About


My name is Alan Smith-Robertson and I’ve been a teacher of English as a Second Language in Spain since 1994. I am currently working in an “Escuela Oficial de Idiomas” where I have also held the position of head of department and headmaster.

I love using all kinds of music in the ESL classroom to make learning English more fun and motivating for my students, and in fact I often use a lot of the worksheets that I’ve shared on this site in my own classes. I also run a youtube channel called Pop songs for ESL teachers where I publish my own songs, which are specifically written to practise the grammar and vocabulary most commonly seen in the ESL classroom. In 2023 I also started uploading my music to Spotify.

Apart from music, I’ve also been known to use magic tricks as a didactic tool… As you can see, I like to make my classes as fun and engaging as possible 🙂

I enjoy studying foreign languages; I have a C2 in Spanish, a C1 in French and Italian, a B2 in Portuguese and I’ve been studying Japanese since 2018 (but don’t ask me about my level there). If you want to contact me, you can follow me on any of my socials above.

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Notice regarding permissions:

  • The songs on this website which were written by Alan Smith Robertson / Grumpy Old Man are protected by copyright ©. Permission is granted to reproduce these songs for classroom use.
  • This permission does not cover the use of songs on this website which were not written by Alan Smith Robertson / Grumpy Old Man. Please check your country’s policy regarding fair use of artistic work which is protected by copyright.
  • All of the worksheets on this website are published under the Creative Commons license BY-NC-SAAll of the worksheets on this website are published under the Creative Commons license BY-NC-SA.