Alexandra Georgiou studied French Language and Literature at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. She holds a master’s degree in Foreign Language Teaching and Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) from Université Lumière Lyon 2 in Lyon, France.
She also holds language qualifications in four foreign languages: English and French at C2 level (proficient), and Italian and Spanish at B2 level (upper-intermediate).
Since 1998, Alexandra Georgiou has been dedicated to teaching and promoting the French language and culture, initially in the private sector and subsequently in public education. She has held a permanent teaching position in public secondary education since 2002.
In addition to her experience teaching teenagers, she successfully completed the Training of Trainers programme for Lifelong Learning Centres at the Hellenic Open University in 2014, passing the required examinations. The programme was delivered under the National Strategic Reference Framework (NSRF) 2007–2013. In 2021, she was certified by France Éducation international as a DELF examiner and marker for levels A1, A2, B1 and B2.
Throughout her teaching career, she has attended numerous seminars and conferences, including the First European Congress of Teachers of French in Vienna. She was also awarded a Comenius In-Service Training grant and participated in a professional development programme for foreign language teachers at the Centre for Applied Linguistics of the University of Franche-Comté in Besançon in 2008.
She has collaborated with education advisers for French as a speaker and teacher trainer. Her presentations and training sessions have included:
“Artificial Intelligence and Learning: Transforming Foreign Language Education”
“Teaching French Creatively: Contemporary Practices and Innovative Approaches”
“Designing a Teaching Unit”
“Developing a Teaching Unit for Primary Education through Innovative Teaching Methods”
“Good Practices: Art and Digital Technology in Foreign Language Teaching”
“The Digital Foreign Language Classroom in Practice: The Moodle Learning Platform”
She is an active member of the Scientific Association for the Promotion of Educational Innovation (EEPEK). She also holds a certificate of attendance for the programme “Introductory Training in the Educational Use of ICT” (B1-level ICT training).
