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<b>ANKARA' DA IELTS ÖZEL DERS ALMAK İÇİN LÜTFEN MAIL ATINIZ: gizemunsay@gazi.edu.tr</b>GIZEM ACELYA UNSAYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02371952373170019413noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4156247909836662837.post-50958372593534259952012-06-16T02:28:00.001-07:002012-06-16T02:28:46.473-07:00Commonly Used Idioms& Expressions and Phrasal Verbs:Part 2<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Here you find the second part of some commonly used every day expressions, idioms and some phrasal verbs : ( The Turkish translations are not necessarily 'perfect perfect' but hopefully give some sort of concept to Turkish learners)</span></b><br />
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<b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">1. I am short of money ( Turkish= Para sıkıntım var) = </b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I</span><b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">have inadequate amount of money. </span><br />
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<b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">2. W</b><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">hat does the future hold?/ What does your future hold?</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To me, it might mean life starts when you get out of your cocoon and get rid of, if you like, your 'constricting ' habits.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold;"> </span><b>4. I can't take it any more (Turkish= Artık bunu/ bu olayı daha fazla kaldıramayacagım. /Daha fazla tahammul edemeyecegim) = </b>I had enough of this / I have no tolerance left.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <b>5. I'm not buying it ( Turkish= Yemiyorum bu saçmalıklarını/ yemedim dediğini /inanmadım anlamında)=</b> I do not believe the things you are telling me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b> 6. What goes around comes around (Turkish= etme bulma dünyası/ ne ekersen onu biçersin/ insanlara yaptıgın seyler- iyi ya da kotu- sana doner) =</b> Karma is a bitch / .</span><span style="background-color: #fafafa; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333;">G</span>ood deed brings fortune; bad deed brings misfortune</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> If you do good things to people, good things find you, but if you do bad stuff to others, eventually bad things happen to you.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <b>7.nasty bug: There is a nasty bug going around ( Turkish= hastalık -grip,nezle gibi- etrafta dolanıyor anlamında) = </b>There is a nasty virus going around. - spreading from person to person-</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Note: go around can also be used by 'rumour'. A rumour is going around.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <b> 8. Get it ? ( Turkish= anladın mı? )</b> = Do you understand ?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <b>9. Smoke your lungs out ( Turkish= sigarayı içmemek ama yemek diyebiliriz sanırım.) </b>A person inhales the smoke such a way that you feel to urge to tell how deep they can inhale:)))</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Example: She is smoking her lungs out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>10. Take it for granted (Turkish= Cantada keklik saymak/ nasıl olsa orda diye garantide gibi dusunmek ve o kisiye gerektigi gibi davranmamak nasıl olsa hep orda benim icin gibi)<i> '</i></b></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial;"><i>to expect someone or something to be always available to serve in some way without thanks or recognition; to value someone or something too lightly'<span style="font-size: x-small;"> (</span></i></span><a href="http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/take+for+granted">http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/take+for+granted</a>)</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b> </b> Example: She took his husband for granted and neglect him a lot. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>11. spit it out (Turkish= agzındaki baklayı cıkar) <i>'</i></b></span><span style="background-color: #eff9e1; color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.1em;"><i>People say this when someone has something to say but is too embarrassed, shy, etc, to say it.' (</i></span><a href="http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/spit+it+out.html">http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/spit+it+out.html</a>)</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>12. Find yourself on a tight corner ( Turkish= koseye sıkısmak) </b>= Find yourself in a difficult situation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>13. Be on the same page / Be on the same wavelength (Turkish = aynı sekilde olaya bakıyoruz/ aynı dusunuyoruz/ birbirimizi anlıyoruz /anlastık-agree- anlamıda olabilir) = </b>Think in a similar way./agreement</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>14.Tie the knot (Turkish= bir kisi icin basını baglayalım/ evlilik anlamında) =</b> get married.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1<b>5. Clear the air ( Turkish = </b></span><span style="background-color: white;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> konuyu netlestirme/ supheleri ortadan kaldırma/ su havayı dagıtalım, konusalım derken)</span></b></span></div>
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<li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;">'to get rid of doubts or hard feelings. </span><span class="illustration" style="background-color: white; color: #226699; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic;">All right, let's discuss this frankly. It'll be better if we clear the air.'</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-indent: 0px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-indent: 0px;">to explain something that someone disagreed with or did not understand</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-indent: 0px;"> </span><span class="illustration" style="background-color: white; color: #226699; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic; text-indent: 0px;">To help clear the air, Mills will meet with all employees to discuss the new contract.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div>GIZEM ACELYA UNSAYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02371952373170019413noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4156247909836662837.post-16680812218756468612012-03-17T11:00:00.001-07:002013-03-31T08:16:20.152-07:00Commonly Used Idioms& Expressions and Phrasal verbs:PART 1<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Here you find the first part of some commonly used every day expressions, idioms and some phrasal verbs most of which are the ones that I learnt while living abroad, some of them I learnt while teaching English and some I heard from the movies and later looked them up also there are actually a few I learnt from my brilliant students:)</b></span><br />
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<b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">1</b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">.</span><b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">by the book: </b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">She always does everything </span><b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">by the book = according to the rules</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>2. think outside the box: </b>think creatively/imaginatively = You should have thought outside the box.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>3. a fish out of water : </b>I grew up in a small town so when I went to the big city, I completely felt like a fish out of water = seen/experienced unfamiliar things. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>4. For everything there is a season=</b> There is a time/place for everything</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>5. get over it! = (It has different meanings, only one of them is exemplified here)= </b>Say, I have broken up with my boyfriend and I keep talking about him like 24/7 for days and say again you cannot take it anymore and you say Gizem come on, plz get over it</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>6.Let's get it over with= </b>Say there is an unpleasant situation and that needs to be taken care of so you could say okay let's get it over with meaning doing something you do not really want to do.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>7. goosebumps = Give me the goosebumps/I have goosebumps=</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>9. a leopard can't change its spots= or you cannot teach an old dog new tricks=</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>11.cheers!= </b>Thank you ( I do not know if it is used in American English, but it is pretty common in British English esp among young people, if Americans are also using it write a comment and let me know)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>12. fair enough= </b>You say it when you want to show you understand the person you are talking to. For example:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>13. At the end of the day= </b> When everything is taken into account.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>14. At this moment in time= </b>It simply means<b> 'now'</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>15. hold your horses= </b>be patient</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>16. hit the road (slang) =</b> leave/ set off / set out</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>17.I have not slept one wink=</b> I have not slept at all.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>18. I haven't got a clue =</b> I have no idea</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>19.It never rains but it pours= </b>When troubles come, they come together.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Like for instance your alarm clock does not ring so you go to work late, then you argue with your best friend on the phone, then you lose your purse. After that you miss the bus etc.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>20. I told you so= In Turkish it means= Ben sana demistim.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>21.keep your chin up= </b>remain cheerful in a difficult situation.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>22.keep your head up =</b> It is again similar to keep your chin up. Used to encourage people.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>23.I can't put a finger on it= </b>When there is something that is not right and you when you cannot know what exactly happened, you use this expression.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Ex: There was something wrong, but I can't put a finger on it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>24. monkey business (slang)= </b>doing monkey business/planning monkey business</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">something silly or stupid / something illegal.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Kids are doing some monkey business. They are writing their names on the walls.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>25. Elephant in the room= </b>There are things that make people perhaps uncomfortable and needs to be spoken./Elephant is the problem that everyone knows but nobody talks about. Ex: There is an elephant in the room.</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <strong> What are teacher trainers expected to do?</strong></div>Sample answers:<br />
<ul><li>Enable teachers to attain their individual potential</li>
<li>Develop their personal qualities necessary for effective teaching</li>
<li>Develop their professional qualities necessary for effective teaching</li>
</ul> I think for any teaching organization one of the first things that should be determined is whether to creating two different groups -novice and experienced teachers- or not.<br />
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Once these decisions are made, the real challenge is how to do it in such a way that almost everyone will be happy and content. ( well, you cannot possible make everyone happy)<br />
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<strong>a)<strong>Novice teachers:</strong> </strong>I guess it would be a lot better to have individual tutorials. The following pictures shows that how I believe it should be done:<br />
The laptops represent six trainers who follow a philosophy which is compatible with their organization. Still, each one has a room to be themselves and do things their way. In other words, it emphasize the fact that each trainer will obviously have different personalities and perceptions on the program. That is why the administration people should make some points very clear at the very beginning. Trainers may follow different ways as long as they all lead to the same destination.<br />
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The following flash drives represents the number of novice teachers that each trainer will help.<br />
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Firstly, a novice teacher might be observed by two trainers three times on different days –the novice teacher knows the dates and times of the observations. The two trainers have different observations sheets –one holistic and one analytical. The novice teacher is recorded as well. Trainer 1 –who is actually in charge of the novice teacher will prepare a training plan that is unique to that specific inexperienced teacher and finally brainstorm and exchange ideas with the trainer 2 – who was present during the observations- .<br />
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Once the plan is prepared, it will not be shared with the novice teacher. Instead, the novice teacher is asked to write a reflection on his/her good and not so good points about her lessons by watching herself on the video. Then, the reflection sheets are assessed by the trainer 1 without giving any grades but writing more questions to direct the inexperienced teacher according to the plan prepared for the novice teacher. After that, there are one to one sessions in which the trainer and the novice teacher discuss some of the issues that emerged during these processes. Then, the trainer may provide the novice with some photocopies to read and a bibliography for him/her to go and do some actual study on the theoretical part. The novice teacher might write essays on different areas during the process and the topic of each assignment should be something like: ‘<em><strong>how far .......... can be implemented to your own teaching context?</strong>’</em> After each assignment the novice teacher teaches in her class by paying particular attention to the matter at hand and then she writes a reflection about her assignment whether she still agrees with her ideas in the assignment or not?. Then, she/he will have a tutorial with her/his trainer again. And this process goes on and on like that.<br />
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The duration of the training courses should also change from one individual to another as well. While one trainee finishes the course in eight months, the other finishes the course in thirteen months. The novice teachers’ trainers also changes in every four or five months. To sum up, this plan integrates surface routines with the theoretical perspectives provided by discussions of methodology.<br />
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Once these decisions are made, the real challenge is how to do it in such a way that almost everyone will be happy and content.(hopefully, fingers crossed)<br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">The novice teacher is observed by two trainers 3 times. Trainers observe and take notes. Then,</div><ul><li>The trainer prepares a plan according to the needs of the novice teacher. Then, asks for a second opinion (trainer 2)</li>
<li>Novice teacher watches herself teaching on the video and writes a reflection (good and not so good points)</li>
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<li>Assignment:Based on the outcomes of the discussion (the plan is also taken into account) a written homework-essay- which includes research a theory on a subject is assigned and the essay question mostly starts with: ‘ <em>How </em><em>far .this or that theory can be implemented to your teaching context?’</em></li>
<li>Novice teacher hands in the assignment</li>
<li>The novice teacher teaches in her class by paying particular attention to the topic or area she focused on her/his assignment. The trainer observes the lesson as well.</li>
