Costas Gabrielatos
	I am working part-time towards a PhD in linguistics at Lancaster University (Department of Linguistics and English Language), where I also do research and teaching. My PhD research is a corpus-based study of English if-conditionals with reference to modality. My supervisors are Dr. Willem Hollmann and Prof. Anna Siewierska (previously my supervisor was Prof. Tony Mcenery). My main research interests are the use of corpus-based approaches in various areas of linguistics (currently, lexicogrammar, critical discourse studies, sociolinguistics), and the implications of corpus-based research insights for language teaching, particularly in the areas of pedagogical grammar and ESP/EAP. I am also interested in collocation-based research, and in exploring the compatibility between lexical grammar and construction grammar.
I am currently working on the ESRC funded project, The representation of Islam and Muslims in the UK press, 1998-2008 (principal investigator: Dr. Paul Baker; co-investigator: Prof. Tony McEnery). My teaching in 2009-2010 involves lectures and seminars on the Corpus Linguistics module of the Thesis and Coursework PhD, and the MA course LING 421 (Corpus Linguistics), and lectures on the BA courses LING 306 (Corpus-based English Language Studies) and LING 204 (Discourse Analysis: Looking at Language in Use). I am co-ordinating the Corpus Research Group at Lancaster University together with Neil Millar. I was academic committee co-ordinator for the 1st Lancaster University Postgraduate Conference in Linguistics and Language Teaching (LAEL PG 2006), and joint editor with Richard Slessor and J.W. Unger of Volume 1 of Papers from the Lancaster University Postgraduate Conference in Linguistics and Language Teaching. Before I became involved in linguistics I worked as an English language teacher and teacher educator. I have designed and taught MA and BA courses in linguistics and ELT, as well as Cambridge ESOL Diploma and Certificate courses for English language teachers. I have also designed and taught short courses, seminars and workshops for language schools and ELT publishers. My recent publications are on (applied) linguistics in general, and more specifically on the use of corpus-based approaches in various areas of linguistics, and the role of corpora in language teaching. I have also published articles on different aspects of English language teaching and teacher education. I have been an invited speaker at a number of conferences and seminars.

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EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

Currently	PhD student (part-time). Department of Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster University. Topic: Corpus research on English if-conditionals: typology with special reference to modality
Oct. 1994	MPhil in English and Applied Linguistics (distinction). Research Centre for English and Applied Linguistics, University of Cambridge. Topics: a) Morphological and semantic comparison of epistemic modals in English and Greek, with special emphasis on negation. b) Collocations: Pedagogical implications, and their treatment in pedagogical materials.
June 1992	Diploma for Overseas Teachers of English (distinction). Qualification at level 7 of the National Qualifications Framework, which corresponds to postgraduate level in the Framework for Higher Education qualifications. Cambridge / Royal Society of Arts (currently Cambridge ESOL). Action research project topic: Development of speaking skills and interaction strategies of Greek intermediate EFL learners through awareness raising of features of native oral communication and training in the use of communication strategies.
July 1991	General Methods Course (grade: A). Assessed training course on basic ELT methodology (60-hours). Centre for English Language and Training (CELT), on behalf of the Panhellenic Federation of Language School Owners, Athens, Greece.
March 1990	BA (Hons) in Economics (grade: 7/10). Department of Economics, School of Law, Economics & Political Science, University of Athens.

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WORK EXPERIENCE

Employment summary

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Linguistics | Language Teacher Education | English Language Teaching | Translation

Since June 2002	Researcher (full/part-time). Department of Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster University.
Since January 2006	Occasional lecturer (BA courses). Department of Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster University.
Since October 2002	Seminar tutor (BA and MA courses). Department of Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster University.
Aug. - Sept. 2005	Tutor (academic skills course). Department of Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster University.
Sept. 2003 – June 2004	Seminar tutor (BA courses). School of English, University of Liverpool.
Aug. - Sept. 2003	Tutor (academic skills course). Department of Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster University.
Sept. 2000 – July 2001	Lecturer (BA and MA courses). Department of English, University of Indianapolis, Athens Campus, Greece.
Jan. - July 2000	Local tutor (MA course in Language ). Centre for English Language Studies, University of Birmingham.
Sept. 1995 – July 1999	Course director (Cambridge ESOL Certificate and Diploma courses). Professionals in Language and Education (PROFILE), Athens, Greece .
Oct. 1992 – July 1999	Teacher educator (in-house courses for language teachers). Professionals in Language and Education (PROFILE), Athens, Greece .
Oct. 1992 – June 1996	Language teacher (English for Specific Purposes). Professionals in Language and Education (PROFILE), Athens, Greece .
1984 – 1992	Language teacher (English as a Foreign Language). Gabrielatou-Passari Foreign Language School, Athens, Greece. [1984-1987: full time; 1989-1992: part time]

Linguistics and Applied Linguistics

Research

Sept. 2009 – Aug. 2010	Senior Research Associate. The representation of Islam and Muslims in the UK press, 1998-2008. Project funded by the ESRC (RES-000-22-3536). Principal investigator: Dr. Paul Baker; Co-investigator: Prof. Tony McEnery. Department of Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster University.
