Georgios Neokleous

About

Georgios Neokleous completed his PhD in Education at Saint Louis University in 2014, focusing on the use of home languages in EAL classrooms. He currently serves as a Professor of English in the Department of Teacher Education at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, where he works with both pre-service and in-service EAL teachers and supervises students at the BA, MA, and PhD levels.

He began his academic career as an EFL/ESL teacher and has extensive experience teaching English in Europe and the United States. He has developed courses that employ methodologies and activities tailored to the linguistic needs of specific learner groups.

Georgios has published widely, including peer-reviewed research articles and professional resources for educators. His research interests include multilingualism, home language use in EAL classrooms, translanguaging, literacy, and assessment.

Publications

2017

Neokleous, Georgios; Krulatz, Anna. (2017) Get it Right from the Start: Giving Attention to Warm-up Activities. TESL Reporter
Popular science article
Krulatz, Anna; Neokleous, Georgios. (2017) Helping teachers to move from 'English corners' to 'Multilingual corners' in the language classroom. The Teacher Trainer Journal
Popular science article

2016

Krulatz, Anna; Neokleous, Georgios; Henningsen, Frøydis Vik. (2016) Towards an understanding of target language use in the EFL classroom: A report from Norway. International Journal for 21st Century Education
Academic article
Neokleous, Georgios. (2016) Closing the Gap: Student Attitudes Toward First Language Use in Monolingual EFL Classrooms. TESOL Journal (TJ)
Academic article

Journal publications

Neokleous, Georgios; Natlandsmyr, Kristina. (2025) Language ideologies and pedagogical tensions: Norwegian teachers’ and students’ attitudes toward home language use in the EAL classroom. Frontiers in Education
Academic article
Neokleous, Georgios; Krulatz, Anna. (2017) Get it Right from the Start: Giving Attention to Warm-up Activities. TESL Reporter
Popular science article
Neokleous, Georgios; Ofte, Ingunn. (2020) In-service teacher attitudes toward the use of the mother tongue in Norwegian EFL classrooms. Nordic Journal of Modern Language Methodology (NJMLM)
Academic article
Krulatz, Anna M; Neokleous, Georgios; Lorenz, Eliane. (2023) Learning and Teaching of English in the Multilingual Classroom: English Teachers’ Perspectives, Practices, and Purposes. Languages
Editorial
Neokleous, Georgios; Krulatz, Anna. (2018) Investigation into Norwegian Teachers’ Perspectives on the Use of Students' Mother Tongue in the EFL Classroom. Journal of Linguistics and Language Teaching
Academic article
Neokleous, Georgios; Karpava, Sviatlana. (2023) Comparing pre-service teacher attitudes toward the use of students’ home language(s) in linguistically diverse English as an additional language classrooms in Norway and Cyprus. Frontiers in Education
Academic article
Krulatz, Anna M; Neokleous, Georgios. (2025) Review of Björklund & Björklund (2023): Policy and practice for multilingual educational settings. Comparisons across contexts. ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics
Book review
Krulatz, Anna M; Neokleous, Georgios. (2024) Review of Policy and practice for multilingual educational settings. Comparisons across contexts, edited by Siv Björklund and Mikaela Björklund, Bristol, Multilingual Matters, 2023. International Journal of Applied Linguistics
Book review
Krulatz, Anna; Neokleous, Georgios. (2018) Fostering literacy in adolescent EFL classrooms: An overview of techniques and teaching ideas. The European Journal of Applied Linguistics and TEFL
Academic article
Krulatz, Anna; Neokleous, Georgios; Henningsen, Frøydis Vik. (2016) Towards an understanding of target language use in the EFL classroom: A report from Norway. International Journal for 21st Century Education
Academic article
Krulatz, Anna; Neokleous, Georgios. (2017) Helping teachers to move from 'English corners' to 'Multilingual corners' in the language classroom. The Teacher Trainer Journal
Popular science article
Krulatz, Anna; Neokleous, Georgios; Ofte, Ingunn. (2020) Dynamic assessment in university-level clil: Forging mature l2 writers through mediation. The European Journal of Applied Linguistics and TEFL
Academic article
Neokleous, Georgios. (2016) Closing the Gap: Student Attitudes Toward First Language Use in Monolingual EFL Classrooms. TESOL Journal (TJ)
Academic article
Neokleous, Georgios; Krulatz, Anna; Xu, Yaqiong. (2022) The Impact of Teacher Education on English Teachers’ Views about Using Mother Tongues: A Teachers’ Perspective. Languages
Academic article
Neokleous, Georgios; Krulatz, Anna M. (2024) Innovations in English Language Teacher Education: Preparing Student Teachers for the Multilingual Reality of Contemporary Classrooms. English language teacher education and development
Academic article
Neokleous, Georgios; Damianou, Despina. (2018) Addressing one of the long-standing controversies in foreign language teaching: Young learners’ perceptions on the use of the mother tongue in EFL classrooms. eκπ@ιδευτικος κύκλος
Academic article

