IMPORTANCE OF DIALECTS

   The dialects are called the unknown branches of a language that were separated in ancient times. In other words, it is called dialect in a language that has changed in distant regions for various reasons, in terms of sound, syntax and vocabulary. In some dialects the sound and syntax differ so differentiation occurs that sometimes new languages ​​can emerge from dialects. For example, as a result of the formation of different dialects of Latin, French, Italian and Portuguese languages ​​have emerged. There are two criteria to distinguish between languages ​​and dialects. One is the social and political benchmark. According to this view, ’’ languages ​​‘’ are generally prestigious, formal and written. Dialects are usually spoken, informal and unimportant. The familiar expression of this view is as follows: ’’ Language is a dialect with its army and navy”. If it is impossible to understand, they are different languages. Of course, intelligibility must be continuous and asymmetric. For this reason, when talking to a person, the comprehensibility gives us the exact answers about whether the language or dialect is different. The main reason for this is that a Turkish speaking person cannot understand Azerbaijani or Uzbek Turkish.

  Another issue is the adoption of basic languages, not dialect. For example, they understand what is spoken when an Italian and a Spanish are together. But these two languages ​​are not accepted in dialect because these languages ​​have their own countries. They also have political forces. For example, there are many different languages ​​and dialects in India. But the government accepts only Hindi and English because the unity and integrity of the country does not accept the recognition of another language.

  As a result, after the emergence of nationalism and racism, the language has become a part of political identity, and the language has become a dialect with army and navy. Therefore, the political situation is the main reason why dialects are translated into languages ​​or that languages ​​are accepted as languages.

Have you ever thought what is vernacular?

WHAT IS VERNACULAR?

   Vernacular  is, as we all know, the language used in the streets, and it is far from complicated meanings. The vernacular change has existed for many years. Some of the factors caused by this change are: the spread of religion, the spread of education, and the aim of reaching literary texts to more people. The use of vernacular is of great importance because I think people can best understand the new teachings in their own language. Using the vernacular increases people's creativity because they understand the subject better than the different language. I believe that countries with vernacular will develop better. Because it is difficult and laborious for people to understand the source and content of languages other than their mother tongue. In addition to education, films, novels, poems, newspapers and series published in vernacular are more informal and affect local people more. For example, my department is English Language and Teaching and make inferences from my own language while learning the 2nd language or when I'm watching a discussion program on TV, I understand better what is said with words and conjunctions that simplify and vernacular language. Sometimes we ask our teachers to tell us what we do not understand. Sometimes the subject is so deep that we do not understand in Turkish. This time, teachers explain the subject by giving examples from our daily lives. In this case, we use these varieties and understand the issue more easily. Therefore, using vernacular is important for better understanding and it should be used. The aim is to increase the use of vernacular among students who will have a successful future. In fact, it is not easy to observe these variables because following the curriculum that has existed for years makes us feel as if we are connected to this curriculum. In fact, India is a very good example. There are 23 spoken languages ​​in India. Even though the official language is Hindi, they use English in many official cases. But where the remaining 21 languages ​​are used. These languages ​​are used in ethnic groups. for this reason, people may not understand what they read in television, newspapers or magazines in general. This situation is actually very easy to observe nowadays. These linguistic differences brought about social class differences. Old people may not understand the words used by young people. The reason for this is the differentiation of the language and the absence of any standards. When we go to villages, we sometimes can't understand people with accents. The main reason for this is the different uses of language from region to region. Having a standard language could have prevented communication problems, but would have lost its variety and regionality.

CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT 

 

 Any procedures are necessary for the students in the education process. There are responsibilities for the teacher and the student in the class, but since the teacher is a role model in the classroom, classroom management is successfully achieved within the rules and limits set by the teacher. When it comes to classroom management, the first thing that comes to mind is strict and overly prescriptive teachers, but classroom management may be totally out of this perception. What the teacher expects from his students has a major role in the formation of classroom management. The classroom management of the teacher who assumes that his/her students are individuals and the classroom management of the teacher who determines his/her duties to his/her students as teaching only is very different. For this reason, I would be a teacher in my class who could explain the his or herself easily, had self-esteem and aimed at success and being a good person. in order to achieve these, I must definitely know what kind of educational background students have, how my students ship to personalities, what I expect from them and what they expect from me. When I have this information, it will be much easier to determine the class management that I will implement in the class. First of all, I am responsible for providing a healthy and peaceful educational environment for my students. Secondly, I have to decide the methods of reward and punishment that will help my students distinguish between right and wrong and help them choose the right behaviour.

