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Using short film in the lower secondary language classroom
The recording of my talk, entitled ”Using short film in the lower secondary language classroom” at IATEFL YLTSIG 2019 Web Conference, Day 2
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Me, Myself and Dublin
It was one of my dreams to go to Ireland and luckily I had the opportunity to fulfill this dream combining a conference attendance and a short city break. Being a fan of Irish writers, on Friday I spent seeing the city which was an extraordinary experience for me. I started the day visiting James…
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Thought, Impressions, Inspirations from #Bett2015
I was in London to attend Bett Show 2015 last week. Presenting at Bett was a great experience but being there, visiting the exhibition was even greater than that. The moment I stepped into the venue, I realized this was something I was not ready to experience but a few minutes later I got used…
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My Reflections on #SLTEP, an Inspiring Train the Trainer Program
This was not the first train the trainer course I attended but may be the magic was the magicians I (we) met there. I attended SLTEP, a two-week train the trainer program ran by Sabanci University School of Languages. With our amazing tutors, Deniz Kurtoglu Eken, Meral Guceri and Sharon Celtek, we dived into the…
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I’ll be presenting at #RSCON 2013
Yet another promising weekend is waiting for the educators all around the world. I’m thrilled to present at 4th Reform Symposium. Have a look at the list of the presentations here I’ll talk about the e-project we started last year at school. My students worked in groups, searched, read and then we organized 3…
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ISTEK ELT Chronicles, Year 3
Day 1 Plenaries: Even a week before the conference I was excited as I knew what was expecting me… Two days of professional Development with people I admire, with people I share a lot. The day came with an extraordinary opening: A show of drawing pictures with sand and my mind already focused on P.D…
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ISTEK ELT 2013, Ideas for Monday
[slideshare id=20657171&w=427&h=356&fb=0&mw=0&mh=0&style=border: 1px solid #CCC; border-width: 1px 1px 0; margin-bottom: 5px;&sc=no] Istek elt ideas for monday, jazzing up your class with music from Eva Buyuksimkesyan Handouts: https://www.box.com/embed/2p5fi1bya54cy1o.swf https://www.box.com/embed/cjd1vlub8r7j56i.swf Some more ideas on my blog on using songs and music in the classroom http://evasimkesyan.edublogs.org/2012/08/03/beatlesmania/ https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AnayGhctnQeddHlvaEIxTFJmeDd0eWk0dXlDLTV6aHc&hl=en#gid=2 http://evasimkesyan.edublogs.org/2011/01/21/using-songs-by-anna-musielak/ http://evasimkesyan.edublogs.org/2011/01/04/songs-in-efl-classroom/ http://evasimkesyan.edublogs.org/2011/01/17/lemon-tree-an-activity-for-tomorows-class/
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Last minute preparations for #sswebcon
YOU are a story absorber and a story teller Andrew Wright At the moment, I’m working on the bios of the presenters, moderator roles, taking some notes, etc… Howevere, as usual, I have things around me to distract my attention. I came across with the article written by Andrew Wright and then I just came here…
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IATEFL Chronicles, Year 2, Last post
This time two weeks ago I was in Glasgow. I was both excited and nervous as this would be my first presentation at IATEFL. Although I had presented at many conferences in the past three years, just after stepping into blogging, twitter and social media, yet IATEFL was something else. A dream, a last stop,…
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Motivation and Inspiration
Why do we attend seminars and conferences? After the very successful ISTEK seminar, I’ve been thinking why we should attend seminars and conferences. I’ve been teaching for 21 years. I haven’t attended any IATEFL conferences yet but it is one of my dreams. I hope it will become true one day. However, I try to…