He holds an M.S.Ed in TESOL from the University of Pennsylvania and is starting the long process of earning a PhD in education from the University of Delaware. Nigel is also a materials developer, and the author most recently of Q: Skills for Success, Reading/Writing Book 5 (with Scott Douglass, from Oxford University Press), and Step up to the TOEFL iBT (two-level series from the University of Michigan Press). He is currently writing a grammar and vocabulary textbook for ESL graduate students. Nigel blogs right here at nigelteacher.wordpress.com.