Dimitris Kalogiannis: I am Jim. Kaloyiannis and I am a punk. I’mm wearing lot of earrings, a vest,. jeans & shoes. I have got tattoosm and cool green hair..
s: os Zaharia Konstantin tume.m cos This is my ringm o. I am wea I am an em m t, ir ck T-sh jeans, a bla nd a wig.. sa white shoe
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iannis:. Apostolos Kontog a cowboy!. I am In this picture s, jeans, a. ot bo g in I’m wear a hat and a. yellow T-shirt, have got a. handkerchief. I s.. gun and handcuff
Electra Papademetriou: I’m a lady. pirate!! I am wearing a red skirt and a. white shirt. I have black boots and a. black vest and a black hat with feathers. I love my costume very much!.
. is my costume. I’m Waffa Ali: This a. d got a crown an a.queen. I have ve. g shoes and I ha wand.and amazin e. long dress. Th got gloves.and a le. ss is pink & purp colour of my.dre .. ce azing and ni My costume.is am e.. I love my costum
Philipos papadoperakis:. I’m wearing scary glasses,. a funny.big red hat and a. black wig. I’m also.wearing a. red T-shirt and black shorts.. Don’t try to find what my costume. is,.because even I don’t know!.
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Athina Anastasiadi: This is. my costume!!! I am a witch! I’m. wearing a hat and a long dress!. I have only got.one broom..
Fotis Xipnitiris: I’m wearing a. SCREAM costume. I’m wearing a black. cape, black clothes and I have a mask. on my face. I’m also holding a gun.. Language Connection
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Teens choices!!
Τί παίζουμε; τι ακούμε; τι χορεύουμε; Aυτά είναι τα δέκα πράγματα/ονόματα που εντυπωσίασαν τους εφήβους την τελευταία χρονιά, σύμφωνα με έρευνα που διεξήγαγαν οι μαθητές της C level σε 100 άτομα ηλικίας 11-14 ετων:
Skyfall by Evdoxia Palli Skyfall is the 23rd James Bond film! It was directed by Sam Mendes and produced by Son Productions. It was distributed by MGM and Sony Pictures Entertainment in 2012. Daniel Graig stars for the third time as James Bond, and in the role of Raul Silva, stars Javier Bardem. The film takes place in Istanbul.
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Playstation 4 by George Soulantikas & Antonia Horti
Playstation 4 - orPS4- is the successor to Sony’s Playstation 3 console and it will be released in 2013. First, it will be available in Japan and then in the USA and Europe within 2014. Confirmed PS4 titles include “Watch Dogs”, “Shadow Fall”, “Drive Club” and many other video games!
by Konstantina Stouka & Dafni Konstantinidi
iphone 5 by Christopher Papaiordanou The iPhone 5 is a touchscreenbased smartphone developed by Apple Inc.. It is the sixth generation of the iPhone and succeeds the iPhone 4S. The phone is a slimmer, lighter modelwith bigger screen and better image. It is the best mobile phone but, it is very expensive!
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Harlem Shake is very simple to re-create! You are in a room, play the -annoyingsong and everyone stands still. A person wearing a mask on his/her head starts dancing to the beat. Once you hear the cue “Harlem Shake” everyone starts dancing at the same time. After the first “Harlem Shake” video, hundreds of videos were uploaded on YouTube from all over the world!
Gangnam Style by Jim Graikousis Gangnam Style is a famous song by PSY, a Korean artist. The song has a record of views on YouTube and became famous through the Internet. Many people have shot their own videos, dancing like PSY.
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Lionel Messi by Dimitris Antonopoulos & Lefteris Rigas
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Lionel Messi is definitely the best football player in the world! He is just 25 years old and he has broken many records! He is a player of F.C. Barcelona and he has played there since he was 15 years old. He is from Argentina. Lionel Messi became a father and his son is named Tiago. Every year, Messi earns a lot of money, probably millions!
