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Looking for resources to teach online?
Our dear teacher Marvin wanted me to share with you the site https://games4esl.com/ I already checked and it has useful resources which you could use in your online classes: flashcards, interactive exercises, PPTs, online ESL games, and so on.  Take a few minutes and explore it!👀


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