Empirical ELT Journals

Even if something is ending, I don't really like to point out that it's ending, so I can't help myself to feel a bit sad. This class has been the most useful class for me on the term basis. As I teach already, I had lots of opportunity, and oh boy, I used those opportunities. I created my own kahoot game, also I utilized some of the sites that I have learned. The only downside is, I think the materials are mostly leaned towards young learners. I don't really like working with young learners for specific reasons, so I would like to learn more about materials for teaching to adults. I think more on that are can be reinforced in the cyllabus. Also, weekly assignments were a bit too much, and made me feel tedious after some time. With the part of never ending "lash on my back feeling" very monday, yes I've improved quite a bit. Especially news in levels has been a great improvement. But the worst part about university is, I constantly feel like, I can cover...

I quite like magazines and I've already done some amateur school magazines. But I need to admit, this project of ours, is the best of them. Thankfully my partner Barış is talented with photoshop and we can easily find a frequence in which our creativities can collaborate. We did an imaginary magazine which is being published in the far future. We had fun and found pride in our work.  These kind of assignments require a high level of computer literacy. Personally I can't stand the mediocre in computer related assignments. So I always try to do something that looks and feels pleasing. Students might also feel the same, but maybe my students might feel different.   Also a cover has it's own hierarchy and there is a delicate line in designing a cover. But like I said before, I'm very much proud of our work. Enjoy: Cover Photo: Simon Fetscher

Hey y'all  As a group, we tried padlets, as we were assigned to. I missed the feeling of a group project with a devotion with every member. I think our padlet looks cool and we grasped the idea behind it, as I'm planning to do the padlet project for my own classroom.  As our part with Barış, we did a podcast again. I think as a duo, we like podcasts and we are starting to become proficient about the process of creating a podcast. Padlets are quite fruitful, for 21. century learning, as it offers audial and visual resources for learners. Also it provides them with four core skills of a language, aka: writing, reading, listening and speaking. Like I said before, I will also try to do the padlet project with my studens, but since they are adults, they might have a hard time utilizing it. Padlets can be used as a simple but efficient tool and quite frankly, I'm glad I've been introduced to them. They feel like a big bulletin board, which students can comfortably use...

"What if we don't want to use a Blackberry because they are stupid and pointless?"                                                -Dwight Schrute  Season 4 - Episode 02 - The Office   Technology seems great, it makes life easier, it connects us, helps us, makes us more aware. But in the same time, it makes us less aware about our environement, it harms us through it's comfort it disconnects us with our self-awareness. but I think most of the time, we don't really see that it's driving us away from what we actually are. As humanity, we lack the ability to see things cognitively at first glance. We just suck the joy or easiness that we create around us, and when we start to suffer from our comfort zone, it's either too late or we don't care anymore so we decide to adapt. We become less, but we know more. " O ur knowledge has made us cynical. Our c...

Podcasts are fun and inspiring most of the time. It can be listened to any time. In the bus, while walking, running, jogging etc.  Personally I like auditory resources. I don't need to focus on one thing when I'm working with auditory resources. Probably in the future, it would create some form of connection with my students if I ever use podcasts. I would like to touch their world of thinking as much as possible. A thinking person is a person whose mind is "tickled" before. Since tickling your students physically is kind of unethical, I would like to tickle their minds as much as possible. This post was our first attempt for a future podcast with my friend Barış Can Güvenkaya . It was fun, as he was a pair of mine who was more than able to use certain applications and open-source materials. The song " Light of the Seven" was composed by Ramin Djawadi. A genious who composes great soundtracks.

                "The world is changed. I feel it in the water. I feel it in the earth. I smell it in the air"                                                                                                            -Galadriel, The Lord Of the Rings  The world we live in is vivid, there is no denying that. It has always been like that, and it will always be like this. If one wants to survive or excel, he must adapt. As everyting, the area of learning and education has changed, and it's changing rapidy even now. As we witness world's progress through the stars or it's race to a giant dumpster which wall-e had already foreseen, we -as teachers and learners- must adapt. N...