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ISSUE 4 
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2022
Scientific Journal Impact Factor (SJIF 2022=4.63) 
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UZBEKISTAN |
www.caajsr.uz
 
 
IMPROVING EFL/ESL CLASSROOMS THROUGH USING ONLINE 
PLATFORMS: NEARPOD 
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 AS AN EXAMPLE OF TOP-RATED ONLINE 
EDUCATIONAL PLATFORMS 
 
Ashurali Bakhtiyor ugli Mirzaev 
Fergana State University 
[e-mail]
 
 
ABSTRACT 
In the era of technology the use of online and offline tools are becoming more and 
more prevelent in fullfilling EFL/ESL learners’ language needs. 
Newly-introduced E-
based teaching method is well received by majority of the EFL/ESL instructors. 
However, it is argued that there is a great need of introducing the method to language 
teachers and learners in order to achieve its most benefits. Obviously, the same 
condition is true with Uzbek language teaching life. Inspite of the fact that many 
researches have been done to introduce online tools to language teachers, there are still 
gaps that need to be addressed, such as the use of this method in Uzbek language 
lessons and itroducing the educational websites and internet platforms and their 
educational features to language teachers. In this sense, the current study provides 
detailed information about the Nearpod.com with revealing its several educational 
features.
Keywords: 
web-based learning, online tools, Nearpod.com, online educucation, 
EFL/ESL classes, game-based learning, assessment 
 
INTRODUCTION 
The use of online game-based applications in teaching English and other foreign 
languages to today's young people is becoming more popular among all language 
teachers around the globe. One of the main reasons for this trend is that this method is 
more effective than traditional methods [1]. Despite the prevalence of online 
gamification apps, they are still not fully undewrstood by EFL / ESL educators today [2, 
8]. This, in turn, means that there is a need for new research on online gamified 
methods, research that proves how each online tool has advantages and contributions to 
the development of language learners in their language comprehension.
The following article has two goals: 1) to increase the knowledge of language teachers 
about online tools by explaning the functions of some top-ranked online platforms; 2) 
providing guidelines of implementing these tools in EFL classrooms.

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CENTRAL ASIAN ACADEMIC JOURNAL 
OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH 
ISSN: 2181-2489 
VOLUME 2