Autor: Alan Maley

Brian Tomlinson is Founder and President of MATSDA (the International Materials Development Association), an Honorary Visiting Professor at the University of Liverpool, UK, a Chair Professor at the Shanghai International Studies University, China, and a TESOL Professor at Anaheim University, USA. He has over one hundred publications on materials development, the teaching of reading, language awareness and teacher development to his credit, including Discover English (with Rod Bolitho), Openings, Materials Development in Language Teaching, Developing Materials for Language Teaching, Research for Materials Development in Language Learning (with Hitomi Masuhara), Applied Linguistics and Materials Development and SLA Theory and Materials Development for Language Learning. His most recent publication is The Complete Guide to the Theory and Practice of Materials Development for Language Learning (with Hitomi Masuhara, 2017).