An applied linguist by profession, Felix Paul is a teacher, teacher trainer, researcher, blogger and writer all rolled into one. His paper qualifications include, among other things, an MA in Applied Linguistics from Reading University and a PhD in English Language Teaching from Madras University. In his professional career spanning over four decades, Felix Paul has taught students in India, Yemen and Oman, trained teachers, developed and edited curricular materials and supervised research projects. He was a frequent presenter at international conferences on English Language Teaching and some of his papers have been included in anthologies published by CIEFL (India), ILEC (Hong Kong), CULI (Thailand) and SQU (Oman). He retired as Director, Regional Institute of English, South India (RIESI), Bangalore.