Amenities (4)
Working hours
Our centre is open from Monday to Friday from 16:00 to 21:00. In case these hours are not convenient for you, please contact us so that we can arrange a meeting and find a more suitable time according to your schedule.
Parents' meetings
Our students are given their report cards every four months (before the Christmas and Easter break). However, parents are also informed about every lesson through the Report book, a notebook in which the teacher keeps a note of the student's grades and progress at the end of every lesson. In addition, parents can arrange a meeting with the teacher at a time suitable for them at any point during the academic year.
Supplementary teaching programmes
Our supplementary teaching programmes are free of cost as we believe it is our duty to help our learners complete their level of study without any gaps and shortcomings in order to be able to perform well in the next levels. In addition, we provide guidance and support to our students in their English classes at school so as not to burden parents any further at home.
Academic year and holidays
Our lessons begin in September and end in May every year. Exam level students may need to attend classes before or after the aforementioned months. Our summer classes start at the beginning of June and finish at the end of July.
The language school is closed during the Christmas holidays from the 24th of December until the 7th of January and during the Easter holidays from Holy Monday until Low Sunday, the second Sunday after Easter.
The language school is also closed on Sundays, on the public holidays of the Three Holy Hierarchs and the Holy Spirit, on the national holidays of the 28th of October and the 25th of March, on the 17th of November, on Clean Monday, on May 1st, on a local religious or national holiday based on the school's location according to legal provisions and on Assumption Day.
We focus on developing both our learners' oral and writing skills by providing them with hands - on practice during the lesson. It is of primary importance for the student to use the language taught on a regular basis and it is the only opportunity to practise with the teacher's guidance. As a result, the learner gradually manages to handle the language with ease which will help them perform well both in their oral exams and when they have to use the language in a freer and more natural context.
Use of technology in the classroom
Our interactive whiteboard is used throughout the lesson and students are encouraged to complete additional activities and tasks on it for extra practice. Along with their coursebook, our students receive an e-book which is the book used in class in digital form on which they can practise alone when they want to.
Cooperative learning and group work
Students work in groups to complete their tasks. This promotes both cooperative and peer learning as students interact and learn to assess each other. Group work motivates students, encourages active learning and promotes the development of communication skills particularly with more reserved learners. The need to belong, to affiliate with and to bs accepted by members of a group is a human emotional need and so this way of learning is in accordance with the learners' nature and needs, it creates a strong incentive to learn and it promotes the development of skills related to working in teams such as collaboration and brainstorming.
Access to foreign literature
Every academic year our learners are provided with readers, books that include graded language according to the student's level. They can also borrow books from our library. In many cases, books actually become part of the teaching and learning process and are not only used as an extra task since students may be requested to prepare a project based on the book read. Finally, during our summer classes, those who wish to practise further or are in need of a supplementary course, study the grammar and syntax included in these books whilst enriching their vocabulary.
Elena Akontidou-English
Elena completed her graduate studies at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in 2011. For a number of years she gave private lessons in English to younger learners and then worked at a language school for a year. In 2013 she began working at Akontidou School of Foreign Languages and in 2015 she took over management. She has attended seminars at the Hellenic American Union related to student preparation for the Lower and Proficiency exams at B2 and C2 levels. From 2016 to 2017 she volunteered to work for the Municipality of Paleo Faliro and taught preschool children at the 2nd public nursery in the area. She has taught students of all levels and exam classes.
Polixeni Pappa - English
Xenia has been working at our language school for two years and she has been involved in the field of education since 2009. Having completed her graduate studies, she studied Applied Linguistics and completed a Master of Arts at the Hellenic American College. She also successfully completed the English Teaching Competency Test (ETECT) during her studies. She has attended seminars at the Hellenic American Union related to student preparation for the Lower and Proficiency exams at B2 and C2 levels and has attended classes in cognitive psychology at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. She has taught students, both teenagers and adults, at exam preparation classes with great success.
Zoe Barbagianni-French
Zoe has successsfully completed her graduate studies in the department of French Language and Literature at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. She has worked as a trainee at a private school, as a teacher at a language school for three years and has been in the field of education since 2010 giving private lessons. She has attended seminars in translation and interpretation, linguistics and pedagogy from her department at the French Educational Institution (IFA) in Athens. She has been working at our language school for two years and has successfully prepared students of all levels for their exams.
School Year 2015-2016 |
School Year 2016 – 2017 |
School Year 2017 – 2018 | School Year 2018 – 2019 |
B2 Lower :
C1 Advanced:
C2 Proficiency:
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ENGLISH
C1 Advanced:
C2 Proficiency:
FRENCH
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ΑΓΓΛΙΚΑ • Ermioni G. (ECCE)
C2 Proficiency: ΓΑΛΛΙΚΑ |
ΑΓΓΛΙΚΑ • Danai - Panagoula P. (ECCE)
C2 Proficiency: ΓΑΛΛΙΚΑ |
Our language school runs two month summer classes in June and in July in order for the learner to complete a certain level or to provide further practice to those who wish.
Level completion
Some students who started learning the foreign language may encounter difficulty in the same subject at school or may simply wish to proceed with the next level. In other cases, they may choose to attend summer classes in order to sit an exam earlier than the original time set. To accommodate this, we offer fast-paced classes focusing more on the work done during the lesson in order to reduce the amount of work at home.
Further practice
There are students who may wish to practise the language during the summer months or to improve their performance. In this case, instead of using grammar books or the course books used in class, we study foreign literature analysing any grammar points encountered and practising the learner's oral skills through discussions and brainstorming. Videos may also be used to support this work according to the book chosen. These books (Readers) are divided by level, they are offered for free and they have been carefully adapted based on the grammar, syntax and vocabulary the student has encountered during the academic year.