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Meet the team: Linguascope.com is maintained by a team of keen linguists and educators:
	*Stéphane Derône* launched Linguascope in 1998 (originally aimed at his own students). He taught French and ICT at The Thomas Lord Audley School and Language College in Colchester, Essex, UK and regularly runs training sessions on the use of ICT in the language classroom. He is a committee member of the Association for Language Learning (London branch) and a Rotarian.
	Richard West Soley graduated from Oxford in Modern Languages in 1999 and went on to gain a PGCE in Secondary MFL. He joined Linguascope in 2002 to launch the German and Spanish sections. He also worked as a Adobe Flash MFL content creator at Shireland Language College, Smethwick, West Midlands, UK and has recently moved to working full time for Linguascope.
	Roberto Conte trained at The Academy of Live and Recorded Arts before getting a BA Hons from ACL in Fashion. He lived for 18 years in Hong Kong where he had his own company specialised in costumes and sets for Theatre, Ballet and Opera. He also designed and managed many events for corporate companies as well as luxury brands across the Asia Pacific Basin and America.
	Ricardo Pinto is a Portuguese Illustrator and Graphic Designer, born in Mozambique. After working as a freelance Illustrator for Children’s Books, School Books, Comic Books and Magazines and as a Graphic Designer Team Manager for Throttleman, a Portuguese clothing brand, he joined Linguascope in 2009. As a comic book author, Ricardo also had 7 books published.
	Vaho Vakhtangidze trained as a Human Rights lawyer before joining Linguascope in 2010. A keen linguist, he speaks Georgian (his mother tongue), Russian, Polish and some German. He has worked on developing Linguascope's sister site, Mathscope, a site aimed at young Maths enthusiasts and he is in charge of coordinating the LinguaTrivia competition.
	Lola and Rishi have been loyal employees since Linguascope was founded. Talented linguits, they respond to the word 'treat' in an impressive number of languages. Their role is to meet and greet visitors, announce when the postman is here and ensure everyone working at Linguascope is in a good mood. In 2007, Lola gave birth to a puppy in the office to everybody's surprise.

Other contributors:
	Javier Sánchez-García works at Caroline Chisholm School in Northampton as an Advanced Skills Teacher and MFL Subject Leader. Prior to that he had a spell as a MFL and ICT consultant for Cambridge Education Advisors and taught at Danetre School and Campion School (Northamptonshire) where he was the Director of the Language College.
	Brigitte Boyce has taught French, German and Italian on various occasions, and in differing contexts, during the past 25 years. She has authored many language resources, including digital resources, ranging from the primary to the adult learning sectors. She is an associate inspector in MFL and a former director of the Association for Language Learning.
	Steve Glover taught French and German for 20 years in Lancashire. He wrote several Bibliobus readers, Openings in French and teachers books and readers for Escalier. After getting into computers he launched the Really Useful French Site before jumping ship from teaching to work for Digitalbrain. He now works for the VLE company Teknical.
	Stefanie Green has taught German, Spanish, French and English as a Foreign Language to both children and adults in Germany, Spain and the UK. She qualified as a secondary school teacher of MFL in 2004. In 2005 she gained an MA in Applied Linguistics. She is a committee member of the East Anglian Branch of the Association of Language Learning.
	Iain Webber holds a degree in Fine Art and has been a freelance animator and illustrator in educational multimedia development since 2002. His engaging drawing style uses humour and approachability to welcome students to the subject matter. Iain produced many of the illustrations for the interactive activities and worksheets on Linguacope.
	Peter Hughes graduated from the University of Sheffield where he attained his BA in German and Dutch. He has always been a language fanatic having attended the Anglo European School where he studied French, German and Russian. He worked for Linguascope in 2009-10 as Training and Marketing Director.
	Anna Chiara Swaine worked for Linguascope between 2007 and 2011. A native Italian speaker, she helped to strengthen the Italian content of the websites. Having travelled extensively, she is a keen linguist and is fluent in French, Spanish, Italian and English. She now lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA where she moved in 2011.