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Ms Vassiliki Kapralou

Personal details

• Lecturer in English for Specific Purposes (ESP),

TEI of Thessaly, (former TEI of Larissa)

Dept of Business Administration.

• Address: TEI of Thessaly, Larissa 41110, Greece

• Tel: 2410-684728, 2410684583

• e-mail: v.kapralou@teilar.gr

Education & Qualifications

• Master of Arts in Applied Linguistics & ΤΕSOL (Teaching English to

Speakers of Other Languages) 1994, School of Education, Leicester

University, Great Britain.

Dissertation: “Applying Discourse Analysis to ESP (English for Specific

Purposes), with reference to Greek learners”.

• BA (Hons) in English & Greek Language & Literature

1989, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.

Academic Experience: Teaching

• 2001 to date: Technological Educational Institute of Thessaly, Greece.

Lecturer in English for Business Purposes at the departments of Project

Management (2001- 2013), Business Administration (2013 to date) and

Accounting & Finance (2015).

• 2009: University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece.

Visiting Lecturer of English for Specific Purposes, Departments of

Agriculture, Crop Production & Rural Environment, Ichthyology & Aquatic

Environment, Preschool Education, and Computer Science

• 2002– 2005: University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece.

Visiting Lecturer of English for Specific Purposes, Dept of Architecture &

Dept of Economics

• 1998 – 2001: Technological Educational Institute (T.E.I.) of

Messolonghi, Greece.

Lecturer of English for Specific Purposes, Dept of Greenhouse Crops &

Floriculture, and Agricultural Machinery & Irrigation.

• 1993 – 1998: Technological Educational Institute (T.E.I.) of Piraeus,

Greece.

Lecturer under contract of English for Specific Purposes, Departments of

Accounting, Business Administration, Mechanical Engineering, Automation,

Electrical Engineering & Computer Systems.

• 1992 – 1998: Hellenic Air-Force Academy, Athens, Greece.

Lecturer under contract of English Language.

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• 1993 – 1999: Vocational Training Institutes in Athens, Argyroupolis,

Chalandri, Maroussi & Patras, Greece.

Teacher of English for the following specialties: Advertising, Business

Administration, Floriculture, Shipping, Telecommunication Systems, Stock

Exchange, etc.

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1989 - 1990: School of Technical Non-commissioned Officers, Hellenic

Air Force, Athens.

Teacher of English Language and ESP.

Research/European Projects/other scholarly activities

• 2015 to date: ΤΕΙ of Thessaly, Greece.

Erasmus+ KA107 International Credit Mobility Coordinator, & member of

the European Programmes Committee.

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2011 to date: TEI of Thessaly, (former TEI of Larissa)

Diploma Supplement Coordinator: TEI of Thessaly was awarded the

Diploma Supplement Label in 2014.

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2012 – 2013: LLP/ Erasmus IP Project “Focus On Creativity And

Innovations” (LLP-ERA-IP-2011-LT-0574 & LLP-ERA-IP-2012-LT-0771)

Coordinator of the two-year Intensive Programme for the TEI of Larissa.

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2012 – 2013: LLP /Erasmus IP Project «SINTROME» (2012-1-GR1-ERA10-

10636 & 2013-1-GR1-ERA10-15360) – Member of the Coordinating team for

this 2-year Intensive Programme implemented by the Project Management

Dept.

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2009 – 2011: LLP /Erasmus IP Project «PROMECON» (2009-1-GR1-

ERA10-01951 & 2010-1-GR1-ERA10-04406 & 2011-1-GR1-ERA10-06866)

Member of the Coordinating team for this 3-year Intensive Programme

implemented by the Project Management Dept.

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2011 – 2013: TEI of Larissa

LLP/Erasmus Placement Coordinator & member of the European

Programmes Committee.

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2005 – 2009: TEI of Larissa, Greece, & Staffordshire University, UK.

Lecturer of Academic Reading & Writing, Postgraduate Studies in

Management (MM) & Business Administration (MBA)

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2004 – 2005: TEI of Larissa

Member of the Project Team developing “Professional English On-line”:

English language material for a Distance Learning Tool.

“Restructuring/Reforming and Updating the Undergraduate Courses at the

TEI of Larissa” within the 2nd European Support Framework - EPEAEK

operational programme.

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2006 – 2007: InterSkills, an international Employability project between the

British Council and the TEI of Larissa. Member of the Project Team.

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1999 – 2000: Youth for Europe – «Young People in Different

Democracies» (Α.Ι / 99 / R3 / 25 & Α.Ι / 99 / R3 / 24) Coordinator of 2

exchange programmes for young people, TEI of Messolonghi, Greece.

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• 1999 – 2001: Technological Educational Institute (T.E.I.) of

Messolonghi, Greece.

Head of the International Relations Office & Socrates/Erasmus Institutional

Coordinator and ECTS Institutional Coordinator.

• 1999 – 2000: Technological Educational Institute (T.E.I.) of

Messolonghi, Greece.

Member of the Project Team, establishing the new Dept of Applied

Informatics in Management & Finance, within the 2nd European Support

Framework - EPEAEK operational programme.

Personal Development

• «Teacher Training in E-learning», National School of Public

Administration and Local Government (ESDDA), Greece, December 2007.

• «Developing Educational Software», training course, National School

of Public Administration and Local Government (ESDDA), Greece,

November 2007.

• “ Internationalisation at home: from theory to practice”, training

course, EAIE -European Association for International Education, Μάρτιος

2007.

• "Certificat de Langue Francaise", L’Institute Francais d’Athenes, 1984.

Publications

• “Focusing on Research in Language Teaching” 11th International

Symposium of Theoretical & Applied Linguistics, 10-12 April 1997,

Aristotle University of Thessalonica, Proceedings pp 111 – 120.

• “Professional English On-Line: A Pilot Project”, 5th International

Conference in LSP/ LAP, University of Macedonia, October 2005,

Proceedings.

• T.E.I. of Larissa, Undergraduate Prospectus, 2007, Greek &

English edition. Author, editor & translator.

• Undergraduate Prospectus, Technological Educational Institute

(T.E.I.) of Messolonghi, March 2001. Editor & translator

• ECTS Information Packages, T.E.I. of Messolonghi, 2000.

Departments of Accounting, Greenhouse Crops & Floriculture, Applied

Informatics in Management & Finance, Agricultural Machinery &

Irrigation. Author, editor & translator.

Research Interests

• Internationalisation of Higher Education in Greece and the EU.

• European Higher Education Area.

• Multiculturalism & Multilingualism in the EU.

• CALL (Computer Assisted Language Learning) & TELL (Technology-

Enhanced Language Learning).

• Teaching ESP (English for Specific Purposes) in Higher Education.

• Discourse Analysis.

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