About Us

We understand that teachers would like to know something about the people behind esl-lounge Premium, especially if you are considering subscribing to the site.

Who We Are - The Site

esl-lounge.com has been online since early 2001 and have provided literally thousands of teachers worldwide with materials to teach English communicatively since then.

We have happily earned the trust of ESL teachers around the world and have received hundreds of e-mails over the years praising both the main free site and also, recently, testimonials about the Premium site.

Who We Are - The People

Most of the high quality PDF lesson plans available on esl-lounge Premium have been prepared by myself, Neil Coghlan.

I have taught ESL since 1993 in seven different countries and with students of many different nationalities.

My Qualifications:

1993 - The Trinity College CertTESOL, commonly known as the Certificate in TEFL/TESOL
2001 - The Trinity College DipTESOL, commonly known as the Diploma in TEFL/TESOL
The main areas covered in Diploma:

Classroom Practical Teaching
Phonetics
Linguistics
Teaching of Reading
Sociolinguistics
Psycholinguistics
Teaching of Grammar
Computer Aided Language Learning
Teaching of Vocabulary
Teaching of Composition
Discourse
Syllabus
Choosing Coursebooks

There are some other materials on the Premium site prepared by other teachers. Go to our credits page for details of these.

All materials have been prepared by teachers with at least five years of experience. This shows in the lesson plans themselves: these have been produced by teachers for teachers and those teachers who have contributed understand the requirements of teachers in the classroom.

If you have any other questions either about the site or about the people behind it, you can contact us and we will respond in a matter of hours.