Parsnips in ELT: Stepping Out of the Comfort Zone (Vol. 3) (ePub)

Tyson Seburn leads and teaches the Critical Reading & Writing course to international undergraduate students in the International Foundation Program at the University of Toronto in Canada. His focus is on teaching English for academic purposes (EAP) and integrating social media into teacher development. He is heavily involved in professional development and has served many roles in ELT associations, including TESL Toronto, TESL Canada, and IATEFL Teacher Development SIG.

Tyson founded #EAPchat/#tleap (http://eapchat.wordpress.com | http://bit.do/tleap).

Primary Interests: teacher development and teacher identity
Secondary Interests: critical reading, academic writing, action research

Rob Howard is the owner of Online Language Center, a live online course for C1/C2 level students. He is a teacher, tutor, trainer, material designer and writer for English as a foreign language. He is also a consultant and has been a frequent speaker internationally, both in-person and online, regarding online retention as well as using technology in and out of the classroom. He is also the founder of EFLtalks, webinars for teachers, utilizing his business background and social media to build a worldwide PLN for new and future language teachers. Through 10-minute videos of international professionals during webinars, teachers may pass on their knowledge, tools, ideas and products to a new generation of education professionals through efltalks.com. Originally from Boston, Massachusetts in the U.S., he is currently residing in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

I'm an English teacher with experience in exam preparation, YL, general adult English and in-company teaching. I'm also involved in examining, and writing and editing of materials for teachers and learners.

David Petrie (Portugal) is a teacher and teacher trainer with International House, and a print and digital materials writer and consultant to ELT publishers. His professional interests mainly lie in teaching exam classes