April-May 2009	Researcher. Compilation of raw corpus from data (chatlogs) collected during the Schome Park Programme - under the direction of Dr. Julia Gillen. Department of Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster University.
Dec. 2008 -March 2009	Researcher. Pilot corpus-based analysis of the use of religious terms related to Christianity in religious and non-religious texts according to sociolinguistic variables, using the Longman Spoken American Corpus - under the direction of Prof. Tony McEnery. Department of Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster University.
Jan.-Dec. 2008	Senior Research Associate. Analysis of spoken London English using corpus tools. Project funded by the British Academy. Principal investigator: Dr. Eivind Torgersen. Department of Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster University.
March-June 2008	Researcher. Pilot corpus-based analysis of the use of religious terms related to Christianity in religious and non-religious texts according to sociolinguistic variables, using the spoken BNC - under the direction of Prof. Tony McEnery. Department of Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster University.
October 2007	Senior Research Associate (additional corpus annotation and analysis). Contrasting English and Chinese. Project funded by the ESRC (RES-000-22-0135). Principal investigator: Prof. Tony McEnery. Department of Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster University.
Oct. 2005 - March 2007	Research Associate. Discourses of refugees and asylum seekers in the UK Press 1996-2006. Project funded by the ESRC (RES-000-22-1381). Principal Investigator: Dr. Paul Baker. Department of Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster University.
Nov.-Dec. 2006	Research Associate (additional corpus analysis). The representation of Muslims in the UK and US press post 9/11. Project funded by the Nuffield Foundation (SGS/01198/G). Grant holders: Dr. Paul Baker and Prof. Tony McEnery. Department of Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster University.
Oct. 2004 - August 2005	Research Assistant. Compilation of specialised newspaper corpora under the direction of Prof. Tony McEnery. Department of Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster University.
Oct. 2003 - June 2004	Research Assistant. Compilation of specialised newspaper corpora under the direction of Prof. Tony McEnery. Department of Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster University.
March 2003 - Sept. 2004	Researcher. Compilation of a corpus of MA dissertations and examination of the use of Epistemic modality (with Prof. Tony McEnery). Department of Linguistics and Modern English Language, Lancaster University.
June - August 2002	Research Assistant. Generic speech act annotation for task-oriented dialogues. Project funded by the ESRC (GR/R37142/01). Principal investigator: Prof. Geoffrey Leech. Department of Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster University.

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Teaching
2009-2010	Occasional lecturer and seminar tutor. · Corpus Linguistics module (PhD in Applied Linguistics by Thesis and Coursework) · LING 421. Corpus Linguistics (MA) · LING 306. Corpus-based English Language Studies (BA, 3rd year) · LING 204. Discourse Analysis: Looking at language in use (BA, 2nd/3rd year). Department of Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster University.
2008-2009	Occasional lecturer and seminar tutor. · LING 421. Corpus Linguistics (MA) · LING 306. Corpus-based English Language Studies (BA, 3rd year) · LING 204. Discourse Analysis: Looking at language in use (BA, 2nd/3rd year) · LING 209. Language and Education (BA, 2nd/3rd year). Department of Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster University.
2007-2008	Occasional lecturer and seminar tutor. · LING 421. Corpus Linguistics (MA). · LING 206. English: A changing language in a changing world (BA, 3rd year). Department of Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster University.
2006-2007	Occasional lecturer and seminar tutor. · LING 421. Corpus Linguistics (MA). · LING 206. English: A changing language in a changing world (BA, 3rd year). · Ling 208. Language Acquisition and Language Origins (BA, 2nd/3rd year). Department of Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster University.
2005-2006	Occasional lecturer and seminar tutor. · LING 421. Corpus Linguistics (MA). · LING 203. English Language: Past and Present (BA, 2nd/3rd year). · LING 206. English: A changing language in a changing world (BA, 3rd year). Department of Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster University.
2004 - 2005	Seminar tutor. · LING 421. Corpus Linguistics (MA) · LING 206. English: A changing language in a changing world (BA, 3rd year) Department of Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster University.
2003-2004	Seminar tutor. · LING 421. Corpus Linguistics (MA) Department of Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster University. · From Word to Text: An introduction to the English language I (BA, 1st year) · From Sound to Speech: An introduction to the English language II (BA, 1st year) School of English, University of Liverpool.
2002 - 2003	Seminar tutor. LING 151. Introduction to General Linguistics (BA, first year) Department of Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster University.
2000-2001	Lecturer. Pragmatics and Discourse Analysis for ELT (MA). Department of English, University of Indianapolis, Athens Campus, Greece.
