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Renáta Bernhardt PhD, is an Associate Professor at Eszterházy Károly Catholic University, Jászberény Campus, Hungary. She conducts teacher training seminars and an obligatory course-unit for students specialising in pedagogy. She delivers courses on theoretical issues of education, didactics, pedagogical consultancy and research methodology. She is responsible for teaching practice. Her research interests involve innovative pedagogical practice, pedagogical concepts, self-re

Francesco Michael Scaringella is a PhD candidate in  “ Linguistic, literary and intercultural studies in European and extra-European perspectives ” at the University of Milan. His main fields of research include foreign language teaching, manuals, linguistics and critical discourse analysis. Presented at the 2nd Symposium on Language Education and Research (SLER2025) in Thessaloniki, this paper examines English language teaching textbooks used in Chinese general senior high

Haido Fanara is an EFL teacher at the American Farm School of Thessaloniki. She holds a BA in English Language and Literature and an MA in Language, Literature, and Digital Media in Education from AUTh. Her academic interests include Literature, Technology, and Gamification in EFL. Konstantina Theodoridou is an EFL teacher in public education. She holds a BA in English Language and Literature and an MA in Language, Literature and Digital Media, AUTh. Her academic interests

Dimitra Efstathiou is an ESL/EFL educator and Career Mentor who believes that teaching is never just about a subject; it is about broadening horizons and shaping futures. Since 2012, she has taught diverse learners, treating every classroom as a diverse ecosystem where connection works wonders. Influenced by her MA in Museums, Galleries and Contemporary Culture, Dimitra specialises in integrating the arts into her curriculum. In an era of tremendous technological advances, sh

Tuana Lopez Ibarra  is a doctoral candidate in the English Language Teaching Department at Yeditepe University, Turkey. She holds a master’s degree in Applied Linguistics from Birkbeck, University of London, and has extensive experience teaching English as a foreign language to learners of diverse ages and backgrounds. She is currently teaching English to international students in Oxford, England. Her work with both young learners and university students has shaped her flexib

Prof. Tigchelaar received her M.A. in French Studies from the University of Guelph and her Ph.D. in Second Language Studies from Michigan State University. She specializes in second language writing, second language assessment, and second language teaching methods. In her French writing courses, she works with students to develop texts that can be published for diverse purposes, including applying for jobs and summarizing academic articles. Some of these student summaries ha

Rita Szaszkó PhD is Associate Professor, Head of Department of Languages and Art Education  at Eszterházy Károly Catholic University, Jászberény Campus, Hungary. She has gained international experience in higher education and her research interests involve the effects of intercultural contact on foreign language learning motivation, intercultural communication and online education. Currently she is involved in the investigation of and teacher’s self-reflections. She makes pr

Eirini Polychronaki is a doctoral researcher at the School of Linguistic, Speech and Communication Sciences at Trinity College Dublin. She holds a B.A. in English Language and Literature (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki), Minor in Psychology (American College of Thessaloniki) and an M.Phil in English Language Teaching (distinction, Trinity College Dublin). Her research interests lie at the intersection of language learning, educational psychology and intercultural educat