<li>Discussion about the assignment. Trainer asks whether she/he has changed her opinions that he/she expressed in her/his essay. Reflection. Also discussion about good and not so good points.</li>
</ul><strong>b) Experienced teachers:</strong> Unlike novice teachers, experienced teachers’ theoretical knowledge might be rusty and out-of-date. So I believe, they need some sort of theory as well, but the real question is how to do it in such a way that it will not cause any unrest. So, the experienced teachers might observe a trainer’s lessons in twos or threes and take notes about the good and not so good points. Then, there could be small group discussions with the trainer. And during these discussions, the trainer might give them information about the theory part of her/his teaching. It should be done in a subtle way so that no one will get offended. If a seminar or workshop is to be conducted, I do not necessarily think that theory will do much good to experienced teachers. Seminars and workshops should focus on practical implications.GIZEM ACELYA UNSAYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02371952373170019413noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4156247909836662837.post-3597295004697688832011-12-17T05:31:00.000-08:002011-12-17T05:31:52.459-08:00IELTS SAMPLE WRITING ASSESSMENT<strong><span data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;" style="text-decoration: underline;">Here is one of my IELTS students’ writing script and how I corrected it:</span></strong><br />
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<strong> </strong><strong>‘A company has announced that it wishes to build a large company near your community. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of this new influence on your community. Do you support or oppose the factory? Explain your position.’</strong><br />
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<em> </em> A company <strong><em><span data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;" style="text-decoration: underline;">(</span><span data-mce-style="color: #ff0000;" style="color: red;">your tone is very strict, you should sound milder, it would be better to say: A company generally have….. which might distract the people living close ……) </span></em></strong>always <span data-mce-style="color: #ff0000;" style="color: red;"><strong>has (have)</strong></span> lots of bad aspects which distract the people who live near it.<br />
I live in a place <span data-mce-style="color: #ff0000;" style="color: red;"><span data-mce-style="text-decoration: line-through;" style="text-decoration: line-through;">where</span> which</span> <span data-mce-style="color: #ff0000;" style="color: red;">(I live in a place. It is covered with lots of trees.= I live in a place which is covered with lots of trees)</span> is covered <span data-mce-style="color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;" style="color: red; text-decoration: underline;">with</span> lots of trees that make us breathe easily.<br />
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<li><span data-mce-style="color: #008080;" style="color: teal;">That’s the house. We bought it last year. = That’s the house which we bought last year.</span></li>
<li><span data-mce-style="color: #008080;" style="color: teal;">That’s the house. It was very expensive= That’s the house which was very expensive.</span></li>
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<span data-mce-style="color: #ff0000;" style="color: red;">Corrected one</span>: <em><span data-mce-style="color: #800000;" style="color: maroon;">If a company is launched there, we will probably be prevented to live in nature. Although it may offer many jobs for unemployed or newly graduated people, I believe building something like that near my community may have a lot of disadvantages such as; noise ………</span>…..</em><br />
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<em> </em><span data-mce-style="color: #ff0000;" style="color: red;">Topic sentence is weak: You should let the reader know that you are going to talk about 'noise' It disrupt your coherence SERIOUSLY =The reader is not with you... you have to be very precise and clear</span><br />
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Primarily, I live in a place where you can see lots of <span data-mce-style="color: #ff0000; text-decoration: line-through;" style="color: red; text-decoration: line-through;">nature</span> natural masterpieces which make you feel the environment. <span data-mce-style="color: #ff0000;" style="color: red;">(coherence problem)</span>For instance, <span data-mce-style="color: #ff0000;" style="color: red;"><span data-mce-style="text-decoration: line-through;" style="text-decoration: line-through;">Especially</span>,</span> birds make you so relaxed that you won’t want to hear another voice. <span data-mce-style="color: #ff0000;" style="color: red;">(you may need further elaboration here=<em> It helps you unite with nature</em>.)</span><br />
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On the other hand, if there is a big company near my neighborhood, <span data-mce-style="color: #ff0000;" style="color: red;">(comma!!!) you I( I or you? decide</span>) will suffer from the noise that carries on all hours in a day even at midnight. Hence you won’t <span data-mce-style="color: #ff0000;" style="color: red;">rest <span data-mce-style="text-decoration: line-through;" style="text-decoration: line-through;">also</span> or sleep</span>. However you may move another place because of this continuing noise. Therefore, that isn’t a good idea at all. (<span data-mce-style="color: #ff0000;" style="color: red;">That’s the place where you eventually say it is the noise)</span><br />
Then, there will be a bad landscape due to that enormous building. The place I live in is famous for its picturesqueness that inspires<span data-mce-style="color: #ff0000;" style="color: red;"> <span data-mce-style="text-decoration: line-through;" style="text-decoration: line-through;">of </span>writers</span> and artists by attracting them to come there. It will not be justice to destroy that view to supply some people to make profit. Additionally, you can’t bring back this view if you found a company. Hence everyone should reconsider <span data-mce-style="color: #ff0000;" style="color: red;">(what?)</span> before destroying this area. <span data-mce-style="color: #ff0000;" style="color: red;">Did you mean: Hence people should reconsider building a company here before destroying the natural beauties of this area.</span><br />
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Finally, there will be much pollution because of this company. Not only the whether will be dirty but also our water and environment will be polluted because of their waste. For instance,<br />
although they settle a filter not to <span data-mce-style="color: #ff0000;" style="color: red;">emit the???( COHERENCE problem)</span> poison(<span data-mce-style="color: #ff0000;" style="color: red;">NOUN YOU NEED THE ADJ FORM</span>) gasses there will be rubbish <span data-mce-style="color: #ff0000;" style="color: red;">(=wrong word)</span>which they won’t deal with. When we research <span data-mce-style="color: #ff0000; text-decoration: line-through;" style="color: red; text-decoration: line-through;">the</span> all companies ,<span data-mce-style="color: #ff0000;" style="color: red;"> (comma</span>) we can realize that none of them use a filter to save the community who live near there. <span data-mce-style="color: #ff0000;" style="color: red;">This sentence</span> <span data-mce-style="color: #ff0000;" style="color: red;">should be at the beginning= COHERENCE problem...</span>Maybe something like that would be better:<br />
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<span data-mce-style="color: #ff0000;" style="color: red;"> </span><em>Finally, there will be much pollution because of this company. Not only the weather will be dirty but also our water and environment will be polluted because of their waste. For instance,</em> <em>there will be industrial or chemical waste and they will not be able to deal with it. </em><br />
<em>Moreover, even though they might settle a filter to emit the poisonous gases, it is a high possibility that it will fail to work because when we research all companies, we can easily realize that most of their filters fail to work efficiently, which leads many disasters.</em><br />
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To sum up, although there are other places to found a company like non-manned places, it is depressing to select my hometown. I ensure that people who live my hometown won’t let them to achieve their desires that cause only disaster. (yeni bişi soyleme concluding te) Anyone can’t stand living in nosy places, in pollution(polluted) fields or seeing bad scenes. As a result, they should even have a meeting not to permit them to destroy those beauties. <span data-mce-style="color: #ff0000;" style="color: red;">DO</span> <span data-mce-style="color: #ff0000;" style="color: red;">NOT SAY NEW THINGS IN THE CONCLUDING SECTION</span><br />
<span data-mce-style="color: #ff0000;" style="color: red;">(There are too many sentences starting with the linker ‘although’ ..plz use other linkers)</span><br />
<h1> <span data-mce-style="color: #ff9900;" style="color: #ff9900;"><span style="font-size: large;"> I THINK THIS ESSAY WOULD MERIT A BAND 5 OR 5.5</span></span></h1>GIZEM ACELYA UNSAYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02371952373170019413noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4156247909836662837.post-75992120275689673602011-12-17T05:28:00.001-08:002011-12-17T05:29:34.521-08:00AN EXAMPLE OF AN ASSESSOR TRAINING PROGRAMME<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTOgz-GEe7xv4WxyxRLmMw_PSC05Kf53U98cd8abdQgkHGo-w0J" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" oda="true" src="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTOgz-GEe7xv4WxyxRLmMw_PSC05Kf53U98cd8abdQgkHGo-w0J" width="321" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><h1><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;">‘Here is an example of a typical training programme for the selection and training of oral interviews/assessors on the regular teaching stuff at a large industrial training centre. The programme takes the form of a series of weekly one-hour meetings. Note how the staff who are going to use the oral test procedure are involved in its development right from the start.</span></em></h1><h1><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;">Meeting 1: all interested staff are invited to attend. The aims and problems of oral tests are outlined, including the principles of validity and reliability.</span></em></h1><h1><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;">Meeting 2: discussion of mark categories; which are desirable and which are actually realistic. Five broad categories are chosen; listening comprehension, vocabulary, accuracy, pronunciation, and communicative competence.</span></em></h1><h1><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;">Meeting 3: draft rating scales are discussed using copies of several other scales as reference, taken from commercially published sources and standard reference books.</span></em></h1><h1><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><em> </em><em>Meeting 4: the broad test type and the most suitable elicitation techniques are discussed; a short list of six tests is chosen. A sample, taped interview is played; some practical points of the general procedure for test administration and marking are considered.</em></span></span></h1><h1><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <em>Over the next two weeks, the assessors carry out a total of forty sample oral interviews, all recorded, at a variety of language levels and using the different techniques on the short list.</em></span></span></h1><h1><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><em> </em><em>Meeting 5: personal feedback from sample interviews. The most common and most serious problems are identified and discussed; corrective action is agreed upon.</em></span></span></h1><h1><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><em> </em><em>Subsequently, the test designer selects twenty of the taped interviews for rater-training on the basis of a range of levels, good sound quality, and the presence of typical problems. These tapes are copied and their order randomized. Over the next two weeks, each assessor marks each of these twenty tapes, and all their marks for each category for each test are collated in a single table of results. To encourage frank discussion, each assessor is allocated a letter code.</em></span></span></h1><h1><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;">Meeting 6 : the test techniques are discussed further and two are chosen: an interview about the learner’s job and talking about a picture. The average length is set at about fifteen minutes per test. The normal test routine is discussed.</span></em></h1><h1><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;">Meeting 7: the table of sample interview results is presented and discussed anonymously; nobody knows who the codes refer to. The average of all the assessors’ marks is used as the norm. Major deviations are discussed in some detail; why do certain mark categories, and certain levels, produce a wider range of scores than others? Each assessor is subsequently told only which letter code represents her own marks, so she can compare them with the norm.</span></em></h1><h1><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;">Meeting 8: in the light of the sample tape marking, and the techniques decided on, the weighting of the five categories is discussed and a decision made. The rating scales are reviewed.’</span></em></h1>GIZEM ACELYA UNSAYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02371952373170019413noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4156247909836662837.post-49968528303248723422011-12-17T05:26:00.000-08:002011-12-17T05:26:43.084-08:00Qualifications of Testers Preparing Large-Scale Tests<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQczwCG6KfHI8kngSBOeV6maZCN5rU48KH1erN3zwx1OZrkD9xK3A" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" oda="true" src="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQczwCG6KfHI8kngSBOeV6maZCN5rU48KH1erN3zwx1OZrkD9xK3A" width="384" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><ul><li><strong><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Testers should be selected from experienced teachers who have a strong sense of the book – if there are certain books that need to be taught- they are teaching. They know exactly when or what a student will ask during the course of the lesson. So, they will be a lot more competent at doing their jobs.</span></strong></li>
<li><strong><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">If the testers are to work together as a team, then the team members should be selected in such a way that they could work as a team effectively.</span></strong></li>
<li><strong><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">A tester is a person who has a crystal clear idea of the approach (es), method (s) and the techniques that are employed by the institution.</span></strong></li>
<li><strong><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">A tester is a person who knows the goals and objectives of the assessment programme. There are very obvious reasons for that, but I believe the most important one is justification: That's how testers might be able to justify their tests.</span></strong></li>
<li><strong><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">A tester should not consider himself more important or more superior to the other instructors. In fact, he should act like a <em>servant</em> helping instructors/teachers to facilitate their work.</span></strong></li>
<li><strong><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">A tester should also know the profile of the students so s/he can prepare tests which are in accordance with students’ cultural background etc. <em></em></span></strong></li>
<li><strong><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Testers should be given ample opportunities to improve themselves (workshops &seminars). However, I believe the seminars or workshops they attend should be carefully selected by <em>the testers</em>. Practical applications should outweigh theoretical explanations. Overexposure to theoretical seminars may bore them.<em></em></span></strong></li>
<li><strong><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">An assessor’s duty may be regarded as being fully competent at test classifications. If these classifications are not clear in one’s mind, it may cause problems. Teachers may join seminars which consist of ten people at most. I believe attending to a workshop with seven people could be a lot more effective than a workshop with thirty people.<em></em></span></strong></li>
