Michael McCarthy is Emeritus Professor of Applied
Linguistics at the University of Nottingham, UK. He is also
Adjunct Professor of Applied Linguistics at the Pennsylvania
State University and at the University of Limerick, Ireland.
He is the author of many titles of interest to teachers, including
Spoken Language and Applied Linguistics. Well known as an
expert on the teaching and learning of vocabulary, he is a co-author of the basic and upper-intermediate levels of Vocabulary in Use.

Jeanne McCarten has taught in Sweden, France, Malaysia, and
the UK, and has many years of experience publishing English
teaching materials, specializing in the areas of grammar and
vocabulary. She was closely involved in the development of the
spoken English sections of the Cambridge International Corpus.

Helen Sandiford has extensive experience as an English teacher, teacher trainer, and sales and marketing specialist. She spent nine years in Japan setting up English programs and teaching in Japanese senior high schools and vocational colleges. She has conducted training seminars for English teachers throughout East Asia.