Voices Beginner with the Spark platform

Emily Bryson is an ESOL lecturer, writer, teacher trainer and graphic facilitator. Her first teaching experience was at a summer school in Poland in 2002. After completing her MA in Social Sciences, she moved to South Korea to teach children and teenagers. On returning to Scotland, she took a job as an ESOL lecturer at City of Glasgow college, where she still teaches. Over the years she has completed secondments with the Scottish Refugee Council, Education Scotland and ESOL Network Project. Her materials writing experience extends to various print and digital materials for a number of ELT publishers. She frequently blogs and delivers teacher training. Her current areas of specific interest are the education of people seeking refuge, literacy, inclusion, accessibility, visual literacy and graphic facilitation. Emily is a co-author on the Voices program for young adult and adults from National Geographic Learning.

Gary Pathare has taught English in Spain, the UAE, Italy and England for over 30 years, in universities, colleges and language schools. He is an international presenter, teacher-trainer, and co-author for National Geographic Learning’s Reflect and Voices programs. Gary writes international exams for Cambridge Assessment and the British Council and has wide experience in examining IELTS, PET and FCE He has a Master’s in TESOL, a Trinity Diploma and a law degree. His main interest in English language teaching is developing and sharing innovative ways of teaching to suit specific contexts.