Het Omilo-team en docenten Grieks
Het Omilo-lerarenteam is zorgvuldig samengesteld op basis van opleiding, ervaring en persoonlijkheid. Al onze docenten hebben een universitair diploma, ze hebben Grieks als moedertaal en hebben ervaring met het onderwijzen van Grieks als vreemde taal.
Ze spreken vloeiend Engels en zijn goed vertrouwd met andere Europese talen. Onze leraren zijn niet alleen geselecteerd op opleiding en ervaring, maar ook op grond van hun enthousiasme om met studenten te werken. Zij houden van hun werk en doen het met passie. Ze zullen je helpen duidelijke leerdoelen vast te stellen, en moedigen je aan om vanaf dag één Grieks te spreken.
Bij een 1- of 2-weekse intensieve groepscursus worden aan elk taalniveau 2 docenten toegewezen, maar ook de andere docenten ontmoet je tijdens de culturele activiteiten
Founders
Dimitris Andreadis | Δημήτρης Ανδρεάδης
Founder and director of Omilo.
He was born and raised in Athens.
Dimitris has been involved with education and teaching for more than 25 years. Apart from his BA from the University of Thessaloniki, he obtained an MBA degree from Drexel University in the USA. Dimitris teaches primarily the advanced students as well as communication classes during the intensive courses between Easter and September. During the remaining months, he handles the organizational, financial and administrative aspects of the school.
Maya Cornelissens-Andreadi
Co-founder of Omilo and Program Coordinator.
She was born & raised in Belgium and has been living in Greece since 1993.
Maya has a degree in “Translating and Interpreting” from the University of Antwerp, Belgium. After working as a language teacher and translator in various language schools in Belgium, Maya went to the U.S. for a Master’s in Arts Administration at Drexel University in Philadelphia. For one full year, she worked as the administrative assistant at Inlingua Language School in New Jersey.
At Omilo, Maya is in charge of marketing, administration and emails, the Omilo Newsletter (The Monthly Dose of Sunshine), the website, social media and cultural activities, Youtube channel, creates most of the Free eBooks and other Publications,
and writes the Easy Greek Podcast Stories.
She speaks Greek, Dutch, English, German, and French
Docenten
Marina Braila | Μαρίνα Μπραϊλα
Full-time teacher at Omilo since 1998.
She was born and raised in Korinthos.
Marina is a graduate of the School of Philosophy, Pedagogy and Psychology at the University of Athens and received additional training in Adult Education and Intercultural Education as well as in Analysis and Management of Group Dynamics. Besides teaching, she is involved in developing course material for Omilo. She also trains new teachers and participates in Omilo’s cultural group activities. She speaks English, Spanish and a bit of German.
Marina is one of the authors of the Greek Language book Φύγαμε για ελληνικά! (Off we go to learn Greek!) intended for foreign students of Modern Greek who are at an intermediate language level.
Konstantinos Oikonomou | Κωνσταντίνος Οικονόμου
Full-time teacher at Omilo since 2005.
He was born and raised on the island of Crete.
Konstantinos is a graduate of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki School of Philosophy and holds a Master’s degree in Applied Linguistics (University of Essex, UK). He has taught Modern Greek as a foreign language at the Hellenic Centre in London as well as at other educational institutions in the British capital. In addition to teaching, he is involved in developing course materials and guiding new teachers. Since 2007 he has been an oral examiner for the Examination for the Certificate of Attainment in Greek, organized by the Center for the Greek Language. He speaks English and a little German.
Konstantinos and Marina Braila, are the authors of the Greek Language book Φύγαμε για ελληνικά! (Off we go to learn Greek!), intended for foreign students of Modern Greek who are at an intermediate language level.
Konstantinos and Terpsi Gavala, are the authors of the Greek Easy Reader Lydia: A summer in Greece!
Myrto Yfanti | Μυρτώ Υφαντή
Full-time teacher at Omilo since 2021.
She was born in Lamia and grew up in the village of Giannitsou, in the prefecture of Fthiotida. She now lives in Athens.
