Personal profile
Biography
Eleni Petraki has a passion for language teaching, interaction analysis and curriculum design. She has extensive international language teaching experience in countries such as Greece, UK, USA, Australia, Vietnam, and Singapore. She has been a language teacher educator in tertiary settings for more than 20 years and worked mainly in the TESOL field.
Eleni has been involved in a number of research projects including: antenatal communication and implications for midwife training; intercultural and intergenerational discourse, and curriculum design for human-AI teaming. Her research interests focus on interaction analysis, human-AI teaming, computer-mediated communication and language curriculum design.
Here are some of my favourite quotes:
Language is the light of the mind (John Stuart Mill)
Do you know what a foreign accent is? It is a sign of bravery (Amy Chua)
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Education, University of Queensland
1999 → 2003
Master, Applied Linguistics (English Language teaching), University of Edinburgh
1996 → 1997
Bachelor, Bachelor of English Language Teaching, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
1991 → 1995
External positions
Australian National University
2005 → 2006
University of Queensland
1999 → 2002
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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ASRP: Empowering educators: Towards a framework for ethical utilisation of Generative AI in teaching and learning
PETRAKI, E. (CI), ROSS, A. (CoI) & Chapman, E. (CoI)
1/04/24 → 31/07/26
Project: Research
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Machine-teaching methodologies and algorithms for designing trusted multi-skilled evolutionary learners
PETRAKI, E. (CI), El-Sawah, S. (CoI) & ABBASS, H. (CoI)
1/01/20 → 31/12/23
Project: Research
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Teacher readiness for generative AI: A Theory of Planned Behaviour approach
Chapman, E., Ross, A. S. & PETRAKI, E., Jun 2026, In: Social Sciences and Humanities Open. 13, 102351.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Learner-Centred, Teacher-Centred and Blended Curriculum Design in Swarm Systems
HUSSEIN, A., ElSawah, S., PETRAKI, E. & ABBASS, H., 2025, Thinking Swarms. Ng, S., Beaufort Scholz, J. & Abbass, H. (eds.). Springer, p. 291-312 22 p.Research output: A Conference proceeding or a Chapter in Book › Chapter › peer-review
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Swarm Imitation Learning From Observations
HUSSEIN, A., PETRAKI, E. & Abbass, H. A., 2025, In: IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computational Intelligence. p. 1-14 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Effects of oral corrective feedback combined with explicit instruction on EFL learners’ recognition and production of English requests
Pham, H., PETRAKI, E. & Nguyen, M. T. T., 31 Dec 2024, In: Applied Pragmatics. 6, 2, p. 197-228 32 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Exploring the Enabling Factors and Constraints for Developing Learner Autonomy in an Underprivileged Indonesian EFL Context
Amalo, B. & PETRAKI, E., 1 Sept 2024, In: Journal of Asia TEFL. 21, 3, p. 640-660 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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