Adele by Christine Nalbani
Google Phone by Antonis Gavrilakis & Aggelos Giannis
Windows 8 by Carlo Saptibian Windows 8 is a version of Microsoft Windows and is very different from previous versions. This version can be used with mobile phones and tablets too! It is very colourful and easy to use but, it takes some time to get used to it!
This is a new kind of cuttingedge technology phone. It is made to have Google applications and software installed. It is part of the Google Nexus family. Enjoy playing games, surfing the net and finding all the information you need with this gadget!
Adele was born in England -London- on May 5th, 1988. The British singer won 2 awards in 2008. Adele became very famousas she had dreamt at the age of 14- and everyone loves her songs. At the end of 2011, Adele had a problem with her vocal chords, resulting in her undergoing surgery. But, in 2012, she continued her career with great success!!!
PS Vita by George Melissourgos The PlayStation Vita is a handheld game console made by Sony Computer Entertainment. It was released in Japan on December 17, A limited edition was released in North America on February 15, 2012.
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Mooby has got a cow’s head, a sheep’s body and a dog’s feet. Nafsika Zaiou Crazy cat has got a cat’s head, a fish’s body and a dog’s feet. Giannatou Anna
My funny pet is Anna. She has got a donkey’s head, a chicken’s body and duck’s feet. Iliana Anastasiou My crazy pet has got a dog’s head, a bird’s body and a fish’s tail. Kelly Krouki Anita has got a fish’s head, a horse’s body, a chicken’s feet and a horse’s tail. Constantina Tsakali Mr. Octopus has got a monkey’s head, an octopus’ body and a fish’s tail. Antony Achladis
Anna has got a horse’s head, a fish’s body and a cat’s tail. Marvina Christodoulaki
Fineas is my crazy pet. He has got a frog’s head, a pig’s body and a lion’s feet. Manolis Pitarokoili My crazy pet has got a dog’s head, a monkey’s body and a fish’s tail. Christine Geromichalou My crazy pet has got a cat’s head, a cow’s body and a fish’s tail. Vanessa Nura My crazy pet has got a person’s head, a crocodile’s body & a chicken ‘s feet. Tzemtziou Meriliana Lili has got a bird’s head, a fish’s body and a dog’s feet. Kleopatra Trantsidi
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Big has got a cat’s head, a wolf’s body and a goat’s legs. Dimitris Manis Rocky has got a monkey’s head, a zebra’s body and a cat’s legs. George Aretakis Natalia has got a bird’s head, a horse’s body and a bird’s wings. Maria Spathari Nick has got a leopard’s head, a pig’s body, a bird’s legs and wings, a crocodile’s tail and a rabbit’s ears. Nick Zissopoulos
Miranda has got a frog’s head, a tiger’s body and a horse’s legs. Dafni Nalbani Transania has got a cat’s head, a pig’s body and a duck’s legs. Alex Papapanayiotou Crazy Pig has got a rabbit’s head, an elephant’s body and a snake’s tail. George Dematas Billy has got a monkey’s head, a lion’s body, a duck’s legs and a pig’s tail. Marios Halikias
Messi has got a lion’s head, a turtle’s body, a pig’s tail and legs. Anastasis Kostayiolas Big Nose has got an elephant’s head, a monkey’s body and a hen’s legs. Nayia Alhadi Big Nose has got an elephant’s head, a monkey’s body and a hen’s legs. John Stilianos
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TheInventionof... ... pizza ... Tarte Tatin
by Angelina Nikolopoulou
by Stefanos Achlatis
The first recorded use of the word “pizza” dates from 997 CE and comes from a Latin text from the town of Gaeta in Southern Italy. The origins of the word are uncertain and disputed but there are 5 main theories:
Τhe tarte Tatin is an upside-down tart in which the fruit (usually apples) are caramelized in butter and sugar before the tart is baked. Research shows that the tarte Tatin was first created by accident at the Hotel Tatin in Lamotte-Beuvron, France in the 1880. The hotel was run by two sisters, Stéphanie and Caroline Tatin. There are conflicting stories concerning the tart’s origin, but the most common is that Stéphanie Tatin, who did most of the cooking, was overworked one day. She started to make a traditional apple pie but left the apples cooking in butter and sugar for too long. Smelling the burning mixture, she tried to rescue the dish by putting the pastry base on top of the pan of apples, quickly finishing the cooking by putting the whole pan in the oven. After turning out the upside down tart, she was surprised to find how much the hotel guests appreciated the dessert.
