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How are you dear Elt Days followers? I hope you are healthy and happy. I have been pretty busy with my midterms, so I am a little tired. However, today I am here with lots of beneficial information.  As you know, I am currently on a project and we had our second meeting on Friday via Zoom. I must say, I had a lot of fun!  At the first session of the meeting, we have been introduced a website called  Linoit . It gives you a blank canvas, and then you can stick as many as note cards with your friends, students,etc. Melda teacher had already created a board for us and she wanted us to brainstorm about what could be the story behind that picture. I wanted to show it to you guys but unfortunately I could not find it online. After thinking for a while, she divided us into groups and send us to private rooms to write a story for that picture. She gave us 15 minutes, I guess. But it was not enough of course... It was time consuming to get organised and start writing down some ideas. But once w

   Heeello again from ELT Days... It has been so long since I have posted but as you know it has been such a challenging year for all of us. I hope you are healthy and happy :)) Today, I am here to give you some awesome news.  I have recently joined an online training project named "21st Century Skills" conducted by the researcher Melda Yılmaz. The participants for this project was chosen among seniors of our department. We have been informed about this project by our teacher, Dilek İnal, and she also attends the weekly meetings.We are expected to attend Zoom meetings and comment on the discussed topics. Last Friday, we had our very first meeting  and I will be sharing my experiences, comments and newly learnt items on a weekly basis with you guys.  At our first meeting, after welcoming session, we started by brainstorming about 'Critical Thinking Skills' what does it mean? Who is a weak/strong critical thinker? ? We have been introduced these concepts and the researc