David Seymour is an author based in London, where he teaches ESOL and IT. He is also the author of various worksheets for Inside Out at beginner and pre-intermediate levels. Maria Popova studied Linguistics at the Moscow State Linguistics University where she specialised in EFL and Phonetics, before settling in London in 1999. Maria has a keen interest in teaching methodology and developing new approaches to teaching English as a Foreign Language, having been both a language learner and teacher.