DesignLingua

GOOD NEWS FOR BOOKWORMS:My Wiki Book Review Hello; This week,I have learned about Wiki.Wiki pages are the pages in which you can edit the content and add information.However,you are not allowed to change the content in the blogs if you are not owner of the blog.You can share your ideas on Wiki pages by editing them but in blogs,you can share your ideas on the comment section.If it is necessary,sometimes the comments may be hidden by the owner of the blog. This week's assignment was to select a book that was read by me and recommend it to others to read on a created Wiki page. My selected book is Mrs.Dalloway. It is one of my favourite books so I have enjoyed writing about it and found opportunity to look over it one more time. Here is an example part of my wiki book review. At the end of the post you will find the link to my Wiki entry. Here is the link to my Wiki book review. Would you like to meet to Mrs.Dalloway?

MY PODCAST EXPERİENCE and PODCAST EFFECT İN THE CLASSROOMS Hello there! This week,my assignment is to create a podcast in which to come up with an inspiring idea to make the world a better world to live in and tell about it in 60 seconds.It is obvious that it will be a different and exciting experience(or assignment) comparing to other assignments.First of all, I referred to the link in which you can find inspiring,controversial idea from a global thinker from the world of philosophy,science,pyschology and arts.Some of the podcasts have fantastic ideas,some of them have possible ideas to realize however all of them are imaginary. As for my idea,some news which I have heard about recently has affected me.It was about a 16 -year- old Swedish environment activist Greta Thunberg.Experts say that if we do nothing to halt climate change it will be the cause of wars,conflict and refugees and Greta has launched a massive movement against global warming.She encourages the students to ...

WHAT WILL THE NEXT FUTURE EVENT LOOK LIKE? Technology has been in the domain of language learning for a few decades.Using computers has dramatically affected the language learning and CALL (Computer Assisted Language Learning) came to existence in early 1950s so with the improvements in pedagogy and pyschology,CALL has turned into a discipline in the domain of language learning and this domain  has changed and increasingly developed. What was the starting point or when did CALL start,do you wonder the answers? Here is a  detailed timeline that shows the computer assisted language learning history from 2.World War to today's world. What do you think the next 50 years look like in terms of technology?

ARE YOU A 21.CENTURY TEACHER/LEARNER? As everthing in the world,education has changed as well.New teaching methods and approaches have appeared in 21.century thus 21.century learning has become different than classic learning in the past.Instead of teacher-centered classrooms,emphasis has been placed on students.Teachers'role has changed.In the past,the role of the teacher was to teach about the language grammar but today their roles are to teach to use the language in real life,to help them develop communicative competence,creativity and critical thinking skills.Also in 21.century,as society has changed and globalization  has let the people connect easily,collaboration has been put forward as a must in student-centered classroom. Let's sum up these inseparable learning and innovation skills in a diagram:                                               ...

WELCOME TO MY NEW BLOG! Hi there, I have created my blog DesignLingua for my Instructional Material Design in English Language Teaching Course and it consists of my assignments about using technology in teaching English,the ideas which we have discussed in the classroom and my opinions toward technology in education.With these writings on the blog,we will explore together the technological side of teaching/learning any language.If you are interested in technology using in language teaching ,let yourself navigate inside and get inspired!