Books

Neokleous, Georgios; Krulatz, Anna; Farrelly, Raichle. (2020) Handbook of Research on Cultivating Literacy in Diverse and Multilingual Classrooms. IGI Global
Anthology
Krulatz, Anna M; Neokleous, Georgios; Lorenz, Eliane. (2023) Learning and teaching English in the multilingual classroom. MDPI
Anthology
Krulatz, Anna; Neokleous, Georgios; Dahl, Anne. (2022) Theoretical and Applied Perspectives on Teaching Foreign Languages in Multilingual Settings: Pedagogical Implications. Multilingual Matters
Anthology

Part of book/report

Krulatz, Anna; Neokleous, Georgios; Dahl, Anne. (2022) Multilingual Approaches to Additional Language Teaching: Bridging Theory and Practice.
Academic chapter
Neokleous, Georgios. (2022) Capturing Hybrid Linguistic Repertoires: Learner and In-service Teacher Attitudes towards Translanguaging in Multilingual EAL Classrooms in Cyprus.
Academic chapter
Neokleous, Georgios; Krulatz, Anna. (2020) Intercepting and fluid identities: From reflective teacher educators to reflective teachers.
Academic chapter
Neokleous, Georgios. (2019) Interpreting technologically fluent classrooms: digital natives’ attitudes towards the use of technology in primary schools in Norway.
Academic chapter
Neokleous, Georgios. (2023) Fostering Digital Literacies in Primary English Language Education.
Academic chapter
Neokleous, Georgios; Ofte, Ingunn; Sylte, Tor Henning. (2023) Bruk av norsk i engelskundervisningen: en kvalitativ studie av elevers og læreres holdninger.
Academic chapter
Neokleous, Georgios. (2022) Accommodating New Challenges: EFL Student Teacher and Teacher Trainer Attitudes Towards Transferring Teacher-Training Online.
Non-fiction chapter
Neokleous, Georgios; Ofte, Ingunn; Sylte, Tor Henning. (2022) The Use of Home Language(s) in Increasingly Linguistically-Diverse EAL Classrooms in Norway.
Academic chapter
Neokleous, Georgios; Park, Koeun; Krulatz, Anna. (2020) Creating Space for Dynamic Language Use: Cultivating Literacy Development through Translanguaging Pedagogy in EAL Classrooms.
Academic chapter

Teaching

Courses

Outreach

2025

Conference lecture

Krulatz, Anna M; Christison, MaryAnn; Neokleous, Georgios; Heggeriset, Johanne. (2025) Novel Directions in TESOL Research: A Multilingual Perspective. TESOL International Convention

2024

Conference lecture

Neokleous, Georgios; Tuyakov, Valeriy. (2024) Investigating pre-service teacher own perceptions and level of preparedness in increasingly linguistically diverse EAL classrooms. 13th International Conference on Third Language Acquisition and Multilingualism
Conference lecture

Neokleous, Georgios; Ofte, Ingunn. (2024) Making Appropriate Use of the Students’ Home Languages (HLs) in Linguistically Diverse Norwegian EAL Classrooms. European Conference on Educational Research (ECER) 2024
Lecture

Neokleous, Georgios; Karpava, Sviatlana. (2024) The Use of Students’ Home Language(s) in Increasingly Linguistically Diverse English as an Additional Language Classrooms in Norway and Cyprus. European Conference on Educational Research (ECER) 2024
Conference lecture

Neokleous, Georgios. (2024) The Challenges of Assessment in an Increasingly Multilingual Environment. EALTA Multilingual Assessment SIG webinar

2023

Conference lecture

Neokleous, Georgios; Krulatz, Anna M. (2023) INNOVATIONS IN LANGUAGE TEACHER EDUCATION: PREPARING PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS FOR THE MULTILINGUAL REALITY OF CONTEMPORARY CLASSROOMS. 16th Annual International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation
Conference lecture

Christison, MaryAnn; Ibrahim, Nayr; Krulatz, Anna M; Lorenz, Eliane; Neokleous, Georgios; Xu, Yaqiong. (2023) Multilingualism in the English Language Classroom: From Research to Practice. TESOL International Convention 2023

2022

Conference lecture

Neokleous, Georgios. (2022) The use of inclusive assessment in increasingly linguistically diverse classrooms. AEA-Europe, Inclusive Assessment SIG Webinar
Conference lecture

Neokleous, Georgios; Krulatz, Anna. (2022) Towards the multilingual paradigm in TESOL: Pedagogical Implications. TESOL 2022 International Convention & English Language Expo
Conference lecture

Neokleous, Georgios. (2022) “A motivating force”: Learner and in-service teacher attitudes towards translanguaging in increasingly multilingual classrooms in Cyprus. 12th International Conference on Third Language Acquisition and Multilingualism

