Mark Almond is a Senior Lecturer at Christ Church University, Canterbury, UK where he teaches Applied Linguistics and Communication Studies as well as a range of classroom methodology courses for pre- and in-service English language teachers. His main areas of professional interest are in the use of drama in language teaching, teacher identity and the role of affect and performance-related interpersonal skills for teachers in the classroom. In addition to his work at Christ Church, Mark has published widely in these areas and speaks and delivers workshops at conferences and educational institutions around the world. His book ‘Teaching English with Drama’ was published by Pavilion Publishing in 2005.

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Hanya Kryszewska is a senior lecturer at the English Institute, University of Gdansk, Poland, and English Unlimited Teacher Training College where she trains pre-service teachers. She is also a teacher trainer and trainer of trainers working mainly with Pilgrims Language Courses and University of Oxford. She has presented at many conferences and delivered workshops in over twenty countries. She is co-author of resource books like “Learner Based Teaching” OUP, a series of secondary course books for Macmillan Poland and a video based pre-service teacher training course. Her new book (with Paul Davis) on lexical chunking “Company Words Keep” will appear in DELTA March 2012. For 6 years she has been the editor-in-chief of HLT Magazine .

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Daniel Martin has been working in language teaching for 20 years. He has taught English in Spain, and Spanish in the UK and the US. He is also a Pilgrims trainer and writer. He is author of Activities for Interactive Whiteboards, nominated for the ELTons Awards 2010, Pop Songs 2 (both with Helbling Languages), Actividades para pizarras digitales interactivas, SGEL, and of an upcoming book on the integration of Internet in English language teaching. He has recently given talks and run workshops for teachers in Romania, Turkey, Italy, Germany, Austria and Spain. His interests -besides football and singing- include vocabulary acquisition and using new technologies in humanistic ways.

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Fitch O'Connell has been a teacher for longer than he cares to remember, working in various countries in Europe, Africa and South America. In 2003 he set up the acclaimed BritLit project for the British Council, and has worked since then to help establish a new place for literature in English language teaching. He manages the WordPowered website, which brings together teachers of English by using short stories, poetry and film. He now works as a freelance materials writer and teacher trainer and is based in Portugal.

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Tessa Woodward is a teacher, teacher trainer, and the Professional Development Co-ordinator at Hilderstone College, Broadstairs, Kent, UK. She would love to welcome you to the college some day! She was President of IATEFL from 2005-6. She is the author of many books and articles for language teachers and for teacher trainers. Her latest book is Thinking in the EFL Class (2011) Helbling Languages.

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Julie Wallis runs a language school in northern Italy and is AISLi Educational Officer, organising teacher development seminars (MIUR) and publishing materials in the Family English section of English 24. She has presented at a number of conferences including IATEFL and, more recently, has run a blended learning course at Bell International Teacher Campus.

Sue Swift has been an EFL teacher and teacher trainer for over thirty years, and is currently involved in the development of on-line training programmes for qualifications such as the Cambridge ESOL TKT and Delta. She is author of the Playtime, Storytime, Kidstime series for the Scuola Primaria, published by Immedia, Snail Publishing.

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