Creative Teacherette

I've been in the online teaching industry for more than 5 years, so believe me when I tell you that I have tried and tested many coursebooks and materials that can make or break an online lesson, especially when you teach adults (which is what this blog post will focus on). But before I tell you which coursebook we use now and why that one is the best, let's get one thing straight: Coursebooks are not the law, they are a tool! (and you can quote me on that) I see so many new teachers stick only to a coursebook while preparing and then executing their lessons as if that was the holy grail of successful teaching. And it's great to use coursebooks as a basis for lesson planning and utilizing the hard work of its authors and big publishing companies who have the resources to conduct ample R&D, so you know that what you are teaching is, in fact, at the correct level. However, sticking only to coursebooks is a huge rookie mistake because: There are no perfect coursebooks. Eac...

Hi everyone!  It's been 6 years since my last post (and oh-my-God has the world changed since then). I don't want to bore you with all the details, but here's a quick look at the most important things that have kept me away from the blog for so long: I moved to Australia for a year, I returned to Croatia, I traveled the world, I started my own language school (was the first one in Croatia to do it fully online), I published a vocabulary workbook called Words My Way (more on it in another post), I developed a game app that helps practice speaking (currently available in English and Croatian), I became an expert in online teaching (I've been doing this since 2016 - waaaay before the virus that shall not be named), I mentored (and still am) teachers just starting in the workforce, I hired and managed employees, I worked (and still am) on a big number of projects regarding language teaching (from our internal projects at ERYIA, to EU projects and ERASMUS). I started this...