1999-2000	Local tutor. Spoken Discourse Analysis (MA in TEFL/TESL Open Distance Learning). Centre for English Language Studies, University of Birmingham.
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Language Teacher Education
Course Director
June 1996 - July 1999	Cambridge/RSA Diploma for Overseas Teachers of English (DOTE). [Two-year course, 300 hrs] Duties: co-ordination and administration, course and materials design, teaching, continuous assessment (teaching practice and written assignments), supervision and assessment of final action research projects, tutorial support. Participants were both native and non-native speakers of English. Professionals in Language and Education (PROFILE), Athens, Greece.
Sept. 1995 - May 1999	Teaching Exam Prep Classes. Duties: course/materials design and teaching on short courses (20-50 hrs) on background, methodology and exam-training techniques. Special focus on the UCLES language exams. Professionals in Language and Education (PROFILE), Athens, Greece .
June - July 1999	ELT Foundation Course [Short pre-service introductory course, 75 hrs] Duties: materials design, teaching, supervision and assessment of teaching practice, written assignments and final project. Omiros Schools, in collaboration with PROFILE, Athens, Greece .
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Lecturer and Tutor
Sept. 2000 - July 2001	Introduction to ELT I and II [Part of the BA in English Teaching] Duties: course and materials design, teaching, assessment. Department of English, University of Indianapolis, Athens Campus, Greece.
Oct. 1996 - June 1999	Cambridge/RSA Certificate for Overseas Teachers of English (COTE). [One-year course, 150 hrs] Duties: materials design, teaching, supervision and assessment of teaching practice and written assignments, tutorial support. Professionals in Language and Education (PROFILE), Athens, Greece.
Oct. 1994 - June 1996	Cambridge/RSA Diploma for Overseas Teachers of English (DOTE) Duties: materials design, teaching, continuous assessment (teaching practice and written assignments), supervision and assessment of final action research projects, tutorial support. Professionals in Language and Education (PROFILE), Athens, Greece.
Sept. 1994 - Sept. 1998	ELT Foundation Course [Pre-service course, 75 hrs] Duties: materials design, teaching, assessment of teaching practice and written assignments. Omiros Schools, in collaboration with PROFILE, Athens, Greece.
1993 - 1999	TEFL Methodology introductory courses [Pre-service and in-service, 60 hrs] Duties: materials design, teaching, assessment of teaching practice and written assignments. Professionals in Language and Education (PROFILE), Athens, Greece.
Oct. 1992 - June 1993	Cambridge/RSA Diploma for Overseas Teachers of English (DOTE) Duties: Tutorial support, assessment of teaching practice and written assignments. Centre for English Language and Training (CELT), Athens, Greece.
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In-service courses and seminars
Jan. 2002	Demonstration lessons followed by methodological analysis (8 hrs). Etudes Modernes, Morges, Switzerland.
Sept. 2001	Observation of lessons and feedback to teachers (15 hrs). Dourmoussis Language School, Athens, Greece.
October 2000	Observation of lessons and feedback to teachers. Demonstration teaching and subsequent analysis with observers-teachers in terms of planning, teaching techniques and materials adaptation (10 hrs). Dourmoussis Language School, Athens, Greece.
April 2000	Seminar on reading skills (3 hrs). Kafandari Language School, Athens, Greece.
Feb. 2000	Observation of lessons and feedback to teachers. Demonstration teaching and subsequent analysis with observers-teachers. The analysis focused on planning, teaching techniques and materials evaluation and adaptation (20 hrs). Dourmoussis Language School, Athens, Greece.
Sept. 1998	‘Speaking Skills from Intermediate to Advanced’ (with Steven Bower). Seminar covering issues of teaching objectives, materials and procedures, with special emphasis on class management and feedback (3 hrs). Cararigas School of European Languages, Athens, Greece. Observation of lessons and feedback to teachers. Demonstration teaching and subsequent analysis with observers-teachers (planning, techniques and materials evaluation (25 hrs). Miranta Merkouri European Centre for Language Studies, Pyrgos, Greece.
March 1998	Observations of lessons and feedback to teachers (20 hours). Sheelagh Kanellakopoulou School of English, Kalamata, Greece.
Jan. 1998	‘Teaching Writing: From D to CPE’. Seminar on teaching and assessing writing from intermediate to advanced levels (5 hrs) . Omiros Schools, Athens, Greece. Sponsored by Oxford University Press. Demonstration teaching and analysis of lesson (4 hrs). Kalogeropoulou Language School, Athens, Greece.
April 1997	Seminars and demonstration teaching on grammar, vocabulary, reading, writing and dealing with teenager learners (25 hrs). Miranta Merkouri European Centre for Language Studies, Pyrgos, Greece.
Oct. 1996	‘Listening for the revised FCE’. Seminar on changes in the exam; teaching and exam training procedures (3 hrs). Ekpedeftiki, Athens, Greece. ‘Reading for FCE and CPE‘. Seminar on background, methodology and materials adaptation (6 hrs). Kafandari Language School, Athens, Greece.
