Founder and CEO
Pascal is the ideas person behind this site. His vision for the site is to create a worldwide premier English language learning site that assists members to improve their English language skills so as to reach their employment and life goals in English speaking countries.
He has an M. A. (2001) in Applied Linguistics, an M.A. in Anthropology (1987), a Diploma in Education Technology (1997), a Diploma in Teaching (1985) and a Diploma in Teaching English as a Second Language (1980) and has ESL teaching experience in China, Western Samoa, New Zealand and Korea. In China he was a lecturer at Peking University (Beida) in Beijing.
He lectures every year at Peking University in China, publishes in academic journals and presents at conferences both in New Zealand and overseas.
His research interests are Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL), English language training courses for migrants seeking employment and materials development for ESL students. At present he is a research associate of the ‘Language in the Workplace’ Project at Victoria University of Wellington (www.vuw.ac.nz/lals/lwp/index.html) and was the writer of the successful CD ROM ‘English for Employment’. This CD assists students to learn about English and gaining employment.
Marketing Director
Adon is the spokesperson for the site and is responsible for media relations, marketing, partnerships and promotion of the site in all countries. He is also an experienced English lecturer and comes with over 25 years experience in the commercial and information technology sectors. He has an M.A. in Applied Linguistics, B.A in English, B.D. in Theology and several other qualifications. He is a member of the New Zealand Computer Society and is a Certified I.T. Professional.
While being the President for a global Internet Company, he lectures part-time at a Polytechnic and is invited as a regular guest speaker at other English schools, migrant service organisations and at public events. He also serves the community in NZ as a Justice of the Peace. He has a passion for teaching English and helping migrants to succeed. His special interest is in teaching Employment and Workplace English, Police English, Online Teaching and Learning (eLearning), Social Media and Wine Language. He conducts research on Employment Corpus and is a prolific writer. He is also an active blogger.
Web Master and Developer
Laxman lives in Auckland, New Zealand but comes from Nepal where he was a government official. He has a Master of International Business and Administration. He has worked on the Nepalese Government Tourist Sites and has skills in ASP, HTML, Java, SQL, Oracle and MS Access. His skills in programming and website problem solving keep this site afloat now.
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