Tessa Woodward, Dip TEFLA, MPhil - Professional Development Coordinator at Hilderstone College and President of IATEFL, Tessa is a trainer and author of international standing. She is editor of The Teacher Trainer and her publications include Loop Input, Models and Metaphors in Language Teacher Training, Ways of Training, Planning from Lesson to Lesson, Planning Lessons and Courses, and Ways of Working with Teachers. Her new book will be out soon and is about thinking skills. Tessa's main interest is in how adults learn and trainer development.

Planning Lessons and Courses Designing Sequences of Work for the Language Classroom by Tessa Woodward.

Deborah Robson, Cert Ed, MA (App.Ling/TESOL) - Coordinator of International Teachers Courses at Hilderstone, Deborah has experience of working as a modern language teacher in state-sector schools in the UK and abroad. Previously a teacher trainer with the British Council in Spain and the University of the Basque Country, Deborah coordinated INSET courses, sponsored by the Basque government, for secondary and primary school teachers. Deborah's specialist areas are teaching young learners and Content and Language Integrated Learning.

Seth Lindstromberg, MA, PGCE, MPhil - Teacher Trainer and well-known ELT author and editor. Publications include Planning from Lesson to Lesson (co-written with Tessa Woodward), English Prepositions Explained and The Standby Book. Seth's main interests are the teaching of vocabulary and approaches to grammar.

Language Activities for Teenagers by Seth Lindstromberg

Andy Caswell, MA, PGCE, Dip TEFLA, MA (Applied Ling) - Celta and Delta Coordinator for Hilderstone College. Formerly Chief Examiner for Cambridge Dip TEFLA. Currently contributing a series of articles on practical training sessions to The Teacher Trainer journal, Andy's main areas of interest are drama and creative teaching.

James Banner, MA, Dip TEFLA - Directed Cambridge/RSA Certificate and Diploma TFLA programmes for Hilderstone College in conjunction with the University of Edinburgh and Kent University. Currently he is author of the Langenscheidt-Longman language corner on www.youandmelink.com and has published articles on language teaching and cultural issues.. James' main interests are changes and developments in English usage and Creative Teaching.