Day 2 by Ferhat Bayık https://padlet.com/okuogren/e08pnayy5hv7kz73 Reflections on Day 2 en-us 2022-08-20 18:51:57 UTC 2022-08-26 18:09:08 UTC hello@padlet.com Have your ideas about teaching young learners changed in any way? If so, how? okuogren https://padlet.com/okuogren/e08pnayy5hv7kz73/wish/2266238247 First of all, considering the tasks and activities we have covered so far, my ideas about young learners’ learning process have changed. Especially, the depiction of various theories like behaviorist, social, transmission, and constructivism with visuals helped me to engrave them on my mind. 
Secondly, the idea that young learners have no reason for learning English is an important one. This is not only proof but also the underlying reason why they should be approached with social skills. Most of the time there are a number of reasons for L2 learning. In terms of young learners, it becomes a challenge to create the need for L2. So, approaches concerning the characteristics of young learners need to be employed.
Conclusively, I have benefited both from the philosophy of PDC and the practical tasks and techniques in the classroom. Plus, the fruit of your experience in ELT is absolutely a source for me.]]> 2022-08-20 18:53:57 UTC https://padlet.com/okuogren/e08pnayy5hv7kz73/wish/2266238247 Questions 1, 2, 3, 4. okuogren https://padlet.com/okuogren/e08pnayy5hv7kz73/wish/2266637626 Question 1
The most important thing that needs to be adapted is the lesson plan. Sometimes the book might be almost perfect in terms of explaining topic. However, the application of the skills which students could be challenging because of the lack of lesson plan.

Question 2
To overcome this problem PDC could be the key. Because if we employ lesson plans we learnt from PDC, the integration of course book to the classroom activity could be achieved. In that sense social and communicative skills could be framed through lesson plan guidelines that provides logical sequence.

Question 3
Stages of this session could be matched with the stages of the PDC. Basically, when the lesson plan has been prepared there should be a place called evaluation and teachers should be expected to reflect on what they have done during their activities and this reflection may let them see how much they have succeeded and what points are ill-formed. In that case adaptation of lesson plan to PDC steps could provide tangible outcomes.

Question 4
Personally I think the idea behind PDC steps is to know the chemistry of young learners beforehand. Considering young learners’ psychology and how they learn, plans need to be formed accordingly. In that sense whole class drills and group drills and their application in the classroom should be internalized by the teachers. Seeing that most of the teachers haven’t got the hang of using drills in the classroom, PDC sessions could open new horizons for teachers in terms of dialogues,  conveying communicative and social tasks.
]]> 2022-08-21 18:15:43 UTC https://padlet.com/okuogren/e08pnayy5hv7kz73/wish/2266637626 Do you think Shared Reading is a suitableprocedure to use with L2 children? Why /why not? okuogren https://padlet.com/okuogren/e08pnayy5hv7kz73/wish/2267462249 I believe yes. Maybe at the beginning, there might be a problem for students to understand in L2. However, gradually they will be able to adapt to the flow of the reading thanks to the visuals located in the stories. I also think that if the particular sounds are stressed enough, this will help students both develop accents and train their ears. 

-Some experts think using phonics is essential. They recommend a systematic approach.

-Some experts say phonics is a complete waste of time English spelling is not regular, and phonics just confuses young children. 

-Children can learn by seeing words and
remembering them.

-Some experts think using phonics sometimes is useful - little bit of phonics quite often and thinking especially about problem sounds.

What do you think? Which opinion do
you agree with most? Why?

I agree with this idea. “Some experts think using phonics sometimes is useful - little bit of phonics quite often and thinking especially about problem sounds.”

Pronunciation problems definitely arise from lack of sound knowledge and that needs to be taken care of. However too much emphasis on this could be distracting for the student and they could sway from the comprehension.  Teaching of phonemes should be done at a point where student really need it, after all social skills and communicative approaches always should be brought front.


]]> 2022-08-22 14:21:40 UTC https://padlet.com/okuogren/e08pnayy5hv7kz73/wish/2267462249 Are there any tips or techniques from thesessions today that you could use tomanage your PCs positively? okuogren https://padlet.com/okuogren/e08pnayy5hv7kz73/wish/2271145967 Personally, I think one of the most important activities we learned today is managing groups and the role othe f teacher in the classroom. Demonstration of group management helped me a lot. In our upcoming PDCs management of groups seems to be very important. We can use city names for the groups like in la casa de Papel.


2. Are there any other elements of classroom management in your PDCs that you will have to think about (managing Feedback for example).

Actually, the management of participants who don’t understand the instructions and handling the situation makes me nervous. Because their feeling embarrassed and reactions to the situation could create a cold atmosphere. For that reason, I am keeping my fingers crossed to have participants with good communication skills and interpersonal intelligence.

]]> 2022-08-25 07:40:57 UTC https://padlet.com/okuogren/e08pnayy5hv7kz73/wish/2271145967 Has your view of assessment changed? How? okuogren https://padlet.com/okuogren/e08pnayy5hv7kz73/wish/2271674807 My perception of assessment has changed in several ways. First of all, the point you made for immediate and delayed error correction is very important for understanding students’ motivational dynamics. 😍 Secondly, remembering negative and positive feedbacks with their variations helped me refresh my knowledge. In addition to that, drawbacks of over praising, sandwich technique, the importance of  peer feedback and many more contributed my knowledge. By the way I should state that I am thankful to you for every hidden information you share generously. I feel privileged to be nourished by your contributions. 🙏  ]]> 2022-08-25 16:38:33 UTC https://padlet.com/okuogren/e08pnayy5hv7kz73/wish/2271674807 What do you consider the greatest benefit of being in a Professional Development Community for teachers of English in your local context? okuogren https://padlet.com/okuogren/e08pnayy5hv7kz73/wish/2272489147 First of all, we as teachers of English benefit from PDC in terms of collaboration. Secondly, it provides learning each other by comparing and contrasting various dynamics in L2 teachings. In addition, it provides refreshment for professional development providing a sense of belonging to the profession. Last but not least, group work is by far the most efficient, adaptable, economical, and practical way of language teaching. Keeping that in mind, managing group work must be learned by every teacher to experiment in the classroom.  


2. How do you expect the PDC sessions in the program would help you deal with possible problems about planning and conducting PDCs in your teaching context? 

PDC sessions provide atmospheres to create, practice and evaluate  PDC plans before we actually go into the sessions. That type of demonstration lets us eliminate unnecessary points and place the most efficient techniques. Also it PDC sessions may serve as a real atmosphere so that it could predict potential problems in real PDCs. Seeing that PDC serves in many ways, they should be taken by teachers of language to promote their professionalism by experimenting the outcomes of PDCs in real classroom.

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