HUPE Split Branch Meeting Invitation

Dear colleagues,

You are kindly invited to attend our first HUPE Split Branch meeting in 2025-2026, which will take place at Centar izvrsnosti, Ulica Ruđera Boškovića 20, Split, on Friday, 4^th December 2026 at 16:00.

Agenda:   

1. HUPE news: Anita Lasić

2. Ana Kodrić Ivelić –Sustainability - From Words to Action
   This interactive workshop explores creative ways of integrating sustainability into English language teaching. Through engaging, hands-on activities, participants will explore environmental themes, practise communication skills and express their creativity. You will leave with practical ideas and ready-to-use materials to bring sustainability into your own classrooms.
3. Koraljka Pejić: From Textbook to TikTok: Understanding Gen Z English 
   Gen Z students meet English everywhere—from chats and emojis to TikTok captions and memes—and they often bring this language straight into the classroom. This workshop takes a closer look at what Gen Z English actually sounds like today, exploring popular phrases, emojis, and digital communication habits. Participants will share insights, reflect on classroom experiences, and pick up ideas for connecting real‑world English with classroom learning.
4. Ivana Bokavšek & Ida Bugarić Đuka: Machine vs Human Media Literacy/Reading Skills (Scanning and Skimming) & Writing Skills with the Use of AI
   Art workshop: Human Emotions Through Art Literacy and Art Expression
   Participants will practise writing prompts in an LLM of their choice and explore the key elements required to formulate effective inputs that would enable artificial intelligence to generate as detailed a response as possible. The main conclusion is that reading culture plays an essential role in successful prompt creation. By developing regular reading habits, participants also strengthen their written expression, which is fundamental to maintaining coherent and controlled communication with LLMs.
   Participants will analyse works of art and visual elements while reflecting on their own emotions through the associative and symbolic meanings of colours. Through a process of personal introspection, the creative activity focused on the emotion each participant will experience most intensely either recently or at that particular moment. This approach placed the uniquely human ability to feel and experience emotions above the capabilities of artificial intelligence programmes. The artistic process will result with abstract monochromatic compositions created using the gouache technique.

If you plan to attend the meeting, you are kindly requested to register sending an email to hupe.split@gmail.com  by Friday morning, 4^th December 2026.

​Anita Lasić, prof.                                                                        

HUPE Split Branch President