1 CURRICULUM VITAE 1. Personal Data Elsa Amanatidou Senior Lecturer in Modern Greek Studies Department of Classics Director, Centre for Language Studies Brown University- Box 1856 Telephone: (401) 863 7482 E-mail: Elsa_Amanatidou@Brown.edu 2. Home address 537 Angell street Providence, RI, 02906 3. Education King s College, London 1993-1995 M.A in Modern Greek Studies (Literature and History) M.A. thesis, What is the use of poetry? The case of Manolis Anagnostakis Bell School of Languages& Edinburgh University 1991-1992 RSA, Cambridge, (Royal Society of Arts) DTFLA (Diploma of Teaching Foreign Languages to Adults) Bell School of Languages, Norwich 1991-1992 RSA, Cambridge, Certificate, University of East Anglia, Norwich 1981-1982 M.A, The English Novel M.A. thesis Problems of identity and morality in the early fiction of John Fowles Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece 1977-1981 BA(Hons), English Literature and Linguistics Istituto Italiano Di Cultura, Thessaloniki 1977-1980 Diploma di lingua e Cultura Italiana
2 4. Professional appointments Edexcel, Pearsons UK 2012- Mentor, General Qualifications Assessment Team Brown University, OIA, 2011-2013 Faculty responsible for International Graduate Colloquium proposals Edexcel, Pearsons UK 2010- Expert Consultant Ask the Expert service for IGCSE, GCSE and GCE curricula and assessment in Modern Greek Edexcel, Pearsons UK 2010- Chief Examiner, IGCSE examinations in Modern Greek Brown University, 2010- Office of Summer and Continuing Studies, Director, Brown on Naxos Pre-College Summer Program Brown University 2008- Senior Lecturer in Modern Greek Studies Director, Centre for Language Studies Brown University 2001- Lecturer in Modern Greek Studies Office of Summer and Continuing Studies, Brown University 2006-2008 Instructor in Modern Greek Brown Learning Community 2002 Instructor in Modern Greek The Hellenic College of London 1995-2001 Head of Modern Greek and Deputy Head (from 1991)
3 Norfolk County Council 1993-1995 Teacher Trainer responsible for provision of training For instructors of Modern Foreign Languages Edexcel, Pearsons UK 2007- Chief Examiner, GCE (Advanced Level) Chief Examiner 1998- GCSE examinations in Modern Greek Reviser, GCE (A Level) 2004-2007 Examinations in Modern Greek Ensuring future assessed units meet the required standard and are consistent with the unit specification and assessment criteria. Chief Examiner 2000-2004 GCE (A Level) Examinations in Modern Greek Chief Examiner, GCE (Ordinary Level) 1991- Examinations in Modern Greek Assistant Examiner, Reviser and Scrutineer 1990-1998 GCSE examinations in Modern Greek 5. Research and Completed Projects (a) Chapter in Book Anagnostakis revisited and revised: The politics of Reading and Re-reading, Vangelis Calotychos, ed. Manolis Anagnostakis, Poetry and politics, Silence and Agency in Post War Greece, Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2012 (b)completed research on development of pedagogical materials, teacher training guides and evaluation of assessment models and student performance (on the web) Assessment Report and commentary on student performance in 2012 A Level, GCSE and IGCSE examinations in Modern Greek. http://www.edexcel.com/quals/gce/gce08/lang/greek/pages/default.aspx
4 Negotiating the product: advertisements as source of cultural information, 2011 (https://canvas.brown.edu/courses/418583) Assessment Report and commentary on student performance in 2011 A Level, GCSE and IGCSE examinations in Modern Greek. http://www.edexcel.com/quals/gce/gce08/lang/greek/pages/default.aspx Report and commentary on student performance in 2010 A level, GCSE and O level examinations in Modern Greek http://www.edexcel.com/quals/gcse/gcse09/mfl/mod-greek/pages/default.aspx http://www.edexcel.com/quals/gce/gce08/lang/greek/pages/default.aspx http://www.edexcel.com/quals/olevel/languages/7615/pages/default.aspx Editable Schemes of work for the delivery of the GCE specification 2010 In Modern Greek http://www.edexcel.com/quals/gce/gce08/lang/greek/pages/default.aspx Exemplar activities to facilitate the delivery of the GCSE specification: 2010 A guide for teachers http://www.edexcel.com/quals/gcse/gcse09/mfl/mod-greek/pages/default.aspx Adaptable Schemes of Work, to assist language instructors 2009 plan the teaching of the new GCSE specification in Modern Greek http://www.edexcel.com/quals/gcse/gcse09/mfl/mod-greek/pages/ Vocabulary Book for the new GCSE in Modern Greek 2009 http://www.edexcel.com/quals/gcse/gcse09/mfl/mod-greek/pages/ Report on the delivery and performance in 2009 GCE examinations 2009 in Modern Greek http://www.edexcel.com/quals/gce/gce-leg/lang/greek- Modern/Pages/default.aspx Report on the delivery and performance in 2009 GCSE examinations in 2009 Modern Greek http://www.edexcel.com/quals/gcse/gcse-leg/lang/modgreek/pages/default.aspx Report on the delivery and performance in 2009 O level examinations in 2009 Modern Greek http://www.edexcel.com/quals/olevel/languages/7615/pages/default.aspx