    First of all, I have to decide what to do in the classroom. I have a certain red line, and my students can easily guess how I'm going to react on a topic. Therefore, I have to decide which class management style I should choose before meeting my students. Although I have certain lines as a teacher, my relationship with my students should always be good, and I will be encouraging  to my students in their lessons and life. I would be a good role model for them because teachers are like mirrors for students. Therefore, the style I will use in classroom management is the authoritative teacher style. Some rules in the classroom are also related to this style. For example, the class must have some class rules. Some of them are to come to class on time, to do the tasks and tasks to be done before coming to class, to respect the teacher and friends, not to disturb anyone in the classroom. These are some of the most important rules for not affecting peace and productivity in the classroom. Another important aspect is behavior management. We need to identify some strategies to positively orient students' behavior within the classroom. Some of them may be exemplary to students. We can model the behaviors you want your students to demonstrate. We must be humble enough to make mistakes and accept your mistakes to your students. The other example is that the teacher can put the rules together with all the students instead of setting the rules alone. A wonderful classroom environment is developed when teachers and students collaborate to make rules. Rules can be created to address how students are expected to interact with each other, how students are expected to interact with the teacher, and how students are expected to interact with the physical space. Another important behavior management is to identify the personalities of the students, create the class identity. For example, we can entertain the class name in a fun way such as, superheroes, avengers, ninjas..

    Another issue is to reward our students. Rewarding students is a very good case to increase their motivation. If the students finish their homework within the time determined by their teacher, they can play games or watch cartoons in the remaining time. All of these are of great importance to increase students' success and motivation. Some non-verbal signs may be used to avoid distracting other students' attention and motivation. Some of them make shush sign with index finger. Standing in front of the student's desk and waiting until he stops talking, etc. There are also some classroom procedures and students must follow these procedures. The purpose of these procedures is to provide a quiet, peaceful and disciplined classroom environment. Some of these procedures are important; rising fingers and talking, waiting in line at lunch time, giving greetings to friends and teachers when he or she comes to class, waiting calmly not to run in the classroom environment, seeing the teacher as a leader in the class and listening to his or her words. Enabling students to follow these procedures will provide a much better classroom environment.

  As a result, teachers and students determine the rules in the classroom and obey these rules increase the peace and productivity in the classroom. Some rules are a must for class management. In a class without classroom management, chaos and confusion prevail. Confusion and chaos can lead to a lack of good education in the classroom, while preventing students from becoming good individuals in the future. For this reason, there are certain effective rules in classroom management such as,  classroom procedures, effective use of body language, rewarding students for the continuation of good behavior and class rules. The teachers who adopt these rules and apply them in their class gain the trust of the students' teachers and obtain a successful class.

Udemy

UDEMY

This is my Udemy certificate:

What is Virtual Reality(VR) and Augmented Reality(AR)? How Can We Use It as an English Teacher?

   What is Virtual Reality(VR) and Augmented Reality(AR)?

   How Can We Use It as an English Teacher?

    Lately we've heard the words Augmented Reality (AR: Augmented Reality) and Virtual Realty (VR: Virtual Reality). Both are new technologies that are still in their infancy. If you want, let’s start with the definiton of VR and AR.

   VR (Virtual Reality) is an artificial, computer-generated simulation or re-creation of an environment or situation in real life. In this technology, a simulated reality is experienced to the user wearing glasses, by stimulating the senses of sight and hearing. Virtual reality creates its own reality, completely produced and directed. You are breaking away from the real world and finding yourself in this fully created world. For example, you can find yourself at some point on Istiklal Street with photographs taken at 360 degrees. Or you can go inside a concert hall with 360-degree cameras. The most interesting thing is that you can find yourself in the games and control the characters you play in the game. Especially with headphones, handheld control devices and even auxiliary equipment such as walking platforms, you can find yourself completely inside the created world.

