Peter has over 30 years of extensive international college and university teaching experience in the field of English language and communication skills. He is a native speaker of English, born in Sydney, Australia. His degrees include a B.A. and M.A. in language, literature, and rhetoric from Queens College, US; M.A. in Teaching English from the University of Newcastle, UK; and Ph.D. work in the area of Communication and Applied Linguistics at the University of Lancaster, UK.   Peter has been a Michigan Proficiency and IELTS Examiner and taught and trained students for the IELTS, TOEFL, SAT, SSAT, CAE, CPE, and other international English language entrance exams for major universities.