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Ar and Vr: What are These?   AR (Augmented Reality) and VR (Virtual Reality) are innovative technologies that enhance language learning by making it more engaging and interactive. AR adds digital content to the real world, while VR offers fully immersive virtual environments. Their most important advantage in learning is that they can provide students with a realistic and authentic context, unlike the artificial classroom environment. The disadvantages of these include the difficulties in implementing it in classrooms with limited technology resources, as well as the possibility that virtual reality experiences would lead to learners addiction. Creating an  VR Integrated Teaching Material In this assignment, we created VR-integrated instructional materials focused on marine pollution. The worksheet consists of five steps: 1) a 360-degree video introducing marine pollution, giving students a realistic experience, 2) another video exploring the causes of marine polluti...

  Hello everyone!  Today, I’m excited to share my experience of designing and creating a flipped classroom video specifically for teaching vocabulary. So let's get started! What is a Flipped Classroom?   A flipped classroom is an instructional approach where students engage with new material at home, typically through videos or readings, and then apply that knowledge in class through interactive activities. This method promotes active learning and allows for more personalized instruction during class time. However, it requires students to be self-motivated and have access to necessary technology for out-of-class learning. Flipped Classroom Assignment and Procedure   In this Assignment, we made a 3-minute flipped classroom vocabulary teaching video. The target audience of the video was 5th graders. We used the 5th grade MEB book to choose the words and theme. The most challenging part of this assignment was creating and editing an animation video because it ...

Introduction  Hello again! Have you ever wondered how to make English lessons more engaged and connected to the real life? Thanks to the technology, there are many opportunities arise for both teachers & learners to provide meaningful context. Today, I'll share how my colleagues and I adapted one of them, corpus research, into a lesson plan. So for the curious minds, let's get started! The Task &  Design Process For this assignment, we prepared a lesson plan based on the ASSURE model, focusing on the correct use of many and much.  The material we designed for the lesson combines vocabulary from the Party unit in the MEB high school preparatory book with authentic examples from corpus-based research.  Additionally, we used Canva to engage students and avoid a boring worksheet.   In the worksheet we designed, we followed the steps of 'Ma et al. (2021) propose 4 design principles for corpus-based learning and teaching materials'. Relatedly, there ...