About Us

We are two teacher trainers and examiners who have been teaching English for more than 30 years.

We’ve taught all age-groups and levels and prepared students for all the main exam boards. In fact, many of the resources on our website are also really useful for candidates preparing for Trinity, Cambridge, IELTS, Language Skills, EOI, etc.  Over the years we’ve built up a bank of ideas and materials, and we know what students need in order to do well in an exam. 

For over 20 years we’ve worked as examiners of spoken English in many countries around the world.  So we have a very clear idea of how you can get a good grade, especially in oral exams.

We’re also both experienced teacher-trainers.  We run training courses for teachers who want to improve their language skills, but also for those who want to use elements of theatre to teach English.  These include online courses run through our theatre website, www.bat-i-burrillo.com. 

As materials-writers, we’ve written EFL coursebooks and supplementary books for major English Language Teaching publishers such as OUP and Heinemann Macmillan.  Our most recent publication was Move On, a B2-level Bachillerato coursebook for OUP.  John has also written CLIL materials for the BBC, The Guardian, The London Dungeon, Madame Tussauds and the Sealife Centres.

We also have another website to help candidates prepare for the British Council Aptis ESOL exam, you can find it here www.aptistutor.com

Chris Gesthuysen

Originally from London, now lives in Seville, Spain.

John Harrop

Originally from Liverpool, now lives in Seville, Spain