Our world, second edition - National Geographic Learning (2023)

Gabriel Pritchard

Gabrielle Pritchard is the author of English as a Foreign Language courses and children's books. Based in the UK, she has spent twenty years writing material for learners of English of all levels. Her special interest is the development of materials for young learners, both as an author and as a consultant.

Diana Pinkley

Diane Pinkley is former Director of the TC TESOL Certificate Program in the TESOL Program, Department of Arts and Humanities, Teachers College, Columbia University in New York. She is a renowned author and ESL/EFL teacher trainer and has traveled the world presenting scholarly articles and conducting teacher training workshops. She has written bestselling series for children and adults. A former Director of the Institute for North American Studies in Badalona, ​​Spain and Curriculum Coordinator of the Michigan Language Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan, she has taught all levels of ESL and EFL.

Ronald Scrooge

Ronald Scro is an instructional designer, writer, and developer of educational products in video, print, e-learning, and blended learning. He has been creating educational materials for adults and children for more than 25 years. Ron is currently a Managing Partner at Applied Vision, LLC in California, which provides design and development services to publishers and educational companies.

rob suor

Rob Sved is an English as a Foreign Language writer based in Oxford, UK. For the past 20 years, he has worked as a teacher, editor, editor, and writer, specializing in the development of materials for young learners.

E Schwermer

Kaj Schwermer is an award-winning author and teacher educator with more than two decades of experience working with young learners. He has run his own network of private language schools, is the educational director of a major private nursery and primary school program, and has led numerous teacher training workshops throughout Asia. He is currently the Director of the International Department at Suma Gakuen High School in Kobe, Japan. Kaj is co-author of Our World, Second Edition of National Geographic Learning and author of Look Anthologies.

Dra. Joan Kang Shin

Joan Kang Shin is Associate Professor of Education at George Mason University and Coordinator of the Teaching Culturally and Linguistically Diverse and Exceptional Learners (TCLDEL) academic program. Dr. Shin specializes in teaching ESL/EFL to young learners and adolescents and offers professional development programs and workshops for ESL teachers in over 100 countries around the world. She is the editor of National Geographic Learning's Welcome to Our World, Our World, and Explore Our World series of programs for young learners, as well as the Teen Impact program, and author of the professional development title Teaching Young Learners English.

By JoAnn (Jodi) Crandall

JoAnn (Jodi) Crandall is Professor Emeritus and former Director of Language, Literacy, and Culture PhD Program and Co-Director of the MA TESOL Program at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. She has worked in all areas of ESL/EFL, including teaching, curriculum and materials development, standards development, and teacher training. She is the editor of National Geographic Learning's Welcome to Our World, Our World, and Explore Our World series of programs for young learners, as well as the Teen Impact program, and author of the professional development title Teaching Young Learners English.