<li><strong><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">A tester’s working station is also important. S/he knows how to organize her room or desk. There should be sound or video recording, necessary equipment, photocopying, and printing or duplication facilities at her disposal. <em></em></span></strong></li>
<li><strong><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">It would be better for a tester to know what s/he does before a test, during the test and after the test. For instance, before testing spoken language, teachers should decide on the number of teachers. Will there be just two interviewers or one interlocutor and one interviewer? Will the interviewers also be the markers? How will the classroom be organized? According to Underhill(1987): <em></em></span></strong></li>
</ul><strong><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em> </em><em>‘The chairs of the interviewer and the student don’t have to face each other on opposite sides of the table: they can be arranged at an angle or even side by side.’</em></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">These sorts of little adjustments might create big differences during the flow of the oral exams. Another point is that, what an examiner should or shouldn’t say during oral exams. For example, over-correction or fill pauses or silences automatically are the things on the don’ts list. Finally, after the oral test, teacher should use a checklist which was prepared before the tests to prove objectivity. Again, a seminar should be given to those teachers who need more information and most importantly willing to learn more about the issue.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">I mentioned sending testers who seminars or workshops too much but one must not forget that testers should go to seminars as long as:</span></strong><br />
<ol><li><strong><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">They are willing to do so</span></strong></li>
<li><strong><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"> They are interested in learning new things about the issues</span></strong></li>
<li><strong><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"> They are given extra time to do so</span></strong></li>
<li><strong><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"> They are given financial support</span></strong></li>
<li><strong><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"> There are not many people at the workshop they are attending</span></strong></li>
<li><strong><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">The workshop is not all about theory</span></strong></li>
</ol><ul><li><strong><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Last but not least, an induction programme should be given to new testers.</span></strong></li>
</ul>GIZEM ACELYA UNSAYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02371952373170019413noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4156247909836662837.post-42070969175762765322011-12-04T04:06:00.000-08:002011-12-17T05:36:30.808-08:00Institutional Culture<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS9a1Q12lzeaMX4ZljTrPETZho-D9rr7bLHXOwEob3Ph1LJQQikOA" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" dda="true" height="310" src="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS9a1Q12lzeaMX4ZljTrPETZho-D9rr7bLHXOwEob3Ph1LJQQikOA" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 24pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"> Should you let it get under your skin?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 24pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">I believe each and every institution <u>has its own unique culture</u> that determines many things such as:</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #984806; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 24pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 24pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">The relationship between teachers and students</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #984806; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 24pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 24pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">The interaction among colleagues </span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #984806; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 24pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 24pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">The quality of communication between the teachers and their supervisors</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #984806; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 24pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 24pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">The communication between parents and teachers</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #984806; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 24pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 24pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">How the institution do things/do business</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #984806; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 24pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 24pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">The quality of meetings</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #984806; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 24pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 24pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">How content the teachers, students or the parents are</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #984806; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 24pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 24pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Teachers’ future career</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #984806; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 24pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 24pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Teachers’ perceptions about their job</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #984806; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 24pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 24pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">How much quality time is spent at work</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #984806; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 24pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 24pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">(Sometimes) How teachers and</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 24pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>administration spend their free time</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #984806; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 24pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 24pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">How teachers and administration make decisions </span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #984806; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 24pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 24pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Level of stress of the people working in an institution </span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #984806; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 24pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 24pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">How much employees and supervisors can find ways for self-actualization</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #984806; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 24pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 24pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Employee empowerment </span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 24pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">And many more.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 18pt; text-align: justify;"><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 24pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">So far I have worked:</span></u></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 54pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #984806; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 24pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 24pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">For state schools</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 54pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #984806; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 24pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 24pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">For a very prestigious private school</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 54pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #984806; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 24pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 24pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">On private language courses</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 54pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #984806; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 24pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 24pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">As an English teacher in the UK.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 24pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">And I’m currently working at Gazi University as an English Instructor. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 24pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Based on my experience of working for different organizations, I think it is possible to say that institutional culture sometimes might be like a virus and it may start to penetrate into skin if you are not fully aware of it.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcREp5KoaFf_YH0v3XNE0JemTy-He6MFuO9f3dkT6Chke6-tqYIQ" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" dda="true" height="640" src="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcREp5KoaFf_YH0v3XNE0JemTy-He6MFuO9f3dkT6Chke6-tqYIQ" width="538" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 24pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">I believe the most important thing to do is try to be </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 48pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">a global teacher.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Or even better how about these questions:</span><br />
<ul><li><h1>Am I willing to improve myself?</h1></li>
<li><h1>Am I willing to be at my best?</h1></li>
<li><h1>Am I willing to adapt, change and learn?</h1></li>
<li><h1>Am I willing to reflect on my own teaching?</h1></li>
</ul></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 24pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 24pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"> I believe as long as we ask these questions- or similar ones- to ourselves and give ourselves a room for questioning the things around us, wemight as well be a global teacher.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"></div>GIZEM ACELYA UNSAYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02371952373170019413noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4156247909836662837.post-69293931009445185482011-11-24T08:37:00.000-08:002011-11-24T08:39:14.126-08:00Cem YILMAZ ACTIVITY<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSw9wjsVmLoA3mMb7RtMH0FVN0O8dQw47MmouBAiS0n24ETfnHI" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="400" src="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSw9wjsVmLoA3mMb7RtMH0FVN0O8dQw47MmouBAiS0n24ETfnHI" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I think it was a couple of days ago when my students got a bit bored towards the end of the lesson and they asked me if they could watch a video on youtube and I said it was fine. Then they watched the following Cem Yılmaz's video that I immediately decided to use as an activity:)</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><span style="color: purple; font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">I believe this activity could be used for a variety of purposes and below you find how I use it:</span><br />
<ul><li><span style="color: purple; font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">First, students watch the video below [Cem Yılmaz speaking English and telling a Turkish joke]</span></li>
<li><span style="color: purple; font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">Then, they just listen to the video without actually watching it and fill in the blanks</span><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;"></span></li>
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</div><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><u>Here is the original script:</u></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Nasrettin Hodja went to the lakeside. He was carrying a yoghurt cap and he was.... he was eating the yoghurt and errr someone from the village asked him:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">‘What are you doing Hodja? What are... Hodja, Hodja,Hodja..’He says:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">‘What are you doing?’</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">‘I’m <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">mayaliing</i>, I’m <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">mayaliing</i> the lake. What do I have to do? I’m mayaliing the lake.’</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">‘Hodja, come on! You cannot’ and the village guy said ‘Hodja, come on! Come on Hodja! What are you doing there? You are, you are.. you cannot, you cannot <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">maya</i> the lake!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">You got it? I’m going on.... and Hodja was surprised. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">‘What are you doing? You cannot <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">maya</i> the lake, come on Hodja.’</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">And Hodja turns and Hodja turns and smiles and </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">‘What if it happens?’...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">This joke, this joke is from the 13<sup>th</sup> century..yeah...you know Nasrettin Hodja..you know him. He’s a fantastic figure of human history and he’s really great and he’s funny though. You see, you got the motto? </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">‘What ..what if it happens?’</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><u><span style="color: red;">Here is how I used it in my classroom (elementary level/ A2- young adults)</span></u></span></div><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"></span> <br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Nasrettin Hodja ___________ <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to the lakeside. He was carrying a ____________ cap and he was.... he was eating the yoghurt and errr someone from the ____________ asked him:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">‘What _______ you ______ Hodja? What are... Hodja, Hodja,Hodja..’He says:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">‘What are you doing?’</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">‘I’m <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">mayaliing</i>, I’m <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">mayaliing</i> the lake. What do I have to do? I’m mayaliing the lake.’</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">‘Hodja, come on! You cannot’ and the village _______ said ‘Hodja, come on! Come on Hodja! What ______ you <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>_______ there? You are, you are.. you cannot, you cannot <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">maya</i> the lake!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">You got it? I’m going on and Hodja was _____________. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">‘What _____ you _______? You cannot <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">mayaliing</i> the lake.’</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">And Hodja turns and Hodja turns and ________ and </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">‘What if ____ happens?’...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">This ________ is from the 13<sup>th</sup> century..yeah...you know Nasrettin Hodja..you know him. He’s a _________ figure of human history and he’s really ________ and he’s funny though. You see, you got the motto? </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">‘What ..what if _____ happens?’</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><em> I believe this activity might also be useful for teacher trainers ( subjects like the difference between spoken and written grammar etc.)</em></span>GIZEM ACELYA UNSAYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02371952373170019413noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4156247909836662837.post-48875794801065215632011-11-14T09:26:00.000-08:002011-11-24T11:29:44.218-08:00Teachers' Reflections After My Session on 'How I Handle Grammar Using 5E Model'<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQMY5v9Bl8E2BQ_qOiOSlMf7s3i7L3RLu9JoADkEzPpm9LwSCzu6A" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" nda="true" src="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQMY5v9Bl8E2BQ_qOiOSlMf7s3i7L3RLu9JoADkEzPpm9LwSCzu6A" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: large;">Here are the reflections of the teachers who participated in my session:</span></strong></div><strong><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">1.</span> </span></span></strong><br />
