English Together by Nihal Çetiner https://padlet.com/nihalreflection/nc Nihal's Reflection en-us 2022-06-21 20:17:29 UTC 2022-06-28 11:40:23 UTC hello@padlet.com nihalreflection https://padlet.com/nihalreflection/nc/wish/2227160299 1-As we use listening material from coursebooks (not all ), I also prefer using authentic materials like songs, news from online sites, conversations from real life etc. The materials from daily lives are very important as  most of the students don't use English in their daily lives. By this way , they see the examples .   

2- In Active listening part, I learned a lot . Students develops their communication skills and can be more active .we can differentiate the activities of the same material acc. to the levels of the students. This part was good.



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Time is a problem. 2 hours a week for a class is not enogh. Ss are shy, have fear of making mistakes. The background knowledge of students are not enough or similar.   Students’ reluctant is another problem.  They don’t complete the tasks, homeworks. 

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I have learned  alot from todays lessons.. using digital tools for speaking  activities  for all but especially for shy Ss will be beneficial. Flipgrid apps is good for language classes.  I will use it. Also “paper video “was very interesting and usable. It allows cooperation within a group and let everybody talk. 

Galery walk activiy can be interesting for students. I wil use it.]]> 2022-06-22 13:55:12 UTC https://padlet.com/nihalreflection/nc/wish/2227890519 Lise:You can experiment with active listening as a warm up activity where you tell a personal story and learners discuss in pairs what they heard https://padlet.com/nihalreflection/nc/wish/2230261175 2022-06-25 10:53:33 UTC https://padlet.com/nihalreflection/nc/wish/2230261175 Lise:Your reflection is quite short - you could say more about how you would use these activities in your context and what your objectives would be. This would be really useful to you https://padlet.com/nihalreflection/nc/wish/2230261866 2022-06-25 10:55:17 UTC https://padlet.com/nihalreflection/nc/wish/2230261866 23rd june- Reading nihalreflection https://padlet.com/nihalreflection/nc/wish/2230389612 2022-06-25 18:18:36 UTC https://padlet.com/nihalreflection/nc/wish/2230389612 24th june-Writing nihalreflection https://padlet.com/nihalreflection/nc/wish/2230389686 2022-06-25 18:18:58 UTC https://padlet.com/nihalreflection/nc/wish/2230389686 25th june-Vocabulary nihalreflection https://padlet.com/nihalreflection/nc/wish/2230389741 2022-06-25 18:19:10 UTC https://padlet.com/nihalreflection/nc/wish/2230389741 26th June nihalreflection https://padlet.com/nihalreflection/nc/wish/2230389839 2022-06-25 18:19:41 UTC https://padlet.com/nihalreflection/nc/wish/2230389839 27th June nihalreflection https://padlet.com/nihalreflection/nc/wish/2230389873 2022-06-25 18:19:50 UTC https://padlet.com/nihalreflection/nc/wish/2230389873 take away nihalreflection https://padlet.com/nihalreflection/nc/wish/2230425644 The teachers should encourage the learners to speak English by exlaining the necessity and importance of speaking.
 In my lessons , I will definitely  differentiate the  activities   to take the attention of my Ss. I will try to motivate  my students during my lessons.I will also consider the levels of learners.  The applications and websites  mentioned  today are usefull  and can be used  for different types of teaching purposes. 
I had known flipgrid before but I hadnt used it sofar. in my speaking classes  it will help to motivate my students who are not brave enough to speak English in front of the others 

Here we are practicing groupworking . Doing a  project as a group  and talking about it on" Chat corners " was very  inspiring for me. I will try pair-work  and group work in language classes . I hope  it will be beneficial  for weak students.

I will provide safe,motivating,enjoyable learning environments .And I think I have to develop and practice my skills on giving positive feedback for students.


]]> 2022-06-25 21:08:05 UTC https://padlet.com/nihalreflection/nc/wish/2230425644 nihalreflection https://padlet.com/nihalreflection/nc/wish/2230427075 Today  I have learned about snack writing and process and product writing. Snack writing and product writing are applicable in my school. However , process writing is a bit difficult but may be I can try in the project classes, which have more English hours and higher levels .  Process writing can be applied  collobratively as agroup work or pairwork. Otherwise, it would be a time consuming activity because of the number of the students.

 In PLC meetings I think my colleagues  may like snack writing because it is more applicable than the other approaches because of the crowded  classes.





]]> 2022-06-25 21:15:07 UTC https://padlet.com/nihalreflection/nc/wish/2230427075 nihalreflection https://padlet.com/nihalreflection/nc/wish/2230431683 1- I have learned the difference between  a warm-up and a lead- in  in today’s lesson. While teaching reading the English levels of the students  are mostly different.In a mixed ability class,  pre- reading part as the most important l point is to get the students's attention and interest. I can use some videos,flashcards or photos at the very beginning of the activity and play a guessing game.In this way, the learners' interest are triggered .
While reading, first teacher read the text and  the new words' pronounciation. And then some time  is given to Ss for silent reading.  For a difficult or longer texts , jigsaw reading can be a good idea. In this way the Ss with better English level can support the others, the students get more information about the text in a group or in a pair. True / False or Multiple Choice questions are beneficial  for low level learners  but for the students who have better English competence ,  open ended questions are OK. 
Post reading part is necessary to reinforce the information learned during the activity . Any activities such as  preparing some videos or posters about the text or some drawing .

2-In my school ,  there are  students who generally don’t like doing reading and speaking activities. They dont want to read loudly because of the lack of pronounciation  info.  we have 5 hours of lessons a week for 9th grades and 2 for the rest of the classes.I encouraged them to use online sites, " news in levels"  to read and also listen the record of the text during the education year. Today in the sessions I have also learned some new apps which  can  also be used by the students . They will  probably love them. ı will ask them to prepare posters and videos etc.   I will share the ideas about the  usage of these apps with my colleagues and  we will brainstorm about  effective ways of using these with different levels. 




]]> 2022-06-25 21:41:05 UTC https://padlet.com/nihalreflection/nc/wish/2230431683 nihalreflection https://padlet.com/nihalreflection/nc/wish/2231722598 I find lang.portfolios very effective because it leads to a greater autonomy  since they involve learners’ responsibility.Hovever , it can be a problem in large classes. We have two wriiten exams in our  local area. As we are trying to keep up with the curriculum and having lack of   lesson hours ( 2 hours)  , we cant do  continous assesment. 

I cant apply peer assesment or self assesment  in my classes. The teacher should give the student some rubric etc .and try to teach ss  to asses  themself and this may be applied  in classes.  


]]> 2022-06-27 19:10:46 UTC https://padlet.com/nihalreflection/nc/wish/2231722598 nihalreflection https://padlet.com/nihalreflection/nc/wish/2231733980 I think personalising a new word is the most effective vocabulary teaching method. it allows students to  make connection between their lives and their experiences. By drawing the pictures of the new vocabulary, Ss can easily memorise the new vocabulary. they can prepare their own vocabulary notebook.

 I think diagrams for collocations, parts of speech/grammar will be useful  for students for low level students.

  Additionally, students  enjoy using tools to play games, do activities, prepare schoolwork, etc. All the schools in my area have smart boards and internet connections, teachers can use these  programs in their classrooms.



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