Julie Hammond is an experienced ESL teacher, program administrator, marketing manager, and conference presenter. She holds a bachelor's degree in French from Rockford College in Rockford, Illinois, and an adult TEFL certificate from Worldwide Teachers' Development Institute in Boston, Massachusetts, where visiting Harvard scholar Thomas Kane qualified her as a teacher with an "exemplary" ability to present language. She has traveled the country as a product presenter and trainer in sound ESL pedagogies, working closely with renowned ESL and post-secondary education authors. In the last few years, she has concentrated on literacy development and preparing adult education ESL students for college credit programs. Most recently, she has worked with Reading Horizons on the ESL version of Discover Intensive Phonics for Yourself.
Hammond says, "Discover Intensive Phonics' unique, systematic method integrates a manageable set of word attack principles with an engaging, interactive software product that accommodates visual, audio, and kinesthetic learning styles. Reading Horizons’ Discover Intensive Phonics is the benchmark product in the field of ESL literacy development."
