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Learn English with Woodward English!
Learn English with our English language courses for beginners to advanced level students.
Free English Courses
Including General English, IELTS, Phrasal Verbs, English Idioms and Science lessons.
Worksheets, Task Cards, Flash Cards, Lesson Plans and our printable Summary Charts.
28 Years of Excellence
Woodward Education has been teaching languages around the world since 1997.
Woodward English Courses
Woodward English Courses
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.
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.
Curso de Inglés
Nuestro curso de inglés gratis. Aprende inglés desde cero con explicaciones en español por Rob de Woodward English. Una nueva lección cada semana.
English Speaking Course
Do you want to improve your English speaking skills? Join Rob W. as he teaches you common phrases used in English conversations and daily life so that YOU can speak English fluently.
Basic Science Lessons
This free course covers 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).
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.
English Teacher Resources
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 53,000 classrooms around the world
Our English resources have been used in over 53,000 classrooms around the world. They can be purchased and downloaded via the trusted Teachers Pay Teachers website.
Save time doing lesson preparation
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.
Help me to help others
Purchasing any of our teacher resources allows me to continue creating more free English language resources for students on YouTube and other social media.
Learn English on YouTube
You can learn English at home or your workplace via our popular YouTube channel with over 1,000,000 subscribers and 86 million views. You don’t need to travel across town to go to a physical building, you can take our lessons from anywhere where there is an internet connection. Includes LIVE lessons every month with Rob Woodward.
We also have a YouTube channel for Spanish speakers learning English. (Woodward English en español)
Our English Learning Websites
English grammar lessons from basic English to advanced English. Includes our famous summary charts and our popular English grammar games.
English vocabulary resources including vocabulary lists on a large range of topics (with our summary charts) and our online English vocabulary games.
We have courses for English language learners and printable resources for English teachers. We have articles about the English language and teacher tips.
WoodwardEnglish had the incredible opportunity to be invited to NZCreatorCon 2025, held at the Pullman Hotel in Auckland, New Zealand. This event is the largest social media creator and branded content conference in Australasia, bringing together 300 of New Zealand's...
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU Last night we finally reached 1,000,000 subscribers on our Woodward English YouTube channel. Ange and I would like to thank EVERYONE who has supported us over the years by watching our videos. Also, thanks to the MANY English teachers...
We (as in WoodwardEnglish) had the incredible opportunity to be invited to NZCreatorCon 2024, held at the Pullman Hotel in Auckland, New Zealand. This event is the largest social media creator and branded content conference in Australasia, bringing together 250 of New...
She sells seashells by the seashore. I will say this tongue twister slowly the first time and then I will repeat it at normal speed. Can YOU say it as quickly as me? (Without making a mistake!) Ange and I found this large shell AFTER the sun had gone down.We decided...
STARE and STEER are two different words in English, and they have distinct meanings and uses. Stare - Meaning and Example Sentences Definition: To stare means to look or gaze fixedly and intently at something or someone. Usage: You might stare at an interesting...
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.
Now we are based in New Zealand and continue to help the world learn English.
Learn Other Languages
Free Spanish Lessons
Learn Spanish with our free Spanish lessons. We have an entire website dedicated to learning and teaching the Spanish language. ELE = Español como Lengua Extranjera – Spanish as a foreign language.
Free language lessons to learn French, Italian, Māori, Portuguese, Chinese, Arabic and other languages.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much do your English courses cost?
Our English courses and lessons on this website are free for you to learn and I intend to keep it that way.
Why are Woodward English courses free?
We 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?
We have advertisements on our websites that give us a small amount of income (please don’t use your ad-blockers). Some teachers and 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 a lot. 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 (approx. 3 million every month) that visit our websites.
If you appreciate our work, please support us my purchasing our resources or becoming members of our YouTube channel.
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 our free courses, we would really, really appreciate it. Please send me a message via Twitter or Instagram if you are able to help in any way.