5 Assessment on student performance in public GCE (O Level), 2008 GCE (A level) and GCSE examinations in Modern Greek and Recommendations for improving performance http://www.edexcel.com/quals/olevel/languages/7615/pages/default.aspx http://www.edexcel.com/quals/gcse/gcse-leg/lang/mod-greek/pages/default.aspx http://www.edexcel.com/quals/gce/gceleg/lang/greek%20(modern)/pages/default.asp x Development of new Specification and Sample Assessment 2008 Materials for the General Certificate in Education Examinations In Modern Greek (GCSE). http://www.edexcel.com/quals/gcse/gcse09/mfl/mod-greek/pages/default.aspx Prototype of textbook 2007 Three units in a textbook, testing listening comprehension for Advanced Students http://www.brown.edu/departments/lrc/audios/greek/points_of_view.shtml Development of New Specification and Sample Assessment Materials 2007 I devised New Subject Criteria for Advanced level Qualification in Modern Greek; authored Specimen Examination Papers (Approved by The Qualifications and Curricula Authority, summer 2007) http://www.edexcel.com/gce2008/mfl/greek/pages/overview.aspx Radio advertisements 2007 A workbook of listening comprehension tasks to accompany authentic Radio announcements and commercials (http://mycourses.brown.edu/webct ) (https://canvas.brown.edu/courses/418583) Self-Assessment through Hot Potatoes 2007 An arsenal of interactive web-based tasks to facilitate independent study and consolidate linguistic and cultural knowledge http://mycourses.brown.edu/webct (https://canvas.brown.edu/courses/418583) Teaching culture through TV 2006 Set of activities to accompany video clips from TV series http://mycourses.brown.edu/webct (https://canvas.brown.edu/courses/418583) Assessment Report on student performance at GCSE public examinations 2005-2007 in Modern Greek and recommendations http://www.edexcel.org.uk/quals/gcse/mfl/gcse/1776/
6 Pronunciation guide for Beginner Students in Modern Greek 2005 http://www.brown.edu/departments/lrc/audios/greek/pronunciation (https://canvas.brown.edu/courses/418583) (c) Papers in conferences, guest talks and invited lectures, presentations and workshops directed Brown Clubs of Paris & Brussels June 2013 Knowing how, when, and why to say what to whom Sheridan Centre for Teaching and Learning November 2012 25 th Anniversary Poster Presentation (with Miled Faiza): Promoting the Study and Instruction of Languages, Bridging Cultures Centre for Language Studies, Yale University, November 2012 Rethinking the Language Centre, a conference organised By The Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning, Panel Discussion Facilitator: Governance Edexcel Pearson s UK, materials writer and trainer for webinar October 2012 GCE and GCSE successful examinations 2012 San Francisco State University Fourth Biannual MGSA Workshop on MFL pedagogy October 2012 Workshop leader: Task based teaching and learning Yale University, Centre for Language Studies, March 2012 Brown Bag lecture series Collaborative Writing and the Digital Script Brown University, SLAV13000 April 2012 Greek Diglossia, Guest speaker University of East Anglia, School of Languages June 2011 And Communication Studies, UK Digital Story telling for the MFL classroom Edexcel Pearson s UK, materials writer and trainer for webinar October 2011 On GCE and GCSE successful examinations, 2011 Brown Alumni Denver Club April 2011 Language Instruction and International Initiatives: The case at Brown Sheridan Centre for Teaching and Learning, Brown University April 2011 Graduate Student Training 1. Workshop on Practical techniques for Teaching Vocabulary 2. Workshop on Practical Techniques for Teaching Grammar
7 AEIA International Conference, San Francisco February 2011 The Changing Relationship between Language Studies and International Studies Edexcel, Pearsons UK January 2011 Presented first drafts of GCSE, GCE and IGCSE public examination papers to the Question Paper Evaluation Committee (QPEC). Third Biannual Conference on Greek language pedagogy November 2010 Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana Panel organizer and presenter on Standards and Criteria: Mapping the terrain of the Modern Greek Language Specification Aristotle University, Greece June 2010 Centre for Greek Language Panel: Greek Studies in USA Brown, CLS and LRC show case, April 2010 Student collaborations in digital story telling projects: The pedagogical implications Brown, Pembroke Club of RI April 2010 Internationalization, Global Citizenship and the Role of Languages: Notes from the Field Edexcel, Pearsons, UK March 2010 Webinar delivered to secondary schools teachers in Cyprus. Approaches to teaching Cinema and delivering the new GCE specification in MG UCLA, Brown Club of Southern California January 2010 The World is Your Stage: Express Yourself! Global Citizenship and the Role of Languages Brown University, The Hellenic Students Association, November 2009 Celebration in honor of 100 years since the birth of the poet Yiannis Ritsos, presentation on Politics and Poetics: The case of Yiannis Ritsos Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, MGSA Conference, October 2009 The collaborative class: Students as writers and performers Brown University, Sheridan Centre for Teaching and Learning, September 2009
