In his great taxonomy of language skills listing*, John Munby mentions “developing sensitivity to context clues”, as one of the microskills of reading. In this post, I would like to share an insight gleaned from an EST (English for Science & Techonology) series of books which was published a very long time ago and whichContinueContinue reading “C is for Contextual Guesswork in text”
Author Archives: Marisa Constantinides
E is for Errors
Here is a summary of S.P. Corder’s work on Learner Errors from the Edinburgh Course in Applied Linguistics Types of Errors Native speakers may produce errors (readily correctable) especially in conditions of stress, indecision and fatigue. It is logical to expect that non-native speakers may do the same. These are called ‘lapses’ and are ofContinueContinue reading “E is for Errors”
4 Ways DELTA Module 2 Made me a Better Academic Manager
by Geoffrey Adamson Words like ‘management’ and ‘human resources’ do not come up often in conversations in or about DELTA Module 2. Terms like these, it seems, are relegated to Module 3 and its ELT Management option. Clearly, the ELTM option provides academic managers with the opportunity of a dive deep into aspects of ELTContinueContinue reading “4 Ways DELTA Module 2 Made me a Better Academic Manager”
How teenagers show emotion on social media
Interviewed by Teachers’ Coffee
Teachers’ Coffee is an podcast created by Express Publishing Following the publication of a book on 2st Century Skills for teachers, in which Marisa Constantinides contributed the chapter on Digital Curation, Natassa Manitsa and George Kokolas interviewed her about her work and the specific topic.