Paul Emmerson

Paul Emmerson was born and brought up in London, then went to University in the north of England. He lived in Manchester for many years, working as a teacher in community education. His job involved the design, management and implementation of IT training.

In his mid thirties he decided to change his life completely and moved to Portugal. He lived in Lisbon for six years, working as a freelance Business English trainer. He came back to the UK in 1996 and since then has worked as a writer, teacher and teacher trainer in the field of Business English. He has a strong connection with International House, London, where he teaches every summer, runs the LCCI Cert TEB training course overseas, and does quality control inspections of international affiliates.

He has recently completed an MA in Applied Linguistics, and has a continuing interest in the academic fields of Task-Based Learning and Intercultural Awareness. He gives regular presentations at ELT conferences all over the world on teaching methodology for Business English.

His publications include Business Builder, Business Grammar Builder and Email English (Macmillan) and Business English Frameworks and Five Minute Business English Activities (CUP).