Dr Luke Prodromou graduated from Bristol University and has an MA in Shakespeare Studies (Birmingham University) a Diploma in Teaching English (Leeds University, with distinction) and a Ph.D (Nottingham University).  He is the author of 20 or so coursebooks; he has worked for the British Council (Head of Teacher Training, Thessaloniki), the University of Thessaloniki (Shakespeare Course), the University of Edinburgh (Drama for TEFL), ESADE Barcelona (Drama and Mixed Ability Classes), Pilgrims, Canterbury and NILE, Norwich. His  Phd: English as a Lingua Franca: a corpus-based approach,  was published by Continuum (2010). He is also co-author, with Lindsay Clandfield, of the award-winning teachers’ handbook:  Dealing with Difficulties.  Luke is a founder member of Disabled Access FriendlyCampaignfor which he wrote and performed the ‘Wheelchair Sketch’; he now performs asThe English Language Theatre – Luke and friends. He has run courses on English literature (Shakespeare, Austen, Dickens, the modern novel) for state school teachers in Madrid.

He teaches part-time on the MA TESOL at The University of Sheffield International Faculty, CITY College, Thessaloniki.