https://padlet.com/vmelisyalcin/xascsibtkv0jqekl en-us 2022-09-02 14:05:02 UTC 2022-09-08 11:35:15 UTC hello@padlet.com vmelisyalcin https://padlet.com/vmelisyalcin/xascsibtkv0jqekl/wish/2281552302 Using digital material for differentiation.

Adjusting content, process or products?]]> 2022-09-03 15:55:44 UTC https://padlet.com/vmelisyalcin/xascsibtkv0jqekl/wish/2281552302 vmelisyalcin https://padlet.com/vmelisyalcin/xascsibtkv0jqekl/wish/2281640295 I learned lots of great ideas about more active listening skills in today's sessions. 'Picture dictation' activity is my favourite because it can be easily used in crowded classrooms. It is literally a time saver for the instructor, because you do not need much preparation. It can be used for all levels and the instructions are easy to understand for all students. 

On the other hand, you might differentiate the activity effortlessly. You can add or remove details, and adapt it for your students. If I used it in my classroom, I would definitely try keep the story interesting just like Fiona did. Giving the keywords and phrases beforehand, and doing a pair or group activity may be a choice for supporting less confident students. I would motivate the students to help each other rather than competing.

I think, it might be useful to focus on pre-listening part and differentiating tasks for a PDC meeting since it is crucial to choose appropriate tasks/activities for all levels of students. All students perform at their own level, thus the instructor needs to adapt tasks according to her students. At public schools, we have limited material so it is the instructor's responsibility to differentiate tasks to encourage learners, especially the shy ones.]]> 2022-09-03 20:09:34 UTC https://padlet.com/vmelisyalcin/xascsibtkv0jqekl/wish/2281640295 vmelisyalcin https://padlet.com/vmelisyalcin/xascsibtkv0jqekl/wish/2281640614 In the context of teaching speaking, crowded classrooms and shy students are the most common problems in my district. Good preparation and differentiation can be the solution to these problems. It is a general delusion that the teacher should correct the mistakes immediately, but it does not work when it comes to speaking activities. The teacher should monitor the students but should not interrupt them while they are speaking.]]> 2022-09-03 20:10:38 UTC https://padlet.com/vmelisyalcin/xascsibtkv0jqekl/wish/2281640614 vmelisyalcin https://padlet.com/vmelisyalcin/xascsibtkv0jqekl/wish/2281993325 In today's session, the first reading task (true or false) made me think about the reading lessons at school in such a critical way. I noticed that I had many misconceptions about reading skills. For example, I generally use them to teach grammar or pronunciation, but it is crucial to teach my students "reading skills" themselves. In fact, I need to put much more effort to think about these skills. I guess my colleagues would feel the same, so that's a great idea to focus on the controversial side of reading skills in a PDC meeting.

The second reading task (reading activities) was about the sub-skills. After completing this task I realized that I focus on detailed task and sometimes ignore other sub-skills; however pre reading, gist task and post reading are as important as detailed task. ]]> 2022-09-04 14:18:36 UTC https://padlet.com/vmelisyalcin/xascsibtkv0jqekl/wish/2281993325 vmelisyalcin https://padlet.com/vmelisyalcin/xascsibtkv0jqekl/wish/2282953037 Today's session started with "anagrams" activity. It was a kinesthetic, collaborative, yet competitive warm up. I think I can use it to review words in my writing classes since it is appropriate in my local context. 

As a group, we talked about other activities which can be used for improving students' spelling skills such as hangman (or it's kid-friendly version "disappearing snowman"), spelling bee, word search, scrabble, etc., which are all applicable in our classrooms.

The most interesting information I learned today was the fact that we should pair students with the same abilities for speaking and writing tasks. I will definitely try same ability grouping for my speaking and writing classes. 

I believe my colleagues will find these ideas interesting and useful to solve common problems in teaching writing, so I will add them to upcoming PDC meetings in my district.]]> 2022-09-05 10:52:10 UTC https://padlet.com/vmelisyalcin/xascsibtkv0jqekl/wish/2282953037 vmelisyalcin https://padlet.com/vmelisyalcin/xascsibtkv0jqekl/wish/2284082000 Adding fun or silly details to the sentence with the new word is a method I frequently use in my vocabulary classes. I think it is motivating for both the students and the teacher, and it helps to create a pleasant learning environment.]]> 2022-09-06 06:06:25 UTC https://padlet.com/vmelisyalcin/xascsibtkv0jqekl/wish/2284082000 vmelisyalcin https://padlet.com/vmelisyalcin/xascsibtkv0jqekl/wish/2286262829 1. Participants will be able to identify the advantages and disadvantages of digitalization for listening activities in different classroom environments.

2. Participants will be able to discuss the problems and the solutions of using technology in listening for gist activities (in public schools in their district).

3. Participants will be able to discover a web tool and design a listening task using it. ]]> 2022-09-07 11:54:48 UTC https://padlet.com/vmelisyalcin/xascsibtkv0jqekl/wish/2286262829