Maria HeronNILE Consultant Trainer

Maria Heron has been working as a teacher, teacher trainer and materials writer for forty years. She has trained teachers in the UK, Argentina, Chile, Panama, Western Europe, Kazakhstan and Canada. She is a CELTA trainer and CELTA assessor, has set up a CELTA centre at ICBC in Santiago de Chile and has delivered CELTA courses in the UK and in different parts of the world. She regularly gives presentations at international conferences.

Maria completed her MA at NILE in collaborative partnership with the University of Chichester and she is on the advisory board of Folio. Her chief ELT interests are materials development and the role of affect in language learning.