Hello Italki Community! I am Rose, a new teacher. I have my first student tomorrow. She is an advanced student from Italy. I would love to start posting here. How often do most of you post? What do you write about? I am a novelist and blogger, and though I keep that side of my career separate from teaching English, I find that my students of the last 3 years are fascinated by topics such as ancient civilisations (Atlantis & Lemuria), archaeology (Giza, Tepe, Tiwanaku, Teotihuacan etc), myths & legends (Greek, Sumerian, Mayan etc), spirituality within religion and other ancient texts, and subjects like Hollow Earth (as reflected in Jules Verne’s ‘Journey to the Center of the Earth’) … even Flat Earth debates (I am not a Flat Earther, but you’d be surprised at how many people are!), as well as many ‘out there’ topics like this. A decade ago, my novels were not ‘fashionable’ but today, almost all my students are really interested in these sorts of subjects - which gets them talking! As you know, a student who talks is a student we can teach! I have also noticed and many of my more advanced students on other platforms love to debate conspiracy theories. However, I do also teach more mainstream topics such as English Reading Comprehension (British Classics) and Talking about Daily Routine / Travel / Work etc. What do you talk to your more intermediate to advanced students about when you give a class? I’d love to know! Thanks folks! Good to be here! Rose 🙂