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　　Senior AuthorsMario Herrera has been an English teacher for 25 years，from elementary to postgraduate programs. He has abachelor's degree in Education and a Master's degree inTEFL （Teaching English as a Foreign Language）. Hedoes research and experimentation on how to teachEnglish overseas more effectively. He is coauthor of thefirst edition of Parade， as well as of the EFL seriesBalloons for preschool， and the EFL series for highelementary and junior high school students My Friends（all published by Longman/Pearson Education）. He hasalso written for specific junior high school markets inMexico. As an international academic consultant， Mr.Herrera has traveled the world for the past twelve yearson behalf of Pearson Education， directing seminars andinservice training sessions throughout the Americas，Europe， the Middle East， and Asia. He has won severalacademic awards for his presentations.Theresa Zanatta is an author， teacher， teacher trainer，and education consultant. She has been writing，teaching， and training teachers and trainers for morethan 15 years. She is based in Barcelona， Spain， but hasworked in more than 20 countries around the worldinEurope， the Middle East， Africa， Asia， Canada， and theUnited States. During this time she has also held thepositions of Director， North American Institute inBadalona， Spain， and Director， Adult English Program ofthe North American Institute in Barcelona. In addition，she regularly teaches at the University of Barcelona， ValleD'Hebron， in their postgraduate program for elementaryteachers. Ms. Zanatta has a B.S. degree from St.Michael's College， University of Toronto， a teachingCertificate in TEFL from the Royal Society of Arts，London， and a Master's degree in TEFL in curriculumdesign and development from the Universitat deBarcelona. Ms. Zanatta is coauthor of the first editionof Parade （Longman/Pearson Education， 1996）.