(Pearson)

Rob has been involved in ELT as a teacher, director of studies and teacher trainer since 1994. During this time, he has taught a wide variety of ages and levels in numerous countries in Europe and South East Asia, and is currently based in Poland. Rob now works as an independent international teacher trainer and academic consultant, and travels widely delivering talks, workshops and seminars – as well as online webinars - to teachers all over the world.

(Pearson)

Erzsébet got her degree in 1996 as a Teacher of English and Teacher of Religion in Hungary. She was working in teacher in-service training and qualified as a teacher trainer before she went on to a position at the University of Pannonia, Hungary. She taught general and specialized English courses for 7 years. She was an active member of IATEFL-Hungary, worked for the British Council and was a trainer on several teacher training courses. Her main field of interest is implementing information and communication technology, mobile devices and e-learning into teaching. In 2008 she joined Pearson as higher education representative.

(London School of English)

Graham Jones has been a teacher and teacher trainer for over 20 years in various countries such as China, Russia, Poland, Thailand, Latvia and Ukraine. He has been working for the London School of English in Odessa for 10 years, including 8 years as the school director. Graham is also a CELTA Tutor. As a DELTA qualified teacher and teacher trainer, his main interests include finding different ways to present language and making feedback varied and interesting.

(London School of English)

Kate Lloyd is the Director of Studies of London School of English. She holds the DipTESOL from Trinity College, London and has been teaching English for over 12 years, in 6 different countries. In Kyiv, she teaches all ages: young learners, teenagers and adults, as well as exam preparation. Her interests include teaching listening and pronunciation, and teacher development.

(Dinternal Education)

Kris has been teaching English for 12 years in six different countries (Thailand, Spain, England, Vietnam, China and Ukraine) and a variety of institutions, including private high schools, language centres and international universities. Kris’s initial teacher training was in 2007 and in 2016 he completed his Cambridge DELTA. He currently works as an academic consultant for Dinternal Education and an English teacher and teacher trainer for the London School of English in Kyiv.

(London School of English)

Katie has worked as a teacher since 2012 in the UK and Spain, recently moving to Ukraine. After studying Applied Linguistics at undergraduate level, she went on to do CELTA and DELTA (modules 1 and 2) and has taught general and exam English in private language schools, English for Academic Purposes at the university of Southampton and Bristol university in the UK and is also a Cambridge examiner. Her professional interests include enhancing learning through digital tools and she has recently been involved in designing online exam preparation courses.

(Dinternal Education)

After graduating from the Vinnytsia State Pedagogical University named after M. Kotsiubynsky, Hennadii spent 8 years teaching English, specializing in preparing for state exams and international tests in English. In 2016, Hennadii won the Kyiv stage of the Teacher of the Year-2016 Competition and became a diploma winner of the 3rd (All-Ukrainian) stage of the competition. He received an international certificate from Cambridge University (CELTA) the same year. Since the beginning of 2016, Hennadii has been working as a methodologist at the Dinternal Education International Education and Training Center. In 2019 he received the international LCCI First Certificate for Teachers of Business English (FTBE) qualification.

(Dinternal Education)

Yuliia graduated from the National Pedagogical Dragomanov University in Kyiv in 2013 and since then she taught English and German in both state and private educational institutions in Kyiv. While teaching, she specialized in preparing for state exams and international tests in English. In 2018 Yuliia became a certified Pearson Test of English (PTE) examiner and has since been involved in examining sessions around Ukraine. In the same year, Yuliia became an academic consultant at Dinternal Education. This year, Yuliia completed her CELTA, receiving a Grade A certificate in 2019. Her other responsibilities include managing the online learning platform Pearson English Portal and an active involvement in the Private Language School and Higher Education projects at Dinternal Education.

(Higher)

Olha Bershadska is an expert in integrating the development of interpersonal communication skills into the teaching process. She has 17-year experience of teaching at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, 8 years of teaching business English to corporate clients and 5 years as a consultant at the US Embassy Resource Center for Teachers of English. As a trainer, coach and facilitator, Olha conducts sessions for Ukrainian and foreign teachers. The topics include motivation and student engagement, burnout prevention, transformative learning, 21st-century skills development, course design, and effective assessment. She is also a member of NGO GoHigher.org, where she promotes modern methods of teaching among university teachers.