Dr. Ken Beatty, Anaheim University TESOL Professor, has worked in secondary schools and universities in Asia, the Middle East, and North and South America, lecturing on language teaching and computer-assisted language learning from the primary through university levels. Author of 130+ textbooks, he has given 300+ teacher-training sessions and 100+ conference presentations in 26 countries. His most recent books are Learning English for Academic Purposes for Pearson Canada."I never expected to write. I was a weak secondary school student until Grade 12, when I switched schools and an English teacher took me under his wing and taught me not just to write, but to think. That year, I graduated with an A average, a scholarship, university acceptance and went on to complete degrees and diplomas in urban geography, education, linguistics, theater, and curriculum development. I believe in the difference a single individual - especially a teacher - can make in the life of a learner."