8 Everyone has a story to tell: Digital Story telling in the MFL Classroom Brown Club of the UK, London, At Home with the World: June 2009 Foreign languages and Global Understanding Edexcel Pearsons, UK June 2009 Webinar, Teaching the new GCSE Specification In Modern Greek Brown Alumni Club, London UK, June 2009 At home with the World: languages at the Age of Globalisation University of East Anglia,UK May 2009 Teaching Greek with Hot Potatoes. A practical Demonstration. Brown University, Sheridan Centre for Teaching and April 2009 Learning, Differentiated Instruction and the MFL curriculum: From Rational to Classroom Practice Part I Brown University, Sheridan Centre for Teaching and April 2009 Learning, Differentiated Instruction and the MFL curriculum: From Rational to Classroom Practice Part II Brown University, CLS Professional Development Lecture November 2008 Series. Paper: Integrating Culture in the MFL Curriculum. Yale University, Workshop on Modern Greek Language November 2008 Pedagogy. Paper: Strategies and techniques For Teaching Culture: An Integrative Approach to developing Transcultural knowledge Edexcel, Pearsons, UK. Webinar, October 2008 Teaching the new Advanced Subsidiary Specification In Modern Greek Edexcel, London UK British Council in Cyprus & Edexcel, Pearsons, UK July 2008 One day Professional development Workshop for Secondary School Teachers Workshop Leader and Trainer Teaching and delivering a new Specification A. S. Onassis, Public Benefit Foundation, NY, USA September 2007 Workshop on the Teaching of Modern Greek Language in
9 Universities in North, Central and South America. Presentation, Hot potatoes: employing technology in Language Instruction Columbia University, NY April 2006 Conference in honour of the poet Manolis Anagnostakis, Paper: Anagnostakis and the critics University of East Anglia, UK, Translation seminar June 2005 for students of Modern Greek Alpha Omega Council, Providence, RI October 2005 Presentation: The History of the Modern Greek Studies Program & the Hellenic Students Association at Brown University Rochester Hellenic Society May 2004 Lecture: Testimony as fiction: Three novels on the Asia Minor Disaster 6. Citations and Research Grants (a) Citations Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning 2009, 2010, 2011 Brown University Recognition for Commitment to Teaching. Brown University, Citations and Awards, 2009 Commencement Ceremony Master of Arts Ad Eundem (b)current Grants HRF, New assessment models 2012 HRF, Art in times of crisis 2011 (c) Completed Grants HRF to complete 3 rd part of research project on integrating culture 2010 In the MFL classroom Brown Instructional Technology (BIT) grant 2010 Digitisation of video clips that informed the content of the project:
10 Negotiating the product: advertisements as source of cultural information Language Consortium for teaching and learning, Campus Grant 2010 Workbook to accompany the project: Negotiating the product: advertisements as source of cultural information MGSA, innovative projects grant to organise the biannual 2010 2010 conference on MFL pedagogy HRF to complete 2 nd part of research project on integrating culture 2009 In the MFL classroom HRF to complete first phase of research project on teaching culture 2008 B.I.T (Brown Instructional Technology) 2008 The grant provided technological assistance that made possible the digitisation of films used for Language instruction, in MGRK0100, 300 and 500 classes Alexander S Onassis Public Benefit Foundation, NY 2008 $11.500 grant towards the cost of the first biannual workshop On Greek Language Pedagogy and for setting up a Professional Organisation Of Instructors of Modern Greek in USA Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning 2008 $7.000 grant towards the cost of the first biannual workshop On Greek Language Pedagogy Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning 2007 Campus based grant to develop prototype for textbook for Advanced Learners. Amount awarded: $3.027 B.I.T (Brown Instructional Technology) 2007 Recipient of B.I.T grant for the digitisation of radio audio clips in order to develop instructional materials. The grant provided a technical expert and a student assistant to help with implementation. B.I.T (Brown Instructional Technology) 2006 Recipient of B.I.T grant for the digitisation of video clips In order to develop instructional materials. The grant provided a technical expert and a student assistant to help with implementation.
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