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Hi! We’re Shannon and Lauren!
About Shannon
As a lover of literature and grammar, Shannon soon found that teaching English was just as much fun as studying it. That realization sparked a career that has taken her from Addis Ababa to Budapest. Even after more than ten years of English teaching and training, she still never gets tired of a good pun. While she relishes all aspects of her work in the classroom, she particularly enjoys helping teachers and students with exam preparation and has a knack for improving scores on the writing sections.
Shannon can often be found indulging her addictions to chocolate and Turkish coffee, both outside and inside the classroom.
About Lauren
With over twenty years of experience teaching and training everywhere from Taipei to Transylvania (for real!), Lauren has had her fair share of notable ESL experiences. She was once invited to give a "small presentation" in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, only to find, upon arrival, that she would actually be speaking in a gigantic, packed auditorium-- on national television. She went with the flow and chalked it up to another example of the maxim that a good English teacher is ready for anything.
While her favorite place to be is in the classroom, Lauren also has a passion for materials and curriculum design as well as all things visual. Between teaching, training, and traveling, she finds time to practice her photography skills. She particularly enjoys shooting her favorite subject: vegan cuisine.
About TEFL Horizons
We created TEFL Horizons as a way to share our passion for ESL training and teaching. As lovers of language and communication, we started as ESL teachers and have since worked in a variety of countries and contexts, in everything from exam preparation to ESL career coaching. As CELTA trainers, we’ve also helped hundreds of teachers develop their skills, and we delight in hearing from our graduates around the world who are living their dreams.
Our careers in TEFL have taken us around the globe, introduced us to incredible teachers and learners in all walks of life, and solidified our respect for language as a bridge across borders, a breaker of barriers, and a builder of true connections between people from all backgrounds.
This is a place where teachers can hone their craft and students can develop their skills. This is a place to share ideas, ask questions, and grow in your development as a teacher or learner. We offer this place as a map to guide you to the goals on your horizon.