Dr Dionysios Psoinos

Dr. Dionysios I. Psoinos holds a Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics, an M.A. in TESOL and ICT from the University of Brighton (UK), and the Cambridge DELTA. He has more than 20 years of experience teaching Greek, English, Literature, and Communication-related courses in both secondary and tertiary education, spanning an international career across Greece, the United Kingdom, Oman, and Saudi Arabia. Currently, he serves as a faculty member (Lecturer) at the University of Nicosia.

His main research interests lie in discourse analysis, digital pedagogy, online language teaching, and teacher identity and affect. Reflecting his expertise in these fields, his scholarly work includes the book Adapting Approaches and Methods to Teaching English Online: Theory and Practice (Springer, 2021). Within this domain, he has also authored specialized chapters focusing on contemporary digital education, such as "The Online Language Learning Environment: Affordances, Limitations, and Platform Variables" and "The Interface as a Methodological Choice: Materials Design and E-clecticism in Action," exploring how language teaching methods adapt effectively to virtual platforms.