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Joshua Yardley

Joshua holds an MA TESL and has been in the ELT industry for over 20 years. During that time he has worked as a teacher, academic director, literacy tutor, SLA researcher, language preservationist, teacher trainer, school director, and academic manager. This includes time spent in Germany, Mexico, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, and across the United States. He is currently a full-time dad and a part-time materials writer and educational creative, with a keen interest in project-based language learning and democratized publishing. 

Joshua is based in the Pacific Northwest. When he is not crafting courses, you can find him on a mountain bike, running trails, hiking, backpacking, going to concerts and dancing the night away.

All articles from Joshua Yardley

How to create a more inclusive classroom
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The more we get to know our students, the more we see how truly diverse our classroom is. Even in homogenous contexts, we find differences in attitude...

AI in the classroom: What teachers need to know in 2026
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The most popular AI tools have been available to the public for three years now. In that time, the pendulum has swung from concerns about global secur...