Response is the new name for Education First’s teacher training, consultancy and course book writing activities.  Run by professional and experienced educators, and based in Nicosia, Cyprus, we are ideally placed to meet the needs of teachers and educational organisations in the Near and Middle East regions.  Our outstanding record over the years as a training centre means that you can rely on the quality and international recognition of the services we offer.

Our team

Peter Lucantoni, co-owner and co-director of Response
   

 

Peter has had a long and varied experience in education, starting out as an EFL teacher in the UK from 1979-1986, with a two-year spell in Italy in the early 80s.  His teaching has taken him to the Middle East, and to Cyprus on a permanent basis since 1993.  Peter is now an established author for various international publishing houses, including Cambridge University Press, Hodder Murray and Pearson-Longman.  Click here to see a list of Peter’s books. 

 

Peter is in demand as a speaker at international conferences, and has recently been invited to give plenary talks at Sultan Qaboos University in Muscat, Oman; the 3rd Annual TESOL Conference in Doha, Qatar; and the annual TESOL conference at ODTU, Ankara, Turkey.  Peter also works with Ministries of Education and local education providers across the Middle East, training teachers of English and providing support for the development of English language teaching and learning in schools, both private and public sector.

 
Lydia Kellas, co-owner and co-director of Response
 

 

With more than 20 years of experience in ELT, Lydia is an established author for Cambridge University Press and Hodder Murray.  Click here to see a list of Lydia’s books.  Lydia began her career as a teacher in the Canary Islands, before moving on to Tokyo, Japan. After a short spell back in the UK to obtain her University of Cambridge DELTA (formerly DTEFLA), Lydia taught in Muscat, Oman, during the early 1990s, before moving to Cyprus in 1993.  Since then, she has been heavily involved in teacher training, particularly for the Cambridge CELTYL course, but has also worked in examinations administration and, more recently, in writing materials for learning English.

 
 

Barnaby Georghiou, co-owner and co-director of Response
 

Biography coming soon