Martin Crane has spent over 25 years in the educational field, mainly in EAP and ESP, in both managerial and teaching capacities, and has, moreover, extensive experience in the IELTS and CAE examinations. He has taught in the United Kingdom, Greece, Lebanon, Japan and China. He gained his Masters degree in Applied Linguistics (with TESOL) for which he was awarded a Distinction. The subject of his Dissertation was on fostering and developing Learner Autonomy in the Chinese Second-Language Classroom, and it is his committed advocacy of LA which informs and underpins his pedagogical practice.