Erzincan Binali Yildirim University English Language Teaching (ELT) Department
Erzincan Binali Yıldırım Üniversitesi İngilizce Öğretmenliği Bölümü
Dr. Nur YİĞİTOĞLU of Bogazici University was our guest this week. She leaded a mini qualitative research training and then shared her experiences (and suggestions as well) regarding ELT course syllabi. We, ELT department, appreciate her for valuable presentations and thank English lecturers for their participation.
It’s high time to extend our meetings both scope-wise and distance-wise! Therefore, we have given a start to ELTx Talk Series! At our very first ELTx talk, we have ZOOMed into the status quo of the technology in foreign language education in general and ELT in particular. Prof. Dr. Selami Aydın of İstanbul Medeniyet University guided the meeting and shared his valuable knowledge and experience regarding foreign language teachers’ perceptions of computer use for educational purposes. We are looking forward to hosting our next ELTx speaker via ZOOM! Stay tuned!
The meeting, on 16 th of March, was related to integration of technology into curriculum. This integration was evaluated through digital literacy that means ‘access to digital technologies and the ability to use of these technological devices in a correct and conscious way’. Further, we made an effective brain storming session to come up with some ideas regarding how to make use of technology in education more effectively.
Keep in mind: Technology is beneficial as long as it is used consciously !
We hope teachnology can be part of teachers’ teaching repertoire so that they can help improve learners’ learning process by addressing different learning styles of the students.
Now, the differences between research synthesis and meta-analysis are more clear for us. We appreciate Assistant Professor Talip GONULAL for his valuable presentation !
For one of our research assistants, a mini proficiency exam was made to help her overcome her anxieties. It was actually a guiding light.
Thank you all for your support !
As the department of foreign languages, we visited the Dean of Education Faculty. Plans for next semester, studies related to English language department that was going to be opened in 2019 and wishes were mentioned.
Dear Dean, we are grateful for hosting us.
The US RELO (Regional English Language Office) director David FAY and program coordinator Aycan Yaman ESEN visited our department for informing about online classes, education materials and other supports given by RELO. It was also evaluated the facilities for cooperation.
As a result of negotiations, we are planning a workshop for teachers of English and lecturers in Erzincan, probably next summer.
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Especially for writing practice and an opportunity for publication, we selected books to review last month and completed reading them. Today, Asst Prof. Talip GONULAL has made us a presentation about how to write a book review. We thank him for sharing tips about book review process with us. We hope that you will see our book reviews in a journal soon..
In our montly meeting, Tuba IŞIK, one of research assistants in foreign language department made a presentation that would also be presented in the 18th INGED International Conference. It was very informative and enjoyful for all of us.
Another important topic we are working on is a BAP project led by especially Hatice Kübra Koç, research assistant now and assistant professor soon. We tried to embody the process and content of the project in general terms. We hope the project will provide an insight for English language teachers at secondary schools about 5th class new curriculum on foreign language teaching and also inform us about the problems teachers face so that it is possible to produce potential solutions for encountered problems.
Erzincan Binali Yildirim University English Language Teaching (ELT) Department 