   AR (Augmented Reality) is a technology that incorporates computer-generated optimized images onto the existing reality and is capable of interacting with them.  In this technology, using mobile devices in a sense that displays the real world is blended. Augmented reality reflects the use of mobile devices such as smartphones, tablets, and digital images such as digital photos and graphics. One of the best known examples is Pokemon Go. At your point where you rotate your camera, a Pokemon appears, adding more elements to your world. Likewise, Ikea also allows you to understand how to look at the products in your catalog by placing them on your mobile application thanks to that paint which you have chose is applied on wall by AR application. Thus, you can decide easily which color fix your home better.

   So, How does English Teachers can use AR and VR? For example, our topic is English Culture and we need to both attract notice them and help them to meet Virtual Reality so that we can take away them a museum to help of the Virtual Reality glasses. Thanks to that we can introduce our students with metarials which they have been used by English community such as books, wares, paintings, clothes. Thus, both students can understand the topic and they make permanent these informations about English Culture.

   So, what about Augmented Reality(AR)? As we know students can be distracted easily so that we can use Augmented Reality for attracting attention. For example, while we are introducing the animals to them, we can make watch them to animals with 3 dimensions, in motion and audible. I believe that this is a very effective way of learning and teaching about persistence.

  As a conclusion, we ought to utilize from technology in every environment especially in technology. If we are open to new ideas, our students will be more curious and enthusiastic. Thanks to that we can teach lessons will be more amusing and permanent. Teachers should use VR and AR in their lessons to become more understandable.

Here is my Augmented 
Reality(AR) examples which I created in HP Reveal Application :

PIGEON and BEE:

Second Life

SECOND LIFE

Second life is a simulation, it is the process of creating a model that can represent the system and this models are called avatars. These avatars can be chosen by users and avatars. The main target of this simulation is create a life which people live and learn. Thus, people can both learn and get fun. Second Life is gather users from the all around the world. It is another benefit for the socialization because this simulation is online. You can login with friends this simulation and you can join a class. It is more important because Second Life provide us e-learning environment. While you are standing at home, you can join your lesson without being at school. It beneficial for saving money, time and comfort. Now, we are creating new methods, techniques and strategies for education. However, technology, computers and tablets are more atractive for students and they live interbedded with them. As a teacher candidate, i believe that teachers should encourage them to what they can do better. They are good at using technology thanks to that we can give the lesson on the technological environment such as Second Life. It can be motivate and encourage them to learn new things. So that in my opinion, Second Life is very useful and promising educational simulation.

This is my Second Life Avatar photo :

FlipGrid

FLIPGRID

    Thanks to the developing technology, learning styles have also changed. People want to learn not only verbal and mathematical knowledge but much more. For this reason, it is very important not to stay in schools only. Flipgrid, which has started its activities in order to spread the education and aims to provide education in every field, has been serving its students successfully for a while with its video and modern education approach. Also, students can respond to other student with video and its provide electronic learning environment.

Here is my FlipGrid link :

https://flipgrid.com/5c97f906

Moodle

MOODLE

  Moodle is really helpful material for teachers and students. It is a kind of e-learning platform and it is free for utilizing to everyone. This platform can be found by users easily so Moodle usage is really simple. Moodle accesible is easy and fast so that it is save the time. If we think that point as a teacher or to be teacher, time is realy phenomenon for educators. Using papers, prints etc. They are real waste of time. Instead of preparing this paper quizes or exams, Moodle provides us orginize our exams on the web and sharing with students easily. Thus, teachers can give feedbacks to their students fastly and effectively and students learn their mistakes without negative prescription. Moodle makes us aware how learning platforms can be everywhere and education not limited with schools or clasrooms so that students can learn their lesson everywhere without any guide teacher. In my opinion, education should be everywhere for everyone so that learners access the information or lesson whenever if they want. Moodle provides us it. Thanks to Moodle teachers and students  save their times  and occur the education environment for everywhere and everyone.

