Sevenoaks School, Sevenoaks, Kent, England. 1966-1973
O Levels: French, German, Latin, English Literature, English Language, Maths, Physics, Chemistry.

West Kent College, Tonbridge, Kent, England. 1973-1974
O Level: Spanish. A Levels: French, English Literature.

Thames Polytechnic, Woolwich, London SE18, England. 1978-1981
BA (Hons): Humanities. Major: English Literature. Minor: Philosophy. Grade: 2.1.

St. Mary's College (Uni of Surrey), Twickenham, Middx., England. 1983-1984
PGCE. Major: ESL. Minor: Drama.
Teaching Practice: Providing intensive ESL support to a newly-arrived group of Bangladeshi students at the Mulberry School for Girls, Whitechapel, East London.

University of Reading, Reading, Berkshire, England. 1992-1993
MA: Applied Linguistics.
Dissertation: The Communicative Method? A critical examination of communicative language teaching. Thesis based on contemporary ELT literature and personal research, conducted among teachers and students at several London language schools.

The Competitor's Journal, Westerham, Kent, England. 1974-1976
Duties: General office work, including some writing and editing.

Seiscom Delta, Sevenoaks, Kent, England. 1976-1978
Duties: Computer operating. (Made redundant upon company's relocation to Dublin, Ireland.)

The Ministry of Education, Managil, Gezira, Sudan. Jul. 1981-Apr. 1982
Position: EFL Teacher. Duties: teaching English in a senior high school for boys.

Greenwich Council for Racial Equality, London, England. Jul. 1982-Sep. 1983
Position: E.S.L. Home tutor. Duties: teaching English to a false beginner Sikh priest.

Central School of English, London, England. Apr. 1985-Sep. 1986
Position: EFL Teacher. Duties: teaching General English to short stay visitors to the UK.

Cambridge English School, Tokyo, Japan. Sep. 1986-Apr. 1989
Position: EFL Teacher. Duties: teaching General/Business English classes. Organising school social club activities.

International Language Centre, Tokyo, Japan. Apr. 1989-Sep. 1990
Position: EFL teacher. Duties: teaching General/Business English to both classes and private students.

International Language Centre, Tokyo, Japan. Oct. 1989-Jul. 1992
Position: Examiner. Duties: administering and scoring in-house English test to company employees (clients: Mitsui, Mitsubishi, Long Term Credit Bank of Japan).

Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, Japan. Apr. 1994-Apr. 1995
Position: EFL Instructor. Duties: teaching General English to students of engineering.

Kawamura Gakuen Women's University, Chiba, Japan. Apr. 1995-Jul. 1999
Position: EFL Instructor. Duties: teaching General English to students majoring in English language. Devising, writing and scoring entrance exams.

Foreign Services Training Institute, Sagami-Ono, Japan. Sep. 1999-Dec. 1999
Position: EFL Instructor (short-term contract). Duties: teaching General English to ministry staff prior to foreign postings.

Thomson Learning, Tokyo, Japan. May 2000 - Nov 2000
Position: Development Editor. Duties: editing the Expressions series of General English coursebooks.

IPETQ, Kuwait. Nov 2000 - Jul 2002
Position: Materials Writer/Instructor. Duties: writing in-house materials for oil-related ESP courses.

The Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi, UAE. Aug 2002 - present
Position: Lecturer. Duties: teaching English to Foundation Year students as part of an International Baccalureate degree programme.

Interviewer, Cambridge K.E.T., F.C.E., C.P.E. examinations, British Council, Tokyo.

Instructor (Materials Adaptation), R.S.A. Diploma Course, I.L.C., Tokyo, Feb/Mar 1992.

Instructor (Materials Adaptation), IPETQ Teacher Training Course, Kuwait, March 2001.

'Changing Perceptions of Independent Learning' - TESOL Arabia Conference, Dubai, March 17, 2007.

'Classroom discipline: the carrot or the stick?' - TESOL Arabia Conference, Dubai, March 16, 2007.

'Intros and Outros'- TESOL Arabia Promotional Event, Al Zaytoonah School, Abu Dhabi, March 16, 2006.

'Materials Development' - TESOL Arabia Mini-Conference, Zayed University, Abu Dhabi, March 17, 2005.

'Myths and Legends of the ILC' - TESOL Arabia Conference, Dubai, March 11, 2005.

'Fine, thanks....and then?' - TESOL Arabia Mini-Conference, Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi, April 8, 2004.

'Needs and Standards: An Analysis' - TESOL Arabia Conference, Dubai, March 11, 2004.

'Making the most of your materials' - 1st AsiaTefl Conference, Busan, Korea, November 7 - 9, 2003.

'Needs Analysis: An Analysis' - ESP Conference, University of Shahjah, UAE, October 2nd, 2003.

'Small Steps, Big Support' - TESOL Arabia Mini-Conference, Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi, April 26, 2003.

'Support it, Step it, Cut it out' - TESOL Arabia Conference, Abu Dhabi, March 21, 2002

'Writing Right' - Macmillan Language House seminar, Murata Business School, Tokyo, November 27, 1999.

'All-Purpose Activities' - Japan Association of Language Teachers' National Conference, November 1998.

'Small Class Activities for Big Classes' - Japan Association of Language Teachers' National Conference, November 1996.

'Untying the Knot - Motivation in Language Teaching in Fukuoka University Review of Literature and Humanities, 26.3, Dec. 1994.

'Communication Breakdown - Need it always be the same?' in Kawamura Review of English Studies, 1.1, Apr. 1996.

'Language Anxiety - What is it and what can we do about it?' in The Journal of Kawamura Gakuen Women's University, 7.1, Apr. 1996.

'Motivation: the nature of the beast' in Kawamura Review of English Studies, 2.1, Apr. 1997.

'Some Reflections on Communicative Language Teaching' in The Journal of Kawamura Gakuen Women's University, 8.1, Apr. 1997.

'Language: the beauty of all, the power of one' in The Kawamura Review of English Studies, 3.1, Apr. 1998.

'Towards a Classification of Classroom Question Types' in The Journal of Kawamura Gakuen Women's University, 9.1, Apr. 1998.

'An investigation into materials adaptation strategies' in The Journal of Kawamura Gakuen Women's University, 10.1, Apr. 1999.

'Review: The 1st AsiaTEFL Conference, Busan, Korea, November 7-9, 2003', Perspectives, Volume 11, No.2, January 2004.

‘General English coursebooks and their place in an ESAP programme’, Asian EFL Journal, Volume 6.1, March 2004.

'Introductory Lessons: My Friend Fahad', Perspectives, Volume 12, No.2, January 2005.

'Book Review, World Link Intro', Perspectives, Volume 14, No.2, January 2007.

'Book Review, Technical English', Perspectives, Volume 15, No.1, November 2007.

'Book Review, Active Skills for Reading', Perspectives, Volume 15, No.3, November 2008.