ecpe teacher's guide - Hellenic American Union

Note from the Publisher
The Hellenic American Union, in cooperation with the University of Michigan, administered the
Examination for the Certificate of Proficiency in English (ECPE) for the first time more than 50 years
ago. Since then, the Hellenic American Union (HAU) has been committed to providing quality
examination services to the EFL community. A major part of the HAU’s services is our Teacher
Education seminars, offered throughout Greece to help school owners and teachers become
fully aware of the nature and content of all examinations administered by the Hellenic American
Union. These seminars also provide practical guidelines on teaching techniques and materials,
encompassing current methodological principles in the field of Teacher Education.
Our publications, videos and the HAU newsletter “log-on” complement our extensive seminars. This
particular publication, The ECPE Teacher’s Guide, is based on a collection of articles published in
the “log-on” over the last years. It provides details of the content and format of the test, guidelines for
classroom activities and references to other HAU publications for ECPE preparation classes.
The aim of all our publications is to ensure that the examinations administered by the Hellenic American
Union are accessible and fully understood by language teachers and students in Greece. This is part of
the HAU’s mission to assist both young people and adults to communicate effectively in English. The
more informed language school owners and teachers are about methodology in teaching English as
a foreign language, the more likely candidates will perform well on the Michigan examinations and be
able to communicate successfully in an international setting where English is spoken.
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