C GROUP MEMBERS
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Letizia Cinganotto
PhD, Researcher at the Italian Institute for Documentation, Innovation, Educational Research (INDIRE), contract professor of English at university. Former teacher of English, teacher trainer and author of digital contents. She worked for several years at the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research, dealing with issues relating to the Upper Secondary School Reform, with particular focus on foreign languages and on CLIL. She has presented papers at national and international conferences and published articles and chapters in national and international peer-reviewed journals. Her main research areas are: CLIL, language learning, e-learning, TELL (Technology Enhanced Language Learning), CALL (Computer Assisted Language Learning). She moderated the EVO session titled "Techno-CLIL" registering 5000 participants in 2016 and 2017.
Le Van Canh
‘I work as an English language teacher and a teacher educator at Vietnam National University, Hanoi. I started my career as an English language teacher in 1979 and I have always keen to find new ways of making the lessons more engaging to my students, then sharing the experience with Vietnamese EFL teachers with whom I have the opportunities to work in the capacity as a teacher educator. I find it really exciting to work with teachers and I have learned a great from them. This kind of learning helps me to reconstruct my professional knowledge towards the narrowing of the theory-practice gap. That constantly reconstructed knowledge guides me to do research for international publication.’
Libor Stepanek
'I am Assistant Professor in English at Masaryk University Language Centre, Brno, Czech Republic. I am also a teacher trainer and coordinator of language programmes that focus on EAP soft skills and internationalisation support. My interests are EAP soft skills, such as creativity, critical thinking, presentations, academic writing and videoconferencing. In general, I prefer interdisciplinary and creative approach to language teaching (CALT). My work is based on a formal academic background (MA in English and American Studies; World History; PhD in Political Science); informal drama education (PIRKO Drama Ensemble; director of The Bigy Theatre Workshop - the San Remo Global Educational Festival 2006 Special Committee Award Winner) and later intensive training in ICT-enhanced learning activities (EU Net-Trainer Certification). I am also an author and co-author of online courses and publications, such as Oral Presentations or Academic English (Grada). I enjoy sharing my ideas on a blog: http://eapcreatively.blogspot.cz/. '
Linda Ruas
'I have taught and trained teachers for over 30 years, in the UK, in Brazil (where I lived for ten years), briefly in Japan, and, recently, short volunteer projects in São Tomé and Príncipe and the refugee camp in Calais. I am now working as ESOL lecturer and CELTA trainer at a Greenwich Community College in London, and also run the Easier English New Internationalist wiki (eewiki.newint.org), simplifying articles and creating Ready Lessons, and (forthcoming) books for learning English through global justice topics. Working with New Internationalist has really opened my eyes to human rights and social issues around the world and I now try to creatively involve global issues in all my teaching and training.
Lingaraj Padhan
'I am a postgraduate in English having a Post-Graduate Diploma in the Teaching of English. I teach English and train communication skills to higher classes. I began my professional career in teaching at RISE Group of Institutions, Ongole, A.P., India for about one and a half year. I then moved to teacher education. I want to make a distinguished career in teaching of English and English teacher education. My areas of interest include teaching phonetics, teaching grammar, CLT, English language teaching and education, continuing professional development(CPD), educational technologies, teacher education, and soft skills.'
Louanne Piccolo
‘I live and work in France where I run a small, private language school. This means I'm lucky enough to have free rein in teaching methods. My students, children from three, teenagers and adults, come for general English lessons, ESP and Business English classes. I'm passionate about literature and extensive reading and I encourage my students to read graded readers or graded magazines. I write for English Now and Go English graded language learner magazines here in France which are great tools for classroom use. Two years ago, I started an extensive reading and writing project with my young learners. We use Storybird, which is an online storytelling platform, to write and publish books which encourages extensive reading and writing. We print them as hard cover books and have created our own graded reader library for future and current students. I'd like to set this up with the adult students too. I've taught in South Africa, France and England and have been teaching for twenty years. Humour, creativity and general well-being are essential factors for learning. I try to nurture them in my teaching.'
Luke Prodromou
Luke Prodromou is a teacher, teacher-trainer and materials writer. He has been a speaker at many international conferences. Luke graduated from Bristol University in English and has an MA in Shakespeare Studies (Birmingham University) a Diploma in TEFL (Leeds University) and a Ph.D (Nottingham University). He has conducted teacher training courses for the British Council, Pilgrims (Canterbury) NILE (Norwich) the University of Edinburgh, ESADE (Barcelona), LEND (Italy) et al. He is the author of numerous textbooks. He is a member of a Greek theatre group and is one half of the Dave’n’Luke English Language Theatre group. He is a founder member of the Disabled Access-Friendly campaign. He also gives dramatized talks on Shakespeare and Dickens, their life, work and relevance to modern issues (education, gender equality etc). Website: http://davenluke.wordpress.com/
Małgosia Szwaj
'I started my journey with creativity in the last century (!) first as a teacher at the British Council language unit at Gdańsk University, then a teacher trainer and member of Pilgrims International Team of Trainers and, for the past 26 years, a language school owner and European projects coordinator. Creativity has been my core interest in each of these roles. Along this journey, I explored the creative potential of using pictures and music in the classroom which led on to the work with inner images which trigger meaningful communication, personal expression and narrative.
I have been a partner in two European projects devoted to exploring creativity (stories, drama and film) and storytelling in adult education. I ‘m a co-author of a project handbook on storytelling techniques and feel that stories are holistic vehicles for language improvement, sharing experiences, group bonding, confidence building, and self-esteem.'
