Paul Davies retired in 2018 after 55 years in English Language Teaching, based mostly in Mexico. His main places of work were the Instituto Anglo Mexicano de Cultura (now The Anglo Mexican Foundation), The British Council Mexico, and several Mexican universities. In the Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, in 1965 and 66, he taught in the Preparatoria Benito Juárez (High School) and the Departamento de Lenguas. In the Anglo, between 1967 and 1991, he was Branch Director, Director of Studies and Director of Operations. In The British Council, between 1992 and 2012, he was an EFL teacher trainer and Senior ELT Consultant. In the Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo, between 2013 and 2018, he was the team leader and main author of the Make It Real! ELT materials project. He also taught in public secondary school for 2 years, and did teacher training in that sector, organized by The British Council and the Mexican Secretaría de Educación Pública. In 1973 he was a Founder Member of MEXTESOL and its first Parliamentarian, and later President of the Puebla Chapter and National MEXTESOL President.
He co-authored EFL textbooks for Mexican public secondary schools published by Macmillan and by Oxford University Press. Apart from Make It Real!, his 21st century publications include Success in English Language Teaching (Oxford University Press, 2000), Skyline and Sky High (Macmillan, 2001 and 2006). He also had many ELT articles published, in MEXTESOL Journal, ELT Journal, Modern English Teacher, English Teaching Professional, TESL-EJ, and Revista Lengua y Cultura (UAEH).