Is It A Goodbye? Maybe, Maybe Not

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Hello to my dear fellows, As you can see from the title of my post, this may be my last post. Or not. I don't know. Maybe, it is just a break.  As you all know I write in this blog because it is a requirement of the Material Design course I take this year. I am supposed to tell you about the tools we have learned to create materials and what I have gone through while using them.  When I first heard this from our teacher Dr Gökçe Kurt Tiftik, it seemed like it would be tiring. But it was not like that at all. Writing here, talking with you, introducing all those tools with my own words... All of them was a great way to learn using those tools. I must say it also develops my English quite a lot. You know my first language is Turkish. ALSO, another plus point is that I feel like an up-to-date person who uses technology while keeping this blog. So we use technology while learning how to use technology to create materials. Isn't it amazing? Sometimes graduating and being a teacher ...
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A Sea of Information- Corpora

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Hello to you my dear fellows,

Now it is time to share my handout with you. If you remember I have spoken of it in my last post and said that I would use a corpus while preparing my handout. 

Here is the fruit of my labour:

I have prepared this with my partner, Rabia Tuğlu. "Was the process of preparing this hard," you will ask. Yes, it was hard at the beginning. Because it was my first time preparing a handout using corpora. 

Then you will ask what corpora is. It is actually "are" because corpora are the plural of the corpus. And a corpus is basically a sea of information that can be used for anything. There are all types of written texts. (Do you know that when preparing a dictionary, people use corpora? I did not know this.) 

We, as teachers, use corpora to prepare language awareness tasks. We make students realize a grammar rule or different cases in which a word can be used. For example, if we want our students to learn the rule for using "would", we simply ask them to go to corpora (it is more complicated than it seems) and let them discover the rule themselves. After we make sure that they discover the rule completely, we give them activities to reinforce their new information. And that is exactly what we have done with my partner Rabia.

The process may seem simple, but you have to think carefully about each step. You have to be careful with every word you use in your handout. Also, the design of your handout is important, as well. 

I believe after I get used to preparing material using corpora, it will be much easier. 

I strongly recommend you all to use a corpus if you want to teach your students a grammar rule or a word pattern. While preparing my handout, I have used Skell which is quite easy for me to use. So it will be easy for your students to use, too. 

This is all I can say about my adventure of preparing a handout using a corpus.

I know it is quite a late hour for posting. Well, it is because I am quite busy these days, my dear fellows. After sharing this post I will go to sleep directly.

For now, see you!
And stay healthy!

P.S: There is no need for me to say it because I know how responsible people you are my fellows. Just in case, please try not to go out often but if you have to, don't forget to wear your mask. 
Love you all!


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