School of English - AUTh

The courses are offerred in 3 buildings:

• the old building of the School of Philosophy
• the new building of the School of Philosophy
• the new wing of the School of Philosophy

The personnel's offices are on the 3^rd floor of the new building of the School of Philosophy.

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School Office

The School of English Office (room 308A) is located on the 3rd floor of the new building of the Faculty of Philosophy.

Administrative staff in this office is responsible for matters related to students’ academic studies, such as course and examination timetables, the issuing of examination results, etc.

The School Office is open to students on weekdays between 11.00-13.00.

Information: tel. 2310 99 7479.

The Registrar’s Office

The Registrar’s Office is responsible for matters related to student registration, academic progress reports, transcripts, annual course registration and so on.

It is located on the 3^rd floor of the Administration Building and is open on weekdays between 12.00-13.00.

Information: tel. 2310 99 5183-85. 

The School Library

The library of the School of English is located on the 3rd floor of the New Building of the Faculty of Philosophy (room 308) and is open on weekdays.

The collection consists of 38,000 volumes, which cover English and American literature, the English language, linguistics, theatre, film, and translation studies.

It also provides access to bibliographic databases and a large number of academic journals through the internet. 

Information: tel. 2310 99 7459, e-mail: englibrary@enl.auth.gr, website: www.enl.auth.gr/lib.

The Resource Centre

The Resource Center of the School of English is located in the new wing of the Faculty of Philosophy, Room 14A, and it is open on weekdays between 10:00-16:00, thanks to volunteer students of the School of English who are actively involved in its operation.

The Resource Center aims

• to support students of the School of English at the initial stages of teacher education,
• to support students who are doing their Teaching Practice, which is mandatory for all students of the School of English,
• to help them improve their language skills, and
• to provide material for research in the field of foreign language education.

The Resource Center was renovated in the academic year 2021-2022 and its materials were updated.

Specifically, the Resource Center offers

• a rich collection of textbooks and audiovisual materials for teaching English as a foreign language,
• literature books for English language learners (incl. graded readers),
• teaching materials designed by students of the School of English,
• dictionaries and thesauruses,
• books on teacher training and teacher education,
• magazines for teachers of English, etc.

The above material is regularly updated and is available to students of the School of English who can either borrow it or use it in the Resource Center.

Information: tel. 2310 99 7417. Director: Marina Mattheoudakis.

The Language Development Laboratory

The Language Development Laboratory (room 308Δ) aims to cover educational and research needs at undergraduate and postgraduate levels in the following areas:

• Second Language development and language processing (comprehension and production)
• Investigation of developmental stages, grammatical properties of first and second language, and variables which affect linguistic development
• First language acquisition in Greek by normally developing children and children with language problems

Information: https://www.enl.auth.gr/langlab. Tel. 2310 99 7460. Director: Nikolaidou Aikaterini.

The Phonetics Laboratory

Research and teaching on the production, acoustics and perception of speech is carried out in the Phonetics Laboratory of the School (room 308Δ). The Lab is equipped with several state-of-the-art experimental systems, including the KAY CSL system for the acoustic analysis of speech and electropalatography for the investigation of lingual articulation. The lab is used for the teaching and practice of students attending undergraduate and postgraduate courses in phonetics, as well as for research on normal and pathological speech. 

Information: https://www.enl.auth.gr/phonlab. Tel. 2310 99 7370.

Director: Nikolaidou Aikaterini.

The Laboratory of Narrative Research

Information: https://www.enl.auth.gr/lnr. Director: Giannopoulou Effie

The Foreign Language Teaching Laboratory

Information: https://flt.enl.auth.gr/. Director: Matthaioudaki Marina

Translation - Interpreting - Communication Laboratory

Information: https://www.enl.auth.gr/ticl. Director: Apostolou Fotini

The Technical Support Centre

The Technical Support Centre of the School of English (room 308Δ) is used for the production of multi-media resources (CD Roms) for educational use. It is also used for:

• Technical support of the computers and computer network within the School
• Creation and maintenance of the website that promotes the School and its activities
• Attention to the particular needs of staff members concerning scanning, printing and recording of data on CDs, etc.
• Providing support on matters relating to computer applications

Information: tel. 2310 99 7422. Contact person: Paschalis Anastasios.

The Screening Room 

Room 417, on the 4th floor of the new building of the Philosophy Faculty, is fully equipped with audio-visual facilities for the viewing of videos, DVDs, and computer programmes related to the teaching of undergraduate and postgraduate courses.

Contact person: Karataglidou Irini.

The Computer Laboratory

The School of English has access to the Computer Laboratory, located in room 103, on the 1st floor of the new building, Faculty of Philosophy.

The Laboratory is equipped with up-to-date computers and software and has data projection facilities as well as fast links to the internet.

Contact person: Tsirantonakis Anastasios.