ELT Journal

Have you ever tasted the delicious food from South India? This unique  cuisine  has a fascinating history. It has become an important part of India’s rich  heritage . Let’s explore how this food culture has developed over thousands of years. History of South Indian Cuisine: Ancient Roots        South Indian food has been around for over 4000 years.  Traditionally , farmers have grown rice and lentils in the river valleys. People have cooked with coconut oil and milk for centuries because coconuts grow well in that region. Also, people have served meals on banana leaves for a long time. This practice remained a healthy and eco-friendly habit. Influence of Trade, Religion, and Dynasties Trade and religion have significantly shaped Indian cuisine. Traders took spices like black pepper to Europe, Arabia, and China. In return, the Portuguese brought vegetables like tomatoes, chilies, and potatoes in the 16th century. Temples also played an important ro...

Greetings everyone, this will be the last post of this blog because the semester has finished. When I look back, I can see a lot of improvements about my digital literacy and material creation skills. This blog was created for my ICT course and I continued to use it for my new course “Current Issues In Education.” This post will be about the reflection of the course. My Opinions About The Course: Well, for starters, this course emphasizes the technology usage in language classrooms, which is always a strength in my book. Overall, there were not any weaknesses in the course. However, the example tools in the instructions could be more suitable for university students as most of them were blocked by a pay wall. I find this course to be a easy one because I am always interested in technology. The only difficulty I have found is the material design only because it takes a lot of time. My most favorite task was flipped classroom assignment. Although that task was the hardest, I find it more...

Greetings everyone, I am back with another post! Today we have been assigned to create an material based on artificial intelligence usage in the classroom. Once again, I teamed up with Ahmet Alper Aydoğdu , Mihriban Çizme , and Rabia Çimen (check out their blogs as well!) for the assignment. You can find our AI-based material and its ASSURE lesson plan at the end of this post! The Design Process: The design process was easy, because we already have experience about the material and lesson plan creation, about the tools which we have utilised, and also about AI from the last semester. Once again, we have utilized Canva for the material design because of its simple user interface and its accessibility. Concluding Marks: Overall, I enjoyed the process because now I can see that I am more capable in lesson plan and material design than I have anticipated. As much as I liked the process, I crave to hear about your opinions. So feel free to share your ideas down below. I hope you have a wo...

  Greetings, everyone, and welcome back to another post! This week, we were required to create material that utilizes augmented reality for our Current Issues in Education course. Before discussing the design process, I want to discuss the assignment itself. We were required to be in groups, so once again, I grouped with Ahmet Alper Aydoğdu , Mihriban Çizme , and Rabia Çimen (check out their blogs as well!) to complete the assignment. You can find our AR-based material, as well as the ASSURE model lesson plan, at the end of this post! The Planning Process: After we were assigned, two choices were given; we either had to create an AR/VR-based material that focused on a global problem or a city with its landmarks. Why did we choose the second option? We chose the second option because we were interested in teaching different cultures and enhancing cultural enrichment. The Design Process: The design process went smoother than we had anticipated. The tool that we used to create our wo...