Phillip Towndrow was until June 1997, CALL Supervisor in the University General Requirements Unit (English) at the United Arab Emirates University. He is currently a Language and Communications Lecturer in the Centre for Individual Language Learning at Temasek Polytechnic, Singapore. Phil's academic interests include, teacher training, language testing, courseware evaluation, materials production and the effective use of educational technology in English language teaching and learning contexts. He has presented in the areas of CALL and Student Counselling at several international conferences and published numerous articles and reviews in quarterly journals.

E-mail: phillipt@tp.ac.sg