June 1996	‘Teaching Exam-Prep Classes’. Tailor-made in-service course including teaching the skills, grammar and vocabulary, as well as test evaluation and design (35 hrs). Sheelagh Kanellakopoulou School of English, Kalamata, Greece.
March 1996	Two-day seminar: planning and teaching grammar and vocabulary lessons, evaluating and designing tests (10 hrs). Kalavryta, Greece. Sponsored by International Institute (London).
Sept. 1995	‘Listening and Speaking for Advanced Learners: Teaching around the exams’. Seminar on teaching advanced learners with particular focus on exam preparation (3 hrs). Cararigas School of European Languages, Athens, Greece.
June 1995	‘Preparing for the Cambridge FCE: The Revised FCE Examination’. Seminar on changes in the ‘Listening’, ‘Speaking’ and ‘Use of English’ papers; learner problems and teaching techniques (6 hours). Sheelagh Kanellakopoulou School of English, Kalamata, Greece.
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English Language Teaching
Teacher
Aug. - Sept. 2005	English for academic purposes to prospective BA, MA and PhD students. Department of Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster University.
Aug. - Sept. 2003	English for academic purposes to prospective BA, MA and PhD students. Department of Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster University.
Sept. 2000 - July 2001	Essay writing and academic skills to BA students. Department of English, University of Indianapolis Athens, Greece.
1992 - 1996	Teaching, materials design and evaluation on courses specialising in Economics, Banking and Finance, EU matters and presentation skills. Organised by Professionals in Language and Education (PROFILE), Athens, for the Bank of Greece.
1992 - 2001	One-to-one EFL/ESP lessons to adult professionals (teaching and materials design).
1984 - 1992	EFL courses for Greek learners of all ages (teaching and materials design). Preparation classes for the Cambridge EFL examinations (teaching and materials design). [1984-1987: full time; 1998-1992: part-time] Gabrielatou-Passari Foreign Language School, Athens, Greece.
1984 - 2001	One-to-one lessons to Greek EFL learners of all levels and ages, mainly preparation for the Cambridge and TOEFL examinations (teaching and materials design).
Oral Examiner
1995 - 1999	‘Standard’ and ‘Higher’ EFL certificates awarded by the Panhellenic Federation of Language School Owners.
Reviewer
June 2005	Report on manuscript submitted for the series ‘Handbooks for Language Teachers’, Cambridge University Press.
Feb. 1999	Report on EFL course book manuscript for upper intermediate learners (Rising Star), Heinemann.
June 1998	Report on manuscript of EFL reference and practice book on grammar and vocabulary for elementary learners (Elementary Language Practice), Heinemann.
June 1997	Report on manuscript of EFL reference and practice book on grammar and vocabulary for intermediate learners (Intermediate Language Practice ), Heinemann.
Jan. - June 1995	Reports on manuscript of EFL skills series for elementary to intermediate learners (Double Take), Oxford University Press.
June 1992	Reports on EFL coursebook manuscript (Streetwise Upper Intermediate), Oxford University Press.
Translation
July – Nov. 1999	Responsible for Greek-to-English section of multilingual dictionary. Institute for Language and Speech Processing, Athens.
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PUBLICATIONS
Journal papers
Gabrielatos, C., Torgersen, E., Hoffmann, S. & Fox, S. (in press). A corpus-based sociolinguistic study of indefinite article forms in London English. Journal of English Linguistics.
Baker, P., Gabrielatos C., Khosravinik, M., Krzyzanowski, M., McEnery, T. & Wodak, R. (2008). A useful methodological synergy? Combining critical discourse analysis and corpus linguistics to examine discourses of refugees and asylum seekers in the UK press. Discourse & Society 19(3), 273-305. Gabrielatos, C. & Baker, P. (2008). Fleeing, sneaking, flooding: A corpus analysis of discursive constructions of refugees and asylum seekers in the UK Press 1996-2005. Journal of English Linguistics 36(1), 5-38.
Gabrielatos, C. (2007). Selecting query terms to build a specialised corpus from a restricted-access database. ICAME Journal 31, 5-43.
Gabrielatos, C. & Sarmento, S. (2006). Central modals in an aviation corpus: Frequency and distribution. Letras de Hoje 41(2), 215-240.
Gabrielatos, C. (2005). Corpora and language teaching: Just a fling, or wedding bells? TESL-EJ 8(4), A1, 1-37.
Edited volume
Gabrielatos, C., Slessor, R. & Unger, J.W. (eds.) (2007). Papers from the Lancaster University Postgraduate Conference in Linguistics and Language Teaching. Volume 1: Papers from LAEL-PG 2006. Lancaster: Lancaster University. [TOC with links to papers | Whole volume ]
Book chapters
McEnery, T. & Gabrielatos, C. (2006). English corpus linguistics. In B. Aarts & A. McMahon (eds.), The Handbook of English Linguistics (pp. 33-71). Oxford: Blackwell. [Book details]
Gabrielatos, C. & McEnery, T. (2005). Epistemic modality in MA dissertations. In P.A. Fuertes Olivera (ed.), Lengua y Sociedad: Investigaciones recientes en lingüística aplicada. Lingüística y Filología no. 61. (pp. 311-331). Valladolid: Universidad de Valladolid.
