ELENI POTHOU

PERSONAL INFORMATION Graduate Student Koc University Department of Sociology Rumelifeneriyolu, 34450 Sarıyer, İstanbul, Turkey [email protected]

EDUCATION

ISTANBUL BİLGİ UNİVERSİTESİ Institute of Social Sciences, Media and Master of Arts, 2018 Communication Systems. GPA: 3.87/4 Thesis: An Audience Research on Turkish TV series among Greek Audience.

CENTRE OF THE GREEK LANGUAGE “Routes”: teaching Modern Greek as a FOR THE GREEK LANGUAGE OF THE foreign language GREEK MINISTRY OF EDUCATION - Teaching Licence of Modern Greek abroad Distance training, 2015

NATIONAL AND CAPODISTRIAN The Faculty of Greek and Latin Language UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS and Literature with Major in Linguistics. Bachelor of Philology, 2012 GPA: 7.42/10 Thesis: The Usage of Pronouns in Political Speech

GERMAN FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN The Faculty of Comparative Literature and Erasmus Program, 2011 Linguistics

GERMAN SCHOOL OF ATHENS High school Abitur, 2007 Participation in the 8th session of Model United Nations (M.U.N.)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Nâzım Hikmet Kültür Merkezi 2017- 2020 Greek Language Instructor: Designed syllabus; created student-books and grammar books for students of different levels; designed projects that engage students to enhance learning under the scope of cultural proximity.

Sismanoglio Megaro (General Consulate of Greece) 2013- 2017 Greek Language Instructor:

Developed educational methods in a challenging environment to address the needs of Antiochian Greek Christians with very diverse cultural and educational backgrounds. Developed curriculum and course content to address special educational needs with respect to group’s cultural background and with the aim of a better integration in the Greek Minority in Istanbul.

Opinion Poll 2012 - 2013 Opinion and Social Researcher: Conducted public opinion surveys.

LANGUAGES

Greek Native Speaker

English Fluent, C1 (Proficiency of Cambridge, Proficiency of Michigan)

German Fluent, C1 (Kleines Sprachdiplom)

Turkish Fluent, C1

CONTINUOUS VOCATIONAL TRAINING

SISMANOGLIO MEGARO Teaching Modern Greek in Istanbul: Theories Seminar, 2014 and Methods HELLENIC OPEN UNIVERSITY Teaching Greek language in schools: Theories, Seminar, 2009 Methods, Problems and Examples HELLENIC OPEN UNIVERSITY SPSS Program in Social Studies Seminar, 2009 HELLENIC OPEN UNIVERSITY History of Greek Language Seminar, 2008

PUBLICATIONS

Pothou, E. (2020). “Why so Successful? An Audience Research on the Turkish TV Series in Greece”. View Journal of European Television History and Culture. (in: https://viewjournal.eu/articles/10.18146/view.211/).