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For the last ten years I’ve worked
at the ELT Centre at the University of St Andrews (www.st-and.ac.uk/services/elt),
where a large part of what I do is directing and teaching on
foundation courses for international students – in particular from
Asia – who are going to do their undergraduate degrees at UK
universities. Naturally, good dictionaries matter to me and my
students.
Before I came to this small
medieval town on the east coast of Scotland, I had lived and worked
in Greece, Italy and China, as well as London and Edinburgh. I think
travelling has always been my favourite thing and I love my present
job because I meet people from all over the world.
Apart from work, I’m into
photography, although I keep promising myself I’m going to get
round to cataloguing and organising the huge collection of
photographs which live in shoeboxes under my bed! I like going out
walking – as long as it’s not too hilly – even though Scotland
in the winter can be a bit chilly. On the other hand, the changing
weather makes for brilliant skyscapes. I’ve always liked cooking
(making a virtue of a necessity?) and collect cookery books and
recipes from every country I visit. I also have about half a hectare
of garden where I grow a lot of flowers, fruit and vegetables and
keep hens. All of those things, plus a husband, three kids and three
cats keep me pretty busy. |