Gabrielatos, C. (2002). Inference: Procedures and implications for ELT. In R.P. Millrood (ed.), Research Methodology: Discourse in teaching a foreign Language (pp. 30-52). Tambov, Russia: Tambov University Press.
Gabrielatos, C. (1998). Receptive skills with young learners. In A.S. Gika & D. Berwick (eds.), Working with Young Learners: A way ahead (pp. 52-60). Whitstable, Kent: IATEFL.
Proceedings papers
Gabrielatos, C. (2007). If-conditionals as modal colligations: A corpus-based investigation. In M. Davies, P. Rayson, S. Hunston & P. Danielsson (eds.), Proceedings of the Corpus Linguistics Conference: Corpus Linguistics 2007. Birmingham: University of Birmingham.
Gabrielatos, C. (2004). Teaching the expression of time: A concise framework. In A. Pulverness (ed.), IATEFL 2003: Brighton Conference Selections (pp. 133-136). Canterbury, Kent: IATEFL.
Gabrielatos, C. (2002). The shape of the language teacher. In A. Pulverness (ed.), IATEFL 2002: York Conference Selections (pp. 75-78). Whitstable, Kent: IATEFL.
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Articles in ELT publications
Gabrielatos, C. (2004). Discerning reality: Lesson observation as research. IATEFL Teacher Trainers and Educators SIG Newsletter, 3/2004, 5-8. Gabrielatos, C. (2004). Session notes: The coursebook as a flexible tool. IATEFL Teacher Trainers and Educators SIG Newsletter, 1/2004, 28-31.
Gabrielatos, C. (2003). More than ‘mere’ language teachers? ELT News, 171, 25. Gabrielatos, C. (2003). My methodology. IATEFL Issues 172, 3-4. Gabrielatos, C. (2003). How much is that methodology in the window? ESL MiniConference, February 2003. Gabrielatos, C. (2003). Greek results in Cambridge ESOL CPE exams: Analysis and explanations. ELT News 167, 7. Gabrielatos, C. (2003). Grammar, grammars and intuitions in ELT. IATEFL Issues, 170, 2-3.
Gabrielatos, C. (2002). Standards and development in ELT. ELT News, 165, 11. Gabrielatos, C. (2002). The weight of words. TESOL Greece Newsletter, 74, 10. Gabrielatos, C. (2002). Shopping at the ELT supermarket: Principled decisions and practices. ERIC, Accession Number ED478747. [Revised version of the 2001 article] Gabrielatos, C. (2002). EFL Writing: Product and process. ERIC, Accession Number ED476839. [Unified and slightly revised version of the 2000 articles] Gabrielatos, C. (2002). Reading loud and clear: Reading aloud in ELT. ERIC, Accession Number ED477572. [Unified and revised version of the 1996 articles]
Gabrielatos, C. (2001). L1 Use in ELT: Not a skeleton but a bone of contention. A response to Prodromou. Bridges, 6, 33-35. Gabrielatos, C. (2001). L1 Use in ELT: Not a skeleton but a bone of contention. A response to Prodromou. TESOL Greece Newsletter 70, 6-9. | Gabrielatos, C. (2001). Shopping at the ELT supermarket: Principled decisions and practices. ELT News 144.
Gabrielatos, C. (2000). EFL Writing: Product and process. Part 1. Looking below the surface. ELT News 133, 18. Gabrielatos, C. (2000). EFL Writing: Product and process. Part 2. Elements of good writing. ELT News 134, 12-13. Gabrielatos, C. (2000). EFL Writing: Product and process. Part 3. A teaching framework. ELT News 135, 26-27.
Gabrielatos, C. (1999). Is this the way to the RSA? IATEFL Issues 146, 11. Gabrielatos, C. (1999). Inference: Procedures and implications for TEFL. Part 1: Background. TESOL Greece Newsletter 63, 15-20. Gabrielatos, C. (1999). Inference: Procedures and implications for TEFL. Part 2: Examples and teaching implications. TESOL Greece Newsletter 64, 10-15. Gabrielatos, C. (1999). Why do Greek learners fail in the FCE/CPE exams? ELT News 127.
Gabrielatos, C. (1998). Translation impossibilities: Problems and opportunities for TEFL. TESOL Greece Newsletter 60, 21-24. Gabrielatos, C. (1998). FCE Listening: Focus, format and procedure. ELT News 117. Gabrielatos, C. (1998). ELT quiz. ELT News 107.
Gabrielatos, C. (1997). Answer with a question. ELT News 106, 6. Gabrielatos, C. (1997). Teaching reading and listening for exam preparation. ELT News 99-102.
