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A B OU T T H E AU T HO R S
Intermediate, Upper Intermediate and Advanced levels
David Cotton
studied Economics at the University of Reading and did an
MA in French Language and Literature at the University of Toronto. He has
over forty-four years teaching and training experience, and is co-author of the
successful
Market Leader
and
Business Class
course books. He has taught in
Canada, France and England, and has been visiting lecturer in many universities
overseas. Previously, he was Senior Lecturer at London Metropolitan University.
He frequently gives talks at EFL conferences.
David Falvey
studied Politics, Philosophy and Economics at the University
of Oxford and did his MA in TEFL at the University of Birmingham. He has
lived in Africa and the Middle East and has teaching, training and managerial
experience in the UK and Asia, including working as a teacher trainer at the
British Council in Tokyo. He was previously Head of the English Language
Centre at London Metropolitan University. David is co-author of the successful
business English course
Market Leader
.
Simon Kent
studied History at the University of Sheffield, and also has an
M.A in History and Cultural Studies. He has over twenty-five years’ teaching
experience including three years in Berlin at the time of German reunification.
Simon is co-author of the successful business English course
Market Leader
.
He is currently Senior Lecturer in English as a Foreign Language at London
Metropolitan University.
Elementary, Pre-intermediate and Advanced levels
Gareth Rees
studied Natural Sciences at the University of Cambridge. Having
taught in Spain and China, he currently teaches at the University of the Arts,
London. As well as teaching English, he is an academic English course leader,
and unit leader on courses in cross-cultural communication for the London
College of Fashion. He has also developed English language materials for the
BBCWorld Service Learning English section, and he makes films which appear
in festivals and on British television.
Ian Lebeau
studied Modern Languages at the University of Cambridge and
did his MA in Applied Linguistics at the University of Reading. He has thirty-
five years’ experience in ELT – mainly in higher education – and has taught in
Spain, Italy and Japan. He is currently Senior Lecturer in English as a Foreign
Language at London Metropolitan University.
Far left: Simon Kent
Centre left: David Falvey
Centre: Gareth Rees
Centre right: Ian Lebeau
Far right: David Cotton
