Scott Thornbury joins Leo, Mike, and Andrew in studio. 

Scott has taught and trained in Egypt, UK, Spain, and in his native New Zealand. Until recently he taught an online MA TESOL program for The New School in New York. His writing credits include several award-winning books for teachers on language and methodology. He is also the series editor for the Cambridge Handbooks for Language Teachers, and a trustee of the Hands Up Project, which promotes drama activities in English for children in under-resourced regions of the Arab world. At present, he is working for the Mosaik Foundation, training teachers of refugees in the Middle East in how to integrate communicative activities into their online classes. 

We delve into Scott's career journey, and he discusses:

• his career beginnings

For more on Scott Thornbury:

His website is www.scottthornbury.com

He tweets at @thornburyscott 

His highly acclaimed blog https://scottthornbury.wordpress.com/

Mosaik Foundation

Hands Up Project

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