George Frazis
Associate Professor
School of Creative Arts and Humanities
Charles Darwin University
Australia
Biography
George M. Frazis graduated from the Philosophical Department of the University of Athens in 1981 with a BA (Hons). In 1987 he completed a Graduate Diploma in Education from the University of Adelaide and in 1995 he completed a Master of Arts at Flinders University in Adelaide. In 1999 he completed a PhD at Flinders University dealing with the literature of Pandelis Prevelakis. George currently teaches the Modern Greek Language and Greek Literature at Charles Darwin University where he specialises in: literary studies Modern Greek Literature Immigration Greeks in Australia; oral history Teaching of Greek with the use of new technologies, and in the creation of computer-based programs for the teaching of language in all forms through distance education. George is the coordinator of CDU’s Greek In-country program and each year accompanies students to Greece for an intensive three week course.
Research Interest
History and Philosophy.
Publications
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"Distance Education: Languages and e-learning: the case of Charles Darwin University: problems and perspectives". Proceedings of the Biennial Conference of Hellenic Studies. Department of Languages, The Flinders University of South Australia, Adelaide 2007.
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"Graduate Diploma in Language Teaching: a collaborative project Flinders University - Charles Darwin University". Greek Research in Australia. Proceedings of the Biennial Conference of Hellenic Studies. Department of Languages, The Flinders University of South Australia, Adelaide 2009.
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“The teaching of language (mother tongue) via children's and adolescent’s literatureâ€. Proceedings of the Conference on Teaching Greek as a second/foreign language. University of Western Macedonia, Greece 2010.
