TESOL Macedonia Thrace hosts an Interview with Dr Paschalia Patsala in its December Bulletin Issue

“My interest in Linguistics was love at a first sight! And although some claim that this is often cured at a second look, the more I delved into this field of science, the more I knew it was meant to be like that…”

Dr Paschalia Patsala
Head of English Studies Department

The special Christmas issue of the TESOL Macedonia Thrace e-Bulletin is out hosting an interview with Dr Paschalia Patsala, Head of our English Studies Department.

The professional association of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Macedonia Thrace, which is also an associate member of the International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language (IATEFL), was pleased to announce a wonderful opportunity offered to Dr Patsala to provide a concise account of her rich academic and professional background.

Wonderful in the sense that educators are constantly projecting their gaze, concern and efforts onto others; having the spotlight projected back on them is both wonderful, but also rare. Being constantly focused on their students, colleagues, programmes, the institution and society, rarely do educators experience moments such as this, which allow them as individuals to share their insight, their internal-view.

In her interview, Dr. Patsala clearly expresses her love for the discipline of Linguistics, for CITY College—her “natural habitat” as she claims, Higher Education and the multiple roles, duties, obligations and people she engages with on a day-to-day basis.

While she admits to there being challenges and difficulties, she does not shy away from aiming to doing her absolute best so as to achieve all set-out goals and leave her ‘educational-carbon-footprint.’ Balance, passion, collaboration and dialogue with both students and colleagues are integral for both educational and managerial purposes. Ultimate conclusion? The need to constantly evolve, academically, professionally, and personally.

While not all can be said in an interview, Dr. Patsala’s account is being communicated in such a way that leaves the audience expecting many more achievements and contributions to the world of academia.