The Interplay of the Global and the Local in English Language Learning and Electronic Communication Discourses and Practices in Greece

Young People's Translocal New Media Uses: A Multiperspective Analysis Of Language Choice And Heteroglossia

“…For example, the group discussions in our data reveal the teenagers' awareness of the social value associated with English: It is seen as a gateway to international communities and to a cosmopolitan future (cf. Mitsikopoulou, 2007). The following two examples by Eeva illustrate this well.…”

The Narrative Construction of Identities in Critical Education

“…11. For additional critical remarks on New Literacy Studies, see among others, Cole and Nicolopoulou (1992), Postill (2003), Koutsogiannis (2007), Mitsikopoulou (2007). 12.…”

CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning): The bigger picture. A response to: A. Bruton. 2013. CLIL: Some of the reasons why … and why not. System 41 (2013): 587–597

“…Arguably, the most obvious factor are school fees, which act as gatekeepers of educational opportunities, for instance, in countries with a highly developed private school sector such as the UK, but also in countries like Greece or Korea in which private afternoon schools focussing on particular subjects, such as English or Mathematics, have developed complementarily to the public sector as a presumably more effective, but definitely more cost intensive route to educational success (Mitsikopoulou 2007, Park 2009). Besides financial disadvantaging, educational discrimination is unfortunately also integral to many national school systems.…”