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Joint coordinator Hans Mol Managing YLT SIG affairs, including finance and membership. Attendance at official IATEFL meetings/ other meetings. Liaison with Head Office and other IATEFL SIGs. Organising events and developing strategic relationships in the world of EFL. contact I divide my time between subtropical Northern New South Wales, Australia, and Portugal (Lisbon and the Ser de Estrella). I have three daughters and an extended family to boot. I’ve taught EFL at levels from primary to secondary (junior and senior), adult, vocational and higher education. I've delivered teacher training in China, Mexico, the UK, the Netherlands, Indonesia and Germany. For the past 9 years I've been a full-time textbook writer, working, most recently, for Macmillan (UK and Mexico), Garnet Education, Rokus-Klett and OUP. See my website for more information. My main interests in EFL are young learners, primary and secondary, and how to make grammar fun and relevant for any learner, but I basically enjoy writing for any level and any skill. When I do not write, I paint, write / record / sing and ride my horse through the hills.
Joint coordinator
Helen Emery Managing YLT SIG affairs, including finance and membership. Attendance at official IATEFL meetings/ other meetings. Liaison with Head Office and other IATEFL SIGs. Organising events and developing strategic relationships in the world of EFL. contact Helen Emery has worked as a primary and secondary school teacher, a teacher trainer and lecturer in Education in many countries including Nigeria, Sudan, Hong Kong, Brunei, Oman, Egypt and the UAE. Helen has been an active member of TESOL Arabia, and has presented many workshops to primary and secondary school teachers in the UAE. She has a PhD from Cardiff University in Second Language Literacy Acquisition, and is currently programme director for the MA in Teaching English to Young Learners and MA TEFL in the Department of Language and Linguistics, at the University of Essex. Helen has carried out research into methods of teaching reading in English and Arabic in Middle East primary schools, and is interested in training teachers in innovative methods of teaching young learners. At the University of Essex she teaches two popular modules on children’s reading development and diagnosis of reading–related problems. She is currently supervising undergraduates, MAs and PhDs in the area of children’s EFL literacy development. Helen is a governor of a local primary school and a school for special needs children.
Events Coordinator Niki Joseph Organizing the annual Pre-conference event contact I live and work in Portugal running my own language school, being a teacher, trainer and a Cambridge ESOL examiner/team leader/presenter. My days are varied - teaching English to primaries, teens and company classes. I also teach music through English to preschoolers. Over the past 17 years I've taught and trained in various countries - Egypt, Brazil, UK, S Africa & Portugal. I'm interested in lots of areas of EFL - online education, motivation in teenagers, preschool music being taught through EFL, and of course (being an examiner) assessment, evaluation & testing. I also do translations - enjoying the tranquility compared to the primary classroom!! Pastimes include watercolour painting, tennis , music and reading.
Website Manager Chris Etchells Managing and maintaining the YLT SIG website
contact I'm Co-Director with my wife Sarah of English Country Schools, a British Council Accredited residential English Language summer camp organisation for children and teenagers. I enjoy computers, management, my family, music, English pedagogy and the countryside. I'm particularly interested in the teaching of English through projects and activities in the natural environment. I'm also interested in affective issues such as the effects of self-esteem, different learning styles, multiple intelligences, etc, on children's learning.
Events Advisor (ex-officio)
Wendy Arnold Organising international events and developing strategic relationships in the world of EFL.
contact I
have worked as a teacher, teacher trainer, researcher, conference
developer and materials developer. I am the author and co-author of
coursebooks in Asia and the Middle East. I have trained teachers in Asia
(Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Korea), Middle East (Saudi Arabia),
Europe (Italy and the UK) and Africa (Cameroon). My special interests
are in the professional development of teachers teaching English to
children aged 5-17 years old and reading for young learner literacy. I
am enjoying having a base back in the UK being close to our three
daughters and family.
C&TS editor
Janice Bland Editing C&TS
contact Born in Greater London, Janice Bland
studied English Literature and Drama at the University of Wales in
Bangor. Janice is currently a teacher educator in the English Department
at Hildesheim University in Germany, where she co-ordinates the
school-internship module, a central part of the Hildesheim MEd.
Janice’s specialisation as teacher educator is the theory of EFL in primary and
lower secondary schools. Other lecturing commitments include Children’s and
Young Adult Literature for on-going English teachers, Introduction to Literary
Studies, Creative Writing, picture books and graphic novels for visual
literacy and the educational and linguistic goals of early EFL
teaching. Janice
has published extensively in the field of teaching English to young learners
and teaching literature, in academic journals and edited volumes. She
has developed textbooks and picture books for German and international
publishers. She has written four collections of plays for schools to date,
published in Germany and the USA.
C&TS editor
ffinlo Kilner Editing C&TS
contact
ffinlo (note lower case f!) has worked in the ELT industry
since 1986 as a teacher, social director and director of studies for a broad
range of organisations including International House and Regent Schools. He
holds an RSA Diploma TEFLA as well as a PGCE in Post Compulsory Education and
Training. As well as working in EFL ffinlo has also been working on multimedia
projects with Primary School groups in the UK. ffinlo is also a Graphic
Designer and Photographer and has worked on branding and web projects for
companies within the ELT industry and further afield. He lives in Cornwall by
the beach and is Academic & Marketing Manager for SUL Language Schools, a
specialist provider of Junior courses in the South West of the UK.
Advertising & Sponsorship OfficerDavid Leonidas
Arranging advertising and sponsorship for our publications and activities
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