SERIES CONSULTANTS
Susan Gaer
has worked as
an ESL teacher since 1980
and currently teaches at the
Santa Ana College School of
Continuing Education. She
is an avid user of technology
and trains teachers online
for TESOL and the Outreach
Technical Assistance Center
(OTAN). Susan is a frequent
presenter at local, state, national, and international
conferences on using the latest technology with adult
learners from the literacy level through transition to
college. She has co-authored books and teacher manuals,
served on the executive boards for CATESOL (California
Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages)
and TESOL, and contributed to standing committees for
professional development and technology. Susan holds a
master’s degree in English with emphasis in TESOL from
San Francisco State University and a master’s degree in
Educational Technology from Pepperdine University.
Sarah Lynn
has over twenty-five
years of teaching experience in
ESOL. She has dedicated much
of her teaching life to working
with low-level learners with
interrupted education. Currently
she teaches at the Harvard
Bridge
Program,
Harvard
University. As a teacher trainer,
Sarah has led professional
development workshops throughout the United States
on topics such as teaching in the multilevel classroom,
learner persistence, twenty-first-century skills, self-directed
learning, collaborative learning, and scaffolding learning
for the literacy learner. As a consultant, she has written
ESOL curricula for programs in civics, literacy, phonics,
and English language arts. As a materials writer, she
has contributed to numerous Pearson ELT publications,
including
Business Across Cultures, Future, Future U.S.
Citizens
, and
Project Success
. Sarah holds a master’s
degree in TESOL from Teacher’s College, Columbia
University.
AUTHORS
Nancy Blodgett Matsunaga
has a master’s degree in
TESOL from Saint Michael’s College. She has taught EFL
and ESL classes in Japan, Colombia, and various programs
in the United States. She worked for eight years as a
development editor and project manager with Pearson,
where she focused on multimedia, assessment, and
adult education titles, including, among others,
Longman
English Online
,
Worldview
,
Focus on Grammar
,
Top Notch
,
and
Future: English for Success
. She currently lives with
her family in Munich, Germany, where she teaches creative
writing courses to native and non-native English speakers.
Sheena M. Macpherson
has worked in the ESL field
for more than 20 years as a teacher and as a program
administrator. She has a master’s degree in TESOL from
Saint Michael’s College, where she taught students in
both the Intensive English Program and the Academic
English Bridge Program. She served as Director of those
programs for several years. Additionally, she has been a
teacher trainer both in the United States and overseas in
areas of curriculum, CALL, and practicum. Recently she
has been working with refugees in the Vermont Refugee
Resettlement Program.
About the Series Consultants and Authors
About the Series Consultants and Authors
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