Author: George Spanoudis

Dina Tsagari is Lecturer in Applied Linguistics/TEFL at the Department of English Studies at the University of Cyprus. Her main interests are EFL/ESL testing and assessment, teaching/learning, teacher training, materials design and evaluation. She has conducted research in Hong Kong, Cyprus, Greece and other European countries, and is the author of several articles, book chapters as well as the editor of several volumes. She has given papers and plenary presentations in several countries and is the co-ordinator of the Classroom-based Language Assessment SIG, affiliated to EALTA.George Spanoudis is Assistant Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychology at the University of Cyprus. His research interests include cognitive development, intelligence, and language disorders. He is currently investigating age-related changes in intelligence and language learning disorders using behavioural and event-related potential techniques. He also works on the application of statistical models in psychological data and is particularly interested in structural equation modelling and multivariate data analysis for discrete or categorical data.