Aretousa Giannakou
List of John Benjamins publications in which Aretousa Giannakou is involved.
Articles
2026 English as a lingua franca in Greek language courses: Views and attitudes from study abroad participants in the Erasmus+ program Study Abroad Research in Second Language Acquisition and International Education 11:1, pp. 1–39 | Article
Given the increasing diversity of additional language (L2) learners in Europe, this study investigates the views and attitudes toward the use of English as a lingua franca (ELF) in learning and teaching L2 Greek among Erasmus+ participants (students and teachers) in a university setting in… read more
2025 Children’s beliefs on first language use in English learning through metaphor elicitation in Greek primary schools Language Teaching for Young Learners 8:1, pp. 94–121 | Article
While leveraging students’ first language (L1) has been gradually gaining ground in the field of intercultural education, it still has limited acceptance in English as a foreign language (EFL) instruction. The present study reports on young learners’ beliefs on the use of L1 in learning EFL… read more

