Reflection on 7th Week of Teacher Training Program

 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 pointing out the problems, we will suggest solutions and create activities with Global English theme. After creating an outline, we shared our roles with group members and set a deadline for our work. We will create a research paper about our topic so we need to do an extensive research in this week. Instead of touching upon different sub-topics each week, we shared the work load, so everybody is going to work on one sub-topic and write a paper. Then, we will gather the papers and suggest solutions all together. 

I’ll keep informing you about our process. I’ll be busy with doing research this week and share my reflections with you. Until then, have a nice week and I wish you a great new year!!

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