Maria Davou is a teacher, teacher trainer and researcher. She has an MA in TESOL, from St Michael’s College, and began her PhD in Applied Linguistics at Lancaster University, UK. She is now completing her PhD at the Hellenic American University. She has received an ESRC research award for her research in Second Language Acquisition. 

Her other research interests include Language Development, Language Assessment, Multilingualism, Language Teaching and Critical Pedagogy. She studied SLA with Suzanne Flynn at MIT in Boston and completed an ALTE course on Speaking Assessment with Linda Taylor at the University of Valencia. She has more than twenty-five years experience in teaching, teacher training and TESOL Management in Greece, the UK and the US. 

Maria is a language school owner in Athens, promoting alternative and experiential models of teaching. She has been working as a Director of Studies for Brighton College, UK and she is an international trainer and academic consultant for Oxford University Press, Pearson Publishing, private schools and ministries of education around the world. She teaches for the Master's in Applied Linguistics at the Hellenic American University and is a co-founder for QUALIFY.

Panagiota has been an EFL teacher for more than 30 years. She holds an MA in Applied Linguistics & TESOL and the 2024 Hellenic American University President`s Award for Academic Achievement, a Diploma for Overseas Teachers of English (DOTE RSA), a CELTA certificate, and the Train The Trainer certificate ( Cambridge Assessment English). 

Furthering her expertise, she has completed courses on Special Education Needs, Teaching Foreign Language to Learners with Dyslexia ( Hellenic University of Athens , Greece ), and AI for Trainers ( Hellenic American University). She has served as a Director of Studies, a Course Tutor for the Trinity CertTESOL (QUALIFY, Greece), and a Mentor. 

She is a certified Speaking Examiner and Senior Online Speaking & Writing Examiner. She is also a TEASIG IATEFL Committee member ( co-editor ) , TESOL Greece board member and her current research interests lie in Artificial Intelligence and Testing..

George Athanasopoulos has been active in the ELT field for more than 25 years. He has taught all levels of English and all ages of students while having assumed managerial roles as well. George has also been a teacher trainer for OUP in various aspects of ELT. 


In addition, he has a permanent cooperation with the University of Athens having written ESP courses (Business English, Shipping English, Legal & Paralegal English & Finance) for their e-learning programs while keeping their educational supervision. Finally, George has been an educational consultant for OUP and currently, he is the Area Manager of Oxford University Press for Greece and Cyprus.