About the Author

Dave Hopkins has been a professional teacher of English to speakers of other languages (TESOL) for more than four decades. He has worked and lived in Brasil, Botswana, Pakistan, Egypt, Japan and Thailand. His teaching and training portfolio includes Peace Corps training, materials development, refugee training, English for academic purposes, business English and program development and management. Most recently, he has been the Academic Director and course developer for TEFL International, and, a Senior English Language Fellow for US State Department in Islamabad, Pakistan.