The English teachers voice

AI and CLIL . The Perfect Combination After more than twenty years in the classroom, I’ve learned one very important truth: good teaching is never about trendsit’s about tools that genuinely serve learning. I’ve seen methodologies come and go, buzzwords rise and fall, and “revolutions” quietly disappear. But every now and then, something appears that doesn’t just decorate education, it transforms it. For me, that transformation has been the meeting point of CLIL and Artificial Intelligence . And when they are used correctly, ethically, thoughtfully, and pedagogically, AI and CLIL don’t just work well together. They complete each other. My Journey to CLIL: When Language Finally Made Sense Long before AI entered my professional vocabulary, CLIL had already changed the way I taught. I still remember the frustration I felt early in my career. My students could pass grammar tests . They could fill in gaps, underline verbs, and recite rules. But when it came time to use English, to thin...

The Flipped Classroom and AI : The Future of Education By an educator with 20+ years in the classroom After more than two decades in education, working as a classroom teacher, institute owner , headmaster , teacher trainer , and visiting university professor, I can say this with confidence: education does not change because of technology alone. It changes because teachers change the way they teach. I have lived through overhead projectors , cassette tapes , language labs , CD-ROMs , interactive whiteboards , LMS platforms , and now artificial intelligence . Some of these tools came and went. Others reshaped how we work. Today, the combination of flipped classrooms and AI is not a trend, it is a structural shift in education. And handled correctly, it may be the most powerful transformation I have seen in my career. From Chalk and Talk to Time and Purpose When I began teaching, lessons followed a predictable rhythm: explain → practice → assign homework. The problem was never the expla...

  AI : The Biggest Mistakes That Students Make. Reflections from over 20 years as a teacher, institute owner , teacher trainer , visiting university lecturer , and school headmaster After more than two decades in education, I have seen methodologies come and go, technologies rise and disappear, and “revolutions” promise to change learning forever. I have taught in schools, universities, and private institutes. I have trained teachers, managed academic departments, and served as a headmaster responsible for standards, ethics , and results. Artificial Intelligence is not the first disruptive tool I have encountered, but it is the most misunderstood. AI itself is not the problem. The problem is how students use it. Below are the biggest mistakes I see students make with AI, mistakes that quietly undermine learning, confidence, and long-term success. 1. Confusing Output Quality with Personal Ability This is the most common and the most dangerous mistake. Students look at an AI-gene...

Using AI Correctly to Help Pass International English Exams Reflections from over 20 years of preparing students for TOEFL , IELTS , Cambridge , Michigan , Pearson , British Council   SAT , GRE , GMAT and many other exams I have spent more than two decades preparing students for international English exams. I have taught teenagers chasing their first B2 certificate , professionals needing IELTS for migration, and university-bound students whose future depended on a single test day. I have worked with exams designed by the University of Cambridge , Michigan, ETS (TOEFL), the British Council, Pearson (PTE) etc, and one truth has never changed: International exams do not test English . They test trained English under pressure. In recent years, Artificial Intelligence has entered this world. Used correctly, it can accelerate learning. Used incorrectly, it almost guarantees failure. This article is written from the perspective of a teacher who has seen thousands of exam results, both ...

Using AI to Perfect Students’ Writing Skills Reflections from a teacher and language institute owner I have spent years teaching students how to write—sentences that make sense, paragraphs that flow, and texts that sound human rather than mechanical. As the owner of a language institute, I don’t just correct essays; I design writing programs , train teachers, speak with parents, and follow students’ progress over months and sometimes years. When AI first entered the classroom , I was skeptical. Not because I feared technology, but because I feared shortcuts . Writing is thinking on paper , and anything that replaces thinking damages learning. But over time, I learned something important: AI does not have to replace writing. When used correctly, it can refine it, challenge it, and elevate it. This article is about how AI, under clear guidance and strong pedagogy , can become one of the most powerful tools we have to perfect students’ writing skills , not by doing the work for them, but...

AI : The Negatives All Teachers and Students Need to Be Aware Of By a teacher, ex-academic coordinator , Headmaster and language institute owner I have been a teacher for many years, and for a large part of my life, education has not just been my profession, it has been my responsibility. As the owner of a language institute, I don’t only think like a teacher standing in front of a classroom; I think like someone who designs curricula , trains teachers, speaks with parents, and watches students grow from insecure beginners into confident communicators . I use AI. I believe in technology. I support innovation. But I also believe deeply in critical awareness . AI is not neutral. It is not harmless. And it is definitely not a magic solution for learning . This article is not anti-AI . It is pro-education , pro-teacher , and pro-student . Below are the key negatives of AI that every teacher, student, parent, and school owner must understand before blindly welcoming it into the classroom...