Meet the Team
There are three of us who manage ESL-Library.com. In addition to us three, we have several wonderful writers and artists who work with us on contract and have been with us for many years.
Ben Buckwold, President, Red River Press
Ben is the founder of Red River Press. He is involved in much of the daily management at ESL-Library.com, and also oversees the development of all the new projects at the company.
Marta Solodun, Managing Director, Red River Press
Marta joined Red River Press in 2008. She's the managing director of ESL-Library.com and our sister site EnglishAvenue.com. Marta handles all our financial, managerial and sales matters at the company. She also plays a big role in the creation and development of all our English iPhone apps.
Tara Benwell, Director of all things Media
Tara started at ESL-Library as a lesson developer. She continues to write a lot of the content on the site, but she has taken on a greater role as our Media Director. If you see us on facebook, twitter, or in the ELT blogosphere, it's likely Tara pushing the buttons. She runs our social media strategy and keeps us heavily involved in the ELT community.
Tanya Trusler, Chief Editor
Tanya, of Editing to a T, became our chief editor in 2011. She edits our lessons for accuracy and consistency. She also writes a weekly blog post for us about grammar or teaching advice, and is starting to develop some of our lessons.
Nadine Lowes, Office Manager
Nadine works with us on contract as our office manager. She keeps us extremely well organized with the many projects we have going on at the company. What would we do without her?
Billy Kiely, Graphic Designer
Billy, of Billy Kiely Design, has been working with Red River Press for many years. He has played a major role in recently rebranding the image of RRP and ESL-Library and has been a huge asset to our company.
ESL Library Contributors, Writers, Artists, Editors, Programmers
ESL-Library contracts with talented writers, authors, artists, and illustrators all over the world. We have freelancers in France, Spain, Poland, Japan, Brazil, USA, Canada, and Korea helping to keep our site very well-travelled.
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Something to talk about
The Grass Is Always Greener… When You Paint It
Here is a fun way to introduce the English saying "The grass is always greener on the other side". This fun story is an interesting way to explore the differences between "literal" and "figurative" language.
Parallel Structure and Paired Joining Terms
ESL-Library blog: May 16, 2013
Mistakes with parallel structure are all too easy to make. Refresh your memory on the rules for using parallel structure, and teach your students how to use the common expressions not only...but also, either...or, neither...nor, and both...and.
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