Meet Our Trainers

The Teacher Trainers at our partner school in Prague are highly qualified and experienced EFL teachers who constantly improve their skills through various seminars, workshops, and other resources. They are dedicated trainers and implement innovative teaching strategies in their classroom.

Here is a brief biography of each of the instructors:

John Hanes

TEFL Course Director & Head TEFL Instructor

John Hanes has taught EFL since 2003. Since then he has taught at the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic and at the Charles University, the most prestigious university in the Czech Republic.

John has an extensive research background with degrees in psychology, philosophy, and cognitive neuroscience of language, which he implements into the lectures.

During his graduate studies he worked on the scientific investigation of chimpanzee language cognition at the Ohio State University Primate Center. In addition, he performed therapy for the improvement of the language ability of autistic children. John has been a TEFL instructor since 2005.

His hobbies include international travel and cuisine, foreign languages, chess, music, and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.

Christine Thompson

Christine has taught EFL in its various forms for fifteen years. She has taught English conversation in private language schools and in state schools in Japan and Slovakia and at the university in Bratislava. She did her CELTA in Auckland and completed her DELTA in Prague in 2007. She has a keen interest in English theatre in Prague, baking the perfect “tarte au citron”, and fifties-era jazz.

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