The MATSDA Committee

Meet the MATSDA committee members...

President: Prof/Dr Brian Tomlinson

Brian is Founder and President of MATSDA and the author of many publications(including Discover English, Materials Development in Language Learning and Developing Materials for Language Learning). He has presented in forty countries and worked in Nigeria, Zambia, Vanuatu, Indonesia, Japan and Singapore. brianjohntomlinson@gmail.com

Chair: Dave Allan

Dave is Director of NILE, the Norwich Institute for Language Education, a Fellow of the School of Education and Professional Development at the University of East Anglia and a consultant for the British Council and the Council of Europe. For 9 years co-ordinator of the IATEFL TEASIG, and an author for OUP, Dave has run courses and seminars for teachers in over 40 countries. He is a passionate, lifelong supporter of Sunderland AFC. dave@nile-elt.com

Committee Secretary: Hitomi Masuhara (Dr.)

Hitomi is a founding member and Secretary of MATSDA and Deputy Director of the MA in Applied Linguistics and the MA in TESOL at the University of Liverpool. She has worked in Japan, Oman, Singapore and the UK and has presented at Conferences all over the world. Her publications include journal articles, book chapters and books (e.g. Materials and Methods in ELT (2013) Wiley, co-authored with J. McDonough and C. Shaw; Research for Materials Development in Language Learning (2010) Continuum, co-edited with B. Tomlinson. hitomi.masuhara@gmail.com

Folio Editor: Freda Mishan (Dr.)

Freda Mishan has over forty years’ experience in TESOL in a number of countries, including 10 years as course director of the PhD and MA in TESOL at the University of Limerick, Ireland. Her research and publications are primarily in materials development and include Developing Intercultural Language Materials (2024) co-authored with Tamas Kiss, Materials Development for TESOL (2015) co-authored with Ivor Timmis, and the edited volume ESOL provision in the UK and Ireland: Challenges and Opportunities (2019). She has contributed chapters to volumes on materials development, including Developing Materials for Language Teaching (3rd edition) (2023) edited by Brian Tomlinson and The Routledge Handbook of Materials Development for Language Teaching (2022) edited by Julie Norton and Heather Buchanan. She has been editor of the MATSDA journal, Folio since 2011. FredaMishan@ul.ie

Treasurer: Andy Dyble

andy.dyble@outlook.com

Membership Secretary: Jensen Zhuang (Dr.)

Jensen is Director of Oxbridge AcaVice, a UK-based company offering a comprehensive range of bespoke student and academic services, including proofreading, translation, publication support, research consultancy and IELTS preparation courses (www.acavice.com). Jensen has 30 years of experience in teaching and researching applied linguistics at UK universities and overseas, such as the University of Huddersfield and Loughborough University. Currently engaged in a CFL (Chinese as a Foreign Language) textbook evaluation project, he conducts original research and disseminates outputs through publications and international conference presentations, with his next talk to give at ChinaCALL, August 2024, Beijing. Jensen is an active manuscript reviewer for several major journals, including the Journal of Pragmatics. membership@matsda.org

Promotions Manager: Tom Court

Tom Court is an ELT assistant professor in the Faculty of Education and Social Work at Brigham Young University-Hawaii. He is currently a student in the Ed.D. in TESOL program at Anaheim University, CA, and he received his M.Ed. TESL and B.A. in East Asian Studies from the University of Calgary in Canada. Tom also earned a multiple-subject teaching credential from San Diego State University. He has taught in Japan, California, Oregon and now Hawaii. promotions@matsda.org

Web Coordinator: Jon Marks

Jon is a freelance ELT writer. He has authored/co-authored numerous classroom courses, self-study resources and teacher development programmes (details at jonmarks.net). Queries about MATSDA's website should be addressed to Jon at web@matsda.org