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Antonia Clare has been writing ELT books since 1998, and has co-authored Language to Go, Worldview and Living English. She developed her passion for languages while studying in Italy, and is the proud mother of "two beautifully boisterous young boys". Antonia is the co-author of the Intermediate and Advanced levels of Total English. |
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| What is your idea of perfect happiness? |
| Life, love and laughter. |
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| What has teaching taught you? |
| That there is always more to learn. |
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| How did you get into ELT? |
| Like many native speaker teachers, by mistake. |
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| What is your greatest extravagance? |
| I don't really 'do' extravagance, but I think it would have to be expensive food and wine. |
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| What is your favourite word? |
| 'Hello.' |
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| What is the trait you most dislike in yourself? |
| My inability to say 'no'. It gets me into lots of trouble. |
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| What is the trait you most dislike in others? |
| Dishonesty. |
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| What is your favourite feature of Total English? |
| Its fantastic authors! |
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| What 3 words best describe your lessons? |
| Rarely to plan. |
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| In which countries have you taught? |
| Italy, UK, Hong Kong, Poland, Ukraine, Spain, Portugal, South Africa. |
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| Where is your favourite holiday destination? |
| Sardinia - someone once told me that it was better than the Caribbean, and they were right! |
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| Which words or phrases do you most over-use? |
| "Stop that" - directed at my 3-year old. |
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| What would your personal motto be? |
| Stop worrying about the future and take time to appreciate the 'now'. |