I have been a partner in two European projects devoted to exploring creativity (stories, drama and film) and storytelling in adult education. I ‘m a co-author of a project handbook on storytelling techniques and feel that stories are holistic vehicles for language improvement, sharing experiences, group bonding, confidence building, and self-esteem.'
Malu Sciamarelli
'I have been an active member of the English Language Teaching community since 1993, working as a teacher and teacher trainer. While developing my skills as a teacher and trainer, I have also been an active member of a group of teachers dedicated to increase the amount of creativity found in language classrooms throughout the world. I have been a committee member of the Creativity Group for two years, and have published book chapters on 'Teaching Children with Mascot-Inspired Projects' (British Council 2015) and the importance of creativity and play in language learning (British Council, 2017). I have also published articles in several ELT Journals all over the world.
In addition to teaching and writing book chapters and articles, I write poems and short stories for language learners. I am also a conference presenter, having presented in many countries, such as England, Scotland, France, Greece, Hungary, UAE, Indonesia, Japan, and Brazil, as well as many online conferences.'
Website: www.malusciamarelli.weebly.com
In addition to teaching and writing book chapters and articles, I write poems and short stories for language learners. I am also a conference presenter, having presented in many countries, such as England, Scotland, France, Greece, Hungary, UAE, Indonesia, Japan, and Brazil, as well as many online conferences.'
Website: www.malusciamarelli.weebly.com
Mangayarkarasai
Dr. Mangayarkarasai, the national coordinator of ELTAI, is an Associate professor of English at Ethiraj College for Women for the last 14 years.She started her career at Chellamal’s Women’s College as a lecturer in 1996. She is a Doctorate in English Language Teaching. She has authored many books.
• ESL Assessment in Tamil Nadu: Methods and Practices.
• Co-authored “Essentials of Language: a Course and workbook for English Language Lab” … etc…
She is one of the directors of Chennai Literary Association.She has been chaired many a sessions in both national and international conferences all over India.She has published many papers in national and international journals and an active editorial member of both national and international journals. Recipient of BEST TEACHER AWARD 2011 and 2014 in Chennai,felicitated by MM international on Women’s Day and received “BARADHIYAR KANDA PUDHUMAI PEN AWARD” for the best services in education and Lions Club International in 2015 as Best Mentor in 2015.
• ESL Assessment in Tamil Nadu: Methods and Practices.
• Co-authored “Essentials of Language: a Course and workbook for English Language Lab” … etc…
She is one of the directors of Chennai Literary Association.She has been chaired many a sessions in both national and international conferences all over India.She has published many papers in national and international journals and an active editorial member of both national and international journals. Recipient of BEST TEACHER AWARD 2011 and 2014 in Chennai,felicitated by MM international on Women’s Day and received “BARADHIYAR KANDA PUDHUMAI PEN AWARD” for the best services in education and Lions Club International in 2015 as Best Mentor in 2015.
Mangayarkarasi
Dr Mangayarkarasi is from India and works as an offline English Examiner at Serampore University.She is a member of IATEFL (International Association Of Teaching English As A Foreign Language) and has attended some webinars on ELT.Currently She is working for the publication of the ELTONS 2013 nominated E-book 'E-Syllabus For Spoken English Promoters'. She a life-long learner of English Language particularly interested in English for Specific Purposes.
Marcela Cintra
Marcela Cintra is a a teacher and teacher trainer in São Paulo, Brazil. She is an active member of BRAZ-TESOL and has an MA in TESOL (Nottingham University). She strongly believes that every teacher has great potential to achieve higher within their own diverse contexts and it needs to be constantly stimulated to impact learner development as well. She is addicted to helping people grow and to witnessing their successes in the process. She also loves to get involved in various courses (from drama and jewellery to cinema and literature) and learning situations outside her comfort zone to open up perspectives to look at the world and to approach professionals in education. She uses insights from the diversity in perspectives when planning lessons, sessions, meetings. In her free time, she loves writing, reading, watching all types of films, discussing new ideas for lessons, cycling and playing with her nieces and nephews.
Margit Szesztay
'I'm a Hungarian teacher and teacher trainer. What I'm really passionate about is group creativity. Harmonizing energies and tapping into the group's potential. I think individual creativity - no matter how outstanding - only gets us so far. Schools all over the world tend to value individual achievement over cooperative effort. I think this is wrong. Human beings need to be creative, critical, compassionate together. As Einstein put it, we need to 'widen our circle of compassion'. As ELT practitioners, trainers, presenters, materials writers, we need to balance personal ambition with doing things for the common good.’
M.Carmen Fonseca-Mora
Dr. M.Carmen Fonseca-Mora is the head of ReALL (Research in affective language learning group) and professor in the Department of English Philology at the University of Huelva, Spain, where she has been also Vice-Chancellor for Lifelong Learning Programs and Innovation till 2012. She can be defined as a believer. She really believes that we teachers can empower students and develop their capacity for thinking alternatively. She really believes in changes, she believes that for changes in educational contexts to occur, students need to be creatively challenged by teachers, who as lifelong learners are constantly updating their knowledge, their teaching strategies as well as their own creative potential.
Her main research interests are applied linguistics and language teacher training. She is also author of several publications on topics such as music and foreign language learning, ethics, innovation and quality criteria, and visibility of academic journals. Her work has appeared in a significant number of academic journals and edited volumes. She has lectured in Germany, Portugal, France, Italy, Great Britain, Sweden, Peru, United States, Austria and Spain. She’s currently a member of the Conseil Européen pour les Langues / European Language Council (CEL/ELC).
