Stephen Speight studied English at Oxford, where he met his
future wife. After several years of teaching in comprehensive
schools he moved to Edge Hill College of Education. From there he
was invited to take up a post in a new English Department in
Dortmund, Germany. He has been at Dortmund University ever since,
teaching language, literature and technical English, and
supervising students on teaching practice.
He began work on readers and textbooks soon after arriving in
Germany, and has now been working more or less continuously as an
educational author for the best part of twenty years.
He also lectures and publishes articles on second language
conversation, which was the topic of his dissertation. Other
professional and leisure interests include modern fiction, life in
Britain, caravanning, sailing, jogging and playing the
harpsichord.