Mr. John Kotnarowski has spent the last 15 years teaching English to speakers of other languages. He has taught at universities in Ecuador, China and the U.S. and was an English Language Fellow in Moscow, Russia during the 2014-15 academic year. He is currently a Senior Lecturer and the Undergraduate Academic Writing Course Specialist for the English as a Second Language Writing Program within the Department of Linguistics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His teaching interests include all levels of academic writing, materials design and development, writing assessment, and supporting new writing teachers. Outside of teaching, he loves reading, fishing, and spending time outside with his wife and young daughter.