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 ofContinue 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 ELTContinue 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.
Massive Vocabulary Acquisition
Introduction by Marisa Constantinides This piece is an essay by one of my early Delta candidate which I have been planning to post on this blog for years. The reason is my fascination with the notion of massive vocabulary acquisition as reported in a paper by Paul Meara - lost to me and to him as well!!! - inContinue reading "Massive Vocabulary Acquisition"