2021

Conference lecture

Neokleous, Georgios; Krulatz, Anna. (2021) Optimizing language teacher education: Teacher educators' and candidates' identity construction through reflection-based teaching. 30th Conference of the European Second Language Association (EuroSLA)
Conference lecture

Neokleous, Georgios. (2021) The use of emergent bilinguals’ mother tongue(s) in enhancing EFL literacy in linguistically diverse settings. AILA 2021 Congress
Conference lecture

Neokleous, Georgios; Krulatz, Anna; Xu, Yaqiong. (2021) The impact of teacher education on teacher attitudes towards the use of MT in multilingual EAL classrooms. New Approaches to Bilingualism and Multilingualism and Language Learning/Teaching Conference (BiMuLT)
Conference lecture

Neokleous, Georgios. (2021) The use of the students' home languages in increasingly linguistically diverse settings. Teaching, Testing and Translation Team Research Seminar Series
Conference lecture

Neokleous, Georgios; Christison, MaryAnn; Murray, Denise; Fakhrutdinova, Iuliia; Farrelly, Raichle; Park, Koeun; Krulatz, Anna. (2021) Cultivating literacy in diverse multilingual EFL/ESL classrooms. TESOL 2021 International Convention & English Language Expo
Conference lecture

Krulatz, Anna; Sevinc, Yesim; Christison, MaryAnn; Neokleous, Georgios; Iversen, Jonas Yassin; Torgersen, Eivind Nessa. (2021) Creating a space for multilingualism in EFL/ESL classrooms in Norway. TESOL 2021 International Convention & English Language Expo
Conference lecture

Christison, MaryAnn; Krulatz, Anna; Farrelly, Raichle; Neokleous, Georgios; Minuz, Fernanda; Young-Scholten, Martha; Karpava, Sviatlana; Tørnby, Hilde; Leskinen, Kirsi; Duran, Chatwara. (2021) Symposium 040: Literacy practices for Diverse Multicultural and Multilinguistic Settings. AILA Congress

2020

Conference lecture

Krulatz, Anna; Neokleous, Georgios. (2020) Optimizing language teacher education: Teacher educators’ and candidates’ identity construction through reflection-based teaching. LLCE2020 Conference

2019

Conference lecture

Neokleous, Georgios; Moya, Mario. (2019) I’m no longer a stranger when I speak my language: Young learner attitudes towards the use of the mother tongue in bilingual EFL learning contexts in the UK and Norway. 2nd International Conference on Bilingualism

2018

Conference lecture

Neokleous, Georgios; Krulatz, Anna. (2018) Examining Norwegian in-service EFL teachers’ attitudes to translanguaging. 11th International Conference on Multilingualism and Third Language Acquisition
Conference lecture

Neokleous, Georgios; Moya, Mario. (2018) “I’m no longer a stranger when I speak my language”: Young learner attitudes towards the use of the mother tongue in EFL learning contexts in the UK and Norway. European Conference on Educational Research 2018

2017

Lecture

Krulatz, Anna; Neokleous, Georgios. (2017) Grammar literacy through loop input. Language Education Across Borders
Conference lecture

Neokleous, Georgios. (2017) Bringing the MT back from exile: Optimality in monolingual environments. TESOL International Convention & English Language Expo 2017
Conference lecture

Neokleous, Georgios. (2017) Optimality in monolingual EFL environments. Language Education Across Borders
Conference lecture

Neokleous, Georgios; Ofte, Ingunn. (2017) Bringing the MT back from exile: Optimality in monolingual environments. ECER 2017
Conference lecture

Neokleous, Georgios; Ofte, Ingunn. (2017) Norwegian EFL teacher attitudes towards first language use in monolingual EFL settings. Skriv! Les!
Conference lecture

Neokleous, Georgios; Krulatz, Anna. (2017) Towards an understanding of target language use in the EFL classroom. SU Oppstartkonferanse

2016

Lecture

Neokleous, Georgios. (2016) Bringing the mother tongue back from exile: Optimality in EFL environments. 37th TESOL Greece Annual International Convention
Conference lecture

Krulatz, Anna; Neokleous, Georgios. (2016) An investigation into Norwegian EFL teachers’ perceptions about target language use. Eurosla 26 Conference

2011

Lecture

Neokleous, Georgios; Copland, Fiona. (2011) Complexities and Contradictions among EFL Teachers. UNESCO Chair in Applied Research in Education Seminar Series

2010

Lecture

Neokleous, Georgios; Copland, Fiona. (2010) L1 to teach L2: complexities and contradictions in bilingual encounters. Sociolinguistics Symposium 18
Lecture

Neokleous, Georgios; Copland, Fiona. (2010) Damned if they do, damned if they don’t: Mother tongue in the EFL classroom. 16th TESOL Arabia International Conference and Exhibition
Lecture

Neokleous, Georgios; Copland, Fiona. (2010) Damned if they do, damned if they don’t: Mother tongue in the EFL classroom. 31st TESOL Greece Annual International Convention

Språkvelger

Georgios Neokleous