a. It derives from an Old High German word “bizzo” or “pizzo” meaning “mouthful” (related to the English words “bit” and “bite”) This is the origin favoured by the Oxford English Dictionary though they state that it remains unattested. b. It derives from the Latin word “pinsa”, the past participle of the verb “pinsere” which means to pound or to crush and refers to the flattening out of the dough. c. It derives from the Italian word “pizzicare” meaning “to pluck” and refers to pizza being “plucked” quickly from the oven d. It derives from the Latin word “picea” which describes the blackening of bread in the oven or the black ash that gathers at the bottom of the oven. which one is true is your choice!
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... Burrito by Stella Yannikaki A Burrito (or taco de harina) is a type of Mexican food which consists of a wheat flour tortilla wrapped or folded into a cylindrical shape to completely enclose a filling. The precise origin of the modern burrito is unknown. An often-repeated folk history is that a man named Juan Mendez, who sold tacos in a street stand using a donkey as a transport for himself and the food during the Mexican revolution, created the first burrito. To keep the food warm, Mendez wrapped food in large homemade flour tortillias. As the food of the burrito (=food of the donkey) grew in popularity, the “burrito” was eventually adopted as the name of these large tacos.
... Panettone by Sevastianna Charalampidou The most famous version regarding the origin of this well-loved sweet says that Tony, a twelve-year old baker who lived in Louis Di Moro’s palace, is the inventor. In 1476, during Christmas, in Milan, Tony was responsible to guard the focaccia (something like oil-bread) which was baked in the oven. The focaccia would have been served to the King unless Tony had fallen asleep! The food was burnt so, Tony thought he could make another one, a sweet one, using the dough which was still left. After that, he presented it as “the bread of Tony”! The King really liked the bread and so did his guests. This became the famous bread “pan di Toni” which over the years became known as Panettone.
... toilet by Spyros Rodopoulos King Minos of Crete had the first flushing water closet recorded in history and that was over 2800 years ago. A toilet was discovered in the tomb of a Chinese king of the Western Han Dynasty that dates back to 206 BC to 24 AD. Also the ancient Romans had a system of sewers. They built simple outhouses or latrines directly over the running waters of the sewers that poured into the Tiber River. In 1596, a flush toilet was invented and built for Queen Elizabeth I by her Godson, Sir John Harrington. The first patent for the flushing toilet was issued to Alexander Cummings in 1775.
... football by Harris Kittes The invention of football is attributed to an English shoe maker who is responsible for the way footballs looks today. Early footballs where essentially pig’s or other animals’ bladders which were inflated by the power of the human lungs and then tied and sealed, much like balloons would be sealed – knotted at the end. As a result, they were not round. Before the invention of football as we know it, balls were often prone to exploding, which led to shoemakers selling leather cases to protect the inflated bladders. Until the 1860, football, soccer and rugby were all played with a plum or pear shaped ball made of leather, encasing an inflated animal bladder. In Europe the first proper football invented is attributed to two shoemakers: Richard Lindon and William Gilbert who invented round and oval shaped balls. It was around 1862 that Lindon started looking for an alternative but for his wife, those efforts came too late. She eventually died by falling ill from inflating too many infected pig’s bladders.Lindon invented an inflatable inner tube made of natural rubber, instead of the existing animal bladders.
... google by Mary Abousaar Google was founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were students at Stanford University. It started in 1998 and Its mission statement was “to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful” and its slogan was “Don’t be evil”. They originally nicknamed their new search engine “BackRub”, but they changed the name to Google, originating from a misspelling of the word “googol”, (number one followed by one hundred zeros).
