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ABOUT THE AUTHORS

JOAN SASLOW

Joan Saslow has taught in a variety of programs in South America and the United States.
She is author or coauthor of a number of widely used courses, some of which are:
1. Ready to Go,
2. Workplace Plus,
3. Literacy Plus, and
4. Summit.
5. English in Context, a series for reading science and technology.
Ms. Saslow was the series director of True Colors and True Voices.
She has participated in the English Language Specialist Program in the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of
Educational and Cultural Affairs.

ALLEN ASCHER

Allen Ascher has been a teacher and teacher trainer in China and the United States, as well as academic
director of the intensive English program at Hunter College.
Mr. Ascher has also been an ELT publisher and was responsible for publication and expansion of
numerous well-known courses including:
1. True Colors,
2. NorthStar, the Longman TOEFL Preparation Series, and
3. The Longman Academic Writing Series.
He is coauthor of Summit and he wrote the "Teaching Speaking" module of Teacher Development
Interactive, an online multimedia teacher-training program.

Ms. Saslow and Mr. Ascher are frequent presenters at professional conferences and have been coauthoring
courses for teens, adults, and young adults since 2002.

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SOBRE LOS AUTORES

JOAN SASLOW

Joan Saslow ha enseñado en una variedad de programas en América del Sur y los Estados Unidos.
Es autora o coautora de varios cursos ampliamente utilizados, algunos de los cuales son:
1. Ready to Go,
2. Workplace Plus,
3. Literacy Plus y
4. Summit.
5. English in Context, una serie para lectura de ciencia y tecnología.
La Sra. Saslow fue la directora de la serie True Colors y True Voices.
Ella ha participado en el Programa de Especialistas en Idioma Inglés en la Oficina de Asuntos Educativos y
Culturales del Departamento de Estado de los Estados Unidos.

ALLEN ASCHER

Allen Ascher ha sido profesor y formador de profesores en China y Estados Unidos, así como director
académico del programa de inglés intensivo en Hunter College.
El Sr. Ascher también ha sido editor de ELT y fue responsable de la publicación y expansión de
numerosos cursos conocidos, entre ellos:
1. Colores verdaderos,
2. Estrella del Norte,
3. La serie de preparación TOEFL de Longman, y
4. La serie de escritura académica de Longman.
Es coautor de Summit y escribió el módulo "Teaching Speaking" de Teacher Development Interactive, un
programa multimedia en línea para la capacitación de maestros.

La Sra. Saslow y el Sr. Ascher son presentadores frecuentes en conferencias profesionales y han sido coautor
de cursos para adolescentes, adultos y jóvenes adultos desde 2002.

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AUTHORS' ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The authors are indebted to these reviewers, who provided extensive and detailed feedback and
suggestions for Top Notch, as well as the hundreds of teachers who completed surveys and participated in
groups.

1. Manuel Wilson Alvarado Miles, Quito, Ea,ador

2. Shirley Ando, Otemoe UnMITTity, Hyogo, Japan
3. Vanessa de Andrade, CC8EU Inter Americano, Curitiba, Brazil
4. Miguel Arrazola, CM, Santa Cruz, 8olivia
5. Mark Barta, Proflciency School of English, Sao Paulo, Brazil
6. Edwin Bello, PROULEX, Guadalajara, Mexico
7. Mary Blum, CaA, Cochabamba, Bollvlo
8. Maria Elizabeth Boccia, Proflciency School of English, Sao Paulo, Brazli
9. Pamela Cristina Borja Ball6n, Quito, Ecuodor
10. Eliana Anabel L Buccia, AMtCANA, Mendoza, Argentina
11. Jose Humberto Calderon Dfaz, CAI.USA(. Guatemala Oty, Guatemala
12. Marla Teresa Calienes Csirke, ldiomos Cat61lco, limo, Perv
13. Esther Maria Carbo Morales, Quito, Ecuador
14. Jorge Washington Cardenas Castillo, Quito, Ea,ador
15. Erendira Yadira Carrera Garcia, WM Oiopultepec. Mexico Oty, Mexico
16. Viviane de Cassia Santos Carlini, Spectrum Une, Pouso Alegre, Brazil
17. Centro Colombo Americano, Bogota, Colombia
18. Gvven C'tftci, Fatlh Uni"9rsity, Istanbul, Turkey
19. Diego Cisneros, CaA, Tarijo, Bolivia
20. Paul Crook, Meisei Uniwrslty, Tokyo, Japan
21. Alejandra Dfaz Loo, El Cultural, Arequipa, Peru
22. Jesus G. Diaz Oslo, Florido Notional College, Miami, USA
23. Maria Eid Ceneviva, CBA, Bo1Ma
24. Amalia Elvira Rodriguez Espinoza De Los Monteros, Guayaquil, Ecuador

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25. Marla Argelia Estrada Vasquez, CAI.USA<:. Guatemala City, Guatemala

