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  Hello darlings! How have you been? As you know, we have finished the first module of our training program. The theory part is over and now it is time to create a website and apply what we have learned. We had several meetings with our group members this week. Firstly, we decided on our main topic for the website easily. We were just not sure about our implication. We agreed on working on English as a Global Language since all of us were interested in this topic and it was one of the main issues we focused on during the training program. It’s a contemporary topic and it indicates the main features of English in 21st century that’s why wanted to extend our knowledge and work on it.  We will present our topic from general to specific. So, English as a Global Language is our umbrella term. We will search the ELT practices all over the world and in Turkey context. We will explain Standard English and the effects of teaching standard English both all over the world and in Turkey. After poi

  Welcome again! After the final session of our teacher training, we designed an activity under the title of ‘Global English’ as team ELT Z. For the process of preparation, we met on Zoom at 2pm and had approximately two hours of meeting to brainstorm, exchange ideas and distribute the duties. We wanted to use what we learned during the sessions of teacher training while trying to maintain World Englishes as the main focus. After sharing various precious ideas and placing most of our thoughts on the project, we decided to benefit from Lino.it and IDEA: International Dialects of English Archive as the materials we learned through the teacher training sessions. Here comes our activity below, take care! XOXO,  Team ELT Z   Global English Activity of “ELT Z” Designed by: Bilge Güral, Zeynep Ahsen Karasoy, Öken Demir, Zeynep Çetintaş Classroom setting: 20 students  Level: B2+/C1  Skills: Speaking, Listening *It is assumed that the students are being taught ‘British English’  Activity *It

     Hi folks! How have you been? Today, I'll be sharing my reflections on Week 6, which was the last session of our first module. I still remember our first meeting in this training program. I have always been eager to attend to the meetings and been looking forward to get in discussions. The team was full of bright ideas and I was always learning something new or extending my ideas. I also sincerely thank our dear instructor Melda Yılmaz. It was a very well-structured program: each activity, each detail was created and selected on purpose. I have learned a lot in this process. Now, it is time to apply what I have learned.     In this session, we basically talked about EIL (English as an International Language). We based our discussions on Aya Matsuda's Teaching Materials in EIL (I highly suggest you to read it to learn about material evaluation) The main aim of EIL is to prepare the learners to use English in order to become a part of globalized world.     The key point of th

     RING RING! It is time to learn some multimedia tools for language teaching in the classroom today. In this productive session; we focused on media literacy which, basically, means the ability to use digital media tools and we, later shared some useful multimedia tools as groups. I will explain you how each works and here is the list:  -  edpuzzle.com  : This one is one of my favorites. When we assign our students to watch a video and ask them some questions before the class, we cannot be sure if they really watch and understand the content. However, Edpuzzle enables learners to engage with the video and content. You can check their comprehension and provide them practice critical thinking skills by adding either open-ended or multiple choice questions and adding notes in the video. You can block skipping in the video so that you can be sure if they watch the full video. It will help your students interact with the content. You can add videos from websites and crop them if you wish

      Hi there! Welcome back to my blog! I will be sharing my reflections on Week 4 of our training program. It was an enjoyable session since we were familiar with the topic so that we had long discussions.     In this session, we focused on the integration of technology into language teaching with benefits and drawbacks and information and communication technology (ICT) skills. Firstly, we worked in groups and discussed on reflection questions. We divided the roles as soon as we met in breakout rooms in Zoom, thus, we had no problem with time management and other stuff. With the help of  ICT , we introduce, reinforce, extend, enrich and assess students' mastery of new concepts in a natural way. It is natural since most of our students will be digital natives who grow up using technology. Teachers need some skills and knowledge to achieve implementing ICT, which are technological, pedagogical and content knowledge, which is called as TPACK. I also think that teachers should have c

                   1.       Introduction The internet has been the best investment in the globalized world over the last century.   People have a chance to get connected with each only by a click and we have seen how important it is over the last year. Due to the global pandemic situation, online education has been popular for being accessible any time and has attracted students with its schedule-friendly format options. People have started working and studying online either synchronously or asynchronously. Internet makes it possible to access plenty of information and facilitates many tools for creating any kind of material which helps to renovate the way of creating materials (Pardede, 2012) and online learning environments provide flexibility and offer students personalized learning opportunities (Lorenzo & Ittelson, 2005) Asynchronous learning can be defined as the method learners get the information and review it at different times, not in person or live on video conferenc