Whilst teaching EFL (English as a Foreign Language), I became involved in a project to create a study resource CD-ROM for use by students in pursuing various state examinations in the English language. To design a series of EFL-based web-pages that were both informative, productive and fun seemed a logical extension. I was encouraged by a number of former students who nagged and nagged until finally, in January 1997, the first pages became available.

The material on these pages may be used as a resource by EFL Teachers and as an interactive medium for students. The whole Study Concept utilises e-mail, IRC (Internet Relay Chat) and the internet (through object-oriented web-browsing and contracted project work). I am currently re-developing a script for IRC that will allow students and teachers alike to gather on a regular basis and participate in regular IRC 'conferences' with greater ease. This combination of web page resource and IRC conferencing over the internet is currently limited but I hope to develop the idea further as soon as time, financing and space allow.

Soon after starting this project, it became clear that my web-resources were inadequate and the sheer size of the material produced has necessitated a monthly update procedure by which, unfortunately, previous month's pages are removed and replaced. Previous pages are available for download from the FTP (File Transfer Protocol) Server, which is online each weekend; in this way work need not be lost. As a (growing) resource for EFL teachers world-wide and a forum for self-study, I believe this to be the first independent online EFL study program available to utilise the web in conjunction with IRC and FTP. Other EFL-related sites are listed on the contacts page but if you know of another unlisted quality EFL resource page, please let me know and I will add a link.

Enjoy your visit!

Kevin (Updated November 2006)