Institute of Education London

Dr Fotini Diamantidaki

• Qualifications and position:
  • Phd, MA, PGCE
  • Lecturer in Education (PGCE MFL)
• Faculty:
  • Faculty of Children and Learning
• Department:
  • Culture, Communications and Media
• Summary:
  • Teaching for PGCE Modern Foreign languages in Education and ensuring teacher development and learning how to teach. Through lectures and tutor sessions, I try to instill creativity in designing ICT resources for the MFL classroom and also the importance of exploring the place and functions of the literary text in the teaching of French as a foreign language. This has lead to the creation of 2 Web sites for the teaching of French as a foreign language. I am particularly interested in the integration of world languages in the curriculum therefore a research has been initiated with our partner schools.
• Teaching:
  • Supervising for B.Ed. and MA TESOL
• Research Projects:
  • Integration of world languages in the curriculum : Initiated in the IOE in April 2010 with our partnership schools, (part of the larger TDA research on world languages)
• Postgraduate Research:
  • Interests include the teaching and learning of modern foreign languages, language and literature
• Professional Activities:
  • Member of the Centre Interdisciplinaire Recits, Cultures, Pyschanalyse, Langues et Société (CIRCPLES) of the Université de Nice Sophia-Antipolis.
• Conferences/presentations:
  • Greek applied linguistics association 13th International Conference "New directions in Applied Linguistics" presentation of the paper: "Internet et documents litteraires, un moyen d'enseigner la langue"
• Personal Country Knowledge:
  • France : Education, literature, Culture
    Greece : Education, literature, Culture, Social
• Languages Spoken:
  • Greek (native)
    French (advanced)
    Spanish (intermediate)
• Languages Written:
  • Greek (native)
    French (advanced)
    Spanish (intermediate)
• Website / Blogsite:
  • http://membres.lycos.fr/diamantidaki