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2012 - 2016 PhD in Applied Linguistics, University of Nottingham
2006 - 2008 MA in Linguistics, Major in Theories in English Language Learning, University of Santiago de Chile (graduated with distinction)
2000 - 2004 BA in English Language and Literature, University of Banja Luka
Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
January - June 2017 Teaching Affiliate, School of English, University of Nottingham
2015 -2016 Teaching Affiliate, School of English, University of Nottingham
2010 - 2012 Assistant Professor, Catholic University of Chile
2008 - 2012 Adjunct Professor, University of Santiago de Chile
2006 - 2011 EFL Teacher, Tronwell Institute, Santiago de Chile
January - June 2004 EFL Teacher, SEAL Institute, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnian (Serbian), English and Spanish
TESOL 3: Issues in Language Teaching and Learning
Second Language Acquisition and Learning
Learning and Teaching Vocabulary
Assessing Second Language Learners
Second language vocabulary acquisition, incidental acquisition from reading, spacing effects
Dr Suhad Sonbul, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah
Dr Anna Siyanova-Chanturia, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Macis, M. & Sonbul, S. The effect of spacing on incidental and intentional learning of collocations
Sonbul, S., Siyanova-Chanturia, A., & Macis, M. Processing of duplex collocations by natives and non-natives
Dang, T.N.Y. & Macis, M. Knowledge of spoken academic vocabulary by second language learners. Focus on individual words
Macis, M. (2018). Incidental Learning of Figurative Language from a Semi-Authentic Novel: Three Case Studies. Reading in a Foreign Language, 30(1), 48-75.
Macis, M. & Schmitt, N. (2017b). Not Just Small Potatoes: Knowledge of the Idiomatic Meanings of Collocations. Language Teaching Research. 21(3), 321-340.
Macis, M. & Schmitt, N. (2017a). The idiomatic and polysemous nature of collocations and their place in ELT. ELT Journal. 71(1), 50-59.
Macis, M., Garnier, M., Vilkaite, L., & Schmitt, N. Expertise in L2 Vocabulary (2018). The Cambridge Handbook of Expertise and Expert Performance (2nd edition)
Macis, M., & Barclay, S. (2018). Vocabulary and reading. English Teaching Professional. 118, 39-40.
Macis, M. (2017). Raising Awareness of Figurative Language through Corpora. English Teaching Professional, 113, 47-48.
Schmitt, N., Sonbul, S., Vilkaite, L., & Macis, M. (forthcoming). Formulaic language and collocation. In C. Chapelle (Ed.), The Concise Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics
“Studying vocabulary: A multidisciplinary approach”, BAAL Vocabulary Special Interest
Group Annual Conference, 6-7 July 2016, Nottingham
“Language Testing: Past, Present and Future”, the Language Testing Forum, 15-17 November 2013,
Nottingham
SYSTEM
Studies in Second Language Acquisition
Language Teaching Research
Applied Psycholinguistics
Reading in a Foreign Language
Language Learning Journal
Vice Chancellor’s Scholarship for Research Excellence, 2012-2015, University of Nottingham, UK
Graduate School Travel Prize, 2013, Graduate School, University of Nottingham, UK
Postgraduate Funding from the School’s Research and Knowledge Exchange Committee, 2013, School of English, University of Nottingham, UK
Postgraduate Scholarship for Academic Excellence, 2007-2008, Facultad de Humanidades, University of Santiago de Chile
Scholarship for Academic Excellence, 2001-2004, Brcko District Government, Bosnia and Herzegovina
American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL)
British Association of Applied Linguistics (BAAL)
International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language (IATEFL)