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Pearson
To Project του PROFICIENCY group είναι μια έρευνα για μια ιστορική, πολυεθνική εταιρεία που όλοι γνωρίσαμε με το όνομα Longman. Οι μαθητές μας ετοίμασαν τις ερωτήσεις και οι δυο reporters της τάξης επισκέφτηκαν τα γραφεία της εταιρείας. Η συνέντευξη έγινε στην Αγγλική γλώσσα στα κεντρικά γραφεία του παγκόσμιου εκδοτικού κολοσσού PEARSON στην Αθήνα. Η Mersina και η Anna μας υποδέχτηκαν στην είσοδο, μας ξενάγησαν στα γραφεία, και μας αφιέρωσαν ένα πολύ ενδιαφέρον δίωρο. Μιλήσαμε για πολλά. Απάντησαν σε όλες τις ερωτήσεις των μαθητών μας, μάθαμε πολλά, και φύγαμε με εκείνο το υπέροχο συναίσθημα που έχεις, όταν γνωρίζεις ανθρώπους που έχουν γνώση και πάθος για το αντικείμενό τους. Την επιμέλεια της συνέντευξης είχαν 2 φοιτήτριες (Ellie Georgiou, Anetta Argyrou) από το PROFICIENCY group του σχολείου μας.
Our Proficiency class had the opportunity to speak to Mersina Malakellis, General Manager and Anna Apostolopoulos, Marketing Manager of Pearson Publishing Company in Greece. Strangely enough, Pearson was established in 1844 as a construction company, not related to publishing or education. By the 1960s, Pearson had bought the widely-known brand, Longman. Other brands that Pearson own are the Financial Times, Penguin books and the Economist, to name a few. The entirety of Pearson would be too much to cover so we focused on the Pearson Greece sector. Therefore, Pearson Greece creates material in a number of different areas. For instance, English language teaching, higher education, school education materials, books for schools in English, Penguin books, DK travel guides, Edexcel qualifications and the Pearson Test of English General. We were curious to find out when this multinational company
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first realized that technology was an integral part of teaching. Consequently, when interactive white boards came out, Pearson was inspired and began developing cutting edge interactive white board material. The moment of realization was when students were being observed using the white boards themselves. It was a magical moment for Pearson representatives and they knew that this was the wave of the future since learners had a whole new outlook on learning; one of innovation, interaction and excitement. Technology had become the number one tool for motivation. The conversation then expanded into the whether or not books will one day be obsolete. Of course, this is a challenging prediction but the overall consensus was that books will have a place for still some time to come due to our sentimental connection and being accustomed to paper and print. There is no doubt, however, that technology has certainly changed the number of books in print already. For instance, Amazon sold more
digital material than actual books in the last two years. This tells us a huge change is happening. An interesting point was made concerning underdeveloped countries that have yet to have access to books. Mersina believes that in these cases, technology may take the place of books. For instance, a school may decide to use mobile phones, rather than books since they are more readily available in some cases. However, a concern is the fact that hardware is much less environmentally friendly than books so it may be a dangerous choice to make books completely obsolete. Greece has become extremely tech savvy in schools and businesses and an extraordinary 3,000 students are currently using online workbooks. Despite the preconceptions and assumptions, it is a fact that Pearson’s Greek team has had a lot of success in technology in education and Greece is in fact one of the leading countries in Europe in terms of progressive technology in the classroom.
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Συνάντηση με μαθητές από τη
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was a regular Wednesday afternoon at our language school. It was difficult for us to concentrate during the lesson because we knew we had a ‘date’ with Suffolk English School in Brazil. ‘Skype date,’ that is. So, we gathered together to meet our new friends. We chatted about our culture and theirs, their hobbies and ours, food, music, our likes and dislikes etc. We really liked them because they were so talkative and friendly. It was a very nice experience sharing and learning about another culture and we hope to make new friends across the world again! Here are some things we learned from our friends as well as some of our own research on Brazil. Hope you enjoy! ➔ The largest country in South America. ➔ The only Portuguese speaking country in the Americas. ➔ The largest Portuguese speaking country in the world. ➔ In Brazil people rarely come in time. If you invite someone to come at 6 o’clock expect them to come not earlier than 8-9. Even the news and TV series on TV usually start 10-15 minutes later. ➔ Brazilians are in love with flip-flops. They wear them not only to shops and on the streets but also to restaurants and nightclubs. ➔ They love coffee and allow their kids to drink it since the early age. ➔ On the question “How are you doing” (Tudo bem) there is only one answer – Tudo, which means “great”. So even if everything is awful you still say that you are great. ➔ There are no carpets in Brazilian houses and no wallpapers. ➔ 70% of Brazilians are Catholics and go to the church every Sunday. ➔ TV series and football are never on air at the same time as they are both very important part of everyday life of many Brazilians.
