Hi everyone, I'm Olya from St.

Hi everyone, I'm Olya from St. Petersburg, Russia. I've taught in a range of contexts here in Russia, but currently I teach ESP/BE in EPAM, a multinational IT company, where I also oversee professional development of a team of language trainers across Russian offices. I've also just got trained as a CELTA tutor - really looking forward to the first course!

I've co-authored a digital ELT product that got nominated for ELTons this year (tubequizard.com), but as for writing, I haven't got anything published apart from a few articles in IATEFL newsletters (and one coming up in ET professional in September), a lesson in Onestopenglish lesson share competition and a couple dozen worksheets on my blog.

I've got a few ideas I'd like to develop - the thing I'd really love to produce would be some listening materials targeting listening decoding skills. I've also got a few other ideas, e.g. worksheets for IT specialists or a set of BE materials based around authentic forum discussions. Gotta think about Dorothy's questions and decide which one to go with!

I'm really happy to be part of this community and I'm really looking forward to learning with all of you.