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Language Through Trends: Using Social Media in Class
Here are some simple ideas on how you can use various social media platforms to boost your students’ engagement and prove that ability to use a foreign language is a really useful skill.

Keep growing! 5 Educational Platforms You Will Love
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shared with you various classes, today, however, I want to share something else - the educational platforms I choose most often.

My 7 Lifesaving Websites for Teaching EFL
Today I want to share my favourite websites that have become essential tools in my EFL teaching arsenal - they cover various needs and purposes and make my work definitely easier!

AI in the Classroom? Interview with ChatGPT
By now you must have heard of Chat GPT by OpenAI - an AI language model by some called the saviour of time-consuming writing compositions, by others the harbinger of doom😊 All that seems certain is that it will change the education as we know it.
You have probably read at least some ideas on how Chat GPT can help in EFL, but I decided to talk to ChatGPT directly. So here's the interview!

We Wish You a Merry... what exactly? (no-prep lesson plan)
Do you sometimes wonder what's the best phrase for the winter holidays? After all, not everyone celebrates Christmas, so maybe you should say Happy Holidays?
Well, I think it's best if you ask your students! That's why I prepared a short and simple no-prep lesson plan!

Summer Songs and Stories: lesson idea
Songs seem to be a popular option for summer classes, and fill-in-the-blanks activities are probably the most popular forms of exercises to include songs in an EFL lesson. However, you can make your students use songs to create new stories, and that's how they work not only on their receptive, but also productive language. And they still have a lot of fun!

7 Free Online Courses in September
Well, hello, autumn! Are you all excited about the new school year? I can almost imagine your enthusiastic response! I want to support your indubitable happiness, so I've found some cool online courses that will help you get into the teaching mood. And yes, you can say I'm evil - but first check those courses, as they're really inspiring!

Aliens vs Humans (lesson plan)
I think teaching is pretty much like discovering aliens, getting familiar with them and trying to communicate with them - and as a bonus, aliens are a really nice topic to talk about in the classroom. After all, there are no good or bad answers, and everyone can share their wildest ideas!

I Like to Move It, Move It (lesson idea)
Have you ever taken part in something we call YouTube Party? It happens when you meet friends, chat a bit and suddenly someone goes like "have you seen this video on YouTube?"... and you're doomed; you know that for the next two hours you'll be watching random stuff telling you more than you want about your mates' interests. The curse (or the blessing) of a creative teacher is when you see such material you know it's literally ready to wrap it up in some more or less educational principles and you're ready to go with a lesson.

7 Free Online Courses in November
I love November - it's my favourite month of the year! Whenever I can, I take a week off just to chill a bit and enjoy the bliss of a minibreak. I have grand plans to complete one of those promising online courses I found. As usual, I share them with you - maybe you'll find the course I should take this month?