TESOL Professor Brian Tomlinson

Brian Tomlinson

NTELT Honorary Scientific Committee

Dr. Brian Tomlinson is considered to be one of the world’s leading experts on materials development for language learning. Throughout his career, Brian has worked as a teacher, teacher trainer, curriculum developer and university lecturer in Japan, Indonesia, Nigeria, Singapore, the UK, Vanuatu, and Zambia. He is also founder and president of the Materials Development Association (MATSDA) a non-profit making international association that brings together researchers, publishers, writers, and teachers to work together towards the development of high quality materials for the learning of languages.

Brian has written and published many articles and books including Materials Development in Language Teaching. he launched the journal Folio and ran (with Hitomi Masuhara) a number of materials writing workshops in the UK and in Botswana, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, the Seychelles, Singapore, Turkey, and Vietnam. He has also organized and presented the opening plenary at thirty international MATSDA conferences. He is currently a Visiting Professor at Leeds Metropolitan University and an Adviser for the British Council English Language Advisory Group.