Meeting with the World of Podcasts

This week I am presenting what seems to be a torture for me. Are you one of those people that feel comfortable with one particular skill of the language. I have to admit that I am! I am terrible at narrating stories and I am not creative in this manner. I love analyzing the language but I don't like to create a story and read it out loud.

Here is one solution: Please embarrass yourselves! Don't be afraid to look silly in front of others and speak up! Not to mention reading it and uploading it over the internet so that everybody else can hear it too.

Herewith I present to you my embarrasment!

World of Language Teaching and Technology

This blog is for the Technology and Education ELT 408 class at İstanbul Bilgi University. This week we have talked about how to integrate language teaching into the technology that we use currently. I have been teaching English for a year and I have found out that a good way for the students to make progression is to blend what they experience in real life -their jobs, habits, how they frequently use their native languages- and make the second language learning a part of it. This way second language learning does not become negatively challenging since it blends it with natural social situations the students usually encounter.

Technology is also something that we all use in our daily lives. Since this blog is about integrating education and technology I have figured out that sharing experiences about teaching English, feedbacks from the students about their learning experiences, or a scientific finding about linguistics would fulfil the purpose of this class.

Comments and constructive criticism is always appreciated!