English Language Instructor. Cyprus University of Technology. Limassol, Cyprus (1 September 2008 – Present)
Teaching English for Academic Purposes and English for Specific Academic Purposes to adults. Duties include material and course design, assessment and testing.

Special Teaching Personnel (Lecturer of English), European University Cyprus (Cyprus College), Nicosia, Cyprus 
(20th August 2001 – 31 August 2008)
Teaching English of various levels to adult students, of different educational and cultural backgrounds. Duties included material and course design, assessment and testing.

English Teacher, Adult Training Network College, London. 
(1st April 2001 - 10 August 2001)
Preparing job seekers from various backgrounds, to take English exams. Duties included preparing the course, and also doing administrative work.

Teacher Trainer, First Global Community College, Thailand. 
(1st March 2001 – 31st March 2001.)
I spent a month in Thailand training Thai English Teachers. My duties included designing material and doing the workshops on teaching methodologies and material design.

English Teacher, West London College, London. 
(June 2000 – February 2001)
Teaching English to adult students who had no basic communication skills of the language. Duties included structuring the course, preparing and marking adequate tests to measure students’ understanding.

Teacher of Greek, Saint Demetrios School, London. 
(October 1999 – July 2000) 
Teaching Greek to young students (aged 9 – 12) whose Greek was a second language.

Lecturer for College Skills, University of Nicosia (Intercollege), Nicosia, Cyprus 
(July- September 1999)
Lecturer for College skills: Orientation Program which aimed to help students prepare for the required English Placement Test and to orient them into college life.

How recent developments in Technology may be used in English Language Teaching, with particular emphasis on developing material using YouTube.

Teachers’ and Students’ attitudes towards the use of technology in language teaching and learning.

Member of the Cyprus Teaching English Association (CYTEA) (since 2003)

Member of the Cyprus Dyslexia Association (CDA) (since 2002)

Member of IATEFL (since 2009)

Member of ESP SIG – IATEFL (since 2009)

Member of TESOL Italy (since 2010)

Member of TESOL France (since 2011)

Member of TESOL Arabia (since 2010)

TESOL France’s 30th Annual Colloquium, Paris: 4th -6th November 2011. “To Use or Not to UseTechnology: Language teachers' and students' perceptions”.  Panayiota Hadjiconstantinou, Androulla Athanasiou & Anna Nicolaou  (POSTER)

17th International TESOL Arabia Conference, Dubai, UAE: 10th -12th March 2011

Workshop: “ELT Material Development Using YouTube”.  Panayiota Hadjiconstantinou & Androulla Athanasiou (TALK)

TESOL Italy’s 35th Convention, Rome: 19th-20th November 2010

“Benefits and Challenges of Using Technology in ELT: Students’ Perceptions”.  PanayiotaHadjiconstantinou & Elis Constantinou (POSTER)

31st Annual TESOL Greece International Convention, Athens: 13th – 14th March 2010

“Using YouTube in ELT”.  Panayiota Hadjiconstantinou & Androulla Athanasiou (TALK)

European Funded Project

Grundtvig Learning Partnership - September 2009-September 2011 – Title of project: Creativity – New Technologies in Intercultural/Multilingual Education 

Pending - Grundtvig Learning Partnership - September 2012-September 2013 – Title of Project: Investigating Teachers’ practices in using technology in Adult Language Learning 

Seminars attended:

TESOL France’s 30th Annual Colloquium, Paris: 4th -6th November 2011

17th International TESOL Arabia Conference, Dubai, UAE: 10th -12th March 2011

TESOL Italy’s 35th Convention, Rome: 19th-20th November 2010

31st Annual TESOL Greece International Convention, Athens: 13th – 14th March 2010 

Online Educa Berlin – 2-5 December 2009 – Berlin, Germany 

43rd Annual International IATEFL Conference and Exhibition – Cardiff – 31st March – April 2009. 

“Reading and Understanding” by Thomas Miller. European University Cyprus, Nicosia, May 10, 2008. 

“Learner Strategy Awareness Raising in Action” by Dr. Androulla Athanasiou (25/2/2008), “Learner Style Analysis: Enhancing Learning Through Self-Understanding” by Dr. Brian Bielberg (10/3/2008), and “Collaboration Learning in the ELT Classroom” by Dr. Androulla Athanasiou (7/4/2008). European University Cyprus, Nicosia 

“Teaching and Strategies to Develop Critical Thinking” by Dr. Craig Huxley and

“Elements of Cooperative Learning” by Dr. Stelios Michael, Express Publishing, Hilton Park Hotel, Nicosia, March 1, 2008. 

“Characteristics of Students with Special Learning Difficulties / Dyslexia, with Special References to Reading and Writing” by Dr Simoni Symeonidou, European University Cyprus, Nicosia, September 27, 2007. 

“Learning Technologies in Language Classroom: A step closer to the future”. University of Cyprus, Nicosia, May 26 – 28, 2006. 

“Writing for Publication and Conference Abstracts” by Dr. Christina Feak – University of Michigan. Cyprus College, Nicosia, February 25, 2006. 

“3rd International Multilingualism and Dyslexia Conference”. Limassol, July 14-16, 2005. 

“Identification and Support of Students with Special Needs”. Cyprus College, Nicosia, May 31, 2005. 

“Effective Management of Time”. Cyprus College, Nicosia, September 2005. 

“Conceptual Metaphors to the Rescue of Learning and Teaching Prepositions in English” by Dr. Sonia Munteanu. Intercollege, Limassol, Deecember 2004