Her main research interests are applied linguistics and language teacher training. She is also author of several publications on topics such as music and foreign language learning, ethics, innovation and quality criteria, and visibility of academic journals. Her work has appeared in a significant number of academic journals and edited volumes. She has lectured in Germany, Portugal, France, Italy, Great Britain, Sweden, Peru, United States, Austria and Spain. She’s currently a member of the Conseil Européen pour les Langues / European Language Council (CEL/ELC).
Maria Diakou
'I am a committed, dedicated and confident educatior. As digital innovations emerge, I attend conferences/seminars and webinars in order to learn and implement new ideas into my own teaching. The rapid evolution of educational technologies and the expanding variety of online learning games and ready to use activities, also makes it increasingly challenging to determine what works best in our teaching. I have provided exceptional contributions to the EFL Cypriot Primary State Education as a member of the piloting team of the new lessons included in the newly adopted curriculum and given feedback and necessary support.
I am a committee member - Newsletter Editor of the CyTEA (Cyprus Teachers of English Association). I have a teaching degree from the Democritus University of Thrace (Department of Primary Level Education - Greece), a Postgraduate Certificate in Professional Studies in Education (Applied Linguistics), a Masters degree in Education and a Doctorate in Education from the Open University.'
I am a committee member - Newsletter Editor of the CyTEA (Cyprus Teachers of English Association). I have a teaching degree from the Democritus University of Thrace (Department of Primary Level Education - Greece), a Postgraduate Certificate in Professional Studies in Education (Applied Linguistics), a Masters degree in Education and a Doctorate in Education from the Open University.'
Maria Do Céu Pires Costa
Maria Do Céu Pires Costa was born in Pinhel, a lovely inner town in Portugal, renowned for her historical sites. She has been living and working in Évora, a World Heritage Town. She holds a degree in Germanic Philology from the Faculty of Letters, University of Lisbon. She has been an EFL teacher for more than thirty years, being retired now. She is an active member of the International Association of Teachers of English – IATEFL, and a collaborator with the Portuguese Association of Teachers of English – APPI. She writes poetry and has co-authored with Rachid Acim her first poem collection, A Letter to the President of the U.S., (Chiado Editora, 2011).
Maria Heron
Maria Heron is CELTA Centre Manager at NILE and has been working as a teacher and teacher trainer for over 30 years. Her work has mainly been in the UK but she has also worked with teachers in Canada, Panamá, Chile, Argentina, Kazakhstan and Russia. She has recently completed a dissertation in affective engagement in materials writing. Her main areas of interest are using affectively engaging texts in the classroom and encouraging creativity on pre-service courses at NILE. She is keen to learn from colleagues and has just been part of a team setting up a new peer observation scheme at NILE.
Maria Soledad Bernardes
'I am a passionate teacher of English with more than 16 years’ experience working with all kinds of levels and age groups. A few years ago, I became interested in educational technologies and developed a website with my reflections on the impact of technology on education which is now a resource for professional development for instructors around the world. At the moment, I am developing new educational resources to help teachers implement innovative e-learning courses, tools and technologies in their classrooms.'
Maria Theologidou
Maria Theologidou has been working as an EFL teacher and subtitler/translator since 2004. Graduated from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in 2005, she also holds an MA in Audiovisual Translation from the University of Surrey. Apart from teaching, Maria is also an avid blogger - apart from her own blog mariatheologidou.wordpress.com, she also blogs for British Council's TeachingEnglish blogs. She's a member of EdSpeakers and has also participated in the EduPassions web conference. She's interested in promoting creativity and fostering critical thinking in the classroom and has presented workshops in TESOL seminars in Thessaloniki and Athens, Greece. Recently she has become interested in creativity in the exam classroom setting and the ways it can help boost other essential skills such as problem solving or analytical thinking. Maria is also the General Secretary and e-bulletin Editor in Chief of TESOL Macedonia Thrace, Northern Greece.
Marisa Constantinides
'I have been a teacher/teacher educator for more than 25 years and run CELT Athens where I tutor and write courses from pre-service to Diploma level face-to-face and online. Apart from training and administration work for my centre, I do a lot of volunteer work for ELT, have served on TESOL Greece boards, and am one of the moderators who run #ELTchat, a weekly hashtagged discussion on Twiiter shortlisted for an ELTons Award for Innovation in Teacher Resources in 2012. I have also moderated a number of TESOL EVO workshops, including Digital Storytelling for Children and MachinEVO, film-making in Second Life. Publications include a 3-book series for YL's, activity books for literary texts and numerous articles in a variety of print and online journals - some can be viewed here. My main/personal blog is TEFL Matters but I maintain a number of other blogs including the #ELTchat blog.'
Marisol Guzman Cova
'I have been an EFL professor and teacher former for 18 years in a public university in Puebla, Mexico. I hold a MA in Educational technologies and Communication. I coordinated my institution’s ELT major for 4 years. I am currently studying a PhD in applied Linguistics in the University of Southampton. My research is about teacher autonomy and creativity as a possible construct of it. My areas of interest are teacher development, technologies in teaching, creativity, and autonomy. I enjoy traveling, swimming, dancing, taking pictures and collaborating with others'.