Hot Potatoes

HOT POTATOES

   HotPotatoes program is a program that you can prepare a classic, multiple choice test device and transfer website to your website. We can prepare quizes how many if we want and it is useful for improving asking questions. Another good issue is for using Hot Potatoes you do not need to internet conncetion. If you are a place where there is not internet connection and yo get bored, you can prepare some nice quizes for your student J

These are some visiuals of my Hot Potaoes experience:

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Padlet

   PADLET:

   

Padlet is a digital panel where you can add images, videos and destinations to your dreams. You can delete, plan and billboard as you wish. Keeping notes, videos, images, and virtual materials you want to keep on the padlet.

  For which purpose you can use padlet:

To provide a common study area with your students.

Discussion or brainstorming.

To give follow-up to your students.

Add multimedia to the digital clipboard you created.

  Here is my Padlet link:

https://tr.padlet.com/gulsahsezer0/xgyf6ob4zl4m

Pixton

PIXTON

  Pixton is a cartoon creation tool that allows its users to create awesome comics. Pixton has also a growing community that anyone can access to contribute with their own comics. This tool is very easy to use and does not require any artistic skills to work on it. You can introduce it to your students and let them create their own comics and share them with each other.

    Some features of Pixton

·  It is free for individual accounts

·  It lets users create their own comics

·  It lets you give text and speech bubbles to characters

·  It lets you edit the shape and position of each comic panel

·  It offers unlimited range of expressions

·  It lets you upload your own photos and personalize them the way you want

·  It provides presets, templates, and shapes.

  If you want to check my pixton here is the link:

  https://www.pixton.com/schools/group/731469/comic/aswgh0ci

Socrative

SOCRATIVE

What is Socrative?

  Socrative is a free web application that offers an easy and friendly experience to teachers to engage and assess their students. It is a full-featured application. Socrative’s student response system authorizes educators by engaging their class with a number of educational games and exercises. There is simple procedure to login this wonderful app that can be run on laptops, smartphones and tablets. 

   Why Socrative is Preferred?

o   Quick Feedback: Student results flashes on the teacher’s screen as they respond to the quizzes and questions. Hence, teachers can easily visualize what is happening and what students are doing at the moment.

o   Personalized Content: Here educators can edit and design their own library assessments and can also share it with their personal learning network.

o   Reports: Students understanding can be reviewed in different types of format. Reports can be emailed or can be downloaded or can be saved into Google drive.

o   Compatibility: This app is available in for iOS apps, all web-browsers, Windows app, Android apps, Chrome Apps, Kindle Apps making it reachable for every educational technology settings.

    Here is my link which includes Linguistic Quiz:

 https://b.socrative.com/teacher/#import-quiz/37932216

    
Also, there are some visiual about using of Socrative:

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Storybird

STORYBIRD

What is Storybird and how is it used?

  Storybird is a language arts tool. We use illustrations to inspire Members to write stories, and encourage ongoing writing practice with badges and other rewards. Storybird is free to use for everyone. Purchases such as memberships (not sold to students) and printed copies of your own story are optional and not necessary to use the Site.

   All stories in the public library are fully moderated by humans, and public comments are tightly filtered through a combination of human and machine moderation to remove PII, and to foster a positive environment suitable for all ages. Stories written by students are not allowed in the public library.


  Educators onboard students directly by creating accounts or inviting them via class code. They may create and issue assignments, moderate comments, review student work, apply a grade or comment. Educators may choose to run a fundraiser where family members may purchase a copy of their child’s story. 

  Students have access to our curated illustration library and use those images to illustrate their stories. Stories written by students are not allowed in the public library. If the student is part of a class, published stories are shared with the class, any can be commented on by other students in the same classroom. Purchase options are made available so parents can purchase their child’s work as a personal keepsake.

  To foster positive digital citizenship and online dialogue, students may read and comment on stories Regular members have published to the Storybird public library. Students may subscribe to the stories of public members but their stories cannot be seen or subscribed to by anyone outside of their class. 

   Here is my storybird link:

https://storybird.com/chapters/a-little-wish-1/?token=7cvurfj593

Vıd-Cast

VID-CAST

   Video podcasts, also called videocasts, vidcasts and vodcasts, combine the audio component of podcasting with visual media. This technology provides a forum for a wide variety of video podcasters, including filmmakers and artists, vloggers (video bloggers), and even those who just like sharing their videos.