Gabrielatos, C. (1996). Planning grammar lessons: A checklist. Current Issues 11, 11-13. Gabrielatos, C. (1996). Reading allowed (?): Reading aloud in TEFL. Part 1. Background and planning. Current Issues 8, 7-9. Gabrielatos, C. (1996). Reading allowed (?): Reading aloud in TEFL Part 2. Materials and procedures. Current Issues 9, 7-8.
Gabrielatos, C. (1995).The adjective quiz. Current Issues 7, 7-8. Gabrielatos, C. (1995). Two birds with one stone: Exam preparation and reading skills development using testing materials. Current Issues 4/5, 15-19. Gabrielatos, C. (1995). Two birds with one stone 2: Exam preparation and listening skills development using testing materials. Current Issues 6, 15-19.
Gabrielatos, C. (1994). Minding our Ps. Current Issues 3, 5-8.
Gabrielatos, C. (1993). Learning how to fish: Fostering fluency and independence. TESOL Greece Newsletter 38, 23-26.
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Contributions to published edited online discussions
2004	The "customer service" model of education. TESL Electronic Journal, 8(2), TESL-EJ Forum, Karen Stanley (ed.) The role of the teacher, the role of the learner, the role of technologies: Finding balance in the classroom. TESL Electronic Journal, 7(4), TESL-EJ Forum, Karen Stanley (ed.)
2003	A question of definitions: An investigation through the definitions and practices of communicative and task-based approaches. TESL Electronic Journal, 7(3), TESL-EJ Forum, Karen Stanley (ed.) Teaching About Language. TESL Electronic Journal 6(4), TESL-EJ Forum, Karen Stanley (ed.)
Language teaching materials
1999	First Certificate First! Examination Practice 2: Listening and Speaking (with Steven Bower), AVM Publications.
1998	First Certificate First! Examination Practice 1: Listening and Speaking (with Steven Bower), AVM Publications.
· Both books are now published by Express Publishing (under the pseudonym Chris Wilson).
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PRESENTATIONS
Invited Talks Conference Papers Research Groups Publishers’ Exhibitions
Invited talks
2009	Corpus-based methodology and critical discourse studies: Context, content, computation. Invited presentation, Siena English Language and Linguistics Seminars (SELLS), University of Siena, 9 November 2009. From dictionary user to amateur lexicographer: Possibilities of on-line searches. Invited lecture, Gresham College, 23 March 2009. Construction of refugees and asylum seekers in British newspapers, 1996-2005: A corpus-based approach. Language Ideology and Power Research Group (LIP) Special Symposium: “The politics of exclusion” – investigating issues of racism, anti-Semitism, xenophobia…, 9 February 2009. (With Paul Baker)
2008	Compiling topic-specific corpora from limited-access online databases. Invited presentation, Corpus Linguistics Advanced Research Education and Training (CLARET). Lancaster University, 31 March 2008. Collocational analysis as a gateway to critical discourse analysis: The case of the construction of refugees, asylum seekers and immigrants in the UK press. Invited presentation, English Language Institute, University of Michigan, 10 March 2008.
2003	Corpora and ELT: Just a fling, or the real thing? Plenary address, INGED Conference 2003, Ankara, Turkey, 10-12 October 2003.
2001	Language teachers: Born or bred? Panel member, 22^nd Annual TESOL Greece Convention, Athens, Greece, 10-11 March 2001. A Question of function: Teacher questions in ELT. Invited lecture, Iguana Project 7^th Annual Event, Lamia, Greece, 10-11 February 2001. Language and communication. Departmental lecture, University of Indianapolis, Athens, Greece, February 2001.
2000	Shopping at the ELT supermarket: Principled decisions and practices. Plenary address, 8^th Annual TESOL Macedonia-Thrace Convention, University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece, 13-15 October 2000. The Coursebook as a flexible tool. Invited seminar, TESOL Greece Special Event: Issues in ELT: Persistent Problems, Practical Solutions, Hellenic American Union, Athens, Greece, 22 October 2000. Translation in language teaching: Problems and opportunities. Invited lecture, University of Indianapolis Athens, Greece, 4 October 2000. Translation in TEFL: Problems and opportunities. Invited lecture, IATEFL Greece Event: Ways Ahead in TEFL, Agrinio, Greece, 15 April 2000. Phonological features of English and EFL listening. Invited lecture, University of Indianapolis Athens, Greece, 29 March 2000.
1999	Language interpretation. Invited lecture, University of Indianapolis Athens, Greece, 3 December 1999. Grammar teaching: A new perspective. Invited lecture, IATEFL Greece Event: ‘Ways Ahead in ELT’, Athens, Greece, 28 November 1999. Time, tense and aspect: Implications for the teaching of ‘tenses’. Invited lecture, TESOL Greece Mini-Convention, Athens, Greece, 31 October 1999. Inference: Clues and procedures. Invited lecture, University of Indianapolis Athens, Greece, 20 October 1999. Cooking and the language teacher. Invited lecture, Iguana Project 5^th Annual Event, Lamia, Greece, 6-7 February 1999.
