USE DUOLINGO, BE MULTILINGO:)

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Hi!!!

Today I will introduce you a programme that enables you to learn other languages by using  mobile devices. There are many programmes and apps that help you learn a language on your own. Some of them focus on pronunciation, while others focus on grammar and also some of them, like Duolingo, focus on all the lingustic skills at the same time. So, It is one of my favourite apps for learning a new language.

 First of all, it is free. This means you can reach it without any effort. Just download it from play store or app store, then enter your mail address and enjoy the lessons. But do not forget to select which language do you want to learn:) 

There are levels throughout the lessons and upper levels unlock when you study your daily task. It involves listening, speaking, writing and inevitably reading skills. In a lesson,you practise all these skills and I strongly think it hepls you.

                 

There are also different categories related to daily need of the language and througout these lessons you learn what you need for communicating with others in an easy way and limited time

 

In this application, learners are always active; they produce sounds , write words, fill in the blanks, translate the sentences ad so on. By using this app, I think you can express yourself apprehensibly in a conversation. Does it sounds effective? If so, try it!!! 

MISSION: DIGITAL STORYTELLING!!!

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 Today, It is pretty hard for anyone to be away from technology, as it effects our lives in many ways.Even this blog is a benefit of technology. And today, I will introduce another technological tool for you; diigital storytelling. It is a way of conveying both the sound and the image spontaneously. Here is my adventure of digital storytelling process. Hope it would be efficient for you to understand the usage of DS.

 First of all, it is essential for us to have a program for it. We used "Animaker" with my friend Gülsüm. We chose it because there limited programmes that are free. Animaker is not completely free as there are limited things that can be used while preparing the video. Yet, we did it despite many challenges.  Animaker is an easy and handy program as it has all the thing one need while  making digital storytelling. There are avatars, background images, facial expressions and many other things that one can need. You wil just choose what you want and apply it on your video. But, you should plan your story step by step for not having trouble.

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 İt is also important whom you will work with.  I worked with Gülsüm my classmate, and being in pair made us help each other. We tried doing our best although We both had no idea how to do at first. By searching and examining the program, we created a digital story told by us.
However, I do not know whether it is beneficial or not for students to do it on their own. As, it requires instruction from teachers. Unless teachers explain what to and how to do them clearly, students can not cope with it. So, teachers should be aware of the difficulty of this work and do what they have to. Otherwise, it will be a time-comsuming and boring activity for students...
Hpoe it would be explanatory for you... See u for now...
Here is the link of our digital story: The New Friendship

"UsingEnglish" for learning English...

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    Again mee:) But, today I am here with a new task: introducing a website teaching English.
  Today , English is the most learned language around the world and there are numerous ways for learning it. Online learning is one of the options but I am not sure if it is beneficial. Well, It depends on from which site we learn it. Usingenglish.com is one of the site that effects our learning positively. It is general English language site
, specialising in ESL with a wide range of resources for learners and teachers of English. Much of the site uses British English but there are contributors from other countries, too.
The main purpose of the site is to teach English effectively.The site contains activities like English tests, exams, articles and many more things. Actually, it is better for teacher as it provides source for them. Teachers can use these sources in their lessons and this makes them enrich their lessons.

For using the site, you must sign in it and you should explain why you will use it. Also, you have to define whether you are student or teacher so that it can give you right intructions about what to do.
 One points that I do not like about the site is it's  visual quality as there is nothing appealing to me when I first look at the home page. Everything has an order but not looking charming. Maybe background would be more colourful. But, this is not a big deal as the content is much more important.
When it comes to applying it in the classroom as a teacher, I would recommend it as it has many avtivities for teachers. They can use tests for testing the students or articles for reading comprehension and so on.
As a conclusion, this and these kind of sites are available in the internet and they can be used for learning and teaching activities in the classoom environments or at home. They assist us in many aspects and if we want to be memorable and "teacher" teachers we should find new and applicaple ways for teaching English and as our time requires, we have to be more technological and use these kinds of tools.