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.

Teaching cohesive devices using a speech

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?

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

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

Action research as a means of demystifying false friends

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

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