Why Should You Become a Patreon Member?
Your Patreon membership contributes greatly to the costs of online subscription software - software which allows me to create and maintain interactive quizzes, videos, and audio recording equipment; donations are also used to help pay for website hosting and domain costs. Recurring annual costs for all this runs into several thousands of dollars per year for the following:
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Dreamstime: stock photo images TechSmith: stock video footage Midjourney: AI generated artwork Camtasia and Vyond: video creation software tools Riddle: interactive quiz software Voicemaker and Eleven Labs: voice creation software Weebly (Pro subscription): site hosting and domain fees And all those thousands of hours of tireless work: and all those thousands of cups of coffee! Thank you, coffee! :) |
Although Google Ads provides much of the revenue needed to maintain the sites, the continued development of the sites depends very much on your Patreon support!
Becoming a Patreon supporter gets you exclusive access to hundreds and hundreds of additional worksheets and activities that can be downloaded. As well, your name will be forever chiseled onto the home pages of my two teacher resource sites!
How Can You Become a Patreon Supporter?
You can become a Patreon supporter simply by visiting my Patreon page and following the instructions. There are currently three levels of support you can choose from: Level One $3 - and Level Two $5 - and Level Three $7 (Level 3 requires an Annual Membership). Once you become a Patreon member, I will email you a password that you can use to open password-protected pages on both 'All Things Grammar' and 'All Things Topics' (just look for the orange download buttons); the same applies for 'All Things ESL' (for Ultra Teacher members). Please allow up to 24 hours for this password - although the wait time is usually just a few hours. As well, the passwords are available on my Patreon page immediately after you become a member. These passwords are updated at the start of every month. If you have any questions, please contact me!
Becoming a Patreon supporter gets you exclusive access to hundreds and hundreds of additional worksheets and activities that can be downloaded. As well, your name will be forever chiseled onto the home pages of my two teacher resource sites!
How Can You Become a Patreon Supporter?
You can become a Patreon supporter simply by visiting my Patreon page and following the instructions. There are currently three levels of support you can choose from: Level One $3 - and Level Two $5 - and Level Three $7 (Level 3 requires an Annual Membership). Once you become a Patreon member, I will email you a password that you can use to open password-protected pages on both 'All Things Grammar' and 'All Things Topics' (just look for the orange download buttons); the same applies for 'All Things ESL' (for Ultra Teacher members). Please allow up to 24 hours for this password - although the wait time is usually just a few hours. As well, the passwords are available on my Patreon page immediately after you become a member. These passwords are updated at the start of every month. If you have any questions, please contact me!
Please note that about 200 YouTube videos on my Ultra Teacher site that have already been converted to an ad-free, downloadable format. The remaining 100+ videos will be converted no later than the end of April 2025.
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A Short History of All Things Grammar
Allthingsgrammar.com is an ESL grammar resource site for teachers that I began in 2014. At that time, I was an English instructor in an overseas college "Foundations" program which prepared learners (recent high school graduates) to take the IELTS exam. With an IELTS band 6, they could go on to study a variety of college courses taught only in English. Although the program supplied its instructors and students with speaking and listening, writing, and vocabulary textbooks, the teachers at the college were expected to find their own grammar materials for the grammar courses; so ... I looked for suitable grammar textbooks. And even though our English program had its own small library, I couldn't find anything I liked. Some of the books were aimed at younger learners, some were too difficult, and some (most, actually!) were just too darn boring. In addition, there were always the ever-present copyright infringement issues to consider as we headed to the photocopy room between classes. That's when I decided to create my own ESL grammar resources! And not long after, I also decided to build a website to share my materials with my colleagues - and with anyone else out there in the world who might also benefit from these materials.
A Short History of All Things Topics
I enjoyed the process of creating allthingsgrammar.com so much that in the following year, in 2015, I also created allthingstopics.com (years earlier, as part of my M.Ed/TESOL program at the University of Leeds, I had studied ESL materials design). 'All Things Topics' is very much like 'All Things Grammar', except that it provides speaking and listening, writing, and vocabulary practice materials.
Each of these sites now has thousands of worksheets ready to download free of charge. There are also numerous downloadable audio files, as well as interactive quizzes. Together, these two sites received over 9 million visitor page views from almost every country in the world, during the calendar year 2022. The top five countries where the sites are most popular are: the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and Spain (in that order). And at the time of this post, my Free ESL Handouts page on Facebook has received 5 stars out of 5, after 150 reviews.
Allthingsgrammar.com is an ESL grammar resource site for teachers that I began in 2014. At that time, I was an English instructor in an overseas college "Foundations" program which prepared learners (recent high school graduates) to take the IELTS exam. With an IELTS band 6, they could go on to study a variety of college courses taught only in English. Although the program supplied its instructors and students with speaking and listening, writing, and vocabulary textbooks, the teachers at the college were expected to find their own grammar materials for the grammar courses; so ... I looked for suitable grammar textbooks. And even though our English program had its own small library, I couldn't find anything I liked. Some of the books were aimed at younger learners, some were too difficult, and some (most, actually!) were just too darn boring. In addition, there were always the ever-present copyright infringement issues to consider as we headed to the photocopy room between classes. That's when I decided to create my own ESL grammar resources! And not long after, I also decided to build a website to share my materials with my colleagues - and with anyone else out there in the world who might also benefit from these materials.
A Short History of All Things Topics
I enjoyed the process of creating allthingsgrammar.com so much that in the following year, in 2015, I also created allthingstopics.com (years earlier, as part of my M.Ed/TESOL program at the University of Leeds, I had studied ESL materials design). 'All Things Topics' is very much like 'All Things Grammar', except that it provides speaking and listening, writing, and vocabulary practice materials.
Each of these sites now has thousands of worksheets ready to download free of charge. There are also numerous downloadable audio files, as well as interactive quizzes. Together, these two sites received over 9 million visitor page views from almost every country in the world, during the calendar year 2022. The top five countries where the sites are most popular are: the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and Spain (in that order). And at the time of this post, my Free ESL Handouts page on Facebook has received 5 stars out of 5, after 150 reviews.
Canceling Your Membership
Of course, I don't expect any member to be a lifelong Patreon supporter(although that would be great) , and that's okay! Click on the Patreon link below to find out how to cancel your Patreon membership with these 7 easy steps:
https://support.patreon.com/hc/en-us/articles/360005502572-Canceling-a-paid-membership
Of course, I don't expect any member to be a lifelong Patreon supporter(although that would be great) , and that's okay! Click on the Patreon link below to find out how to cancel your Patreon membership with these 7 easy steps:
https://support.patreon.com/hc/en-us/articles/360005502572-Canceling-a-paid-membership