Marjorie Rosenberg
Marjorie Rosenberg has a Master of Fine Arts in music performance and has long been interested in incorporating music and art into the English classroom. Originally from the US, she has been teaching English in Austria since 1981 and training teachers and presenting at conferences since the mid 1980’s. Her publications include coursebooks, books of photocopiable activities and articles and books on methodology. The topics she presents and writes about include use of music in the classroom, cooperative learning, personalization of materials, NLP and creating activities to appeal to a wide range of learner types. Marjorie has served on the Membership Committee of IATEFL as well as IATEFL BESIG Coordinator. She is the current President of IATEFL. She blogs at https://learnerasteacher.wordpress.com/
Mark Almond
Mark Almond is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of English and Language Studies at Canterbury Christ Church University, where he directs and teaches on various Undergraduate, Post-graduate Diploma and MA linguistics and language teacher training programmes. He has taught, trained English language teachers and carried out consultancies in several countries including Hong Kong, Italy, India, Malaysia, Hungary, Austria, Portugal, Spain, Turkey and Switzerland. His main areas of interest are in the use of drama in the language classroom and performance-related skills for effective and affective teaching to maximise socio-psychological harmony in the classroom. He has published widely in these and other areas and is often invited to speak at conferences around the world on his areas of expertise.
Mark Lloyd
I am a language school principal and materials writer with nearly 25 years’ experience in the ELT industry. I am currently the principal of Kaplan’s school in Bath in the UK, having previously worked as a teacher, teacher trainer, Project Manager and Director of Studies in Spain, Portugal, Saudia Arabia and the UK. I have written and contributed to course books, teachers’ books and supplementary materials with many publishers including Richmond ELT, Cambridge University Press and Macmillan, and have presented at many international ELT conferences and events including IATEFL UK, IATEFL Poland, EUK, FAAPI, TESOL Spain and publisher and agent events in UK, Spain, Belgium, Netherlands, Russia, Bulgaria, Albania, Italy and the Baltic States. My published works include Active Grammar and English Unlimited (CUP), New Framework and The Big Picture (Richmond ELT), and The Business and In Company (Macmillan). I have also written several articles for MET, including the Keynote article from Volume 18 No. 4 (2009), and run the blog thespeakingcyclist.com/
Martin Eayrs
Martin Eayrs has worked in ELT publishing as a proofreader, writer, editor, production manager and publisher. For seven years he published ELT News & Views and he was for another seven years editor of IATEFL Issues (latterly Voices). He has behind him an academic career as a university lecturer in both the UK and South America, and has worked as Academic Director and Centre Manager in Private Further Education. He has also worked as a consultant in ELT marketing for the British Council and other institutions. Currently he works as an item writer for a number of international exam boards, as an external examiner and moderator and as an inspector of language schools and FE institutions in the private sector. His first degree was in English and Spanish literature, and he is currently studying for an MA in Creative Writing. A recent interest in photography has led him to the wedding of image and text for creative effect; this is very much a work in progress, but one he hopes to develop. He divides his time between homes and family in the UK and northern Patagonia.
Mel Rosenberg
'I am a university professor and inventor, retired from Tel Aviv University who teaches (inter alia) courses in creativity and creative thinking at colleges here in Israel (we have also invented a method to engender creative ideas). I have written many e-books on creativity, and many children's books and videos on various subjects. In addition, I am co-founder of Ourboox.com, a simple, free (completely free) platform that allows teachers and students to create page-flipping e-books that incorporate text, pictures, videos and any embeddable material.'
Meng Tian
‘I have been teaching English for more than a decade at Shanxi NormalUniversity, P. R. China. I hold a Ph.D in English Language Teaching. My main research interests include discourse analysis, creative writing, fluency and accuracy, and group dynamics. I love creative writing and have the practice of integrating creative writing in my writing classes to develop my students’ imagination and creativity. My love of literature makes me not just a teacher but also a writer and an illustrator. I never give up the hope of creating stories, especially graphic stories for young learners. When I create them, I often feel time has never passed and I’m in a variety of worlds. I hope the stories can transport young readers to different worlds and instill in them the love of literature and passion for life’.
Michelle Hunter
'I believe being human makes us all inherently creative. Sometimes, I feel unsure about my creativity then realise being willing to share “crazy ideas” is an act of courage. Being courageous with my learners is something I have come to value over 16 years of freelance teaching in southern Germany. My own learning journey is ever ongoing; currently it involves studying at Master’s level, how coaching practice can support language teaching. I am creatively integrating what I have learned from the “Thinking Environment” into both in-company and university classes. Additionally, I am stepping away from the familiarity of business English into the critically reflective world of academic English. This affords me new avenues to explore and test my inventiveness on. Talking of which, I feel my latest website (I enjoy creating digital interfaces!) is a good example of one element of my creativity:www.demandhighsilently.com '
Mike Bilbrough
'I have been a teacher in Spain in schools and companies for some twenty-five years. I have long worked alongside the theory that second languages in Spanish schools would be better and more rapidly acquired through reducing explicit instruction and instead emphasise simple exposure to language through powerful and comprehended input. This is where creativity is needed! Devising tools to help teachers present language to learners so it can be usefully internalised rather than learnt as a series of formulas. My Masters thesis explored a computer programme I wrote that facilitated students of business English with relevant phrasal chunks to compile emails in the workplace and thereby gradually acquire the language. My Phd and research with Seville University has been on the development of a gesture code for presenting and eliciting L2 English for young learners allowing exposure to and full comprehension of oral language without the need of the text ' http://www.gestureway.com/
Motikala Subba Dewan
Motikala Subba Dewan is an Associate Prof. of English at Ratna Rajya Laxmi Campus, Tribhuvan University as well as an advocate practice in the Supreme Court, Senior Vice-President of Nepal English Language Teachers' Association (NELTA), Executive Member of Environmental Unit, Nepal Bar Association, the Supreme Court Nepal, Central Committee Member of Tribhuvan University Teachers' Association (TUTA), Educational/Legal Consultant of Cosmic Education Training and Research Academy (CETRA), Kathmandu, one of the members of Asian Creative Writing Group. She is a trainer, creative writer, translator, rapporteur and interpreter. She has participated and presented papers in many national and international seminar, workshops and conferences, conducted trainings and workshops as a consultant in different parts of Nepal. She has published many articles in different journals and magazines and published books in both disciplines; English and Law.
