School of English - AUTh

Angeliki Psaltou-Joycey

Emerita professor - Department of Theoretical & Applied Linguistics

Angeliki Psaltou-Joycey is Professor Emeritus of Applied Linguistics at the Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, School of English, Faculty of Philosophy, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. She holds a BA in English Language and Literature from the same School, a Diploma in Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) from the Institute of Education, University of London, UK, an MA in Linguistics and English Language Teaching (EFL) from the University of Leeds, UK, and a PhD in Linguistics from the School of English, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. The title of her thesis is: The temporal, aspectual, and pragmatic functions of the Perfect in Modern Greek (1991). Her academic and research interests and her publications are in the areas of Language Learning Strategies and other Individual Differences in SLA, Individual Multilingualism (Plurilingualism), Methodology of Teaching English and Modern Greek as a Second/Foreign Language, Contrastive Linguistics, as well as Tense and Aspect. She has published her work in books, international journals, and conference proceedings. She is the author of Language Learning Strategies in the Foreign Language Classroom (2010) and co-author of The Temporal System of Modern Greek: Studies from the perspective of Greek as a foreign language [in Greek] (2011). She has teaching experience both at undergraduate and postgraduate university levels, and experience in several administrative posts. She is the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Applied Linguistics (JAL) and sits on the editorial boards of the journals Directions, Research Papers in Language Teaching and Learning (RPLTL), The European Journal of Applied Linguistics and TEFL, and MENON: Journal of Educational Research. She has also reviewed articles for Mentor, Language Awareness, and for symposia and conference proceedings. During 1998-2013 she was the elected president of the Greek Applied Linguistics Association (GALA), the national affiliate of AILA. Prior to her employment at the School of English in 1977, she taught English as a foreign language in private and state secondary schools.