Peter Beech

I have been working in EFL in Greece since 1986, and for several years was director of my own school in Corinth. After completing my MSc in Teaching English in 1997, I established Anglo-Hellenic primarily as a teacher recruitment service, while becoming increasingly involved in teacher training. I have provided training seminars for schools throughout Greece, and since 2004 have been running TEFL certificate courses full-time year-round.

I also have substantial experience of university teaching. I work part time as an Associate Lecturer with the UK Open University, tutoring since 2001 on the MA in Education (Applied Linguistics), and at New York College in Athens, tutoring on the University of Greenwich BA in TESOL and MA in ELT Management.   

Peter Beech receiving an award for excellence in teaching at the New York College graduation ceremony, June 2012

My academic interests are centred on ways to make teaching more effective, from initial teacher training courses through to experienced teachers studying at Master’s level. I am particularly concerned with the role of teacher as researcher and with the effective design and implementation of classroom research. My other main area of interest is the use of technology in education, and especially Computer Assisted Language Learning.

A former Board member of TESOL Greece, I was the founding coordinator of the TESOL Greece CALL SIG, and have given numerous professional presentations in this area. I have also given presentations throughout Greece as an invited guest speaker at events organized by PALSO, the Federation of Greek Language Schools, and QLS, the Panhellenic Association of Accredited Quality Language Schools. I am extensively involved in the Greek State Certificate of Language Proficiency (KPG), primarily as a trainer of oral examiners.

I am an active member of IATEFL, the International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language and of the Teacher Trainers and Educators SIG. I have presented numerous times at the annual IATEFL conference in the UK and have published several articles in the IATEFL conference selections. I have also published extensively in Greek ELT publications such as ELT News and the TESOL Greece Newsletter.

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