Her Academic Qualification:
Note: PhD Scholar
Her Academic Qualification:
- MPhil in English (2011-2013), IACER, Pokhara University
- LLM in Environmental Law (2004-2006), Nepal Law Campus, Kathmandu, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
- MA in English (1985-1987), Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Nepal
Note: PhD Scholar
Nick Bilbrough
'I came into teaching languages 25 years ago through agriculture and then drama. I’ve since worked in three continents in a wide range of very interesting and challenging contexts, running training courses for language teachers in many parts of the word and speaking regularly at conferences worldwide. I now run Horizon Language Training in Totnes, Devon, UK, specializing in short courses for teachers on innovative, creative and motivating approaches to language teaching. I hold an MA in Educational drama and I’m particularly interested in creativity and memorisation, and in the links between these two areas.'
Website: http://www.horizonlanguagetraining.co.uk/
Website: http://www.horizonlanguagetraining.co.uk/
Nik Peachey
Nik Peachey is a freelance teacher trainer, materials writer, blogger and consultant specialising in digital publishing and the development of digital resources for teachers. He has been involved in English language teaching since 1992 and has worked all over the world as a teacher, trainer and project manager. In 2016 after winning the British Council ELTon award for Innovations in Teacher Resources he co-founded https://peacheypublications.com/
He is now based in the UK but is still a regular international conference speaker.
He is now based in the UK but is still a regular international conference speaker.
Niki Christodoulou
Dr Niki Christodoulou is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Languages and Literature at the University of Nicosia, Cyprus. For the last three decades, she has dedicated her love of education and teaching in the field of English as a Second and Foreign Language. Early in her career, Niki taught English as a Second Language at the high school level in the U.S. where she was also the school coordinator in charge of developing the English as a Second Language curriculum. Since then she has been teaching English as a Foreign Language as well as teacher education courses at the university level in Cyprus. Her research interests lie in the areas of Reflection, Reflective Practice, Reflective Mentoring, Reflective Teaching, Teacher Education and Teacher Training, Teacher Autonomy and Teacher Empowerment. She holds a BA and an MA from the American University, Washington D.C. and an EdD from the University of Nottingham, U.K. Niki is the author of the book “Reflective Development through the Care Model: Empowering Teachers of English as a Foreign Language”. Niki is also a Certified Life Coach, Certified Neuro-Linguistic (NLP) Coach and Certified NLP Practitioner.
Nina Lauder
Nina Lauder, born in Canada, now in Seville, Spain, is a certified Oxford University Teacher Trainer, and an ELT and CLIL expert who has been working in the field of education for decades. She works as a teacher, facilitator and materials writer, has handled tasks in over thirty countries, and has collaborated with the British Council, Bell International and the Spanish Ministry of Education on professional development programmes. She has recently co-authored books for the Think! Do! Learn!, the My Little CLIL World series (OUPE-CLIL) and she is the author of more than twenty stories to teach Social Sciences and Natural Sciences to young learners. She is also the author of JET: Projects across the Curriculum (Mary Glasgow Magazines), co-author of the Explorers series (OUP), and has written worksheets and activities for Dancing English. She was the editor of the Oxford Magazine at OUP Spain for several years, and currently works as an educational consultant in schools throughout Spain. For more information, visit her website: http://www.ninalauder.com
Olja Milosevic
Olja Milosevic has been involved in second and foreign language teaching at all levels in primary, secondary and tertiary education. She holds a PhD in Applied Linguistics from the University of Belgrade and is primarily interested in teacher education and intercultural learning. She currently works in an international school in Serbia where she teaches English to energetic and creative teenagers. She believes that only creative teachers could stay sane.
Paolo Torresan
Paolo Torresan currently teaches Language Teaching Methodology at the Università di Catania, Ragusa (Italy).He has run research and training activities at universities in California, Spain, Brazil and England. His books include: The Multiple Intelligences Theory and Language Learning (Perugia 2010). You can download some of his essays from the website academia.edu. He is Editor-in-chief for two e-zines for teachers of Italian as a FL: Officina.it and Bollettino Itals. His main interests are: developing creative tasks, dramatic improvisation, creating assessments able to cater to the needs of diverse students. Website: https://unict.academia.edu/PaoloTorresan
Peter Brereton
Peter Brereton teaches at the International Christian University in Tokyo and is also a Delta Local Tutor and External Assessor. He began teaching in 2007, working in France, Latvia, Spain, Australia, Ireland, and the U.K, before moving to Japan in 2012. After an extended break as an academic manager and teacher trainer, he has recently moved back into full-time teaching. As a teacher, he enjoys creating materials and delivering lessons which inspire creativity in his students. As a reflective practitioner, he finds passion in collaborating and discussing with colleagues and in listening to what others say. As a researcher, he is currently carrying out a duoethnography on the use of creativity in language teaching. He holds a Delta and an MA in TESOL, and his professional interests include spontaneity and improvisation in response to emerging needs in the classroom, and the power of reflective practice and collaboration in teacher development.
