HERE. - English Teachers Association of Switzerland

Speakers’ biographical informationRITA BAKERRita Baker has been teaching for over 40 years. Before starting LEC (Lydbury English Centre) inthe UK, she worked in several countries including France, Spain, Zambia, Kenya, and the YemenArab Republic. Her students’ ages have ranged from 4 to 86. In addition to EFL, she has workedwith learners with dyslexic-type difficulties, an experience which has fostered her interest in howthe brain works. It is as a result of this that she has developed the Global Approach – a visualand kinesthetic way of learning English.SIRJA BESSEROAfter 14 years of teaching groups of young learners, teenagers, and adults in Estonia, SirjaBessero is currently teaching English to future graphic designers in the Valais.TIMOTHY BLACKTim Black works as a teacher and trainer for the BBZB, FMZ, and KV Luzern. He alsoexamines for Cambridge and inspects for EAQUALS. He is interested in classroomdigital application.CLAUDIA BUZZONIClaudia Buzzoni has taught the Cambridge FCE, CAE, CPE, and BEC exams to a wide range ofstudents. She has also designed courses for IELTS and TOEIC and helped run IELTS teachertraining courses in Australia. After spending the last four years with Macmillan Education,Claudia has recently returned to teaching and working as a freelance teacher trainer.LYNDSAY CHAUVETOriginally from Los Angeles, California, Lyndsay Chauvet has been teaching for over 13 yearsin a variety of institutions both at home and abroad. She earned her BA in English Literature in2006 and is currently Senior Teacher and Junior Learning Coordinator at Wall Street Englishin Lausanne.ANDY COWLEAndy Cowle has been working as an ELT specialist, presenter, and writer for over 20 years.He is the founder of North Star ELT, a publishing company bought by Collins in 2013.ROB DEANRob Dean has been involved in ELT as a teacher, director of studies, and teacher trainer since1994. During this time, he has taught a wide variety of course types, from primary to adult,including exam preparation, EAP, and English for business and professional purposes innumerous countries in Europe and South East Asia. His varied areas of interest within ELTinclude teaching young learners, teaching with technology, language and culture, and task-basedlearning. Based in Poland and now working as an independent international teacher trainer andacademic consultant, Rob travels widely delivering talks, workshops, seminars, and webinars toteachers all over the world on a wide range of topics, including methodology, language, practicalteaching ideas, classroom management, motivation of learners, and blended learning, to namebut a few.Thun • page 42 • ETAS 30th Annual Conference and AGM