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 Welcome back my dear readers ! 

I am Irem, but I like to call myself "polyglot-to-be" As I have already stated this before in one of my previous posts, here I am again to offer you a slightly different perspective and posts this year about foreign language teaching and learning either individually or in a classroom, mainly focused on English as our instructor Mustafa Polat has given us the amazing opportunity to continue this blog page. 

But Irem, how is it going to happen? Let me tell you. 

This year, we change our perspective to a different point than last year. We have already learned that technology is an integral part in our lives and the integration of technology into foreign language education is inevitable. Despite this fact, If you never use technology in your classroom I can guess that the students, right now they may also be called as "digital natives"  will get bored as well. 

However, we will understand the important role of technology, all the key theories that guide us a pathway to integrate the newest technologies, creating lesson plans and materials for our pupils. So, it's not only about "why" we use technology but it is also about "how" to do it in order to increase the efficiency of learning a second language.  As an example, some tools such as Kahoot, Quizlet or Wordwall (which I use quite frequently) can bring the motivation and inspiration students need rather than black and white wr
itten textbooks. As you know, language learning is much more than simple grammar and vocabulary books. 😊

So my dear friends, get ready for an inspiring year, we will learn and enjoy a lot together, 

See you in the next posts 👋



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