About the people behind YEO
Pascal Brown
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.
Nick Hansen
Webdesigner
Nick was the original designer of the site. Without his patience and assistance
this site would never have been developed. He lives in Sydney, Australia and works
full time with the internet.
Ben Hitchcock
Programmer
Ben was the original programmer for the site. Also without his assistance this site
would never have been developed. He lives and works in Woolongong, Australia.
Laxman Paudel
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.