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Marcos Benevides is a teacher, researcher, author, editor, and publisher. His English language teaching books have been awarded many of the top international prizes in the field, including the ESU Duke of Edinburgh Award, the British Council ELTon Award (for [[''Fiction in Action: Whodunit'']]), and several Extensive Reading Foundations awards (for [[Atama-ii graded readers]]. His research interests include task-based learning, extensive reading, materials development, and open and distributed education. He lives in Tokyo with his family.
 
  
Benevides is the founder, president, and publisher of [[Atama-ii Books]] and the author of ''Immortal Empire'', a title in the [[Atama-ii graded reader series]], and co-author (with [[Chris Valvona]]) of [[''Widgets Inc.: A task-based course in workplace English'']]. He also co-authored the original ''Widgets'' (2008, now out of print) for Pearson Longman; and ''Reading for Speed and Fluency 2nd Edition'' (with Paul Nation, James Broadbridge, and Joseph Siegel) for Compass Media. He is the series editor for ''Choose Your Own Adventure'' graded readers from McGraw-Hill Education.
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Marcos Benevides is a teacher, researcher, author, editor, and publisher. His English language teaching books have been awarded many of the top international prizes in the field, including the ESU Duke of Edinburgh Award, the British Council ELTon Award for ''Fiction in Action: Whodunit'' (2010, [http://abax.co.jp/product.php?id=10&catid=9 Abax ELT]) and for ''Widgets Inc.'' (2019), and an ELTon nomination and several Extensive Reading Foundations awards for the [http://www.atama-ii.com/ Atama-ii Books] multi-path graded reader series. His research interests include task-based learning, extensive reading, materials development, and open and distributed education. He lives in Tokyo with his family.
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Benevides is the founder, president, and publisher of [[Atama-ii Books]], and co-author (with [[Chris Valvona]]) of ''Widgets Inc.: A task-based course in workplace English'' (2018). They also co-authored the original ''Widgets: A task-based course in practical English'' (2008, Pearson Longman). His other credits include co-author on ''Reading for Speed and Fluency 2nd Edition'' (2018, Compass) with Paul Nation, James Broadbridge, and Joseph Siegel, and series editor and co-author on ''Choose Your Own Adventure'' graded readers (2014, McGraw-Hill Education) with Mark Firth, Chris Valvona, and Ted O'Neill.

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Marcos Benevides is a teacher, researcher, author, editor, and publisher. His English language teaching books have been awarded many of the top international prizes in the field, including the ESU Duke of Edinburgh Award, the British Council ELTon Award for Fiction in Action: Whodunit (2010, Abax ELT) and for Widgets Inc. (2019), and an ELTon nomination and several Extensive Reading Foundations awards for the Atama-ii Books multi-path graded reader series. His research interests include task-based learning, extensive reading, materials development, and open and distributed education. He lives in Tokyo with his family.

Benevides is the founder, president, and publisher of Atama-ii Books, and co-author (with Chris Valvona) of Widgets Inc.: A task-based course in workplace English (2018). They also co-authored the original Widgets: A task-based course in practical English (2008, Pearson Longman). His other credits include co-author on Reading for Speed and Fluency 2nd Edition (2018, Compass) with Paul Nation, James Broadbridge, and Joseph Siegel, and series editor and co-author on Choose Your Own Adventure graded readers (2014, McGraw-Hill Education) with Mark Firth, Chris Valvona, and Ted O'Neill.