The Bigger Picture
Looking at the lives of people working in the world of ELT.
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| The commissioning editor for new media Publishing has been going through dramatic changes over recent years, and Brendan Wightman has been involved in many of them. Go to page |
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| The work experience manager Joanne Sayer heads up expanding inbound and outbound work experience and volunteering departments for Twin Group. Go to page |
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| The book dealer Nicole Graham runs The English Centre, a bookshop, online store, distributor and wholesaler, based in Toronto, Ontario, in Canada. Go to page |
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| The theatre-in-education actor Inviting a theatre-in-education group to perform for your students is a great way to bring the English language alive. We go backstage with Julie Nash. Go to page |
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| The marketing director The world of ELT publishing is big. How do we know what books to choose? Jo Greig, an international marketing director for ELT materials, tells us about her work. Go to page |
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| The school director Running a school department is not an easy business. Kate Pickering is director of one of the biggest private language schools in Spain. Go to page |
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| The designer The coursebook has to look interesting for students, but it also has to be clear and easy to work through. Oliver Hutton tells us about his work as a designer with Oxford University Press. Go to page |
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| The examiners' examiner We all know what it's like to be examined or tested. But who examines the examiner? Rosie Burke is an Exam Team Leader for the Cambridge ESOL international English exams. Go to page |
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| The examiner Rosemary Harris is very familiar with nervous students. For the past 20 years she has administered English exams to students all over the world. Go to page |
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| The lexicographer Look the word lexicographer up in a dictionary and it will tell you that it is a person who writes and edits dictionaries. Kerry Maxwell is a freelance lexicographer. Go to page |
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| The teacher trainers Who teaches the teachers? Vanessa Shipley and Anna Stubbs are course directors on such a course in Barcelona, Spain. Go to page |
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| The administrative co-ordinator Karen Pestell is the administrative co-ordinator based in reception at Bell International school, South Road, Saffron Walden, Essex. Go to page |
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| The voice actor Roger May's voice has been heard on many ELT courses and on listening tests for the Cambridge exams (like FCE and CAE). Go to page |
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| The convention organiser Hilary Plass is a teacher, teacher trainer and materials writer as well as a board member of TESOL SPAIN and organiser of the 29th TESOL SPAIN Convention. Go to page |
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