<ul><li><strong><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: large;">I see how important it is to motivate our students</span></strong></li>
<li><strong><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: large;">To make them engage we can do many things</span></strong></li>
<li><strong><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: large;">To group them or pair them we can do many things</span></strong></li>
<li><strong><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: large;">In fact it is all up to us if the class is good and effective or not because as a teacher we should set the scene</span></strong></li>
<li><strong><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: large;">Changing sth simply can change the atmosphere</span></strong></li>
</ul><strong><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: large;"> these are about me:)</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: large;">about you;</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: large;">You are active and energetic which makes us energetic also. You listen to all of us. Eye contact is really good because whenever I look at you I see you looking at me also.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: large;">In general it is good. Thanks a lot</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="color: red; font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: large;">2.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: large;">It was useful for me, because I realised that I needed to remember 'What is constructivism, how can we use it, is it useful?' I learn more about it. Thank you for it. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="color: red; font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: large;">3.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: black; font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: large;">Firstly, I want to say that I've chosen picture 1 :)</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: large;">I have learned more about constructivism. I've remembered some points thanks to you and other instructors. I've also learned 5E model, especially function and form questions in elicitation part and some adaptations to teach grammar effectively. It was a good presentation:)</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="color: red; font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: large;">4.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: black; font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: large;">I've learned some enjoyable and useful activities. It was very beneficial. Thank you for everything.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="color: red; font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: large;">5.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="color: black; font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: large;">As a student, we were dealing a lot with the elicitation questions. Is this sentence a correct one to elicit this function or form? Actually we have spent most of our time with that stuff, but today I learnt more than just elicitation part of teaching actually handling grammar:)</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: large;">I realized more about each stage. What is more, it was fun to be with you. We had great time together. We were active in the process what constructivism suggests:) Thanks for everything! :)</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="color: red; font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: large;">6.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="color: black; font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: large;"> As a teacher I recall my previous knowledge about constructivism and see method and I have had some more practical methods to use in the class:) Thank you!!!</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="color: red; font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: large;">7.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="color: black; font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: large;">1.The 5E model is a way of grammar teaching that we had talked about in our courses in university, but I hadn't thought about putting it into use during my lessons very clearly. This session we had today reminded me all those points that I had started to forget about the model. I can now think of making use of them in my lessons. It was a useful and informing session. Thank you for it!</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: large;">2.I think you were really positive during the whole session, and it helped to create a positive and relaxed environment. Also, your activities were useful. They reached their aim of focusing us on the necessary points about the model. Again, you were very friendly:)</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="color: red; font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: large;">8.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="color: black; font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: large;">First of all, I'd like to thank you for such an enjoyable session. Teaching grammar is known to be the most boring part of English Teaching. Actually with a little spice we can make it more enjoyable. You've made us remember this fact. Secondly, I wasn't fully aware of 5Es and it was beneficial for me to understand what exactly are 5Es. Thanks</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="color: red; font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: large;">9.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="color: black; font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: large;">In this session, I've learnt that learning is like constructing a building, so students learn new things based on their previous knowledge/experience. Keeping this in mind, all the items and activities should be meaningful for the students and they should discover the rules, the language items themselves..etc. Apart from the background information, the teacher should act like a guide/helper in the classroom and s/he should encourage students to be autonomous and take the responsibility of their own learning. In the sample lesson plan, I learned the difference between form or function related questions in 5E Model. You are a princess! It was a good presentation. Thanks</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="color: black; font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: large;">And here is my reflection about my session:</span></strong><br />
<ul><li><strong><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: large;">I paired the participants in a very similar way twice (choosing cards and then choosing postcards) I should have paired or grouped them maybe using different ways.</span></strong></li>
<li><strong><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: large;">The second part of the session, I had time management problem. The session had to be a lot more faster because we were running out of time.</span></strong></li>
<li><strong><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: large;"> Unlike the first part of my session, my teacher talking time was really A LOT in the second part of the session.</span></strong></li>
<li><strong><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: large;">This is a personal reason: Since I had not been sleeping properly for the last two days, my energy went down drastically during the second part of my session.And it had an effect on the teachers as well.</span></strong></li>
</ul>GIZEM ACELYA UNSAYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02371952373170019413noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4156247909836662837.post-86154411351679787442011-11-14T08:39:00.000-08:002011-11-27T01:02:37.458-08:00A Sample Grammar Lesson (using 5E model)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR0bejXrNmQcb4sAqklzRbFVO4zwq31O45E0fMdzqdTSealRtmu8Q" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" nda="true" src="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR0bejXrNmQcb4sAqklzRbFVO4zwq31O45E0fMdzqdTSealRtmu8Q" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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<em><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><strong>This is a sample grammar lesson that is prepared by me and a colleague from METU (Elit Aydın Vural) and I used it in my pre-service training session at Gazi University.</strong></span></em><br />
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Tired, happy, bored, content, etc?</span></div></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Where do you want to be now? At home, on a beach, etc?</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">What do you want to do at the moment? Sleep? Watch telly? etc.</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">B) THIS ONE OR THAT ONE?? 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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> TIME TO RELAX<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">C) Listen </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">to the song. What is the song about? Choose the correct one. <span style="color: purple;">(EXPLORE)</span></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyQ8XSAf-d8hynuot78IK9Hab2ffgh_kAc5XbGgd7l-GzZiavIRWlLMLB4_22lmk-HnLQ0hbmuncpVsFwIx5g' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The man in the song is very hungry so he wants to eat some animals. </span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The man wants to find a beautiful woman and get married.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <em><span style="color: orange;"> </span></em></span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><em><span style="color: orange;">He wants to be free. The song is about freedom </span></em></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">He wants to buy a pet for himself.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">D) Listen to the song again. Put the strips in order.<span style="color: purple;">(EXPLORE)</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">E) <span style="color: purple;">(ELICITATION/ EXPLAIN) ( FIRST FUNCTION/MEANING QUESTIONS THEN THERE ARE FORM RELATED QUESTIONS BELOW)</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">1<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i></span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Read the sentences below:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif";">‘</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I’d rather sail away like a swan.’<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>‘</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I'd rather be a sparrow than a snail</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">.’</span></i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"></span></i></b></div><ul style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo4;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Does the writer like the nature?</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo4;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What does he want to do?</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo4;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Does he like freedom?</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo4;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Which animals does he sing about?</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></li>
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</div><ul style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo4;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Which one does the writer choose to be?</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></li>
</ul><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>1)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>a) sparrow<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>b) a snail </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Read the sentence below:</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">‘<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">I'd rather sail away.’</span></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: "Wingdings 2"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Wingdings 2"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Wingdings 2";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">—<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Does the singer choose to sail away or not?</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: "Wingdings 2"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Wingdings 2"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Wingdings 2";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">—<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Does he describe a preference?</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: "Wingdings 2"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Wingdings 2"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Wingdings 2";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">—<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">What is his preference?</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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<i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>‘<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">I'd rather be a sparrow than a snail.’</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: "Wingdings 2"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Wingdings 2"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Wingdings 2";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">—<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Is the singer choosing one of the two things?</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: "Wingdings 2"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Wingdings 2"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Wingdings 2";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">—<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Does he prefer one of them?</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: "Wingdings 2"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Wingdings 2"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Wingdings 2";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">—<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Which one does he prefer?</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: "Wingdings 2"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Wingdings 2"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Wingdings 2";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">—<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Which word </span></u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">gives us his <u>choice</u> between two things?</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">2.</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">‘</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">I'd rather sail away’<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>‘ I'd rather be a sparrow than a snail.’</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></i></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 54pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo5; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">In these sentences is the singer talking about present or past time?