupils. The seminar aimed at familiarising teachers with class environments that include refugee and immigrant student population.

The event was organised for English and Greek language teachers in public schools by the Regional Administration of Education of Central Macedonia in collaboration with Doctors of the World (Médecins du Monde) and was held on Saturday 28 January.

Dr Dimitriadis and Ms. Kosior delivered a presentation titled "Film Meets ELT: Making the Best of the Multicultural Classroom," in which they elaborated on the effectiveness of using cinema as a tool for language teaching and also provided participants with ideas on how they can use movies in their teaching within the specific thematic context of the seminar.