Tessa Hall

I came to TEFL through one-to-one teaching as a student in Oxford, and went on to teach classes of all levels and ages at the British Institute in Seville and back in the UK. After returning to Oxford University to write a DPhil on Lawrence Durrell, I got a job in the ELT Division of Oxford University Press which gave me an excellent training in ELT publishing. I then became a freelance editor and writer and over the years have edited or written the components of more ELT courses than I can remember!

I am an experienced copywriter and business (particularly web) writer. This keeps me up to date with digital and online developments which I find invaluable for my ELT writing. In addition, I’m a stained glass artist so I have a keen interest in design, images and the whole aesthetic learning environment. More generally, I am interested in all the ways in which pleasure can be added to the learning process to make it more rewarding for students, particularly those who may not be academically gifted.

I am now the proud author of The Big Picture Beginner Student’s Book and Workbook.