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Daniel Costa

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.

An online world of offline words

Dan Costa suggests some benefits to learners from this daily word game. Although the vocabulary lacks a context there are strategies and habits which can be acquired as well as developing creativity.

Listening to silence

Pausing between words and utterances can have an important linguistic and cultural meaning. Getting your students to understand this will help them improve their ability to listen.

Following the trail

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

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

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