WEEK 8 - REFLECTION

A lovely week with great tools...

What I did
Firstly, this week has been really important as we have sent our first drafts for the final project for our partners to refvlect on them and help us improve our reports. Then, I went through the great online tools to generate exercises shared by Donna on our class wiki and loved them, though I found them a bit difficult at first. Then, I prepared a very simple matching exercise on hot potatoes. In the last stage of my online exercise, I shamed on myself as I found it difficult because it was quite easy. The best thing this week maybe ANVILL, which is a toolbox especially to improve oral skill and it includes great tools to motivate students. Jeff gave us a great presentation of the tools but I need some more free time to explore them more. As usual, I shared my opinion about online tools and especially ANVILL on nicenet.

What I Learned

I learned that there is no need to panic. I have been uneasy for some time as there is too much to use online and I have been feeling a bit scared actually. Finding out about ANVILL relieved me as it is a nice collection of online tools fot the biggest problem of language teaching and learning- oral competence. Besides, I learned that there are great tools to generate both online and downloadable exercises. Actually, I knew they exist but I did not know how to use them. Creating my own exercise made me feel happy. Finally, I realised that I will feel lonely the moment this course comes to the end.

How Can I Apply

This week's tools are those that we can freaquently use for variety in class. And especially visual exercise makers are great tools such as pictionaries or visual handouts. I am sure I will prepare hundreds of handouts using these tools and motivate my students. When it comes to ANVILL, ı really want to integrate it in my lessons but of course after getting to know the tools very well.

As I said at the top, another lovely week it has been and I have gained a lot again. Thank you Donna and Jeff.

Nehir