Training Seminars for Foreign Language Teachers - Management Courses & Consultancies

Suzanne Antonaros

A native Californian, Suzanne holds a B.A. degree in Spanish and an M.A. degree in Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) from San Francisco State University. She has had extensive experience in materials development and in teaching children, adult and ESP courses in the USA, the UK and in Greece.

Suzanne has worked as EFL materials and syllabus design consultant for Longman International. She has taught classes and has prepared teaching materials for The National Center of Public Administration, the National School of Public Administration and for the Athens Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

In 1984, she co-founded, with Lilika Couri, EDUCATIONAL & TRAINING CONSULTANTS and THE TEACHING THEATER GROUP FOR CHILDREN. She has been involved in teacher training and EFL school management consultancies in Greece, Serbia, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic and Romania. She has been to Pilgrims Courses for Teachers, Canterbury and to the University of California, Santa Barbara Extension to give seminars to EFL/ ESL teachers. Since 1994, she has been conducting teacher training seminars for the University of Athens Department of English. Suzanne is co-author of On Stage, 1 ( L. Couri, Athens, 1997) and of Playway to English Pre-Junior and Playway to English Junior A (Lilika Couri, Herbert Puchta, Günter Gerngross), Cambridge University Press & Edition Helbling, 1997 & 2000, and of Teaching Young Learners: Action Songs, Chants and Games, Teachers' Resource Book and Portfolios 1, 2, 3 (L. Couri), Express Publishing, 2003.

A founding member of TESOL GREECE, Suzanne has served on the Board as Vice Chairperson (1988-89), Chairperson (1989-90), Vice Chairperson (1996-97), member (1997-98), and Chairperson (1998 - 99). She is Chairperson of Living Values in Education, Greece.

Lilika Couri

Lilika Couri did her undergraduate and graduate work in the United States as a Fulbright scholar. She holds a B.A. degree in English from Winthrop College, S.C., and an M.A. in English from The Pennsylvania State University. She has had extensive EFL teaching, teacher training, administrative and foreign language school manangement and program development experience in the USA and in Greece.

Lilika taught literature at the English Department of the University of Colorado for six years (1969 - 1975), and was Associate Academic Director of The Hellenic-American Union for seven years (1975 - 1982). She was Foreign Language Advisor and Deputy Director of the National Center of Public Administration and of the National School of Public Administration from 1986-90. From 1985-91, Lilika was Special Assistant to the President at the University of Thessaly, Greece, and was involved in the academic organization of the university, the foreign language program and in public relations. From 1992 - 1997, she coordinated and implemented an innovative foreign language program at the Primary Education Department of the University of Thrace in Alexandroupolis, Greece.

As co-director of EDUCATIONAL & TRAINING CONSULTANTS and of THE TEACHING THEATER GROUP FOR CHILDREN, she has conducted teacher training seminars in Greece, the UK, Turkey, Rumania, Serbia and Bulgaria since 1984. Since 1994 she has been conducting teacher training seminars for the University of Athens Department of English. She is co-author of On Stage, 1 (S. Antonaros, Athens, 1997) and of Plaway to English Pre-Junior and Plaway to English Junior A (Suzanne Antonaros, Herbert Puchta, Günter Gerngross), Cambridge University Press & Edition Helbling, 1997 & 2000, and of Teaching Young Learners: Action Songs, Chants and Games, Teachers' Resource Book and Portfolios 1, 2, 3 (S. Antonaros), Express Publishing, 2003.

Lilika is a founding member of the Hellenic Fulbright Association and has served on the first board. She is a founding member of TESOL GREECE, the Professional Association of EFL Teachers in Greece, and has served the association as Chairperson (1981-84), Vice Chairperson (1991- 92), member (2004) and Chairperson (2005 - 2007).