Why Should You Become a Patreon Member?
What is 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 can 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.
What is 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.
What Other Online Resources Did I Create and Do I Also Manage?
In 2019, I created a YouTube channel (also called 'All Things Grammar' ... not very inventive, I know). To date, I have created and uploaded 329 videos onto this channel, and it has 56,109 subscribers. You can find all these YouTube videos embedded in both of the above sites.
In 2021, I also created allthingslistening.com. This is a listening practice site for students.
Why Should I Become a Patreon Member?
I use Patreon donations to pay for online subscription software - software which allows me to create and maintain interactive quizzes, videos (with stock video footage, images, and audio); donations are also used to pay for website hosting. Recurring annual subscription and hosting fees cost more than USD2,400 for the following:
Dreamstime:
for most of the stock photo images I use
TechSmith:
for most of the stock video footage I use
Midjourney
for AI generated artwork
Camtasia and Vyond:
I use both of these video editing software systems
Riddle:
for interactive quiz software
Voicemaker:
voice creation software
Weebly (Pro subscription):
for site hosting
And all those those thousands of hours of tireless work:
and all those thousands of cups of coffee! Thank you, coffee! :)
Although Google Ads provides the lion's share of the revenue needed to maintain the sites just as they are, the continued development of the sites depends very much on your Patreon support!
As well, becoming a Patreon supporter gets you exclusive access to lots and lots of additional worksheets and activities that can be downloaded. (And, if that's not enough, your name will be forever chiseled onto the home pages of my two teacher resource sites!) Even more perks are available with Patreon 'Level Two' membership.
How Can I Become a Patreon Supporter?
You can become a Patreon supporter simply by visiting my Patreon page and following the instructions. There are currently two levels of support you can choose from: Level One $3 - and Level Two $5. The number of my Patreon supporters is roughly split between the two. Once you become a Patreon member, I will email you a code 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). These codes are updated at the start of every month. If you have any questions, please contact me!
Wishing you all the best,
Robert
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 can 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.
What is 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.
What Other Online Resources Did I Create and Do I Also Manage?
In 2019, I created a YouTube channel (also called 'All Things Grammar' ... not very inventive, I know). To date, I have created and uploaded 329 videos onto this channel, and it has 56,109 subscribers. You can find all these YouTube videos embedded in both of the above sites.
In 2021, I also created allthingslistening.com. This is a listening practice site for students.
Why Should I Become a Patreon Member?
I use Patreon donations to pay for online subscription software - software which allows me to create and maintain interactive quizzes, videos (with stock video footage, images, and audio); donations are also used to pay for website hosting. Recurring annual subscription and hosting fees cost more than USD2,400 for the following:
Dreamstime:
for most of the stock photo images I use
TechSmith:
for most of the stock video footage I use
Midjourney
for AI generated artwork
Camtasia and Vyond:
I use both of these video editing software systems
Riddle:
for interactive quiz software
Voicemaker:
voice creation software
Weebly (Pro subscription):
for site hosting
And all those those thousands of hours of tireless work:
and all those thousands of cups of coffee! Thank you, coffee! :)
Although Google Ads provides the lion's share of the revenue needed to maintain the sites just as they are, the continued development of the sites depends very much on your Patreon support!
As well, becoming a Patreon supporter gets you exclusive access to lots and lots of additional worksheets and activities that can be downloaded. (And, if that's not enough, your name will be forever chiseled onto the home pages of my two teacher resource sites!) Even more perks are available with Patreon 'Level Two' membership.
How Can I Become a Patreon Supporter?
You can become a Patreon supporter simply by visiting my Patreon page and following the instructions. There are currently two levels of support you can choose from: Level One $3 - and Level Two $5. The number of my Patreon supporters is roughly split between the two. Once you become a Patreon member, I will email you a code 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). These codes are updated at the start of every month. If you have any questions, please contact me!
Wishing you all the best,
Robert
