Am I too commercial? One teacher criticized my new style (see my English class list for an example) saying that the bright ads are too distracting. I chose brighter colors for that reason actually.
The (maybe) sad truth is that I spend so many hours working on that site and providing free content for English learners (and not just any free content - my free online classes are the only online classes I know of where learners study in context and then use the language) that I want to get some money in return.
At the moment the site is costing me money and while I can afford it, I'm not feeling as charitable as i was 18 months or so ago when I started it. I will never charge students to study on the site, but I think I will ask them to endure the ads. Your comments are welcome.
Sponsored by Jobs Classifieds, a good place to look for job ads.
Posted by James Trotta at February 18, 2005 10:41 AMESL blog is one of many Blogs for learning English & teaching English. Translation services information.