Scott Thornbury

Scott Thornbury comes from New Zealand and has lived in Barcelona for the last 25 years. He has an MA (TEFL) from the University of Reading and over 30 years' experience teaching English and training English teachers. He is currently Associate Professor of English Language Studies at the New School, New York.

Scott is a prize-winning author whose writing credits include:

• Over to Us!, a task-based course for Spanish secondary schools
• About Language: Tasks for Teachers of English (Cambridge University Press)
• How to Teach Grammar (Pearson)
• How to Teach Vocabulary (Pearson)
• Uncovering Grammar (Macmillan)
• Natural Grammar (Oxford University Press)
• Beyond the Sentence (Macmillan)
• How to Teach Speaking (Pearson)
• An A-Z of ELT (Macmillan)

Gavin Dudeney

Gavin was born in Devon and spent most of his childhood in Cornwall. He took a degree in Spanish and French at the University of Birmingham and worked initially in the field of graphic design and advertising before training in the field of ELT. He has worked as a teacher and teacher trainer around the world, primarily for the International House group of schools and the British Council. He worked as head of the New Technologies Department in International House Barcelona and as Lead Developer for Net Languages, directing the activities of the computer team. A regular contributor to the IATEFL Computer SIG group and conference plenary speaker, his writing credits include The Internet and the Language Classroom (Cambridge University Press, 2000/2007) and How to Teach English with Technology (Longman, 2007, with Nicky Hockly). In 2003 he set up The Consultants-E, an online training and development consultancy and has worked as the company's Director of Technology since then.