Daniel Costa

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Currently working as a Senior Language Educator for Woospeak, where he has taught several languages for business companies worldwide. He holds a CELTA, a BET, a COLT, an MA in English Language Teaching with distinction and a BA in Philosophy with First Class Honours.

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Following the trail

2021-10-04

Looking through the theories put forward over the years, this article concludes that the communicative approach and task-based learning have been a direct result of the work done, in particular by Chomsky and Krashen.

Noticing through song

2021-03-19

This article describes the process of using a song in class as a means for learners to notice aspects of the language. This learner-centred activity could fit into most courses.

Fuelling the future – a take on ESP

2020-12-14

Are you teaching ESP courses? Find out how to develop interesting activities to practise work-specific language based around a text.

Teaching cohesive devices using a speech

2020-06-24

Daniel Costa uses a speech by Barack Obama to illustrate various cohesive devices as a means to show the importance of text analysis.

Writing and chatting – a fine line?

2020-03-26

Text is so common these days. Is it speaking or writing? Can we use it for both? Where can the technology help us? Dan Costa describes his current teaching situation and the usefulness of text to teach oral skills.

Focus on form

2019-09-24

Daniel Costa describes what research tells us about this aspect of language teaching.

Action research as a means of demystifying false friends

2019-05-10

Dan Costa describes his action research to find out how he can help his learners with false friends.

Cisco Webex Meeting Center: a window for e-learning

2018-06-21

How effective is blended learning? Is the technology reliable enough these days? Daniel Costa describes one of the many global online teaching platforms.

Here comes Johnny English! A plan for task-based e-learning

2016-01-26

Daniel Costa offers a lesson plan which uses an excerpt from a comedy film to improve his learners’ listening skills, teach them lexis in context and review a challenging grammar point.