Meryem Dilara Demirkaynak

Hello everyone! I hope you've missed me. I’m here with a new project, let's check it out together! WHAT IS FLIPPED CLASSROOM APPROACH?           In a flipped classroom, students learn at home through videos or readings, then use class time for interactive activities like discussions and group work. Teachers guide and support students instead of just lecturing. This approach encourages active engagement and helps students take control of their learning.     This method helps students take control of their learning. It can reduce anxiety since everyone has the same opportunity to prepare before class. Plus, the collaborative activities allow for deeper understanding and connection with peers.    The disadvantages of this approach can be access issues, over-reliance on technology and maybe less face-to-face interaction among the students. THIS WEEK'S TASK    In this week's Current Issues in Teaching ...

      Hello everyone! I hope your midterm exams went well and that you’ve had a chance to relax!            I’m very excited to share with you my first experience using a corpus in today’s blog post! For our "Current Issues in Teaching" course, my friends Perihan Bozdağ ,  Eda Karaca ,  and I prepared corpus-assisted activities      It was a task that we had fun with as a group but also found a bit challenging.  Our task was to create a teaching material and a lesson plan using corpus data, focusing on the grammar topic  “for/since”  for high school students. Also, our plan is based on the ASSURE model for EFL learners enrolled in a high school in Turkey.        While designing this material, we tried to choose vibrant and engaging colors to make the activity fun and encouraging for learning. We also made sure to include activities that allow for both individual and group work. For...

It's me heree!              Welcome to my blog. I hope you're having a wonderful day. I am Meryem Dilara Demirkaynak, a third-year student of English Language Teaching at Marmara University.        The reason I created this blog is to inform you about our course " Current Issues in Teaching ," and, if needed, to learn and have fun together! Our course seems like it's going to be a lot of fun. I'm very excited to gain more knowledge about developing technology and apply it! I transferred to Marmara University this year, and taking this course has made me really happy with my decision. In this course and on this blog, we will touch upon various topics like artificial intelligence, corpus, and data-driven learning. My aim is to present these topics to you in a friendly and enjoyable way!       I ho pe to provide you with valuable information and make it fun at the same time. You can give me feedback on my posts...