We’d like to thank mr Thomas Ashton, Director of Suffolk English for helping us organise the online discussion!
1st Foreign Language Forum by ELT NEWS Η ομιλία του Σ. Παπαδημητρίου στο ξενοδοχείο Athens HILTON, προσκεκλημένος της μεγάλης ξενόγλωσσης εφημερίδας ELT News, με θέμα τα μυστικά της επιτυχίας στη ξενόγλωσση εκπαίδευση. Προσκεκλημένοι για την παρουσίαση / συζήτηση ήταν 4 ιδιοκτήτες κέντρων ξένων γλωσσών από όλη την Ελλάδα που έχουν διακριθεί για τη επιτυχημένη πορεία τους και την αφοσίωσή τους στην ποιοτική διδασκαλία. Stamatis Papademetriou (P. Faliro) Akis Davanellos (Lamia), R. Papageorgiou (Vyronas), and P. Bourtsoukli (Tripoli) were the panellists in the Athens Forum.
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Phycics
magic, mysteries & much more…
Ένα ζευγάρι καθηγητών φυσικής, ο κ. Σταύρος Σταματάκης και η κα Ρούλα Κρητικάκου, ήρθαν στο σχολείο μας για να συζητήσουν με παιδιά γυμνασίου για το μάθημα της Φυσικής. Ένα μάθημα που πολλούς τους δυσκολεύει σε σημείο να το «απεχθάνονται» ενώ άλλοι το λατρεύουν. Στην ενδιαφέρουσα συνομιλία των δύο φυσικών με τα παιδιά, παρουσιάστηκε η προσωπική μακρόχρονη πορεία τους στην διδασκαλία της επιστήμη της φυσικής και η αγάπη που ανέπτυξαν για το αντικείμενο στην πορεία της ζωής τους. «Από την πρώτη επαφή μου με το μάθημα, στην Δευτέρα γυμνασίου, αποφάσισα ότι θέλω να γίνω Φυσικός» είπε η κα Κρητικάκου. Σε αυτό βέβαια έπαιξε καταλυτικό ρόλο ο εξαιρετικός καθηγητής που είχε εκείνη τη χρονιά, ο οποίος καθόρισε και το επαγγελματικό της μέλλον. Διαφορετικό το μάθημα στο σχολείο από το μάθημα στο φροντιστήριο!!
& ψυχολογία! Αυτό είναι ένας πρόσθετος λόγος που πολλές φορές δυσκολεύεται ο μαθητής να αγαπήσει και να κατανοήσει το μάθημα. Για να είσαι καλός στη Φυσική πρέπει να ξέρεις καλά Μαθηματικά!! Για τις δυσκολίες και την ‘απέχθεια’ που νιώθουν πολλοί μαθητές για την φυσική, μεγάλο ρόλο παίζουν τα μαθηματικά. Το ζευγάρι των καθηγητών επισήμανε ότι στην Ελλάδα υπάρχει μία ‘’μαθηματικοποίηση’’ της φυσικής που την καθιστά δύσκολη και ξηρή, αντί της διενέργειας πειραμάτων τα οποία ενθουσιάζουν τα παιδιά και τα κάνουν να βλέπουν με διαφορετικό μάτι αυτή την τόσο σημαντική επιστήμη. Μόνο μέσα σε εργαστήρια μπορεί ο μαθητής να δει στην πράξη πώς λειτουργούν οι νόμοι της Φυσικής επιστήμης, και να γοητευτεί από τα μυστήρια της ζωής.
