• Using AI for lesson planning

• Using AI for activities

• Exploring AI tools

• How to design interactive, fun, and hands-on activities

• Inspiration as well as specific tips on what to do and how

• Practical application to immediately use in your next lesson

An interactive workshop designed to give you practical support for your upcoming lessons. Led by Katka, a highly experienced senior teacher, this session will give you the chance to plan REAL LESSONS YOU'LL TEACH next week - whether one-to-one classes, group courses, F2F or online.

Bring your lesson ideas, materials, or simply a topic you need to teach. You’ll receive personalized guidance, resource suggestions, and practical activity ideas to help you turn your lessons into engaging, student-centred learning experiences. You can also collaborate with other teachers and exchange ideas.

Benefit from Katka’s experience and the ideas shared by your colleagues.:)  

• Common problems with conversation lessons

• Students' needs and expectations

• How to keep conversation lessons productive - lesson planning and materials

• Most common mistakes Czech speakers make in English

• Where these come from and how to EC them

• False friends, pronunciation issues etc.

• The challenges of first lessons and how to deal with them

• What to do in first lessons

• Exploit a coursebook or build your own lesson

*This is the updated version of 'Making Teaching Grammar Lessons Fun'

• How to make grammar lessons effective

• Spicing up guided practice

• Creating engaging free practice

• Why groups aren't scary

• How not to leave your students behind

• How to approach the four core skills in group lessons

• Reducing the use of L1 in class and boosting students’ confidence in using the target language

• Essential components of an engaging and effective lower level lesson with low TTT

• Practical tips and activities (incl. the use of authentic materials in lower level classes and engaging students in group courses)

• Issues that often occur in mixed level classes (incl. psychological)

• Different balancing strategies

• Adapting activities for mixed level classes + tips and tricks

*The webinar builds directly on the principles from How to Teach Online - Basics and is designed for teachers who already feel confident online but want to go further

• Fresh techniques, new activity types, and smarter ways of using familiar tools (Google Slides, Microsoft WB) to keep lessons engaging, challenging, and dynamic

• How to deepen interaction, stretch students cognitively, and add variety without overloading the lesson

• The emphasis is on practical upgrades and small changes that make a big difference

• Identifying higher levels

• Materials and topics for higher-level students

• Planning your own higher-level lesson

• Learning the language, not learning about it

• Planning your lesson to maximize the potential for speaking

• Examples of student-centered activities

• Organizing your time and materials

• Achieving work-life balance

• Lesson planning shortcuts (NOT methodology! just maximum result with minimum effort)

• Key principles of planning and teaching effective 1-to-1 lessons

• Common pitfalls in individual lessons and how to avoid them

• Analysis of lesson excerpts and teaching materials for hands-on practice

• Types of short activities and why we need them in our lessons

• How to prepare them effectively and recycle

• How to adapt them using technology for both online and F2F lessons