</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 54pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo5; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">What do you think the long form of I’d?</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">‘ </span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">I'd rather sail away’<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>‘I'd rather be a sparrow than a snail.’</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">•<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Do we use ING form of the verb after ‘I’d rather?</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">•<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What form of the verb do we use after ‘I’d rather’ ?</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">•<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why do we use ‘be’ in the second<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>sentence?</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Can you guess how we make a question? Choose the correct answer.</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">1) </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">A) </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Would rather you swim or sunbathe?</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>B) </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Would you rather swim or sunbathe?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">2)</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">A) </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Would you rather be a musician or a painter ?</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>B) </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Would you rather to be a musician or a painter?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>3) </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">A) </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Would you rather travel by plane than by bus?</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">B)</b> Would you rather travel than by plane or by bus?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: purple;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">F) EXPAND/ELABORATE:</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: purple;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Calibri; font-weight: bold; language: tr; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: +mj-cs; mso-fareast-font-family: +mj-ea; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; text-shadow: auto;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: purple;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Calibri; font-weight: bold; language: tr; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: +mj-cs; mso-fareast-font-family: +mj-ea; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; text-shadow: auto;"> <span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">QUESTIONNAIRE </span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: purple;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Calibri; font-weight: bold; language: tr; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: +mj-cs; mso-fareast-font-family: +mj-ea; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; text-shadow: auto;"></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="color: purple;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Calibri; font-weight: bold; language: tr; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: +mj-cs; mso-fareast-font-family: +mj-ea; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; text-shadow: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; language: en-GB; mso-ascii-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt;">Are you a </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; language: en-GB; mso-ascii-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: orange;">live wire</span> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; language: en-GB; mso-ascii-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt;">or </span><span style="color: #0f6fc6; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; language: en-GB; mso-ascii-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-color-index: 4; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt;">couch potato</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; language: en-GB; mso-ascii-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt;">? </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; language: tr; mso-ascii-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt;"></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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</div><div style="direction: ltr; language: tr; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.3in; margin-top: 8.64pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.3in; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-weight: bold; language: en-GB; mso-ascii-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Constantia; font-size: large; language: en-GB; mso-ascii-font-family: Constantia; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt;">1. I'd rather spend my holiday lying ona beach doing nothing than go sightseeing in different countries.</span></span></div><div style="direction: ltr; language: tr; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.3in; margin-top: 8.64pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.3in; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-weight: bold; language: en-GB; mso-ascii-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Constantia; font-size: large; language: en-GB; mso-ascii-font-family: Constantia; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt;">True False</span></span></div><div style="direction: ltr; language: tr; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.3in; margin-top: 8.64pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.3in; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-weight: bold; language: en-GB; mso-ascii-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Constantia; font-size: large;">2. I'd rather watch football on TV than play it.</span></span></div><div style="direction: ltr; language: tr; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.3in; margin-top: 8.64pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.3in; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-weight: bold; language: en-GB; mso-ascii-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Constantia; font-size: large;">True False</span></span></div><div style="direction: ltr; language: tr; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.3in; margin-top: 8.64pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.3in; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-weight: bold; language: en-GB; mso-ascii-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Constantia; font-size: large;">3.I'd rather take the lift than walk up a flight of stairs.</span></span></div><div style="direction: ltr; language: tr; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.3in; margin-top: 8.64pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.3in; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-weight: bold; language: en-GB; mso-ascii-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Constantia; font-size: large;">True False</span></span></div><div style="direction: ltr; language: tr; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.3in; margin-top: 8.64pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.3in; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-weight: bold; language: en-GB; mso-ascii-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Constantia; font-size: large;">4. I'd rather spend this evening in front of TV than go to a disco.</span></span></div><div style="direction: ltr; language: tr; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.3in; margin-top: 8.64pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.3in; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-weight: bold; language: en-GB; mso-ascii-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Constantia; font-size: large;">True False</span></span></div><div style="direction: ltr; language: tr; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.3in; margin-top: 8.64pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.3in; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-weight: bold; language: en-GB; mso-ascii-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Constantia; font-size: large;">5. I'd rather buy a comfortable sofa than a bike.</span></span></div><div style="direction: ltr; language: tr; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.3in; margin-top: 8.64pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.3in; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-weight: bold; language: en-GB; mso-ascii-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Constantia; font-size: large;">True False</span></span></div><div style="direction: ltr; language: tr; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.3in; margin-top: 8.64pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.3in; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-weight: bold; language: en-GB; mso-ascii-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Constantia; font-size: large;">6.I'd rather get up late than get up early and go for a walk in the fresh air.</span></span></div><div style="direction: ltr; language: tr; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.3in; margin-top: 8.64pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.3in; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-weight: bold; language: en-GB; mso-ascii-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Constantia; font-size: large;">True False</span></span></div><div style="direction: ltr; language: tr; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.3in; margin-top: 8.64pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.3in; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-weight: bold; language: en-GB; mso-ascii-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Constantia; font-size: large;">7.I'd rather celebrate my birthday with a few friends than organize a crowded party</span></span></div><div style="direction: ltr; language: tr; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.3in; margin-top: 8.64pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.3in; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-weight: bold; language: en-GB; mso-ascii-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Constantia; font-size: large;">True False</span></span></div><div style="direction: ltr; language: tr; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.3in; margin-top: 8.64pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.3in; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-weight: bold; language: en-GB; mso-ascii-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Constantia; font-size: large;">8.Although it is not too far, I'd rather drive to work than walk there.</span></span></div><div style="direction: ltr; language: tr; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.3in; margin-top: 8.64pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.3in; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-weight: bold; language: en-GB; mso-ascii-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Constantia; font-size: large;">True False</span></span></div>GIZEM ACELYA UNSAYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02371952373170019413noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4156247909836662837.post-78605791487831107952011-11-14T07:41:00.000-08:002011-11-14T07:41:59.968-08:00An Activity for Teacher Trainers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQZRNjARL72JWlTm-JIS_uNAI7qLbA5uJ8db09qFuvr5Qy8rgIx4A" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" nda="true" src="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQZRNjARL72JWlTm-JIS_uNAI7qLbA5uJ8db09qFuvr5Qy8rgIx4A" width="391" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Here you will find an activity that I learned while I was doing Pilgrims <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">‘Humanizing Testing’</i> course in the UK. I also came across a similar version of the activity in the forum journal (October 2003, volume: 41/ number: 4)</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="color: purple;">Here is the procedure given in the forum journal:</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">‘1.The list below contains a variety of statements about teaching and learning. Select some of them and prepare small posters, laminated cards, an overhead transparency, or another way of displaying them for all participants to see.</span></i></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">2. Ask participants to choose, or <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>stand next to, the statement they feel most strongly about (often it is difficult to decide).Then ask them to work with someone else who chose the same statement, and spend a few minutes discussing why they chose that one. If time permits, in pairs they can describe any personal experiences that illustrate the statement and/or write their reaction to the statement.</span></i></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">3. Conclude with a discussion of all the displayed statements. Ask participants to share their opinions, focusing on the principles of teaching and learning exemplified by each one.</span></i></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">4. For an alternative or extension of the activity, first prepare envelopes that contain each of the statements on a separate strip of paper. Then divide participants into small groups, giving one envelope to each group. Ask groups to categorize the statements and create titles for each category. Again, ask participants to share their opinions, this time focusing on the principles of teaching and learning exemplified by the categories.’</span></i></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="color: purple;">And here are some of the statements given in the same journal:</span></span></i></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="color: orange;">‘Teach students not materials’</span></span></i></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="color: orange;">‘Don’t be a sage on the stage!’</span></span></i></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="color: orange;">‘Students do not care how much you know until they know how much you care.’</span></span></i></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="color: orange;">‘The least loveable children are often the ones who need to be loved most.’</span></span></i></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="color: orange;">‘He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a question remains a fool forever.’</span></span></i></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="color: orange;">‘To learn is to change. Education is a process that changes the learner (George B. Leonard)</span></span></i></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="color: orange;">‘I cannot teach anyone anything; I can only make them think. (Socrates)</span></span></i></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="color: orange;">‘To teach is to learn twice.’ (Joseph Joubert)</span></span></i></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="color: blue;">Here is my adaptation of the procedure:</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Find some statements about your topic (In my session, it was <em>Constructivism)</em></span></b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Write the statements on big cards</span></b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Stick them on the walls</span></b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Ask participants to walk around, read the statements and choose the one they feel most strongly about</span></b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Then ask them to work in pairs and spend a few minutes discussing why they chose that one.</span></b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Then each participant reports back to class.</span></b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="color: blue;">Here are the statements I used for my session:</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><em><span style="color: black; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">‘Learners come to learning situations with knowledge gained from previous experience, and that prior knowledge influences what new or modified knowledge they will construct from new learning experiences.’