Αυτός είναι και ο στόχος των δύο καθηγητών μας: να Από τις ερωτήσεις των παιδιών παρουσιάστηκε ο μεταδώσουν το πάθος τους για την Φυσική στα παιδιά προβληματισμός τους για τις διαφορές μεταξύ του σχολικού για αυτό οι ίδιοι χρησιμοποιούν διαδραστικές μεθόδους και του φροντιστηριακού μαθήματος. Αναγνωρίζοντας οι διδασκαλίας – μικρά εργαστήρια που έχουν φτιάξει, όπου δυο καθηγητές τον προβληματισμό των παιδιών εξήγησαν συνδυάζουν την πρακτική με τη θεωρητική προσέγγιση. ότι κατά την γνώμη τους στο φροντιστήριο, ο μικρός Τελειώνοντας τη συζήτηση, οι φυσικοί μας ευχήθηκαν στα αριθμός μαθητών τους επιτρέπει να ασχοληθούν σε πιο παιδιά να έχουν καθηγητές με μεράκι και ταλέντο ώστε να προσωπικό επίπεδο με τον κάθε ένα μαθητή, γνωρίζοντας αγαπήσουν τη Φυσική. Γιατί το πιο σημαντικό γι’ αυτούς τον κάθε χαρακτήρα και τις ανάγκες του την δομή του. Στο είναι να κάνουν τα παιδιά να αγαπήσουν το μάθημα. Να σχολείο αντιθέτως το μάθημα έχει τυπικότερο χαρακτήρα καταφέρουν να τους μεταδώσουν τη μαγεία της Φυσικής. εξ αιτίας του μεγαλύτερου αριθμού των μαθητών και η Γιατί η Φυσική είναι μαγεία, είναι Magic, mysteries and ανάγκη ενός ‘μέσου όρου’ στην εκπαιδευτική διαδικασία much more…. γίνεται αναπόφευκτη. Λείπει η προσοχή και η μέριμνα για τις προσωπικές ανάγκες και ιδιαιτερότητες του κάθε μαθητή. Η συνέχεια του διαλόγου υπήρξε πιο εξειδικευμένη με τους καθηγητές να επισημαίνουν ότι στο εξωτερικό υπάρχουν διάφοροι κλάδοι στην φυσική, σε Μακάρι να καταφέρετε το αντίθεση με τη χώρα μας όπου όλοι οι απόφοιτοι μπορεί θεωρητικά να hobby και το ταλέντο σας να διδάξουν στο σχολείο δίχως να το κάνετε επάγγελμα!! έχουν καν διδαχθεί παιδαγωγική
Ρούλα Κρητικάκου πτυχιούχος Φυσικής Πανεπιστημίου Ιωαννίνων, μεταπτυχιακή εξειδίκευση στις θετικές επιστήμες Σταύρος Σταματάκης πτυχιούχος Φυσικής Πανεπιστημίου Πατρών
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Barbara Barakos
Cambridge University Press / ELT sales & Business Development Executive
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Η συνέντευξη έγινε στα Αγγλικά μέσω SKYPE από το Cambridge. Ευχαριστούμε θερμά τη κα Barakos που μας παραχώρησε αυτή τη συνέντευξη, και μας κέρδισε όλους με την απλότητα, την ευγένεια και το πάθος της για δουλειά της. Όσο για την πρόσκληση να επισκεφτούμε το Cambridge, …θα το κάνουμε πολύ σύντομα…! Barbara Barakos won our hearts immediately with her warm and friendly disposition. Barbara has studied French and German at the University College London, and she is currently working as an ELT Sales and Business Development Executive at Cambridge University Press. What motivates her in her work is when she sees people achieve their top potential, excel in what they do. Offering top quality teaching materials, tailored to her customers needs is of prime importance to her. She highlighted that CUP differs considerably from other global publishers in a way that there is a 100% dedication and commitment to research, learning and knowledge, emphasizing that people who are using CUP teaching materials are seen as part of their family because they want and try the best for them. She also stressed that their tremendous 500 years of experience in education and the fact that CUP authors use the Cambridge learner corpus (a huge database of all of the spoken language produced in real situations) in order to make the language course books are some of the most significant advantages for the Greek language learners to use Cambridge material. She also added, that working closely with the Cambridge English Language Assessment, which is the body that creates all the Cambridge exams, means the CUP material is 100% official material from the Cambridge exams. As a result, they can almost guarantee the best possible success in the language exams. Last but not least, it’s worth mentioning that our students found especially interesting the fact that Mrs Barakos believes that education never stops, we always learn about ourselves, about people and the world around us. Our learners also asked Barbara if she has a special way of dealing with stress. ‘situations’ she said, ‘are not really stressful until we make them stressful in our minds. Deal with a stressful situation in a calm way because it is much more likely that you’ll succeed’. Finally, we would like to thank Mrs Barakos wholeheartedly for giving us the opportunity to learn about the role of Cambridge University Press in language learning education and for offering us a tour of Cambridge if any of us have plans to visit the UK at any time.
