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7 Free Online Courses in July

Have you started your summer break? If you stay in, you may take up a nice online course. As usual, I found seven free courses that will be perfect for the summer!

Grammar up your classes! (book review)

The way I can explain my attitude to English grammar is love-hate relationship. One of the books that helped me enormously was Uncovering Grammar by the amazing Scott Thornbury. I read it years ago, and I’ve just finished rereading it to see how many things I implemented and how much useful it could be to an average EFL teacher.

7 Free Online Courses in March

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March is one of those dull and terribly long months with St. Patrick's Day being its only highlight. And since it's so long, you could at least do something useful and cover an online course or two!

Creativity is key! (book review)

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As Alan Maley says, I passionately believe creativity to be central to learning, including language learning. When I saw his 50 Creative Activities published by CUP, I knew I had to take a look at the book.

7 Free Online Courses in February

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All the people who are currently enjoying proper winter - I'm really jealous! In my place we're more likely to see snowdrops than snowflakes and it's really sad. Fortunately you can learn something new regardless of the weather. I found seven interesting online courses that are useful, enjoyable and free.

7 Free Online Courses in January

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This month I've found some really classy courses that will definitely help you start the year with a boom:

7 Free Online Courses in December

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Naturally, relaxing means taking care of one's body and mind - and what's better than learning something new? My pro-tip for online courses in December is watching online classes and baking cakes or cookies at the same time. Bliss! If you want to give it a try, I have a batch of seven free online courses to accompany your culinary endeavours.

Public speaking for teachers? Why not? (book review)

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The main reason I bought Public Speaking for Success was the fact that I'm doing more and more workshops, and I realise I have quite a vast area to improve. Talk Like TED was really inspiring, so I decided to try the book by Dale Carnegie (famous for How to Win Friends and Influence People). To my surprise, even though the book is targeted at salespeople and presenters, teachers still may find it useful.

Teacher, do you remember why you love your job?

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I believe we all know this feeling of discouragement, with more and more administrative duties, students requiring more individual care and parents who are becoming more and more demanding. What I want to write about is a short list of things that may help you smile, lift up your chin and remember that we matter, teachers matter, that regardless of what people claim, we do change the world. And we should never, ever, stop believing that.

Dear teacher, vulnerability is not weakness

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Imagine an educational system where it's OK for teachers to openly admit their issues and share them with colleagues in atmosphere of mutual understanding. Imagine teachers carrying this attitude to the classroom and teaching it by showing - making the students believe that it's OK to feel insecure, that everyone has issues once in a while and that there are people who are willing to help instead of judging.

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