About us and who we've worked for
Jon Marks is British and and started teaching English in 1988. He worked in several countries, eventually becoming a director of studies and teacher trainer. He now develops materials full time. As well as courses for language school chains, he has published several books with ELT publishers, the most recent of which are the Reading Café series (co-author, Ladder Korea 2010) and IELTS Resource Pack and Practice Tests (Delta Publishing 2008). He also contributes a regular teaching activities feature and a humorous cartoon strip to English Teaching Professional magazine.
Alison-Wooder is also British. She has lived and taught English in several countries, including Italy, Portugal, Poland and China, and has been a DoS and teacher trainer. She has been writing materials full-time since 2005, and her most recent publications are Reading Café (co-author, Ladder Korea 2010) and Check Your English Vocabulary for Collocations (A&C Black, 2008). She is the founder of the popular ESLjokes.net website.
In addition, we have many contacts and collaborators in the fields of ESL / ELT materials development, graphic design, illustration, animation and sound-recording. However specialised your requirements, we will be able to assemble the right team to complete the project effectively and within deadline.
We have contributed ESL/ELT materials to the following:
English in Action, a joint project between the Open University and the government of Bangladesh to raise English Language Teaching standards in state schools throughout Bangladesh.
Aston English Schools, a major chain operating in China, Vietnam and Singapore.
Wall Street Institute, a global language school chain with around 350 centres worldwide.
EF, a major global language school chain and operators of Englishtown, a leading online-learning programme.
Delta Publishing, a UK ELT publisher reknowned for innovative teaching materials.
A&C Black, a non-fiction (including ELT) imprint of Bloomsbury, a major UK publisher.
Pearson Longman ELT, a major international publisher.
Thomson-Heinle, a major international publisher.
English Teaching Professional magazine, a leading worldwide publication for ELT/ESL teachers.
Ladder Korea, an ELT/ESL publisher to Korea, Malaysia and Singapore.
IELTSwriter.com, an online writing practice tool for IELTS candidates
ESLjokes.net, jokes and exercises for learning/teaching English
LangwichScool.com, Jon's cartoons from English Teaching
Professional magazine
To view sample pages, please see the Courses for language schools page of this website.