Derya's Teaching Blog

 On Monday the 16th of May we had another webinar with Mrs.Paulina, it was our second webinar with her and the topic was "Authentic materials in education". Authentic material is  any material written in English that was not created for intentional use in the English language classroom . Using this content to teach the English language can make the learning process even more engaging, imaginative and motivating for students. The presenter also said that   authentic material are everywhere, which makes it easy to find, and simple for learners to practice English in their own time. Remember that it isn’t limited to articles from newspapers and magazines. Songs, tv shows,  radio and podcasts, leaflets, menus – anything written in English constitutes authentic material. She has given several examples as toothpaste and asked how and where we can use it. Many of our groupmates had ideas as hygiene, shopping and etc. There I thought how limited I am thinking, because w...

 At the beginning of the semester in March, we had a webinar on arts and crafts, when I heard the topic I was so happy for the webinar. As for me, I can be boring but we should learn more and develop our skills for making our classes more engaging , especially with young learners they love engaging lessons. First , when the presenter had started the webinar she asked a question "What can be used in our classes to make it more engaging? Actually, I was shocked that time that in fact we can use everything that is related to our lessons. After that I am confirming for myself that really we can use everything that is connected to the lesson and we can me the class more joyful. The presenter showed us some objects and asked how these objects can be used and for what reason. She showed us how daily life objects can be transformed into something funny and useful. Moreover, not only the presenter but also my groupmates who are already teachers and are experienced had many interesting idea...

 On 29th of March we had a very interesting webinar about an international preschool .Miss Arkuszynska, showed us the curriculum of the kindergarten , it was Canadian curriculum, which included so many new things for me. I liked the idea that there is freedom in the school and they teach it from the early age. I think international schools make people open-minded by sharing different cultures and backgrounds. Also, I liked the idea that they have a separate time to share their opinions and just talk about how they feel. I think it is very important to give them time to describe their feelings to raise more deliberate people. Other aspect that I liked is they have so many excellent opportunities for such young kids starting from swimming pool and having another sports and the environments itself. I think it is very productive to make kids learn via play and using total physical response, because they are very young kids. Another aspect that shocked me (because we do not have it in m...