This webinar presented recent theories in Second Language Acquisition (SLA) which emphasize the dynamic nature of learning. We looked at the English Profile project and show how this research has informed the development of materials in Cambridge English Empower making them more manageable for learners.

Co-author of Cambridge English Empower, Craig Thaine has been involved in ELT for 30 years. He is Cambridge DTEFLA qualified and also has an MA (Hons.) in Applied Linguistics. He has worked as a teacher and teacher trainer in many different countries including England, Italy, Egypt, Sweden and New Zealand. He is currently Director of Teacher Training at Languages International, Auckland and is a Cambridge English Language Assessment Teaching Awards assessor for both the CELTA and Delta schemes.