John Hughes is an English language teacher, teacher trainer and author with over 20 titles. He has taught in many different countries and managed a teacher training company. Nowadays he runs workshops for teachers and is regularly invited to speak at teaching conferences around the world. He has written numerous articles for journals and news media including the Guardian newspaper and website. He is a well-known ELT author with a wide range of titles including series titles such Business Result (Oxford University Press) and Practical Grammar (Heinle). Most recently he worked as one of three authors on a new six-level general English course series called Life (National Geographic Learning) which integrates critical thinking skills with language learning. He also writes a blog at www.elteachertrainer.com. John lives with his family near Oxford.