</span></em></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><em><span style="color: black; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">‘People learn only if they are ready to learn.’</span></em></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><em><span style="color: black; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">‘Constructivism's central idea is that human learning is constructed, that learners build new knowledge upon the foundation of previous learning.’</span></em></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><em><span style="color: black; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">‘Teaching cannot be viewed as the transmission of knowledge from enlightened to unenlightened’</span></em></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><em><span style="color: black; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">‘Learning is active rather than passive. Learners confront their understanding in light of what they encounter in the new learning situation. If what learners encounter is inconsistent with their current understanding, their understanding can change to accommodate new experience.’</span></em></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #402050; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: TR;"><em><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">‘It is up to the teacher to facilitate the constructivist learning process. The structure of the learning environment should promote opportunities and events that encourage and support the building of understanding.’</span></span></em></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #402050; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: TR;"><em><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">‘Students construct their own understanding and knowledge of the world through experiencing things and reflecting on those experiences.’</span></span></em></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #402050; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: TR;"><em><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">‘Learning is always being taught in a way where students can build on what they already know’</span></span></em></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #402050; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: TR;"><em><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">‘We’ll never know how the world really is. We always have to construct what we think the world really is.’ (Jerome Bruner)</span></span></em></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><em><span style="color: black; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">‘Teachers must note that knowledge and provide learning environments that exploit inconsistencies between learners' current understandings and the new experiences before them. This challenges teachers; for they cannot assume that all children understand something in the same way. Further, children may need different experiences to advance to different levels of understanding.’</span></em></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div>GIZEM ACELYA UNSAYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02371952373170019413noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4156247909836662837.post-74200866517552284542011-11-10T09:54:00.000-08:002011-11-24T11:30:09.548-08:00THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF FREE TEXT MESSAGES (in the classroom)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">This post is the second part of <em>'Activities using mobile phones in the classroom.'</em></span></span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">I'm just not the type of person who can send five text messages in five seconds:)My younger colleagues can text like in seconds [Today,I literally spent five minutes to send a simple text to my colleague -Nisa- and she texted me back approximately ten seconds later!].My students are a lot faster.</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">The thing I did not understand at first was why university students text their friends instead of simply calling them?</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">Then what I realised was a <em>completely OBVIOUS</em> answer</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;"><strong>Telecommunication companies with their <em> 'latest'</em>offers</strong> <strong><span style="color: #274e13; font-size: x-large;"><em>(5000 free texts a day!)</em></span>might be the reason why teenagers prefer texting to actually calling others.</strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">So why not take advantage of this?</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">I used this activity after we covered <em>'Would you like...'</em></span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">Here are the steps:</span></strong></div><ul><li><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">Ask students if they have free text messages (90% of your students will probably say 'YES')</span></strong></div></li>
<li><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">Pair your students </span></strong></div></li>
<li><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> <strong><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">Ask them to take out their mobiles</span></strong></div></li>
<li><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Each pair chooses another pair and sends them a text </span></strong></div></li>
<li><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">Pairs start exchanging text messages.</span></strong></div></li>
<li><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">The activity goes on as long as your students want. (Sometimes they may end up exchanging five or six texts)</span></strong></div></li>
</ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">A sample student dialogue:</span></strong></div><ul><li><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><em>Hello, we are going to the cinema on Tuesday with Canan. Would you like to come?</em></span></strong></div></li>
<li><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><em>oh, sorry. We can't come. We are meeting Ahmet on Tuesday.</em></span></strong></div></li>
<li><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><em>Okay, see you.</em></span></strong></div></li>
<li><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><em>Next time see you</em></span></strong></div></li>
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</div>GIZEM ACELYA UNSAYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02371952373170019413noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4156247909836662837.post-1919808889203117442011-11-03T11:52:00.000-07:002011-11-03T11:52:22.751-07:00GROUP WORK ACTIVITIES (VIDEO)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQFfpd_nr6Sc4DK6Bm0WXPITAlh46pqpjFB-SJAmc6pc37MIbiy" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ida="true" src="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQFfpd_nr6Sc4DK6Bm0WXPITAlh46pqpjFB-SJAmc6pc37MIbiy" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia;">There are three groups and each group is given two different sets of coloured paper. They are supposed to make two correct sentences using the words/phrases on the coloured paper.</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">During the activity, I let my students listen whatever they like. ( And their music choice is fine by me as long as it motivates them)</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Since the sentences are the same, group members are hiding behind the curtain:) </span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><strong><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">DENIZ : FOR HIS POLITENESS AND HARD WORK AND ALSO FOR DOING SPORTS:) </span></em></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><strong><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">RAMAZAN: FOR HIS HARD WORK AND GETTING VERY GOOD GRADES ( YOU ARE A REAL STAR)</span></em></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><strong><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">ISMAIL: FOR HIS JOKES AND CHEEKY MOVES:)</span></em></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><strong><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">TOLGA: FOR HIS VERY LONG AND INTERESTING SENTENCES</span></em></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><strong><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">CANAN: FOR HANDS OUTS</span></em></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><strong><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">DUYGU: FOR HER GOOD GRADES</span></em></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><strong><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">AY: FOR HER DETERMINATION</span></em></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><strong><em><span style="font-family: Georgia;">ESRA: FOR BEING VERY COMPETITIVE</span></em></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><strong><em><span style="font-family: Georgia;">AYSE: FOR HER QUESTIONS</span></em></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><strong><em><span style="font-family: Georgia;">BUSRA: FOR HER </span></em></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><em><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><strong>AND AGAIN</strong></span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><em><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><strong>PAIR WORK CAN ACTUALLY BE <span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">VERY VERY BORING</span> FOR YOUR STUDENTS IF THEY ARE LEARNING ENGLISH FROM 9.30 AM TO 3.30 PM EVERY DAY (OMG!)</strong></span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">I believe there could be several reasons for that:</span></strong></div><ul><li><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Doing pair-work may not be real life like anymore because students are tired of working with the more or less same people.You can obviously pair a student with a different student but well.....after some time -based on my observations- students might get bored anyway.</span></strong></div></li>
<li><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">They may simply not feel <em>'that excited'</em> anymore about doing pair works.</span></strong></div></li>
<li><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">No matter what you do they may still end up speaking in their native tongue during the activities esp when you are working with monolingual students.</span></strong></div></li>
<li><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">It could be boring if you have a small class (4-5 students)</span></strong></div></li>
<li><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Students who know each other well might start chatting instead of doing the activity.</span></strong></div></li>
</ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">So what I have been doing recently to <em>overcome this challenge:</em></span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><em>1.</em> I and my students visit other classrooms and say 'Hello neighbour, we are here to ask you a couple of questions:)'</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"> </span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRIMPFh1PNRL2LeB798ThzqlK59rxVBi9RdClH_hFLDPV1KFgFfEA" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="295" ida="true" src="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRIMPFh1PNRL2LeB798ThzqlK59rxVBi9RdClH_hFLDPV1KFgFfEA" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"> </span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">How do I do it?</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">To illustrate the point, two examples are given below but you might as well come up with your own ideas and leave me a comment on how you did it and how it went. Here is how:</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><ul><li><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">I informed a colleague earlier. We arranged a proper day and time together.</span></strong></div></li>
<li><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">During the lesson my students wrote down some interview questions (by themselves)</span></strong></div></li>
<li><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">We all went to the other classroom together.</span></strong></div></li>
<li><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">When we entered, I greeted the teacher and the students and asked the teacher if my students could ask a few questions to her students.</span></strong></div></li>
<li><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Then my students started interviewing the other students.</span></strong></div></li>
<li><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">I asked my students beforehand to interview with at least three people.</span></strong></div></li>
<li><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">When they finished the activity, we thanked the class and went back to our classroom.</span></strong></div></li>
<li><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Each student reported back to the class.</span></strong></div></li>
<li><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"><em>After they reported back, each students talked about his/her experience: what he/she learned from the students he/she had interviewed and also what he/she taught the students he/she had interviewed.</em></span></strong></div></li>
</ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"><em><span style="color: black;">2</span>.</em> <span style="color: black;">My students wrote and sent note cards to two other classes. Here is how I did it:</span></span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">A task from English Unlimited Elementary Coursebook pg:24/ 5</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"><em>'You decide to use Sofasurfing.com to find a place to stay in another country. Write an e-mail to your host.</em></span></strong></div><ul><li><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"><em>Give information about yourself</em></span></strong></div></li>
<li><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"><em>Ask two or three questions</em></span></strong></div></li>
<li><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"><em>Check your e-mail. Are the capital letters correct?'</em></span></strong></div></li>
</ul><ol><li><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"> My students did the task(they wrote two copies) but instead of reading his/her pair's email and writing a reply, a student collected all the students note cards and went to other classrooms (Let's say classroom B and C).</span></strong></div></li>
<li><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"> Class B and C read my students note cards and wrote replies.Then a student from classroom B collected the replies and got them back to my classroom and gave it to me. And a student from classroom C did the same thing.</span></strong></div></li>
<li><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">I distributed the replies to my students and they chose the one they would like to stay at. </span></strong></div></li>
<li><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">After the activity finished, each student worked with a partner and corrected grammar mistakes in the e-mails (replies as well).</span></strong></div></li>
<li><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">A classroom discussion about the corrections of grammar mistakes and also things we learned from this experience. </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"> </span></strong></div></li>
