Christmas in New Zealand is completely different from what appears in movies. In this video we will be talking about Christmas in New Zealand and typical things associated with Christmas, all while putting up a Christmas tree with some special helpers. What does Xmas...

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Including General English, IELTS, Phrasal Verbs, English Idioms and Science lessons.

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23 Years of Excellence
Rob Woodward has been teaching English around the world since 1997.
Woodward English Courses
Woodward English Courses
General English
79 lessons
Woodward English has created this free online English course that is open to anyone around the world. This course helps you learn English from a Basic level to an Advanced level.
Phrasal Verbs
28 lessons
Our free phrasal verb course helps ESOL students learn the meaning and uses of phrasal verbs in English. This course is ideal for students at an intermediate or advanced level of English.
Basic Science Lessons
2 lessons
This free course is aimed at covering topics taught in Science classes at an English-speaking school and will be useful both for native speakers and non-native speakers of English (ESOL students).
English Idioms
2 Lessons
Our free English Idioms course helps ESL / ESOL students learn the meaning and uses of common idioms in English. This course is ideal for students at an intermediate or advanced level of English.
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English Teacher Resources
Large variety of resources for English teachers
Includes: Lesson plans, English grammar / vocabulary worksheets, flash cards, task cards, PowerPoint presentations, 5-minute fillers, classroom signs, word searches, crosswords, our famous English summary charts, and games / activities that allow students to become actively engaged in their learning.
Used in over 10,000 classrooms around the world
Our English resources have been used in over 10,000 classrooms around the world. They can be purchased and downloaded via the trusted Teachers Pay Teachers website.
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We know teachers spend hours every week outside the classroom preparing for their lessons. Our photocopiable resources will save you precious time as they are ready to be printed and used in the classroom.
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Purchasing any of our teacher resources allows me to continue creating more free English language resources for students on YouTube and other social media.


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English Grammar
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Free English grammar lessons from basic English to advanced English. Includes our famous summary charts and our popular English grammar games.

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Free English vocabulary resources including vocabulary lists on a large range of topics (with our summary charts) and our online English vocabulary games.

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We have free courses for English language learners and printable resources for English teachers. We also have articles about the English language and teacher tips.
100,000 subscribers on YouTube – Silver Creator Award Unboxing
Thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone who has subscribed to the Woodward English YouTube channel. We recently passed the major milestone of having over 100,000 subscribers which for me is a big deal. We are almost in the top 100 YouTube channels in New Zealand....
Have you ever…? 50 Questions – English Conversation Starters
50 questions beginning with Have you ever….? ESL Conversation Starters for English Speaking Practice. I have just created a new video that can be used in the English Language Classroom, ideally for adult or teenage ESL / ELL students at an intermediate level. This...
Football / Soccer – English Vocabulary and Resources
It is that time again where we find ourselves in the middle of the FIFA World Cup where billions of people watch the most popular sport in the world... football, or as some countries also call it, soccer. Of course, I was asked to create a chart with vocabulary...
Community Carnival Vocabulary
I was given a pamphlet last week about a community carnival in a part of Auckland, New Zealand. I noticed there was a lot of interesting vocabulary about fairs, in this case called a carnival, so I thought I would create a chart about it. This is an example of English...
Now living in New Zealand
The reason I have been a little quiet lately is because I moved (with my family) from Chile, where I have been living for many years, to live back in my home country of New Zealand. Of course coming back to NZ I quickly needed to find a house, get some furniture for...
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Who are we?
Rob Woodward discovered his passion for teaching English in 1997.
In 2002 Rob and his wife Angélica started a language school in Santiago, Chile and had thousands of students including diplomats, politicians, international CEOs and local TV stars.
We created material for our students and published them online. Other teachers and schools began using our material and Woodward English became very well-known online for its free charts and lessons. We then decided to dedicate our time and knowledge to helping as many people learn the English language online for free.
Now we are based in New Zealand and continue to help the world learn English.

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How much do your English courses cost?
All of our English courses and lessons are completely free and I intend to keep it that way.
Why are Woodward English courses free?
I truly want to help as many people as possible to learn English for free.
In many countries, learning a language can be prohibitively expensive or sometimes just not available at all. There are many people that would like to improve their current circumstances though due to financial restraints, they cannot.
I have seen parents who would like to give their children a better future though cannot pay for English lessons at a language school or with private teachers. I have seen young adults with a lot of potential that don’t have the time to take English lessons on top of what they are already studying.
That is where I would like to help and why I have created these free English courses. They can be used alone as a self study tool or alongside another course you may be doing. Teachers can also benefit by having their students complete parts of these courses at home and then using the language in the classroom (thinking of flipped classrooms here).
However you use our courses, I hope you benefit from what we have created.
How is Woodward English financed?
At the moment mostly via savings. We have advertisements on the website that give us a very small amount of income (please don’t use your ad-blockers with our website). Sometimes teachers or parents purchase our Printable Language Resources in PDF form which helps us a lot. Some students are members of the paid section of Woodward English on YouTube which also helps. At the moment these cover the costs of hosting though there are other expenses that need to be covered like the (expensive) yearly license for Adobe products (I use Abode Illustrator to create the charts and Adobe After Effects for the Videos) and we use dedicated servers due to the number of people (millions every month) that visit our websites.
Why aren't there more lessons?
Woodward English is not a big company with many people. It is just my wife and I doing what we can when we have time.
If there are any teachers that would like to volunteer some time or contribute material to this course, we would really, really appreciate it.
