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Gordon Lewis has a BSc in Languages and Linguistics and an MSc in International Policy Studies. In 1991 he founded the Children’s Language School in Berlin, which was sold to Berlitz in 1999. From 1999 to 2001 he was Director of Instructor Training and Development for Berlitz Kids Germany and developed similar programmes for Berlitz Kids in Princeton, New Jersey. From 2004 to 2008 he was Director of Product Development for Kaplan English Programs in New York. He is currently Director of English Language Programs, Laureate Higher Education, and is also on the committee of the IATEFL Young Learners Special Interest Group where he works as co-coordinator for events. He is the author of Games for Children and The Internet and Young Learners, both in this series, and Teenagers in the Resource Books for Teachers series.

Hans Mol has an MA in English Language and Linguistics, and has worked as a teacher, trainer, and materials writer for more than 25 years in primary, secondary, and tertiary education. He is on the committee of IATEFL’s Young Learners and Teenagers Special Interest Groups and is the author of a large number of course books, workbooks, and supplementary resources aimed at English learners of a wide range of ages and levels. He frequently contributes to online teacher’s resources such as OnestopEnglish and Macmillan English Campus, and also writes and produces songs and music for English language learners for children, teens, and adults (Supasongs). He is currently working on new young learners materials (Take Shape) and, with Gordon Lewis, he is preparing a new CLIL series for young learners and teens. For more information see www.connexxions.com.auwww.connexxions.com.au.

Alan Maley worked for the British Council from 1966 to 1988, serving as English Language Officer in Yugoslavia, Ghana, Italy, France, and China, and as Regional Representative in South India (Madras). From 1988 to 1993 he was Director-General of the Bell Educational Trust, Cambridge. From 1993 to 1998 he was Senior Fellow in the Department of English Language and Literature of the National University of Singapore, and from 1998 to 2003 he was Director of the graduate programme at Assumption University, Bangkok. He is currently a freelance consultant. Among his publications are Literature (in this series), BeyondWords, Sounds Interesting, Sounds Intriguing, Words, Variations on a Theme, and Drama Techniques in Language Learning (all with Alan Duff), The Mind’s Eye (with Françoise Grellet and Alan Duff), Learning to Listen, and Poem into Poem (with Sandra Moulding), Short and Sweet, and The Language Teacher’s Voice.