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      Hello everybody! Welcome back to my blog :) I'll be sharing my reflections on Week 3 of our training program. This session was very enlightening for me cuz I have learned so many things on a topic which I had not been very familiar with.      In this session, we have learned and discussed about digital literacy, digital safety and copyright & licencing issues. Digital Literacy is an umbrella term that includes ICT and media literacy skills which require digital tool knowledge, critical thinking skills and social engagement. So, a digital literate person is adaptable, creative, confident, collaborative and a critical thinker. We, as teachers, should be aware of our skills and our students' so that we can encourage them to engage in activities. Students use digital tools for fun and entertainment that's why we should guide them to use the tools in a diverse and creative way. It is important to have digital information since teachers should be updated with the new i

      Hi there! Hope you enjoy your week. Today, I'll be sharing my reflections of the second week. It was a really enjoyable one as we had lots of group work included. So, let's get started!     Before we had the session, we had some pre-tasks to do. Firstly, we had to read a chapter from Galloway & Rose (2015) and answer the reflection questions. It was basically about English Language Teaching in a global scale and nativeness of English teachers. After I read thechapter, I realized both native and non-native speakers have their own advantages and being native does not make a person more proficient in the language education. As the writers mentioned, professional qualities are more important than nationality. Secondly, we had to  check the website called 'IDEA: International Dialects of English Archive' ' which includes a world map of all countries with speakers of different dialects. It helps us obtain the scope of World Englishes and recognize  the varieties

      Hello everybody! How have you been? I have been busy with work during summer that's why I couldn't write anything here for a few months. Nowadays, I have an online course named '21st Century Skills Training and Project-Based Learning' carried out by Melda YILMAZ  and Assist. Prof. Dilek INAL . It is a training program that aims to cultivate prospective teachers on 21st century skills. It is critical to have skills such as critical thinking, media literacy, information literacy in the globalizing world. Thanks to this program, we are going to focus on different skills each week on the first module, for the second module, we will work in groups and eventually, we will create a website. I am super excited about the process. I think I have a lot to learn. Don't worry I will be sharing all my experiences with you.         Before we had our first session, we had CCTDI (California Critical Thinking Disposition Inventory) to measure our critical thinking skills and d