Author: Freda Mishan

Brian Tomlinson is an Honorary Professor of the University of Liverpool, UK, and a TESOL Professor at Anaheim University, USA. He has worked as a teacher, teacher trainer, curriculum developer, football coach and university academic in Indonesia, Japan, Nigeria, Oman, Singapore, the UK, Vanuatu and Zambia, and has given presentations in over sixty countries. In 1993, he founded the Materials Development Association, of which he is now President. His publications include Discover English (with Rod Bolitho); Openings; Materials Development in Language Teaching; Research for Materials Development in Language Learning (with Hitomi Masuhara); and Blended Learning in ELT: Course Design and Implementation (with Claire Whittaker), among others.