1997	Receptive skills development with mixed-ability young learners. Invited lecture, Organised by the Ministry of Education and the British Council, Athens, Greece, September 1997.
1995	We co-ordinate, we meet, we talk to parents! What more can we do? Managing resources effectively (panel member). Panel discussion organised by Oxford University Press, Athens, Greece, October 1995.
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Conference Papers
2009	A corpus-based study of indefinite article and invariant tag use in spoken London English. CLAVIER 2009, University of Modena, Italy, 4-6 November 2009 (With Eivind Torgersen). A corpus-based study of invariant tags in London English. Corpus Linguistics 2009, University of Liverpool, 21-23 July 2009. (With Eivind Torgersen). A corpus-based sociolinguistic analysis of indefinite article use in London English. ICAME 30, Lancaster, UK, 27-31 May 2009. (With Eivind Torgersen).
2008	Using collocational profiling to investigate the construction of refugees, asylum seekers and immigrants in the UK press. 7^th Conference of the American Association for Corpus Linguistics (AACL 2008), Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, 13-15 March 2008. (With Paul Baker and Tony McEnery). [Abstract: (pp. 18-19); slides ] Representations of Islam in the British and American press 1999-2005. 7th Conference of the American Association for Corpus Linguistics (AACL 2008), Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, 13-15 March 2008. (With Paul Baker) [Abstract: (pp. 17-18); slides ]
2007	If-conditionals as modal colligations: A corpus-based investigation. Corpus Linguistics 2007 (CL 2007), University of Birmingham, UK, 28-30 July 2007. Using collocation analysis to reveal the construction of minority groups: The case of refugees, asylum seekers and immigrants in the UK press. Corpus Linguistics 2007 (CL 2007), University of Birmingham, 28-30 July 2007. (With Paul Baker and Tony McEnery)
2006	Representation of refugees and asylum seekers in UK newspapers: Towards a corpus-based analysis. Joint Annual Meeting of the British Association for Applied Linguistics and the Irish Association for Applied Linguistics (BAAL/IRAAL 2006): From Applied Linguistics to Linguistics Applied: Issues, Practices, Trends, University College, Cork, Ireland, 7-9 September 2006. (With Paul Baker.) Corpus-based evaluation of pedagogical materials: If-conditionals in ELT coursebooks and the BNC. 7^th Teaching and Language Corpora Conference (TALC 2006), organised by the Department of Intercultural Studies and Applied Languages, University Paris 7 Denis Diderot, Paris, France, 1-4 July 2006. [Partly funded through the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Travel Fund, and the William Ritchie Travel Fund (both Lancaster University)]. Representation of refugees and asylum seekers in UK newspapers: Towards a corpus-based comparison of the stance of tabloids and broadsheets. First International Conference: Critical Approaches to Discourse Analysis Across Disciplines (CADAAD 2006), University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK, 29-30 June 2006. (With Paul Baker.)
2005	Elliptical and discontinuous if-conditionals: co-text, context, inference and intuitions. Corpus Linguistics 2005, University of Birmingham, 15-17 July 2005.
2003	What does it mean? Why does it mean? How does it mean? INGED Conference 2003, Ankara, Turkey, 10-12 October 2003. Conditional sentences: ELT typology and corpus evidence. 36^th Annual BAAL Meeting, University of Leeds, UK, 4-6 September 2003. Teaching the expression of time: A concise framework. 37^th International Annual IATEFL Conference, Brighton Conference Centre, UK, 22-26 April 2003. Conditionals in ELT: From zero to mixed … and back again. 24^th Annual TESOL Greece Convention, Hellenic American Union, Athens, Greece, 15-16 March 2003.
2002	The shape of the language teacher. Biannual IATEFL SIG Symposium, Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey, 13-15 September 2002. [Funded through the TESOL Greece Travel and Presentation Award.] The shape of the language teacher. 36^th IATEFL Conference, University of York, UK, 23-27 March 2002. Making sense of ‘tenses’: Practical help from theory. 23^rd Annual TESOL Greece Convention, Athens, Greece, 9-10 March 2002.
2001	The power of language: Sources and uses. 22^nd Annual TESOL Greece Convention, Athens, Greece, 10-11 March 2001.
2000	The shape of the language teacher. 21^st Annual TESOL Greece Convention, Athens, Greece, 20-21 May 2000.
1999	Receptive skills: Discourse and psycholinguistic perspectives. TESOL Greece 20^th Anniversary Convention, Athens, Greece, 20-21 March 1999. FCE listening: Guidance and feedback. TESOL Greece 20^th Anniversary Convention, Athens, Greece, 20-21 March 1999. (With Steven Bower.)
