Simple Experiences of an English Teacher

Hi, there my lovely beautiful lodestars! 🙋🌟 I cannot say how happy I am to write a post for you guys again.😇😀 It's been so long, the summer vacation passed, and I had fits and starts... 😓😕 Thus, I did not even write about anything.. But, then an opportunity came to me with the support of my lovely friend "Munise", we had a chance to go to Antalya in order to attend a beautiful project which is called "P21" . We had lectures about; 21st Century Skills (4Cs), Meeting &Harmony Activities, Critical Thinking and Problem Solving,  Communication and Collaboration, Creativity, Productivity and Accountability, Leadership and Responsibility, Initiative and Self-Directed Learning. Now, I am going to talk about them one by one. I am planning to divide the posts into three in order to remove them from getting boring.😞😖 I hope you guys will enjoy the post, and please be sure that I am going to try my best to make it enthusiastic. 😎😌😏💥 P.S I d...

Have a nice day, Lodestars! 😊🙋🌟 Today, we have another exciting topic, which is "Infographics" . 🔔First, let's start with the definition of infographics and some examples of it.💁   Infographics are graphic visual representations of information, data or knowledge intended to present information quickly and clearly. (Wikipedia)   By using infographics we can create mind maps and make the informations reader-friendly.     Here, below I've found infographic samples.👇 Example 1 Example 2 💭When we examine the examples,we can clearly see that while creating an infographic; We summarize the topic that we intend to create an infographic. We use relevant visuals. We create a reader friendly homogeneous background.  ➤I should admit that as a hundred percent visual learner, colours and pictures are so important for me when I study. In my daily life, when I prepare "study notes" for my language lectures, I use so many colours...

Hi, there Lodestars! It's me, your blogger. 😸🙌🙋 I hope you are all doing great. 😊 Finally, the spring is here in Turkey.😁🌄🌸🌹 If it is not there yet in your country, be patient about it. It will come eventually.🙏🙈 In this beautiful sunny day, you will wonder about what I am doing. Well, of course I am studying and writing a blog for you guys.😅💻   ❓I have a question for you everyone!  Have you ever evaluated a website? Or do you guys know how to evaluate a website properly and to be able to use the website accordingly, by harmonizing it to your aim?     If you haven't done that kind of project before, no worries.👍😃 Today, I am going to share my findings about the website that I've evaluated and going to inform you about it as well.    ✔At first, I want to share the website's name and its attached link.            🔍 iSLCOLLECTIVE    🔖The aim of this site is to share Free ESL Mate...

      Good morning, afternoon, evening and night, Lodestars! Sorry for the long entrance but I thought I should have considered the time difference.👾😅        Do you guys have any suggestions about this post's topic? 🙇            Oh, I totally forget the title!🙈 I assumed that you guys actually understood the topic. Yesss! Podcasting..📢          What is "podcasting"? Briefly, "A podcast is a digital broadcast made available on the Internet. The word “podcast” is derived from “pod” as in Apple’s iPod, the popular portable audio player, and “cast” from “broadcast”, meaning “to transmit for general or public use.” *I took this info. from this site . If you require to learn much more, please click on "site". 😇           At first, when I heard "podcasting", I felt anxious. Because, it was a new term for me and I did not know how to use it properly. In th...

       Thank you in advance for visiting this blog. Briefly, I want to introduce myself, first. My name is Gülfinaz Gülşah TURAN. (I know my name is pretty long 🙆) *You can find my name's meaning and pronunciation by clicking on it. I am a 19 years old student who is studying at   Marmara University  |  E nglish  L anguage  T eaching Department.     Before getting started, I want to inform everyon e about this blog's aim. The reason why I opened this blog is actually share my opinions and knowledge about the language I interest, which is English.     Here, we are going to learn a lot of things, share our ideas freely and enhance our creativity with having fun.😇 Also, as a prospective teacher I am going to share learner-based activities, how effective classrooms should be, 21st  Century learning, the importance of the technology in language learning and so on. I hope everyone will find a piece th...