OPTIMISE B1 STUDENT´S BOOK RESOURCE CENTRE 9780230488458 MACMILLAN 2017 (USADO)

Malcolm Mann is an English language teacher and materials writer. He is the co-author of numerous ELT courses, including the Laser and Destination series (both published by Macmillan), and regularly gives webinars and presentations to teachers all round the world. He’s currently working on a major new coursebook series for Macmillan. Malcolm lives and works in Greece, where he holds joint responsibility for the production of the L.A.A.S. English language exams. He is a former Chairperson of TESOL Greece. In his spare time, he’s a partner in a bike shop and a cafe/bar in Athens. Steve Taylore-Knowles has spent over 20 years in ELT as a writer, a teacher trainer, an examiner and a teacher. He has created a number of best-selling multi-level courses, including Open Mind (Macmillan, 2014-15), which incorporates life skills as an integral part of the course, and Laser (Macmillan, 2013), an exam preparation series for teenagers. His work has taken him to over thirty countries and he regularly speaks at events throughout the world on various aspects of English language teaching and learning. Having spent a number of years teaching abroad, including two years on the board of TESOL Greece, Steve is now based in his native county of Lancashire in the north of England, where he lives with wife Jo and young daughter Scout.