Trained in Australia as a teacher of French and German, I taught in the state systems in both Tasmania and Queensland before going to teach EFL in France From 2000-2013 I taught in Hong Kong (4 years in the local system teaching ESL) and 10 years in an international school teaching IB French, German and Spanish as well as carrying out other curriculum leadership roles. Since May 2014 I have been the curriculum manager for language acquisition programmes in the IB Diploma Programme, based at the IB's Global Centre in The Hague. My current role involves the review and development of the language acquisition syllabuses and assessments for the 23 languages offered as part of the IB Diploma programme.