Leading Stars of Teaching - CONFIRMED STARS!
| Dr. Herbert Puchta | Cambridge University Press (CUP) |
 | Herbert Puchta has a Ph.D. in ELT Pedagogy from the University of Graz, Austria, and was until recently Professor of English at the Teacher Training University in Graz. He has been a plenary speaker at a number of international conferences, and has conducted workshops and given seminars worldwide. Herbert is a Master Practitioner in Neuro-Linguistic Programming. For almost two decades, he has carried out research into the practical application of findings from cognitive psychology to the teaching of English as a foreign language. Herbert has co-authored numerous course books for the teaching of English as a foreign language, as well as articles and resource books. His latest coursebooks are Playway to English, Join Us, More! and English in Mind and resource titles are Teaching Grammar Creatively, Multiple Intelligences in EFL and Imagine That!, all published by Cambridge University Press. Herbert Puchta webpage: http://www.herbertpuchta.com/page/html/bio.html |
| Hugh Dellar | Heinle - CENGAGE |
 | Hugh Dellar is a teacher and teacher trainer at the University of Westminster, London as well as the co-author of the Innovations series, published by Thomson Heinle. He has been teaching for twelve years, predominantly in London, but also spent three years working in Jakarta, Indonesia. He has given teacher training and development talks all over the world and is particularly interested in the implications of new findings on language for teaching, training and materials development. |
| Ken Wilson | Oxford University Press (OUP) |
 | Ken Wilson trains teachers all over the world and is a prolific author of ELT materials with more than twenty titles to his name, including about a dozen series of coursebooks. His latest course material is called Smart Choice and is published by Oxford University Press. |
| Shaun Wilden | Oxford University Press (OUP) |
 | Shaun Wilden has been involved in English language teaching for almost twenty years. He is currently the International House World Organisation Teacher Training Coordinator but also works as a freelance teacher trainer and materials writer for OUP – contributing materials to a number of coursebooks including the Business One:One and Business result series for Oxford University Press. Apart from that he maintains several online teaching sites including ihonlinetraining.net and is interested in the application of technology to teaching. He is also an external advisor on the Czech Maturita exam in particular on the writing and speaking papers. Feel free to follow him on twitter (Shaunwilden) |
| Dr. Joan Saslow | Pearson Longman |
 | Joan Saslow has taught in a variety of programs in South America and the United States. She is author of a number of multi-level integrated-skills courses for adults and young adults: Ready to Go: Language, Lifeskills, and Civics; Workplace Plus: Living and Working in English; and of Literacy Plus. She is also author of English in Context: Reading Comprehension for Science and Technology. Ms. Saslow was the series director of True Colors and True Voices. She participates in the English Language Specialist Program in the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. |
| Nick Perkins | Pearson Longman |
 | Nick Perkins has worked as a teacher, teacher trainer and ELT manager for the past 15years. Based in Colombia since 1999, he managed the ELT Department at the Universidad Externado de Colombia for four years before moving to Pearson where he currently works as Academic Development Manager for Latin America. Nick has spoken on ELT related topics at major conferences and in private and public schools, universities and other institutions all over Colombia, in South America and Asia. His principal areas of investigation are student motivation in ELL and incorporating technology into ELT. Nick is very well-known for his academic and ELT background, his charisma, creativity and great interpersonal skills. |
| Paul Seligson | Richmond |
 | Paul's been ‘TEFLing’ worldwide for over 30 years, is a BrazTESOL regular and is well-known for providing lively, highly practical, classroom-focused training. A CELTA assessor, his many publications include English File (OUP), and for Richmond Publishing Helping Students to Speak, Awesome, Can Do, Kids Web, and most recently Essential English 1-5 and American Essential English 1-5, a new shorter course for (young) adults. He works freelance from Rio de Janeiro as a trainer, consultant and author. Contact: paulseligson@googlemail.com |
| Ben Goldstein | Richmond |
 | Ben Goldstein has taught English in Spain for twenty years and currently works on The New School’s MATESOL program (New York). He is lead author of the adult coursebook series ‘New Framework’ and the forthcoming ‘The Big Picture’ (both Richmond). He has also published a methodology handbook ‘Working with Images’ (Cambridge). His interests in ELT include intercultural issues, questions of identity and World Englishes. Twitter: @GoldsteinBen http://www.bengoldstein.es/blog/ |
| Michael Carrier | The British Council |
 | Michael Carrier is Head of English Language Innovation for the British Council, London. He has been involved in ELT for over 30 years as a teacher, trainer, author, school director and was CEO of IH World until 2008. He has worked in Germany, Italy, Poland, UK and the USA, and lectured in many other countries worldwide. He was formerly Executive Director of Eurocentres in Washington D.C. and until 2008 CEO of the International House World network of schools. He has written a number of ELT coursebooks and skills books, including the Front Page series, Business Circles, Intermediate Writing Skills and Spotlight Readers. His special field of interest is in e-learning and the application of technology to Language Teaching, and he is the Editor of the Technology section of Modern English Teacher, and was recently Associate Professor at New School University, New York. He is currently serving on the Board of the EAQUALS organization as Special Advisor, and is a member of the Board of OUP's English Language Teaching Journal and CUP’s Language Teaching journal. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a Member of the Institute of Directors and a Member of the Society of Authors, London. |
| Peter A. Sokolowski | The U.S. Embassy – RELO |
 | Editor at Large Peter joined Merriam-Webster in 1994, and has since defined and edited entries for the best-selling Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate® Dictionary, Eleventh Edition, Merriam-Webster’s French-English Dictionary, and Merriam-Webster’s Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary. Peter represents the company in national author tours, radio and television interviews, and various presentations covering a wide range of language-related topics. His duties include hosting Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day podcast and editing Merriam-Webster’s Open Dictionary (two popular features on the company’s free Web site Merriam-Webster.com). He also answers questions from English language learners and teachers from around the world in the Ask the Editors blog at LearnersDictionary.com and has served as pronouncer for spelling bees in the United States, Korea, and India. Peter attended the University of Paris and taught French at the University of Massachusetts while earning his M.A. in French Literature. He also maintains a busy freelance career as a musician and presents jazz programming for Western New England’s National Public Radio affiliate. |
| Ellen Konstantis | WMF - Martins Fontes |
 | Ellen Konstantis was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, has completed an Honors BA in English and a Health and Social Sciences BA in Counseling Psychology at the University of South Africa. She has been teaching English as a foreign language since 1995. Her particular field of interest is language development in young children and adolescents. Mrs. Konstantis is currently involved in teacher training and travels widely in this capacity. She is a familiar figure to teachers in many countries throughout Europe and the Middle East where she has conducted teacher training seminars. She has worked with MM Publications as an ELT consultant and teacher trainer for many years. |
