This is supposed to be a web site to help English teachers who are teaching "English As A Foriegn Language" . Yes, all of these pages are dedicated to anybody who - for whatever reason - is trying to teach the English language to students whose native language is something else.

In planning the site's contents, I have assumed that you might be something like myself, spending many hours trying to come up with new and interesting lessons and occasionally finding yourself short of time and inspiration. If this is the case you may find one of my worksheets can conveniently "plug the gap in a leaky lesson plan. " However, not all students / classes / teachers are the same so I can't make any guarantees that you will actually find anything that you would be prepared to use.

If you're a student studying the English language, you are most welcome to click through the various pages BUT you probably will not find it very useful. It may be better to visit web sites that are actually designed for students, where you will find more interesting / friendly stuff.

The teaching materials in this site are basically old lesson handouts from my own classes that I've tried to adapt for a wider audience. On the whole, I produced these things in the first place because I wanted material that fitted my students' individual needs better than the textbooks I was using. This means that the content, style, and level of these worksheets have been shaped by the people I've taught, who may or may not be similar to your students.

Also, of course, choosing textbooks / worksheets is a matter of personal taste and things that get my classes going, inject humour, and generally liven things up may equally well get another class squirming with embarrassment or frozen in mute boredom. It may be that nothing in this site appeals to you in the slightest, but if on the other hand there are even one or two handouts here that you can use, it'll make the whole thing worthwhile - well at least for me.

Many of the materials here were written to encourage my Japanese classes to get talking to each other, with a minimum of coaxing from me. By trial and error, I found that my students had more to say if they'd had a few minutes of "writing and thinking time" before I asked them to open their mouths and speak. You'll find that many of the worksheets here are based on this idea. If this sounds radically different from the way you approach your classes you may want to navigate away at this point.

One final point I'd just like to mention. This material is in no way proprietary. The copyright I have added to the materials is merely to protect me from anybody copying and profiting from a large volume of the materials. If you wish to copy a few bits of it and change it, you are most welcome. You may even publish your own amended versions. All I ask is that you remember that I have provided it here free of charge. If you do happen to find something here that can be reshaped and included in your best-selling EFL text-book, all that I ask is that you mention its origins - somewhere inside the front or rear cover would do nicely!

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