Andreas Jacques Varsakopoulos ( gr, Ανδρέας Βαρσακόπουλος, born 14 August 1990) is a Greek-

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who lives and performs in

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as a television, radio personality and

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lecturer. He was born to a Greek father and an

mother. He holds a

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master's degree in applied linguistics with a concentration in foreign language pedagogy.

Professional life

Varsakopoulos has

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citizenship Citizenship is a "relationship between an individual and a state to which the individual owes allegiance and in turn is entitled to its protection". Each state determines the conditions under which it will recognize persons as its citizens, and ...

in the

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and

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. He attended the

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, graduating with a Bachelor of Science (BS) and Secondary Education in 2012. In the summer of 2012 he moved to South Korea and began work as an English teacher. During his time in Korea he began learning Korean through friends, co-workers and self-study. In the summer of 2015 he first appeared on the television program

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as the Greek representative. He is noted for his enthusiasm and variety of expressions. Andreas has an older brother, Vasilis ("Vas"), who is a former chemicals investment banking associate at Nomura Securities and avid sailor. Following his success on the show, he continued work as host of the radio show "Can, can, can" ('
영어! 할 수 있다
'
CAN CAN CAN
for EBS radio station. Due to his position as a foreigner living in Korea he shares his perspective on common misconceptions of the English language when used by Koreans, or Konglish.

Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Varsakopoulos, Andreas 1990 births Living people Greek television personalities Greek schoolteachers American television personalities Schoolteachers from Massachusetts Greek expatriates in South Korea Greek people of American descent University of Vermont alumni University of Massachusetts Boston alumni 21st-century Greek educators 21st-century American educators People from Giannitsa