Roger Gower has been involved in ELT for many years, as a materials writer, teacher, trainer and manager. He now works as a British Council Inspector, and is reviews editor for Modern English Teacher. Diane Phillips is currently a lecturer with the Open University (teaching on the MA in applied linguistics) and a British Council Inspectors. She is particularly interested in project work and portfolio assessment, especially with young learners. Steve Walters is an academic director at the Norwich Institute of Language Education (NILE). He has done teacher training in more than 20 countries, and was instrumental in starting the RSA (now UCLES) Certificate in TEFL, as well as being its first Chief Examiner.