Myrto graduated from the School of Philosophy of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), majoring in Linguistics. She holds a Master’s Degree in Teaching Greek as a second/ foreign language (NKUA). Myrto has also experience in teaching Greek for the GYP TAMAM program (Language Support for refugee mothers), and for other online schools. She loves the multicultural environment and foreign languages. She was an Erasmus student in Sweden and speaks English, Swedish, Italian and German. In addition to teaching, she loves communication and creativity.
Therefor she helps with marketing, creating educational teaching materials, eBooks, as well as Youtube videos.
(and also helps with language videos for the Omilo youtube channel.)
Together with Maya, she is responsible for the Easy Greek Podcasts Stories + notebooks.
Spyros Derdemezis | Σπύρος Δερδεμέζης
Full-time teacher at Omilo since 2023
Spyros was born in the island of Corfu. He now lives in Athens.
He studied philosophy at the University of Patras, and he was an Erasmus student at University of Freiburg for 6 months. After gaining a master’s degree in Philosophy, he honed his teaching skills, focusing specifically on teaching Greek to foreign students. He also gained experience as a private teacher of both modern and ancient Greek to secondary school and university students.
In 2019 he moved to the multicultural city of London where he obtained a master’s degree in Politics and Philosophy (Kingston University) while working in the field of marketing, and creative writing.
After returning to Greece due to the Covid pandemic, he now teaches Greek at Omilo, and at the same time also works at various marketing projects, and content writing.
Eva Christodoulou | Εύα Χριστοδούλου
Part time teacher at OMILO since 2018.
She was born and raised in Athens.
Eva studied Greek Classic Philology at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. After obtaining her degree, she continued with theatrical studies in Drama School in Athens. In addition to teaching Modern Greek as a foreign language to adults, she has experience in teaching Ancient Greek, History and Latin to high school students. From 2015 till today she also works part-time as an actress in theater. Apart from teaching, Eva helps Omilo with making language videos for the Omilo youtube channel. She speaks English and Spanish (and studied Korean for two years). She loves traveling, dancing Greek dances and Flamenco.
Terpsi Gavala | Τέρψη Γαβαλά
Part-time teacher at OMILO since 2011.
She was born and raised in Athens.
Terpsi studied Greek Philology at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens School of Philosophy, during which time she attended a six-month program in Linguistics at the University of Salzburg in Austria. She holds a Master’s Degree in Theoretical and Comparative Linguistics (University of Grenoble 3, France). In addition to teaching Modern Greek as a foreign language, she also has experience in teaching modern and ancient Greek to youngsters in secondary schools. She speaks English, French and a little German.
Terpsi was working full-time at Omilo till 2020. After becoming a mother, she will work part-time for the time being.
Terpsi and Konstantinos Oikonomou, are the authors of the Greek Easy Reader Lydia: A summer in Greece!
Medewerkers
The Omilo staff works together with the teachers to help students make as much progress as possible. They test new students to make sure they are placed in the correct level; they offer help and advice to students who need it; they put together enjoyable extra-curricular activities. The staff also takes care of answering emails and phone calls as quickly as possible. Moreover, they write articles for the Omilo Blog as well as for the newsletters. Apart from helping students, the staff members are also responsible for the website and social media. They speak various languages and have a shared passion for language learning.
Christina Ioannou
Part-time freelance Administrative Assistant
She was born & raised in Greece, by a Dutch mother and Greek father.
Administrative Assistant for various projects at Omilo. She speaks Greek, English, and a bit of Dutch
Katerina Nikita | Κατερίνα Νικίτα
Part-time freelance blog writer
Katerina was born and raised in Athens and has been living in London since 2016. She is a graduate of the University of Mainz, Germany, and holds a Master’s degree in Translation and Interpreting Studies from the University of Manchester, UK. In addition to working as an account manager in a marketing agency, she freelances as a translator from English and German into Greek. Since 2020 she also works as a freelancer for Omilo.
At Omilo, Katerina works together with Maya, writing articles for the newsletter and blog. She’s a voracious book reader and a blogger at Kate Flâneur.
