Media

Interview on "Learning through the arts" by Lorraine Mallinder for Spotlight Magazine published in print and audio format on 24/05/2023.

During the interview, which covered the topic of language learning through the arts, I drew from personal experience as well as existing research to highlight the affective and linguistic benefits that different forms of art (including participating in shows, watching films, and listening to music) might have on one's language learning journey.

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"Using theatre to improve children’s communication skills: Reflections on the project and plans for the future" published on the TORCH Blog on 06/05/2021.

The article presents an overview of the project "From the page to the stage: A feasibility study on using theatre to improve EAL children’s communicative skills", which was funded by TORCH's Theatres Seed Fund between January 2020 – March 2020 (but, unfortunately, was cancelled due to COVID-19).

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"Masterclass Award supports student's drama training programme" published on Teddy Hall News on 21/12/2018.

This news piece contains a description of the acting diploma course I took at Theatre Lab Company (TCL) with the financial support of St Edmund Hall's Masterclass Award. In the message I wrote for the piece, I outline the tenets of the TLC method and talk about the shows that I had the chance to perform in as a result of attending the course.

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"Becoming bilingual at preschool: Greek children’s acquisition of subject pronouns in English" published on the EAL Journal on 16/04/2018.

The article discusses the rationale, methods, results and conclusions of my MSc project on "The development of subject pronouns in Greek children learning English as a Foreign Language at preschool", conducted at the Department of Education, University of Oxford, under the supervision of Prof Victoria Murphy.