Paul Keyworth
Paul completed his B.Sc. in Molecular and Cellular Biology at the University of Kent at Canterbury in England. After graduating, he left Britain and embarked upon his career in English language teaching, henceforth hanging up his lab coat and swapping D-N-A for E-F-L. Since 2002, Paul has taught in a wide variety of educational contexts in South Korea, Singapore, the UK, and the USA. In 2014, he attained his MA in TESL at St. Cloud State University (SCSU) in Minnesota and was the winner of SCSU's 2014 Distinguished Thesis Award for his acoustic phonetic work on pronunciation. Currently, Paul is pursuing his Ed.D. in Higher Education Administration, also at SCSU, where he is focusing on management and leadership issues in EAP, e-learning, and corporate education and outreach programmes run by universities. In particular, he is managing a proposal for an interdisciplinary research project related to online workplace language and culture training.
Paul Seligson
Paul Seligson has been ‘TEFLing’ worldwide for 39 years and is well-known for his lively, pragmatic training. An MA in TEFL and CELTA assessor, he’s produced 20 series of coursebooks as author, consultant, contributor or editor, and trained teachers worldwide. His many publications include English File (OUP), Helping Students to Speak, Essential English 1-5 and Kids’ Web 1-5 (all for Richmond), and, most recently, English ID, a 4-level course from Richmond, the first specifically written for Romance Language background learners, available in both British and American English, and Identities 1 and 2, the B2 and C1-level continuation of that series. He works freelance based between Brighton and Rio de Janeiro, contact: paulseligson@gmail.com
Peter Levrai
Peter Lutzker
'I grew up in New York and studied literature and music before becoming an orchestra musician in Germany. I then decided to become a Steiner School EFL teacher and remained one for twenty five years. During this time I became increasingly involved in teacher education. I also studied linguistics and sensory physiology and wrote a book on the perception of language as a sensory process. In the context of designing programmes for language teachers throughout Europe, I have worked closely with actors, directors, clowns and storytellers with the aim of enhancing the artistry of language teachers throughout different forms of dramatic training. In 2010 I became a professor at the Freie Hochschule in Stuttgart, Germany.'
Péter Medgyes
Péter Medgyes CBE, is Professor Emeritus of Applied Linguistics and Language Pedagogy at Eötvös Loránd University Budapest. During his career he was a schoolteacher, teacher trainer, vice rector, deputy state secretary and ambassador of Hungary. He was a plenary speaker in 45 countries and is the author of numerous articles and books, including The Non-Native Teacher (Macmillan, 1994, winner of the Duke of Edinburgh Book Competition), The Language Teacher (Corvina, 1997), Laughing Matters (Cambridge University Press, 2002) and Golden Age: Twenty Years of Foreign Language Education in Hungary (National Textbook Publishing Company, 2011).
Phil Wade
'I am a university teacher in France and completing a PhD in Higher Education. I have an MA TESOL, DELTA module 3, CELTA, a PGCE and certificates in coaching and mentoring. I was also a Cambridge examiner and Cert iBET tutor.
I have worked in ELT as a teacher, course manager, examiner, teacher trainer, elearning, lesson plan, app and materials designer as well as a social media manager for 17 years. Several of my articles, interviews and reviews have been published by ELT magazines and journals and my guest blog posts have appeared on numerous blogs.
I won the 2015 BESIG David Riley innovation award and I was one of the writers of the NEWSMART app which won the Riley in 2014 and was nominated for an ELTON. I additionally won the OneStopEnglish and Language Point lesson plan competitions.
I am a firm believer in pushing oneself, our students and the world of education, which I attempt to do in my own classroom-based research, my self-published co-created ebook projects (20+) and my marketing work.'
I have worked in ELT as a teacher, course manager, examiner, teacher trainer, elearning, lesson plan, app and materials designer as well as a social media manager for 17 years. Several of my articles, interviews and reviews have been published by ELT magazines and journals and my guest blog posts have appeared on numerous blogs.
I won the 2015 BESIG David Riley innovation award and I was one of the writers of the NEWSMART app which won the Riley in 2014 and was nominated for an ELTON. I additionally won the OneStopEnglish and Language Point lesson plan competitions.
I am a firm believer in pushing oneself, our students and the world of education, which I attempt to do in my own classroom-based research, my self-published co-created ebook projects (20+) and my marketing work.'
Phuong thi Anh LE
Phuong thi Anh LE, Ed.D., has won various grants to do her education in TESOL and Applied Linguistics in Australia, USA and UK. As an EFL lecturer and teacher trainer for over 30 years in Vietnam, she has been involved in EFL teaching and teacher education for Nha trang Education College and other universities, in addition to working for national projects in the fields. She has published extensively in various journals and has given many conference presentations in Vietnam, Australia, USA, Korea, Thailand and Nepal. She has worked as a supervisor for M.A. theses on EFL teaching, textbook evaluation, material adaptation and contrastive linguistics. Her major research interests include syllabus design, assessment, cross-cultural communication and discourse analysis. She is interested in trying new ideas in her classes and is a member of Asian teacher-writer group.