   Video podcasting is also helping build business, especially in the sales and marketing sectors. Through video podcasts, businesses both large and small can advertise their wares and services in a modern, cost-effective way. In the past, big businesses had better access to expensive studios where sophisticated advertisements were produced, but now even the smallest businesses can create high-quality media with just a camera, editing software and the Internet.

  Here is my vidcast link which is about Bilingualism :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liGi9lqmTbw&t=2s

PODCAST

 

  

  Before diving into a lengthy explanation of what a podcast is, let’s look at the word “podcast” itself. First mentioned by Ben Hammersley in a 2004 Guardian newspaper article in which he rattled off possible names for this booming new medium, the “pod” of podcast is borrowed from Apple’s “iPod” digital media player; and the “cast” portion of podcast is taken from Radio’s “broadcast” term. As a matter of clarity, just because it’s named after Apple’s iPod, does not necessarily mean that you have to own or use an iPod — or any portable digital media player for that matter — to enjoy a podcast.

          iPod+Broadcast=Podcast

    Okay, with that out of the way, back to the original question: “What’s a podcast?”

     A “podcast” is sort of difficult to explain because there really isn’t anything else like it — but rather, many things that are kind of like it.

    A good starting point, is to think of a podcast as “Internet Radio On-Demand.” It’s similar in that you can usually listen to it on your computer — but it’s more than that. [However, and not to confuse the issue, podcasting isn’t confined to just audio but can be video as well].

     With the amount of content that podcasting provides, regular Broadcast Radio, or “Terrestrial Radio” — as they call it — simply can never compete. The AM and FM radio band only has so many channels. Consequently, radio stations “Broadcast” their content — meaning that they attempt to appeal to as broadof an audience as possible. Because, afterall, this is what advertisers are looking for. But podcasting, by contrast, is not necessarily hamstrung to advertising revenue like its broadcasting cousin. With its specific and specialized content, it is able to “narrowcast” to only those who choose to listen. So while a particular podcast’s audience may be considerably smaller than the audience of a broadcast, one could argue that the podcast’s audience is a much more targeted and interested in the content being delivered. So, in a way, Satellite Radio, with its ability to provide more channels than Broadcast Radio, takes a step towards podcasting — but still does not come close.

   Here is my podcast link:

https://soundcloud.com/g-l-ah-sezer-502498164/reading

Voki

VOKI

   Voki is an educational tool that allows users to create their very own talking character. Voki is created by Oddcast and is located in New York City.

   Voki characters can be customized to look like historical figures, cartoons, animals, and even yourself! Give your Voki a voice by recording with a microphone, using our dial-in number, or uploading an audio file. Voki characters can be emailed, shared on social media, and embedded on websites!

    Voki Classroom is a student assignment management system for Voki. With Voki Classroom, teachers are able to control their students' privacy settings. Visit our Products page to see the benefits of upgrading to Voki Classroom.

 Here is my Voki link :

http://tinyurl.com/y87wghdu

KAHOOT

    Kahoot is a tool for using technology to administer quizzes, discussions or surveys. It is a game based classroom response system played by the whole class in real time. Multiple-choice questions are projected on the screen. Students answer the questions with their smartphone, tablet or computer.

   Thanks for this tool we can evaluate our student stuations.

Also, we can use this tool in classroom environment so that we can create a competition between students.

I have prepared a kahoot. I hope this kahoot will help you about mothods of learning a second language.

     Here is my Kahoot link:

  https://create.kahoot.it/details/methods-of-second-language-learning/1949d7fc-2c50-47ca-a0ad-247d44784c5f

Pinterest and Infographic

  

  

   Pinterest, Inc. is a social media web and mobile application
company that operates a software system designed to discover
information on the World Wide Web, mainly using images and,
on a smaller scale, gifs and videos. The site was founded by
Ben Silbermann, Paul Sciarra  and Evan Sharp Pinterest has reached 250 million monthly active users as of October 2018.

   An infographic (information graphic) is a representation of information in a graphic format designed to make the data easily understandable at a glance. People use infographics to quickly communicate a message, to simplify the presentation of large amounts of data, to see data patterns and relationships, and to monitor changes in variables over time. 

   And if you want to visit my Pinterest page here is the link:

  https://tr.pinterest.com/gulsahsezer0/boards/