</ol>GIZEM ACELYA UNSAYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02371952373170019413noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4156247909836662837.post-73726124904351786922011-10-31T08:53:00.000-07:002011-11-24T11:33:51.507-08:00GRAMMAR OR GRAMMER? MISTAKE OR ERROR?SHALL I CORRECT IT OR NOT?<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></strong><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> <span style="font-size: large;"> MISTAKE OR ERROR</span></span></strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">In some cases, teachers may not decide to treat an error because the difference between errors and mistakes are not always clear. James (1998:79) makes a useful distinction and says:</span></strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>'Errors, one must assume, are everything that mistakes are not; they are of significance <span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">;they do not reflect knowledge; they are not self-correctable; and <span style="color: red;">only learners of L2 make them.'</span></span></em></span></strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong> <span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="color: purple;">HOW TO CORRECT ERRORS</span></span></strong></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTOGjgbpLpc5cpV303x0cKkZfCTpMe1Vj6zWfD8XYTw0mtOsO5cZA" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" ida="true" src="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTOGjgbpLpc5cpV303x0cKkZfCTpMe1Vj6zWfD8XYTw0mtOsO5cZA" width="196" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><strong><span style="color: purple;"> </span></strong></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>And how to correct errors depends largely on the context. Whether to correct errors or not depends on the kind of learners and the linguistic level of students, as Tsui (1995:48) puts it:</strong></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong><em>‘For students with low language proficiency it would be unreasonable to expect error- free sentences. For students who are very shy and reticent it is more important to get them to express themselves rather than produce correct forms.’</em></strong></span></span></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong></strong></span> <br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">According to James (1998:236) the term correction is used in three senses:</span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <em> </em></span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><em>Informing the learner that there is an error and leaving them to discover and repair it themselves. This is called feedback.</em></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Providing treatment or information that leads to the revision and correction of the specific instance of error (error token)without aiming to prevent the error from reoccurring later.</span></em></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Providing learners with information that allows them to revise or reject the wrong rule they were operating with when they produced the error token. Since its purpose is primarily to improve the processes for all future productions rather than merely ‘cosmetically’ to improve the present product, this is called remediation.’</span></em></span></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">In the classroom, students may sometimes try to form sentences which have just been introduced to them or try to utter sentences which have not been covered in the classroom and make mistakes or errors. In situations like these it may be time consuming and also not useful to give any sorts of feedback as it may not make any sense to the learner, as Allwright and Bailey (1991:102) suggests:</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>‘Another question which teachers face in deciding whether to treat an error or to ignore it is whether the error is within the learner’s grasp in terms of his or her place on the interlaguage continuum. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It may do no good at all to try to give learners feedback on a form they are not ready to learn.’</em></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I believe how to correct the errors of performance is important because students need to be encouraged to speak without being defensive and thinking about assessment. Norrish (1983:116) states about the correction of speech errors:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><em>' ...when the learner is more concerned with expressing a meaning, importing some information or opinion, that he is with the forms of language he is using for that purpose, he should not be stopped or corrected in 'mid-stream'</em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><em>A teacher might consider an utterance an error whereas another teacher may accept the utterance as Norrish (1983:91) states:</em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><em>'There may be times when one judge or teacher will consider a given form an error, while another would consider it acceptable. Since language constantly changes and develops, what is considered 'incorrect' today may be acceptable tomorrow.'</em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><em>The best example of it is I guess:</em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: purple; font-size: large;">TEACHER'S PERCEPTION IS IMPORTANT</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ-lGz9lprldC-" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ida="true" src="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ-lGz9lprldC-" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTae9gGzicsi6zfgaBQtzLjpeb_TIwnKauHfblhiGLLTjVeetR8" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ida="true" src="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTae9gGzicsi6zfgaBQtzLjpeb_TIwnKauHfblhiGLLTjVeetR8" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: purple; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="color: black;">Another related issue is that it may be more significant from a teacher's perception to expect the correct answers for a particular exercise or an activity even when it may be a suitable utterance in the target language as Tsui (1995:43) comments:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">'An error in the classroom is commonly understood as something that is rejected by the teacher because it is wrong and inappropiate. However, when classroom exchanges are examined it is found that what teachers consider being errors may not be wrong or inappropiate at all.'</div><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Thank you <span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Susan</span> from Karatay University for giving me the idea to think and write about this issue.</span></strong></span></span>GIZEM ACELYA UNSAYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02371952373170019413noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4156247909836662837.post-57239871959299412322011-10-31T07:34:00.000-07:002011-11-24T11:31:15.309-08:00HOW I CORRECT MY STUDENTS' SCRIPTS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQW82R7wvGCXHOd5XY-X825mXRB5nyg2h9lKZ3hKqXJ5lhS3WSl" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ida="true" src="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQW82R7wvGCXHOd5XY-X825mXRB5nyg2h9lKZ3hKqXJ5lhS3WSl" width="323" /></a></div><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Here is a task for students:</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Level: high intermediate- upper intermediate</span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">J-14 is a magazine for teenagers and they are organizing a competition. They are going to choose the ‘<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Writer of the Month’</i> and the winner will get 5000 TL. You want to join to this competition. Write a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">PARAGRAPH </b>about ‘My ideal girl/boyfriend’ in <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">130-150 words.</b></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In your paragraph mention these points:</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">What is he/she like?</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">What does he/she look like?</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">What do you want to do with him/her in your free time?</span></span></span></div><br />
<span style="color: lime; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Here is a sample answer:</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><em>I imagine that my boyfriend is loyal and honest. Because Honesty is a virtue. So honesty is very important to me. Besides I should trust him. He should be trusted man. Then, He should be a determined person. That is he would rather he decides for anything than I decide. That is he should direct me. As I am very undecided. My imaginary boyfriend should appreciate me. He should give value me even if he does not love me in a crazy love. And... He should not be selfish. On the contrary he should be thoughtfull. He should be calm.He should give peace me. Because I need to peace....Finally,I can not know when I will fall in love with whom....So, they are my imagines....But my imagines may not realize......</em></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: lime; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Here is my feedback to the student:</span></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;">1. SCORE FOR TASK ACHIEVEMENT: 4</span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;">JUSTIFICATION:</span></span></span></b></div></div><span style="color: lime; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></span><br />
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<div class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-size: large;">You wrote a semi-formal paragraph which is polite and consistent in its style.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">However, of the three content points only one of them is included: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">What is he/she like?</i> <span style="color: orange;">ADD THE OTHER TWO CONTENT POINTS:</span> What does he look like? / What do you want to do with him in your free time?</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">You elaborate on only one of the content points: ‘What is he like?’ <span style="color: orange;">ADD AND ELABORATE ON THE OTHER CONTENT POINTS</span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The layout is appropriate for this kind of task.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The closing section is inadequate ‘<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">So, they are my imagines....But my imagines may not realize......’ =<span style="color: orange;">YOU MAY WANT TO CHANGE IT. Or PARAPHRASE IT.</span></i></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Word limit is between 130-150 words = no problem with your word limit.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: red;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-size: large;">2. SCORE FOR ORGANIZATION (COHERENCE& COHESION): 4 (out of 10)</span></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">JUSTIFICATION:</span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">You should use reference: It establishes a link between a sentence or between two or more sentences. For example: Instead of saying:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">‘I saw a dog yesterday. The dog was black.’</i> You should say <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">‘I saw </i><u>a dog</u><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> yesterday. <u>It </u>was black’</i> = (It refers back to ‘a dog’) <span style="color: orange;">AVOID REPEATING THE SAME WORDS. </span>In your paragraph:</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">‘I imagine that my boyfriend is loyal and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">honest</b>. Because <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Honesty</b> is a virtue. So <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">honesty </b>is very important’ = <span style="color: orange;">USE REFERENCE INSTEAD = DO NOT REPEAT THE SAME WORD OVER AND OVER AGAIN= IT DISRUPTS COHESION.</span></i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"></b></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">You use linking devices: (because, so, besides, then, that is, as, and, on the contrary, finally, so, but): <span style="color: orange;">DO NOT OVERUSE THE LINKING DEVICES= IT MAKES YOUR SCRIPT ARTIFICIAL.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">TRY <u>NOT TO</u> START A SENTENCE WITH ‘BECAUSE/ AND = INFORMALLY THEY MIGHT BE OKAY. IN YOUR CASE, YOU DONT NEED TO START A SENTENCE WITH THEM.FOR EXAMPLE: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">‘He should give peace me. Because I need to peace.’= PARAPHRASE IT. <u>DO NOT START WITH BECAUSE</u>.</i></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">‘<u>Then,</u> He should be a determined person’ =<span style="color: orange;">INCORRECT USE OF THE LINKING DEVICE.</span> ‘THEN’ IS USED TO SHOW TIME: ‘We drank coffee and <u>then</u> we left (CORRECT USE OF THE LINKING DEVICE)</span></i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or:</span></span></span></i></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 108pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level3 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Then is used to say what happens next or what you do next: For example: Mix the flour and butter, then add the eggs. = (CORRECT USE OF THE LINKING DEVICE)</span></i></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 108pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level3 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="color: orange;">WHEN YOU TRANSLATE YOUR SENTENCE IN TURKISH, IT MAY SOUND CORRECT, BUT IN ENGLISH IT SOUNDS AWKWARD= CHANGE IT.</span></span></i></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">‘<u>That is</u> he would rather he decides for anything than I decide. <u>That is</u> he should direct me.’= <span style="color: orange;">REPETITION OF THE SAME LINKING DEVICE = CHANGE ONE OF THEM or PARAPHRASE YOUR SENTENCES or COMBINE THEM IN ANOTHER WAY. PAY ATTENTION TO YOUR PUNCTUATION:</span> That is (,) he would.....</span></i></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 72pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">BE CAREFUL WITH YOUR PUNCTUATION:</span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> ‘<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">On the contrary(,) he should be thoughtful’ </i></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">‘Because I need to peace....Finally,I can not know when I will fall in love with whom....So, they are my imagines....But my imagines may not realize......’ = <span style="color: orange;">DO YOU ACTUALLY NEED <u>ALL</u> THESE (......) ?? = DO NOT <u>OVERUSE</u> THEM(.......)</span></span></i></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">‘That is he should direct me. <u>As</u> I am very undecided.’ = <span style="color: orange;">YOU DO NOT NECESSARILY HAVE TO START A SENTENCE WITH ‘AS’ HERE. = COMBINE THESE TWO SENTENCES.</span></span></i></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">BE CAREFUL WITH CAPITILIZATION = IT ALSO DISRUPTS COHERENCE: ‘</span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Because <u>Honesty </u>is a virtue<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">’ or ‘</i>Then, <u>He</u> should be a determined person’ = <span style="color: orange;">CHECK AND CORRECT YOUR CAPITIZATION MISTAKES AGAIN.<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"></i></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">‘<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">thoughtfull’</i> = <span style="color: orange;">IS THIS THE CORRECT SPELLING? CHECK YOUR PARAGRAPH FOR SPELLING MISTAKES AGAIN<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"></i></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">3. <span style="color: red;">GRAMMAR:</span></span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"> JUSTIFICATIONS FOR GRAMMAR: 7 (out of 10)</span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Correct use of simple present tense, future (will) and ‘should’ = APPROPIATE FOR THIS TYPE OF TASK.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Should is <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">overused </b>= TRY TO USE SOMETHING ELSE INSTEAD OF ‘SHOULD’. For example: I’d rather a man who..... / I prefer / It’s better.... ./ must..etc.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">‘<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">He should be trusted man’</i> DO YOU NEED AN ARTICLE HERE? A/AN?</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">THERE ARE CLUMSY BITS: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">(1)</b> ‘That<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> is <u>he would rather he decides for anything than I decide</u>.’<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">/(2)</b> He should give value me even if he does not <u>love me in a crazy love</u> = PARTIALLY DISRUPTS COMMUNICATION = PARAPHRASE IT= BE CAREFUL WITH YOUR GRAMMAR:</i></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 54pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">(1)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">He would rather</span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> or you would rather? <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Than you decide</i> or that you decide? CHECK THE EXAMPLES, AND HAVE A LOOK AT SOME GRAMMAR BOOKS =REWRITE YOUR SENTENCE: I’d rather <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">go</b> by car./<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">I’d rather not go</b> out tonight/ I’d rather (someone) +v2 =<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>present/future meaning</u></b>. Ex: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">I’d rather he went</b> by bus.