More than teaching and translating
The chaos of everyday life
The author of The Fractal Approach to Teaching English as a Foreign Language divides
his time between his ‘day job’ of running a language school and a number of other
projects and commitments. Having spent more than thirty years as a translator, lecturer
and language teacher, he is still involved in the day-to-day practice of English
language teaching, but is also increasingly finding time to express himself through
articles, books and other media, and whilst his prime interests are firmly rooted
in the fields of language, linguistics and methodology, his interests extend to other
areas too. These include not only software development and new media projects but
also topics as diverse as chaos theory, health policy, dental technology, Jacobean
drama and the Edwardian music hall.
Maurice Claypole BA Hons, MA (Lond), MCIL, CertEd, FCollT, AITI, PhD
Author, Translator and Language Consultant
Article in the Learning English section of the Guardian Weekly
Crowdsourcing and ELT
Book translation. Topics include Primary Care, Appropriateness and Transparency and
National Strategies
Health Policy Developments 11
What you always wanted to know about teaching English but were afraid to ask
Controversies in ELT
Selected books and publications
Earlier article on the use of Translation in English language teaching
Learners are getting lost
The author’s personal home page can be found at