OTHER DIMENSIONS in ELT!

Hello, fan-riends!

 We meet again thanks to another assignment! This one was about integrating enhanced realities in language teaching. I also had the help of my friends in this "Current Issues in ELT" assignment, Asude BAŞKAYA, Baran DOĞU, Serra Mirac DEMİRKOL, and Gülşen DEMİR, which made it a lot easier to prepare the activities and lesson plan.

Our lesson was designed for A2-level high school prep students and focused on exploring Madrid. We guided students through two landmarks (Plaza de la Armería and Almudena Cathedral) and a museum (Prado Museum) using visuals and 360°/virtual tour links. Students answered simple, engaging questions based on what they saw, which helped them practice real-life vocabulary and keep them focused on lesson.

 Overall, we split the activities and lesson plan for 5 people, everyone actively checked and fixed the mistakes of others when necessary, though. I was responsible for the fourth activity and I had problems with decorations of the activity, yet  thanks to Asude my parts were also visually attractive. However, in Türkiye, this type of lesson is not always possible because of school regulations about phone and device use. Also, young students can easily focus on “exploring” and forget the language aim. That’s why AR/VR needs strong, student-friendly tasks that can encourage language use; otherwise, the excitement goes to the technology, not to English.

It was a great experience to see what "other dimensions" can do in language teaching. That is it from me, hope to see you in the next post! Do not hesitate to ask questions in the comment section. 

Take care!

Here is our activities:

AR & VR integrated classroom -