Douglas Bell is the author of Passport to Academic Presentations and is currently employed as the Head of CELE (Centre for English Language Education) and Director of Year 1 programmes at the University of Nottingham-Ningbo, China. He has been actively involved in various aspects of both English language and modern foreign language teaching since the late 1980s and in addition to the UK and China, has worked extensively in Austria, Japan and Turkey. He has also carried out ELT consultancy work in the United States. Doug has research and materials writing interests in the teaching of English for specific purposes (particularly English for academic purposes) and in the effect of cross-cultural differences on international business communication. Along with an undergraduate degree in German and Italian and an advanced postgraduate certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, he holds postgraduate diploma qualifications in Teaching English as a Foreign Language, Teaching English for Specific Purposes and Teacher Training. He also has a Masters degree in Teaching English for International Business.