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 Mike has worked in English Language teaching for the past 24 years as a teacher, trainer, materials developer and project manager. He has taught and run English Language projects in a number of countries and regions around the world, including Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and, most recently, South Asia. For many of these years Mike worked with the British Council and had an increasing involvement in technologies used to deliver teaching and learning, and most particularly in virtual communities of teachers and learners. Since 2006 Mike has been teaching in and producing materials for English language learners in “Second Lifeâ€, and in January 2009 he joined the academic team at the Open University working on a large-scale government sponsored English language improvement project centred on Bangladesh (English in Action). This is using a combination of traditional and state of the art handheld technologies to reach up to 25 million Bangladeshis.
Mike’s professional interests include the role of languages in development, and the future direction and role of English.
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