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My dad works in a secondary school as a Math teacher. He has to teach the kids Math and he has to watch the kids during the break. He has to be calm, patient and he mustn’t be angry with the kids. He mustn’t shout at the kids for the slightest little thing. He also mustn’t give many suspensions. I think that it is a very good job because my dad likes Math. I think that is the best way to teach all the kids what he knows. One time my dad was responsible for organizing a gala for the 28th October. Joy Tsirka
My mum’s job- My mum works in a state hospital. She’s a doctor. She has to be friendly with her patients and examine them. She works in surgery and her expertise is in anaesthesiology. At the time of a surgery, my mum has to be calm and not panic because she cannot make a mistake in her job. My mum is hard-working and she returns home at two or three o’clock. My mum is super at her job and she loves it!
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My father works in a gym. He does exercise with other people. I think this job is nice because I like gymnastics.
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My mum is a shop assistant. She works at a supermarket. She has to help the shoppers and keep the shop tidy, but she doesn’t have to clean the shop when it’s closed. John Tzemtziou
My mum is the head teacher of Public Administration School. She has to do projects in new programs. She has to be very calm because she teaches many people in university. She is hard-working but she mustn’t panic. In my opinion, it’s a great job except for all the work. Her opinion is that it is the most interesting job because she is always learning new things. Constantinos Tsirka
My dad’s job-My dad is an elevator man. He fixes elevators. He has a lot of customers and he has to be very kind to them. His job is very interesting. He saves people who are trapped and he finds things that have fallen down the elevator. He has the best job ever, I think. George Thanos My dad is an active army officer. He works at the Recruiting IT Center. He is a network and systems administrator. He has to be strong, brave and hard-working! He mustn’t be in a hurry. I think that his job is really very good because when I go to his office I always have fun!!! Liby Tzioutziou
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My dad is a sociologist. He works at Harokopio university. He helps the students get good jobs in the future. He is very lucky because he goes to other countries for work. He brings us back souvenirs from the different places. He mustn’t be impatient with the students! It’s a great job and I want to be just like him. He likes his job too! George Papadopoulos
My aunt is a kindergarten teacher and she words in a nursery school. She has to teach little kids. She also must be friendly and patient with the kids and she mustn’t be strict with them! I think that it is a good job because it is nice to teach, to look after nd to feed little kids. I want to be a kindergarten teacher, too!
Vasilia Spaidioti My grandfather was a taxi driver! If you are a taxi driver, you have to drive your taxi through the city until you find a customer. You have to take people to their destination. You shouldn’t say bad things or trick your customers. You must be nice to them! This is what you must do for this job
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My dad is a gym teacher at an E lementary school. To be a gym teacher you have to be fit, strong and you have to know sports and their rules so you wi ll be able to teach them to the chi ldren. You must be kind and not shout at them. If you shout at the chi ldren won’t learn as well. He has to be at school from 8:00am to 14:00 and sometimes unti l 16:00pm. I like that job very much but I think that I want to be a computer programmer when I grow up.
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