Dorothy Zemach
Author, Editor
Wayzgoose Press
Dorothy Zemach is an author, editor, teacher, and teacher trainer in the field of English Language Teaching (ELT). She taught English, French, and Japanese for over 20 years in Asia, Africa, and the US and holds an MA in TESL from the School for International Training in Vermont. Now she concentrates on writing and editing English language teaching materials and textbooks and conducting teacher training workshops. Her areas of specialty and interest include teaching writing, teaching reading, business English, academic English, testing, and humor. She is a frequent plenary speaker at international conferences and active on social media.
https://wayzgoosepress.com
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Wayzgoose Press
Bruce Rogers
Author
National Geographic Learning
Bruce Rogers is the author of several books, including: The Complete Guide to the TOEFL®: iBT Edition, The Complete Guide to the Paper-Based TOEFL®, The Complete Guide to the TOEIC (latest edition, 2017), and co-author of The Complete Guide to IELTS and Reading Explorer 5, all published by Cengage/National Geographic Learning. Bruce also authored a series for McGraw Hill (World Class Readings 1, 2, and 3) and co-authored a series for Pearson Learning (Listening Power 1, 2, and 3) as well as writing content for or editing numerous supplements and on-line programs for National Geographic Learning, Oxford University Press, Macmillan, and other publishers.
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National Geographic Learning
Rob Howard
Owner
Online Language Center
Rob Howard is the owner of Online Language Center and managing partner of Business Language Training Institute. He is an active EFL, Communication skills and business English teacher and Neurolanguage Coach while training teachers to build their own freelance businesses. He is Joint Coordinator for the IATEFL BESIG, past co-coordinator for the IATEFL BESIG Web and Online Team, Online and Video Coordinator for the Visual Arts Circle and has authored and coauthored several books for EFL as well as co-founder of the Independent Authors & Publishers. He is a speaker worldwide on Online teaching, Technology, Continuing Professional Development, Business Development and Image Presentation and the founder of EFLtalks - teachers teaching teachers, a finalist for the 2016 British Council's ELTon Award for Innovation in Teacher Resources. He currently lives in Poland.
https://www.robhoward.me
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Online Language Center
Josh MacPherson
Head Instructor
TST Prep
Josh MacPherson is the head instructor, presenter, and curriculum developer at TST Prep. As of February 2021, his TST Prep Youtube channel has amassed over 160,000 subscribers. His Emergency Course for the TOEFL® on Udemy has enrolled thousands of students from over 100 countries and, at the time of writing, has earned a 4.7/5 star rating.
After earning a Bachelor’s degree in secondary education and a Master’s in ESL Curriculum and Instruction, he served as academic coordinator of the Intensive English Program at ASA College in midtown Manhattan and as the coordinator of the Corporate Sales Division for Shane Schools in Kansai, Japan. He now devotes much of his time to creating content, studying Japanese, and spending time with his wife and their three children.
https://tstprep.com
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Head Instructor
TST Prep
Miranda Crowhurst
ESL Segment Manager
Twinkl Educational Publishing
Miranda Crowhurst has taught English in the UK, Tanzania and Bolivia. She co-founded Language Connection, a successful language institute, in 2016, and is now the ESL Segment Manager at Twinkl Educational Publishing. She is also currently completing her MBA at The University of Birmingham.
https://www.twinkl.jp
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ESL Segment Manager
Twinkl Educational Publishing
Guy Cihi
EdTech Entrepreneur
Lexxica
EdTech Entrepreneur - Producer of WordEngine, Words & Monsters, Disney’s World of English, World Family Club, and co founder Endeavour College of Natural Health.
https://www.lexxica.co.jp
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EdTech Entrepreneur
Lexxica
Kris Jagasia
CEO
Off2Class
Kris Jagasia is the co-founder and CEO of Off2Class, a software toolkit for English as a Second Language (ESL) teachers. Off2Class is used by thousands of teachers in over 120 countries to deliver online and in-classroom ESL lessons.
Kris has built many of the key teams within the business including teacher support & success, marketing, and sales, and takes an active role in managing US K12 operations. Kris is always keen to connect with other EFL business owners, you can find Off2Class on Twitter @off2class and connect with Kris directly on LinkedIn.
https://www.off2class.com
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CEO
Off2Class
Zsuzsanna Smith
Course Strategist
www.zsuzsannasmith.com
An Early Childhood Educator by trade, Zsuzsanna specializes in student-centric teaching skills and curriculum design. As a Teacher Trainer at the Helen Doron she trained over a 1000 teachers in 17 countries, while she was also involved in quality assurance, curriculum development and creating instructional guides for parents and teachers. In 2019, Zsuzsanna moved to the USA and started her own consulting service for online experts who want to streamline their education-based content and maximize their online course conversion & retention rates.
https://www.zsuzsannasmith.com
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www.zsuzsannasmith.com
Julian Warden
General Manager
mangoSTEEMS
Julian is the General Manager of mangoSTEEMS, an organization setup in 2018 with the aim of addressing the growing needs of the education market in innovative and effective education solutions in the area of S.T.E.E.M.S.(Science, Technology, Engineering, English, Math and Social Science). With 20 years’ experience in ELT publishing, previous roles have included Japan Sales Manager and Country Manager, Thailand (Oxford University Press), South East Asia Manager and Manager, Sales Operations, Asia (Macmillan Education) and Chief Operating Offer, Wave Education Group. Julian is based in Bangkok, Thailand.
https://www.mangosteems.co.jp
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mangoSTEEMS
Chris Geary
Entrepreneur
BSD Education
Chris is an education entrepreneur and investor focused on initiatives and technologies that lower barriers and reduce inequalities in accessing the opportunities of the Future of Work. He founded BSD Education in 2013, an educational software and curriculum provider that enables teachers in schools to teach students digital skills during their lessons. BSD has grown to work with schools around the world and has teams located in Hong Kong, Thailand, Philippines and the United States.