Richard Stockton
Richard J. Stockton is an English language teacher. Hailing from the snowy Canadian prairies, he has taught EFL learners in various settings in Asia. His professional interests include young learners, historical development of language learning, and intersections of TESOL with philosophy. His graduate work was on “reculturing” language and used Purnell’s cultural competence model to document localization of culture in Indonesian government English textbooks, and introduces the relatively new notion of Islamic English (in press, Indonesia JELT). Richard has also presented on his mentor, William R. Acton’s haptic pronunciation teaching system, which draws on neuro-linguistic programming (TEFLIN, 2017). Most recently, he developed English language teaching metaphorical associative cards (ELTMAC) based on Jungian archetypes to assist teaching narrative; he carried out empirical research with 22 classes demonstrating statistically significant improvement in communicative competence and writing compared to the textbook and PowerPoint taught control group (in press, Humanizing Language Teaching Magazine). Richard’s current projects are on applying Ibn Khaldun’s “Muqaddimah” to ELT, and understanding TESOL from the right, for example, Heideggerian or nationalist perspectives on language and the globalization of English. Richard’s research style uses networking with and interviewing the authors and experts his studies cite.
Rachel Harris
'I have been teaching for over twenty years, concentrating on teens and YL for the last ten. I am YL & Teen SIG coordinator for ETAS (English Teachers’ Association Switzerland) and regularly write articles and present at conferences and workshops on subjects close to my heart, such as creativity, storytelling, project-based learning, motivation, differentiated learning and Specific Learning Differences. I am newsletter editor for the IATEFL IP & SEN (Inclusive Practices and Special Educational Needs) SIG group.
I firmly believe we should never stop learning, I am an avid consumer of webinars, CPD in general and have recently completed an M.A. TESOL with Sheffield Hallam university.
Running keeps me sane, reading works my brain. I love writing and I blog at www.fabenglishideas.com.
School tends to suck the creativity out of pupils as they pass through the system, and our job is to put a stop to that, to ask the right questions and rekindle curiosity and creativity.’
I firmly believe we should never stop learning, I am an avid consumer of webinars, CPD in general and have recently completed an M.A. TESOL with Sheffield Hallam university.
Running keeps me sane, reading works my brain. I love writing and I blog at www.fabenglishideas.com.
School tends to suck the creativity out of pupils as they pass through the system, and our job is to put a stop to that, to ask the right questions and rekindle curiosity and creativity.’
Rebeca Duriga
'I'm a teacher and constant learner, with a particular passion – and tragically never enough time – for languages and world literatures. My professional experience includes collaborative meaning-based translation, ELT materials design, modest journal writing, and more significantly teaching a variety of class types, levels and age groups while working for International House in Bucharest and Wrocław and currently for British Council in Warsaw. I have a degree in English and History from the University of Bucharest and completed both my initial and high-level (Delta) teaching qualifications quite successfully, partly because I believe teaching is about building up students' confidence by making the most of their own assets (skills, talents, creativity, know-how) which are not to be underestimated. My teaching motto has therefore become 'When in doubt, the right thing to do in the classroom is the kind thing', whatever will make the learner shine. It's never failed me so far.'
Rob Howard
Rob Howard is the owner of Online Language Center, partner at Business Language Training Institute and founder of EFLtalks. He is a speaker worldwide on Business English, Online Teaching, Self-Publishing, Student Retention and Image Presentation. He is Joint Coordinator of the IATEFL BESIG Web and Online Team, Online and Video Coordinator and Video Interviewer for the Visual Arts Circle, President of the BRAZ-TESOL BESIG as well as co-founder with Dorothy Zemach of the Independent Authors & Publishers. He has authored and coauthored several books for EFL. He was nominated for the 2016 British Council's ELTon Award for Innovation in Teacher Development. He lives in Brazil and Poland.
www.robhoward.me/
www.robhoward.me/
Robert Hill
'After studying Greek, Latin and English Literature at Oxford University I taught EFL in Spain, Greece and England. In 1983 I moved to Italy, teaching English language and literature at universities in Cagliari, Verona and Milan. Now I’m a freelance teacher, trainer, writer and editor.
I’ve written several language/literature texts, my favourites being the 1990s Prentice Hall Introductions to Modern English Literature. I was series editor of Black Cat graded readers (2005-16); some books I edited won ERF awards. I’ve given talks/workshops on reading in most European and Latin American countries.
A long-time LitSIG member, I’ve given sessions during LitSIG days at the annual conferences and PCEs (recently, on travel writing, Shakespeare posters and the ‘Shakespeare Lives’ films).
In 2009 I fielded an online discussion on Intertextuality, and I’d love to continue LitSIG’s commitment to the multifarious fascination of literature, song, film, artworks and media – and increase its global reach.'
I’ve written several language/literature texts, my favourites being the 1990s Prentice Hall Introductions to Modern English Literature. I was series editor of Black Cat graded readers (2005-16); some books I edited won ERF awards. I’ve given talks/workshops on reading in most European and Latin American countries.
A long-time LitSIG member, I’ve given sessions during LitSIG days at the annual conferences and PCEs (recently, on travel writing, Shakespeare posters and the ‘Shakespeare Lives’ films).
In 2009 I fielded an online discussion on Intertextuality, and I’d love to continue LitSIG’s commitment to the multifarious fascination of literature, song, film, artworks and media – and increase its global reach.'
Roberta Amendola
B.A. in Languages - Portuguese-Spanish from the University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil. Postgraduate degree in Teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language, PUC-SP. MBA in Publishing, FIA∕USP. M.A. candidate in Developing Materials for the Teaching of Spanish as a Foreign Language at the University of São Paulo (USP). Editorial manager for Santillana Publishing, Brazil. Textbook editor.
