Connectivity

Joan Saslow is a foreign language teaching specialist and author. She is co-author with Allen Ascher of a number of award-winning* best-selling English-language textbook series for adults and teenagers, most recently Pearson's Top Notch and Summit. In addition, Ms. Saslow is author of the Workplace Plus, Ready to Go, and Literacy Plus series, as well as of English in Context: Reading Comprehension for Science and Technology. Earlier, she was series director of True Colors and True Voices. Ms. Saslow is a frequent speaker at international teachers' conferences and participates in the English Language Specialist Program of the US Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. She has lived and taught in Chile and is fluent in Spanish. Ms. Saslow has a BA and MA in French from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Allen Ascher Allen Ascher has been an ELT teacher, teacher-trainer, academic director, consultant, and publisher. He is co-author with Joan Saslow of the award-winning* six-level Top Notch and Summit series for adults and young adults. He also authored the "Teaching Speaking" module of Teacher Development Interactive, Pearson's online multimedia teacher-training program. In addition to living and teaching in Beijing, China, he served as academic director of the intensive English language program at Hunter College and taught in the teaching certificate program at the New School in New York City. Mr. Ascher has an MA in Applied Linguistics from Ohio University and has been a frequent presenter at professional conferences and teacher training events around the world. *Top Notch and Summit are each recipients of the Association of Educational Publishers' Distinguished Achievement Award, as well as the TAA (Textbook and Academic Authors Association) Textbook Excellence Award.