1998	Translation impossibilities. 19^th Annual TESOL Greece Convention, Athens, Greece, 4-5 April 1998. Receptive skills development with young learners. 2^nd IATEFL Greece Symposium, Athens, Greece, 8 March 1998.
1997	A Question of function: Teacher questions in the EFL classroom. 18^th Annual TESOL Greece Convention, Training Centre of the National Bank of Greece, Glyfada, Greece, 12-13 April 1997. Teachers’ perception of theory and research: Nature and utility. 1^st IATEFL Greece Symposium, Athens, Greece, March 1997.
1996	Developing reading skills: Beyond the task. 17^th Annual TESOL Greece Convention, Athens, Greece, April 1996.
1993	Old and new eyes on ESP. 14^th Annual TESOL Greece Convention, Athens, Greece, April 1993. (With Danae Kozanoglou.)
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Research Groups
2009	A corpus-based study of invariant tags in London English. Meeting of the Corpus Research Group (CRG), Department of Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster University, UK, 2 March 2009. (With Eivind Torgersen).
2008	A corpus-based analysis of indefinite article use in London English. Joint meeting of the Corpus Research Group and the Language Variation and Change Research Group, 23 June 2008, Department of Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster University. (With Eivind Torgersen)
2007	Representation of refugees and asylum seekers in UK newspapers, 1996-2005: Report on the corpus-based analysis. Joint meeting of the Corpus Research Group (CRG) and the Language Ideology and Power Research Group (LIP), Department of Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster University, 26 March 2007.
2006	Selecting query terms to build a specialised corpus from a well-defined, limited-access database. Meeting of the Corpus Research Group (CRG), Department of Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster University, UK, 30 October 2006. Towards quantifying ‘quality’ in the press: Comparing the stance of UK broadsheets and tabloids towards refugees, asylum seekers and immigrants. Joint meeting of the Corpus Research Group (CRG) and the Language, Ideology and Power Research Group (LIP), Department of Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster University, 13 June 2006. If-conditionals as modality attractors. Corpus Linguistics Research Group (CRG), Departments of Linguistics and Computing, Lancaster University, 20 March 2006.
2004	If-conditionals in ELT materials and the BNC: Corpus-based evaluation of pedagogical materials. Corpus Linguistics Research Group (CRG), Departments of Linguistics and Computing, Lancaster University, 26 April 2004.
2003	Teaching the expression of time: A concise framework. Second Language Acquisition Research Group (SLARG), Department of Linguistics and Modern English Language, Lancaster University, UK, 1 July 2003.
Publishers’ Exhibitions
1999	Inference: How it works. 16^th International Publishers’ Exhibition, Athens, Greece, 9 May 1999.
1998	Grammar teaching: A discourse perspective. The Publishers’ Exhibition (Longman and Oxford University Press), 10 May 1998. Grammar teaching: A discourse perspective. 15^th International Publishers’ Exhibition, Athens, Greece, 17 May 1998
1997	You asked for it, now you have to use it. 14^th International Publishers’ Exhibition, Athens, Greece, May 1997. (With Danae Kozanoglou)
1996	Come again? Phonology for listening. 13^th International Publishers’ Exhibition, Athens, Greece, May 1996.
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PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Reviewing
Journals			Corpora Discourse & Society IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication Literary and Linguistic Computing
Edited volumes			Papers from LAEL PG 2007 Papers from LAEL PG 2008
Funding bodies (project proposals)			ESRC
Professional Associations (published books)			BAAL
Publishers (book proposals/ manuscripts)			Cambridge University Press Heinemann Oxford University Press Routledge
Conferences (abstracts)			ICAME 30, Lancaster University and University of Central Lancashire, 27-31 May 2009. Corpus Linguistics 2009, University of Liverpool, 20-23 July 2009. Corpus Linguistics 2007, University of Birmingham, 27-30 July 2007. Second Lancaster Postgraduate Conference in Linguistics and Language Teaching (LAEL PG 2007), Department of Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster University, 5 July 2007.
Conference organisation
2006		Organising Committee member and Academic Committee co-ordinator. First Lancaster Postgraduate Conference in Linguistics and Language Teaching (LAEL PG 2006). Department of Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster University, 15 July 2006.
Research Groups
Since May 2008		Joint coordinator (with Neil Millar). Corpus Research Group, Lancaster University.
Oct. 2007 - April 2008		Coordinator. Corpus Research Group, Lancaster University.
Oct. 2006 - June 2007		Joint coordinator (with Olga Mudraya). Corpus Research Group, Lancaster University.
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AFFILIATIONS
Associations
British Association for Applied Linguistics (BAAL). Linguistics Association of Great Britain (LAGB).
Special Interest Groups
BAAL Corpus Linguistics SIG. BAAL Language Learning & Teaching SIG.
Research Groups
Corpus Research Group (CRG), Lancaster University. Research in Theoretical Linguistics (RITL), Lancaster University University Centre for Computer Corpus Research on Language (UCREL), Lancaster University.
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