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Mike SollyAttitudes to English as a language for internationaldevelopment in rural BangladeshThe Open University, UKMike Solly is currently Senior Lecturer in Education at the Open University, UK andis working on ‘English in Action’, a large-scale ELT development project in primaryand secondary schools throughout Bangladesh. He worked in ELT as a teacherand trainer in Eastern Europe, the Middle East and the UK for over 15 years andfor the last ten has been involved in the management and delivery of a number ofELT projects. He has been coordinator of the IATEFL Global Issues Special InterestGroup and has a growing interest in English language teaching, development andmobile/virtual technologies.Dr. Maria Luz C. VilchesPerceptions of best practice in ELT INSETAteneo de Manila, PhilippinesDr. Maria Luz C. Vilches is Associate Professor of English and Dean of the Schoolof Humanities at the Ateneo de Manila, Philippines. She has a wide range ofteacher and trainer training experience under the auspices of the Ateneo Centerfor English Language Teaching, the Philippine Department of Education, and theBritish Council –the latter both in the Philippines and in East Asia. Her researchinterests are in the fields of language/literature teaching/learning, teachereducation and development, and ELT management. Contact email address:mvilches@ateneo.eduClare WardmanPulling the threads together: current theories and currentpractice affecting UK primary school children who haveEnglish as an additional languageUniversity of York and York St John University, UKClare Wardman is a PhD researcher at the University of York and a lecturerin English Language and Linguistics at York St John University. Her researchfocuses on the needs of children with English as an Additional Language in termsof provision of support and classroom interactions. She is also an English as aForeign Language tutor, holding an MA in English Language Teaching, and has alsoresearched in the area of motivation in learning foreign languages.420 | Contributors