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Michael Brand is a Teacher Trainer for Pearson. Having taught in England and Spain, he has experience in the public, private and state-assisted sectors and has taught young learners, teens and adults. His teacher training interests include collaborative learning, gamifying his classes and the creative use of video. Michael is also a teacher for Pearson and BBC Live Classes: online lessons which bring together groups of teenage students from all over the world

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