Richard Acklam has been involved in EFL teaching/teacher-training since1982. He has mainly worked for International House in London, Paris and Cairo. He has an MA (TEFL) from the University of Reading. His publications include The Choice series [co-author with Sue Mohamed] (Longman), First Certificate Gold, Advanced Gold and Going for Gold (Intermediate and Upper Intermediate) [co-author with Araminta Crace] (Pearson Education). Sally Burgess is co-author (with Richard Acklam) of First Certificate Gold (1996; 2000) and Advanced Gold (forthcoming). Sally teaches English and an introductory sociolinguistics course in the English Department at the University of La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain. She holds an MA (TEFL) and a Ph.D from the University of Reading, UK. Araminta Crace - A full time freelance writer of ELT materials, Araminta has taught in Brazil (where she was a Director of Studies), Egypt, Portugal and Spain, and worked as a teacher trainer at International House.