Chris is the founder of the Fargo Foundation and Refugeek, a non-profit social enterprise focused on creative and technology education for at-risk communities, and a School Councilor of Discovery College in Hong Kong.
https://bsd.education
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Entrepreneur
BSD Education
Ania Kolbuszewska
Freelance Mediator and Consultant
Throughout her carreer Ania Kolbuszewska has worked internationally as a trainer, manager and educational consultant, providing business and academic consultancy in mainstream and private education at primary, secondary, tertiary and further education level. Ania is a certified mediator with a keen interest in conflict management theory and practice (check out Ania's youtube channel focusing on successful conflict management: https://cutt.ly/dk5vBAy). She provides training in the area of conflict prevention and resolution to individuals and organisations. A former Eaquals Board member and Director of Eaquals Accreditation and Consultancy Services, she now continues to work as an auditor for this international quality assurance organisation.
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Elena Peresada
Game Educator
Trendy English
https://trendyenglish.ru/
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Game Educator
Trendy English
Simon Moran
Entrepreneur
ME Learning
Simon Moran, CEO and founder of Modern English and ME Learning, has worked in the industry in Japan since 1995. He has built a franchise school chain and a publishing business and being involved in the set up, purchase, sale and brokering of over 30 schools.
Join him to find out common metrics to value schools and ELL businesses. Let him help you put a value on your English school or ELL business.
https://www.melearning.co.uk/
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Entrepreneur
ME Learning
Nicola Lutz
Sales Trainer
No Fluff
Nicola is a sales trainer, mentor and coach, specialising in the study abroad sector. She helps those that need to sell do so in an authentic, customer-led way with integrity. She has the credentials to back it up - She has 26 year's experience of selling in the industry, as well as experience of sales management, sales directorship and training and coaching. She is a Fellow of the Institute of Sales Management, which is the highest level they accredit. She is a member of the CPD Accreditation body, which means she focuses on tangible learning outcomes from her training. Her company is called No Fluff for a reason - She is not a stuffed suit, she doesn't give you half the questions and no answers, She wants you to walk away from anything she offers with solid ways you can increase your enrolments, as well as motivation and inspiration. On a personal note, she lives on the Kent coast in the UK in a beautiful but money pit of an old house and, once she's fed her coffee addiction, she loves nothing more than a beach walk with Bilbo, her cockerpoo.
https://www.nofluff.biz
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No Fluff
Michael Goodine
TOEFL Teacher
Michael Goodine has taught TOEFL preparation classes in Paraguay, Korea and China. He has worked as a writer and researcher for Hackers Education Group in Seoul. In that capacity he contributed to several bestselling TOEFL and TOEIC preparation books. Currently, he writes about the TOEFL at Test Resources
https://www.toeflresources.com/
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TOEFL Teacher
Valéria França (PhD in Applied Linguistics and BEd.) did her ELT training at International House London. She worked as the Head of Teacher Development at Cultura Inglesa language school in Brazil for over 15 years and is now responsible for Academic Learning & Development at Edify Education, Rio de Janeiro. She is also a NILE MA tutor and a BRAZ-TESOL Past President (2015-2016).
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Teacher
John Healy
Owner
My Speaking Score
John is the founder and CEO of My Speaking Score, an AI speech assessment tool that evaluates spoken English and predicts TOEFL Speaking scores. With over a decade of experience as a university professor in South Korea (Yeungnam, Korea University), John has logged thousands of classroom hours training both students and teachers in test prep strategies and academic subjects. His online courses Study With It, TOEFL Clear Strategies and Tactics, TOEFL Turbo Tactics, and others, have helped learners from over 100 countries develop English skills and earn high TOEFL scores. John earned his MA in TESOL from Anaheim and resides in Florence, Italy with his wife and daughter.
https://www.myspeakingscore.com/
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Owner
My Speaking Score
Lusia Zaitseva
Founder & Faculty
Ivy Write
Lusia Zaitseva is the founder of IvyWrite and also teaches academic writing in the Harvard College Writing Program. She holds a BA in French literature from Columbia University and a PhD in comparative literature from Harvard. Her writing has been published in numerous academic journals such as PMLA, Comparative Literature, and Slavic Review and is also forthcoming with Palgrave Macmillan. She also makes video for the IvyWrite YouTube channel, which strives to be an informative, pithy, and hopefully non-boring tool for teachers and students alike.
https://www.ivywrite.com
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Founder & Faculty
Ivy Write
Joanna Wrzesinska
Academic Relations and ELT Manager
ETS
Based in Warsaw, Poland. Joanna holds a B.A. in Education and English and an M.A. in English Studies. Since 2017, she has been a Master Trainer of the Propell® Workshop for the TOEFL iBT® test. Previously, she worked as an EFL teacher and academic director in a private sector.
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Academic Relations and ELT Manager
ETS
Yasemin Arsin
Academic Relations and ELT Coordinator
ETS Istanbul
Yasemin is a certified trainer for the TOEFL® Young Students Series (YSS) and TOEFL iBT® Propell® workshop. She holds a BA degree in American Culture and Literature from Ihsan Dogramaci Bilkent University and an English Language Teaching Certificate from Hacettepe University. Previously, she taught general and academic English to students, ranging from children to adults, in a variety of educational institutions in Ankara for ten years.
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Academic Relations and ELT Coordinator
ETS Istanbul