Jon de Ath

Jon started his teaching career in 1998 after completing a CELTA in Budapest and spent the

next 5 years working as a teacher in the Spanish speaking world, namely Seville, Nicaragua

and gorgeous (but rainy) San Sebastian.

After completing his DELTA and eating his fill of Pintxos, he swapped Europe for the Middle

East, spending 6 years working for the British Council in Bahrain and training up as a tutor

for the YL Extension to CELTA in the process.

An interesting year on a university project in the Libyan Sahara followed and then 4

memorable years working as a freelancer in Sri Lanka where he trained to be a CELTA tutor,

as well as delivering many British Council projects in a wide variety of contexts and countries

including South Sudan, India, Myanmar and Tunisia to name but a few.

Combining his love of teacher education and scuba diving, he eventually ended up on the

tiny Maltese island of Gozo in 2014, teaching diving but continuing to run ELT courses all

over the world. His love of adventure led him to Kabul for 2 years, working with Afghan

teachers and teacher educators to improve English education in the Afghan state sector.

He now resides back in sunny Andalucía and currently divides his time between there and

Iraq, where he is working teaching oil workers.

He has also supported over 150 candidates with their DELTA Module 3, and is a specialist in

Teaching YLs, Monolingual and Multilingual classes, Teaching in a Non-English-speaking

Environment, Language for Teacher Educators, Exams, EAP and Business English.