Hello, I am Vanessa Clark. After a degree in modern languages and my postgraduate studies in education in the UK, I ran away to Munich `for one year and stayed for eight years as an English teacher and later as a Director of Studies. My classroom experience with adult learners in Germany and my teacher training role there is what I ve found most useful in writing Refresh Now, Network Now and English Compass, as good coursebooks must be designed with both learners and teachers in mind. I now teach EFL back home in the UK and keep my connection with Germany through my work for Ernst Klett Sprachen.
Hello. I am Lynda Hübner - but don t be taken in by the umlaut - I married it! I am English, though I ve lived in Munich for goodness me! - nearly forty years! And I have spent a lot of that time teaching English and writing EFL books for the Network Now and Refresh Now series. As a result, I have very little spare time - but I have managed to have a couple of kids and a couple of cats.
Hello, I am Dagmar Taylor. I ve been teaching English as a foreign language in Germany for over twenty years. After twenty, I decided to stop counting! My name looks German, but I m actually from Scotland. After completing my Masters in German Studies, I moved to Bavaria and started teaching English. I wrote the 'English worldwide' and 'English at work' pages for three books in the Network Now series. I also write and edit for an English language magazine. I love writing teaching materials because I can put both my classroom experience and my creativity to good use. When I m not writing or teaching, I enjoy baking or spending time outdoors with my two children and our dog.