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Costas Gabrielatos

 

 

ABOUT      CURRENT WORK      EDUCATION & TRAINING      TEACHING      RESEARCH      PUBLICATIONS      PRESENTATIONS

 

 

Education

 

2010. PhD in Linguistics.

Department of Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster University.

·       Thesis: A corpus-based examination of English if-conditionals through the lens of modality: Nature and types. image001   [Available through the British Library]

·       Supervisors: Dr. Willem Hollmann, Prof. Anna Siewierska (initially, Prof. Tony McEnery)

·       Examiners: Prof. Barbara Dancygier, Prof. Geoffrey Leech, Prof. Jan Nuyts.

 

1994. MPhil in English and Applied Linguistics  (Distinction).

Research Centre for English and Applied Linguistics, University of Cambridge.

Research focus: 

a.     Modality and modal auxiliaries in English and Modern Greek with reference to epistemic modality and its negation

b.     Collocations: Pedagogical implications, and their treatment in pedagogical materials image001

 

1990. BA (Hons) in Economics  (7/10, equivalent to a 2:1).

Department of Economics, School of Law, Economics & Political Science, University of Athens.

 

 

Professional Training

 

1992. Diploma for Overseas Teachers of English (Distinction).

Cambridge / Royal Society of Arts (currently, Cambridge University, ESOL Examinations).

Qualification at level 7 of the National Qualifications Framework, corresponding to postgraduate level in the Framework for Higher Education Qualifications.

·       Action research project report: Teaching Communication and Interaction Strategies: An action research project with Greek teenagers at intermediate level. [PDF]

 

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.

 

 

Research Training

 

2001 – 2003. I took the following courses as part of my PhD (Lancaster University):

·     FSSC004: Elementary Data Analysis and Computing  for Social Research I: Descriptive Statistics

·     FSSC005: Elementary Data Analysis and Computing for Social Research II: Hypothesis Testing

·     FSSC006: Qualitative Methods in the Social Sciences

·     FSSC008: Basic Skills in Social Data Analysis

·     FSSS007: Questionnaire Design