Is the Genial.ly app really phenomenal? About potential of online tool during lessons of Polish as a foreign language

Abstract

The aim of the article is to present the possibility of using the Genial.ly app during long-distance classes with foreigners. The application allows not only to create games, quizzes or escape rooms, but also infographics, interactive illustrations, guides, tasks true-false, exercises consisting in pairing and completing a timeline or map. This online tool give a possibility to design a presentation in three variants: traditional – using text and graphics, video – in the form of a short film, which can be an alternative to webinars, as well as textbook’s chapter with introduction at the beginning and with a short quiz at the end. The article not only presents the potential of a popular application, but also gives examples how to use the tool during lessons of Polish as a foreign language. All tasks have been verified in groups of foreigners during classes as part of real-time lessons and as homework.