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.