Rod Bolitho
'I have been involved in English Language Teaching as a teacher, teacher educator, trainer, writer, facilitator, consultant and academic manager for over 45 years now. I remain most interested in helping others to develop as professionals and in seeing how this development has an impact on their confidence, presence and ability to make a difference. I have written a few articles and co-authored a few books, but I thrive on, and believe in, real-time engagement with fellow professionals. I am based in Norwich and work part-time with Norwich Institute for Language Education (NILE), part-time as a consultant on various projects and initiatives overseas, and part-time as ‘Grandad’ to my wife’s little orphaned grandson, who lives with us. I find it easy to identify with what the C group stands for and am glad to have an opportunity to belong to a group of like-minded people rather than just sounding off about some of these issues as an individual. I’m particularly interested in ‘alternative’ views of language and materials, and in CPD as a potentially life-enhancing and creative process for teachers (focussing on ‘being’ rather than ‘having’ in Fromm’s terms).'
Rokhatoy Boltaeva
Rokhatoy Boltaeva has been working as a teacher of English at the Uzbekistan State University of world languages since 2004 . She is responsible for teaching the graduate students on the subjects like Integrated skills, Writing and DUET (Developing Uzbekistan English Language Teachers), which is considered to be a methodology course for graduate students. She also works as a teacher-trainer at the Republican pedagogical innovation centre under World languages university. Her current teaching duties and responsibilities are teaching English, training EL teachers, creating and designing materials for the students' studies, supervising researchers and being active in the work of several projects like PRESETT, DUET and ENSPIRE-U projects of British Council in Uzbekistan. As a member of UzTEA (Uzbekistan Teachers of English Association) she is a regular conference-goer and presenter at UzTEA conferences held annually in Uzbekistan. Being a member of IATEFL and TESOL-Arabia gives her a great opportunity to be in a current flow of Teaching English around the world.
Rose Aylett
'I am a freelance teacher, trainer and educational consultant based in Liverpool in the North-West of England. Over the last 12 years I have worked both in the UK and abroad, predominantly in the Middle East and North Africa region. I hold a Masters in Islamic Studies and in 2016 was approved as an Assistant Course Tutor on the Cambridge CELTA. I am particularly interested in the use of oral storytelling, materials-light teaching, and the integration of global issues into the EFL classroom. A major focus of my recent work has been the search for teacher-centred alternatives to the traditional INSETT and creative solutions to overcome ‘training fatigue’ among the teachers I coach and mentor. I am currently undertaking an MA in Professional Development in Language Education through Nile Online.'
Rose Bard
'I have been teaching English in Brazil for more than 17 years now. I teach mostly pre-Teens, Teens and Adults. I work for a Technological and Educational Institute with its own language school. I'm also a mentor at iTDi (www.itdi.pro) and I co-moderate the English Teachers In Brazil Facebook Group. I’m a BRAZTESOL member and I just joined my local group of Google for educators as a volunteer. My University studies focused on Childhood and Adult Education, Literacy and Critical Pedagogy. I'm a firm believer that English learners should have plenty of opportunities to use language in their own way and using their own language repertoire through interesting and engaging tasks. Because of that, I became very interested in task design, authenticity, digital tools, storytelling, comics and tasks that promote collaboration and creativity and are open enough to support mixed-abilities/levels groups.'
Rosie Tanner
'The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind." Khalil Gibran. For me, creativity in ELT is supporting my participants to find who they are – as language learners, as teachers, as trainers. Creating is different from making - it comes from within, comes into existence out of nothing. And I realise that I am at my happiest when I create: when I write, put a workshop together, am flexible with a training group on the spot, design an itinerary for an adventure or take photos.
Here are a few books I have created related to ELT: Tasks for Teacher Education course book and trainer’s book (alas out of print), CLIL Skills written with a Creative Commons licence (print-on-demand, free pdf – contact me) and CLIL Activities (CUP). My ambition has always been to write a travel book.
I’ve been a (I hope, creative) teacher, author and trainer in ELT and CLIL for more than 30 years and have worked in Brazil, Chile, China, Egypt, Finland, France, India, Japan, Kazakhstan, the Netherlands, Poland and Spain. I have worked as a freelance consultant since 2012. See www.rosietanner.com, my professional Facebook page or mail me at info@rosietanner.com
Here are a few books I have created related to ELT: Tasks for Teacher Education course book and trainer’s book (alas out of print), CLIL Skills written with a Creative Commons licence (print-on-demand, free pdf – contact me) and CLIL Activities (CUP). My ambition has always been to write a travel book.
I’ve been a (I hope, creative) teacher, author and trainer in ELT and CLIL for more than 30 years and have worked in Brazil, Chile, China, Egypt, Finland, France, India, Japan, Kazakhstan, the Netherlands, Poland and Spain. I have worked as a freelance consultant since 2012. See www.rosietanner.com, my professional Facebook page or mail me at info@rosietanner.com
Russell Stannard
Russell Stannard is a Principal Teaching Fellow at the University of Warwick. He runs a website that provides free step by step help videos to encourage teachers to incorporate ICT into their teaching and learning. Russell won the Times Higher 'Outstanding Initiative in ICT' and the British Council ELTons award for technology for his website. He trains teachers in using technology in their language teaching and has a particulary interest in feedback and distance learning. He writes regular columns in the English Teaching Professional and in the Teacher Trainer and is a regular contributer in the Modern English Teacher, LEND journal in Italy and the TESOL Spain Magazine. He has more than 20 years teaching experience in ELT and was previously Director of Studies of International House in Seville. He has worked on a range of publications mainly writing photocopiable materials and teachers books.
Website: http://www.teachertrainingvideos.com/
Website: http://www.teachertrainingvideos.com/