<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"></i></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 54pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">(2)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">‘<span style="color: orange;">LOVE ME IN <u>A CRAZY LOVE’</u> = OR IN A CRAZY WAY? LOVE YOU CRAZILY?<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"></i></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 54pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 14.2pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo5; text-indent: 0cm;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="color: orange;">BE CAREFUL WITH PREPOSTIONS</span>: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">‘He should give peace me.</i>’ = HE SHOULD GIVE ME PEACE or HE SHOULD GIVE PEACE TO ME. / ANOTHER EXAMPLE: ‘<u>GIVE ME</u> A DATE or GIVE A DATE <u>TO ME’</u><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"></i></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 14.2pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo5; text-indent: 0cm;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">‘Because I need to peace’ = OMIT ‘TO’</span></i></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 14.2pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 14.2pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">4. VOCABULARY: 8 (out of 10)</span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 14.2pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">JUSTIFICATIONS FOR VOCABULARY:</span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 14.2pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 14.2pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">Regarding your level:</span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 14.2pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 50.2pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo6; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Relevant vocabulary choice</span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 50.2pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo6; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Variety of adjectives are used </span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 50.2pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo6; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">‘As I am very undecided.’ = <span style="color: lime;">ARE YOU UNDECIDED OR INDECISIVE? CHECK THE MEANING OF THESE WORDS<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"></b></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 50.2pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo6; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">‘But my imagines may not <u>realize......</u>’= <span style="color: lime;">WRITE A FULL SENTENCE = IT IS NOT A PROPER ENDING. THERE IS NOT ENOUGH CONTEXT (SENTENCES, WORDS) TO UNDERSTAND WHY YOU USE ‘<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">REALIZE’ </i>THERE?<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"></b></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 50.2pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo6; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">‘So, they are my <u>imagines’</u></span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> = WRONG WORD = CHANGE IT<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"></b></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">5.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <span style="color: red;">Communicative function:</span></span></span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you were the editor of J-14 magazine, would you give 5000 TL to this paragraph? 5pts. (out of 10)</span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">IN TOTAL: 28 x2 = 56pts.</span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 50.2pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 14.2pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><em>ALL IN ALL, THIS IS A GOOD PARAGRAPH AND MEETS MOST OF THE CRITERIA.</em></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 14.2pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><em>READ THROUGH THE COMMENTS, AND MAKE THE NECESSARY CORRECTIONS.</em></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-large;">I thank you because you are given <span style="color: lime;">a second chance</span>. Non-smokers will never get this second chance in life.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-large;"> <em><span style="background-color: red;">NEVER</span></em></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-large;"> By giving up smoking you will be:</span></span></div><ul><li><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-large;"> <em>happier than ever in your life</em></span></span></div></li>
<li><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-large;"><em> much healtier and a lot more energetic</em></span></span></div></li>
<li><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-large;"><em>have a crystal clear mind</em></span></span></div></li>
<li><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><em><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-large;">able to see the world differently (like you have never seen before)</span></em></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><em><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-large;"> </span></em></span></div></li>
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</div>GIZEM ACELYA UNSAYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02371952373170019413noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4156247909836662837.post-7442528709823240002011-10-29T05:59:00.000-07:002011-10-30T00:40:55.600-07:00ACTIVITIES USING MOBILE PHONES IN THE CLASSROOM:PART 1<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTE3axtQfYIQ47Oa9to7F8G9ihdty4-kYxV5lAHXtn9WNbYZc_qQQ" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ida="true" src="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTE3axtQfYIQ47Oa9to7F8G9ihdty4-kYxV5lAHXtn9WNbYZc_qQQ" width="333" /></a></div> <br />
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</div><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> Students just can not live without them (even during the lessons) :</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> <span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><em>MOBILE PHONES</em></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">So why not doing activities that include mobile phones!</span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">So far I have come up with a few ideas and here you will find one of them:</span></span><br />
<ul><li><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Find a reading text (It could simply be a reading text from your students’ course books)</span></span></span></span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></li>
<li><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Ask them if their mobile phones have a voice recording application. At least %80 of your students will say ‘YES’ instantly. </span></span></span></span></div></li>
<li><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Then pair your students. (As and Bs)</span></span></span></span></div></li>
<li><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">After that, you tell your students to take out their mobiles, which will hopefully surprise them.</span></span></span></span></div></li>
<li><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Student A reads the text, and B records A’s voice and then B reads the same text and A records B’s voice.</span></span></span></span></div></li>
<li><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">After that,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> there are several things that you might do:</span></span></span></span></span></div></li>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">a)Listen to all recordings as a class. If you have loudspeakers in your classroom, you can </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">listen </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">to everyone much more effectively. [By plugging mobile phones to the </span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">loudspeakers] . I </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">would not do any grading here, but what I would do is I would ask students </span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">to underline all </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">the mispronounced words/phrases and after we listen to everybody, we </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">would </span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">discuss them as </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">a class so no one would know who made a mistake and who did not </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">make </span></span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">mistakes.</span></span></span></div><span style="color: black;"></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">b) Pairs listen and grade each other. (Teacher might give students a simple criterion.)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="color: orange; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><em>Why do I do this activity?</em></span></span></div><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"></span><br />
<ul><li><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>As mentioned at the very beginning: To do something that includes something they are very much interested in: <span style="font-size: large;"><u>MOBILE PHONES</u></span></em></span></span></span></div></li>
<li><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>It is a pronunciation activity.</em></span></span></span></div></li>
<li><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>It helps students to correct themselves. They become more aware of their own mistakes and students start to correct themselves (self-correction/self-awareness).</em></span></span></span></div></li>
<li><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I aim to give students a learning strategy as well. Students record and listen to their voices whenever they want. Something they can do alone.</em></span></span></span></div></li>
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</div>GIZEM ACELYA UNSAYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02371952373170019413noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4156247909836662837.post-89547418258732743352011-10-24T10:54:00.000-07:002011-10-30T13:11:10.156-07:00THE STEPS OF PREPARING A TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAM<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSSdZQeXYvJ_RzDP-5_SgC18B9nZBM-wwuiRL6_jfTTXo-z506u" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><strong><span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> Five steps that might be followed</span></span></strong></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> <em> <span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Are they novice teachers? </span></em></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> Are they more experienced teachers?</span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><strong><span style="color: magenta;">2. Goals and objectives of the institution:</span></strong></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Once the trainer has the above information about the target group, then the second </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">question </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">that could need to be posed is the goals and objectives of the institution.</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">This is highly important because it gives the trainer an idea of what the features of a good </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">teacher should be according to the institution where the training will take place. Obviously, </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">there could be some basic conceptions in people’s minds of what the features of a ‘good </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">teacher’ is; however, the conceptions might just as well change not only from one culture to </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">another but also even in different institutions which are located in the same area or city. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Thus, it might be vital for a trainer to find out the institution’s goals and objectives and their </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">perceptions of <strike>good</strike> <span style="color: red; font-size: large;">(ups! SORRY)</span>, effective teacher.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></span> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><strong><span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">3. Collecting information about the teachers:</span></span></strong></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">To me, the third step is to find out the background and especially the previous experiences</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> of </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">the trainees. This could be done by simply sending a questionnaire via e-mail to the trainees </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">before the sessions. But what I would do is I would send a questionnaire plus a couple of </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">irrelevant questions –subtle questions- targeting to ascertain some more realistic clues about </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">their character, background and previous experiences. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">This third step might be particularly essential because the trainer then would probably </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">foresee how much they will be able to bring to the sessions and also a little bit of how far </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">they </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">might contribute to the sessions. </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The first three steps are all about gathering information </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">about the context that the training </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">session(s) will take place.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></span> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><strong><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">4. Matching:</span></strong></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The fourth step to me is the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">matching part</i>. Trainers regardless of where they live and </span></span><br />
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</div><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Students do not necessarily </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #ff6600; font-family: Georgia; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">LOVE</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> the idea of making</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">presentations</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">They may have their own and very valid reasons for this and two of them - to me- seems to stick out ;</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The topic of the presentation is <em><span style="font-family: Georgia;">' Introduce your best friend'.</span></em> <em><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Georgia; font-size: x-large;">Simge</span></em></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">prepared three drafts and made some pre-presentations - to her mom and to me and a couple of students- before actually presenting the one above. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"></span></span></span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: justify;"><em><span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">And I would like to thank my colleague <span style="background-color: purple;">NISA</span> for answering all my questions patiently about blogging</span></em></div>GIZEM ACELYA UNSAYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02371952373170019413noreply@blogger.com3