26. John Fielcleldy, College of Engineering, Nihon l.lmiersity, Aizuwakomatsu-shi, Japan
27. Marleni Humbelina Flores Urizar, CAI.USA(. Guatemala Oty, Guatemala
28. Ganzalo Fortune, CaA, Sucre, Bolivia
29. Andrea Fredricks, Embassy CES, Son Francisco, USA
30. Irma Gallegos Pelaez, WM Tlolpon, Mexico Oty, Mexico
31. Alberto Gamarra, CaA, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
32. Marla Amparo Garcia Pelia, ICPNA Cusco, Peru
33. Amanda Glllis-Furutaka, Kyoto Sangyo Uni..,sity, Kyoto, Japan
34. Martha Angelina Gonzalez Parraga, Guayaquil, Ea,ador
35. Octavio Gorcluno Ruiz
36. Pedro Cavazos Garza, SouthConsulting Corporation, Hidalgo Tx. USA
37. Ralph Grayson, lcliomas Cot61ica, Uma, Perv
38. Murat Gult.lcln, Fotih Uni¥ersity, Istanbul, Turkey
39. Oswaldo Gutierrez, PROULEX, Guadalajara, Mexico
40. Ayaka Hashinishi, Otemae Unl..,slty, Hyoga, Japan
41. Alma Lorena Hernandez de Armas, CALUSAC. Guatemala Oty, Guatemala
42. Kent Hill, Seigakuln Uniwrsity, Soitoma-loen, Japan
43. Kayoko Hirao, Nichti Gakkon Company, COCO Juku, Japan
44. Jesse Huang, National Central Uni"9rsity, Taoyuan, Taiwan
45. Eric Charles Jones, Seoul Uniwrslty of Technology, Seoul, South Korea
46. Jun-Chen Kuo, Tojen Unl""'rslty, PingM,g, Taiwan
47. Susan Krieger, Embassy CES, San Francisco, USA
48. Ana Marfa de la Torre Ugarte, ICPNA Chicloyo, Peru
49. Erin Lemalstre, Ou,g-Ang Uni"9rslty, Seoul, South Korea
50. Eleanor S. Leu, Soochow Uniwrslty, Taipei, Taiwan
51. Ylhul Li (Stella Li), Fooyin Uniwrsity, Koohslwlg, Taiwan
52. Chin-Fan Lin, Shi! Hsin Uni"9rslty, Taipei, Taiwan
53. Linda Lin, Tatung lnsti1ute of Tedlnology, Taiwan
54. Kristen Lindblom, Embassy CES, San Francisco, USA
55. Patricio David L6pez Logacho, Quito, Ecuador
56. Diego L6pez Tasara, ldiomos Cat6rica, Umo, Peru
57. Neil Macleod, Kansai Gaidal Uni¥11t'sity, Osaka, Japan
58. Adriana Marces, ldiomos Catollca, Uma, Peru

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59. Robyn McMurray, Pusan Notional Uni..,sity, Busan, South Korea

60. Paula Medina, London Language lnstlMe, London, Canada
61. Juan Carlos Muiioz, American School Way, Bogota, Colombia
62. Noriko Mori, Otemoe Uni¥erslty, Hyogo, Japan
63. Adrian Esteban Narvaez Pacheco, Cuenca, Ecuador
64. Tim Newflelds, Tokyo Uni¥erslty faOllty of Economics, Tokyo, Japan
65. Ana Cristina Ochoa, CCBEU Inter Amer1cano, Curitiba, Broz,1
66. Tania Elizabeth Ortega Santacruz, Cuenca, Ecuador
67. Martha Patricia Paez, Quito, Ecuador
68. Maria de Lourdes P6rez Valdespino, Unl¥111'sldad del Volle de Mexico, Mexico
69. Wahrena Elizabeth Pfeister, u�1Y-1 u'1j {51'.JD www.irLanguage.com Uni""'rslty of Suwon, Gyeonggi-
Oo, South Korea
70. Wayne Allen Pfeister, Uni"9rsity of Suwon, Gyeonggi-Oo, South Korea
71. Andrea Rebonato, CCBEU Inter Americ:ono, Curitiba, Brazil
72. Thomas Robb, Kyoto Songyo Uniwrslty, Kyoto, Jopon
73. Mehran Sabet, Seigokuln Uniwrslty, Soitamaloen, Japan
74. Majid Safadaran Mosazadeh, ICPNA Chldayo, Perv
75. Timothy Samuelson, BrldgeEnglhh, Demer, USA
76. Hector Sanchez, PROUI.EX, Guadalajara, Mexico
77. M6nica Alexandra Sanchez Escalante, Quito, Ecuador
78. Jorge Mauricio Sanchez Montalvan, Quito, Unl"ltrsldod Politecnlca Soleslona {UPS), Ecuador
79. Letfcia Santos, ICBEU lbio, Brazil
80. Elena Sapp, INTO Oregon State Uniwrslty, Corvallis, USA
81. Robert Sheridan, Otemoe Uniwrsity, Hyogo, Japan
82. John Eric Sherman, Hong le Umersity, Seoul, South Korea
83. Brooks Slaybough, Asia Umersity, Tokyo, Japan
84. Jocio Vlfor Soares, NACC. Sao Paulo, Brazil
85. Silvia Solares, CBA, Sucre, Bor1Vio
86. Chayawan Sonchaeng, Delaware County Community College, Media, PA
87. Maria Julia Suarez, CM, Cochabamba, Bolivia
88. EISuclakova, English language Center, Kiev, Ukraine
89. Richard Swingle, Kansai Gaidal College, Osaka, Japan
90. Blanca Luz Terrazas Zamora, ICPNA Cusco, Peru
91. Sandrine Ting, St. John's Uni"9rsity, New Taipei City, Toiwon

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92. Christian Juan Torres Medina, Guayaquil, Ecuador

93. Raquel Torrico, CBA, Sucre, Bolivia
94. Jessica Ueno, Otemae Uniwrslty, Hyogo, Japan
95. Ximena Vacaflor C., CBA, Torija, Bolivia
96. Rene Valdivia Pereira, CBA, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
97. Salange Lopes Vinagre Casto, SENA(. Sao Paulo, Brazil
98. Magno Alejandro Vivar Hurtado, Cuenca, Ecuador
99. Dr. Wen-hsien Yang, National Kaohsiung Hospitality College, l<aohsiwlg, Taiwan
100. Juan Zarate, B Cultural, Arequipa, Perv

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