David Nunan

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Dr. David Nunan is a world-renowned linguist and the world's best-selling textbook author. His ELT textbook series "Go For It!" is the largest selling textbook series in the world with sales exceeding 300 million copies.^[1]

Professor Nunan's academic and student textbooks are published by Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, and the EFL publishing division of Cengage Learning. Dr. David Nunan is Academic President of Anaheim University based in Anaheim, California. Professor David Nunan serves in a concurrent role as Dean of the Graduate School of Education and Professor of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) at Anaheim University where he has worked since 1996. In 2000, David Nunan served as President of TESOL, the world's largest language teaching association, and was the first person to serve as President from outside North America. Previously David Nunan has served as Chair and Professor of Applied Linguistics at the University of Hong Kong and has been involved in the teaching of graduate programs for such prestigious institutions as Columbia University, the University of Hawaii, Monterey Institute for International Studies, and many more. Born on October 11th, 1949 in Broken Hill, Australia, David Nunan began his career in Teaching English as a Second Language (ESL) at Chulalongkorn University in Thailand, where he learned the local language. David Nunan has received numerous awards throughout his career for his contributions to the field of English Language Teaching.

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In 2002 Dr. Nunan received a congressional citation from the United States House of Representatives for his services to English language education through his pioneering work in online education through Anaheim University. In 2003 he was ranked the 7th most influential Australian in Asia by Business Review Weekly, and in 2005 he was named one of the top "50 Australians who Matter". In November 2006 Dr. Nunan was awarded the Convocation medal for outstanding achievement and contribution internationally to the profession of Teaching English as a second language, from Flinders University, where he earned his Ph.D. in Education and Linguistics. In December 2006 David Nunan was invited by the Australian Prime Minister to attend the Advance Leading 100 Global Australians Summit in Sydney, Australia.