Week 11 - Machinima in Language Learning and Teaching
We started our lesson with a question about our favorite emoji and went on with our routine; Mr. Karacan briefly talked about the topics we mentioned from week 1 to week 11. 💬 Then we started with this week's topic; machinima . Apparently, It is a combination of two words; machine and cinema . So, it's a technique that is used to produce animations with video game graphics . The way we, teachers, use machinima in our classes is almost clear. We are material developers; therefore, we need to come up with activities to make our lessons entertaining. Some of the materials the teachers offer are ready-made materials like coursebooks, worksheets but sometimes, these materials do not meet the expectations. Due to that, it is beneficial for teachers to produce their own materials. In order to do that, Mr. Karacan showed us a website to use; teacheranima.com . Teacheranima has many topics on language teaching (link is down below), like we checked out in the lesson. Teachers can easil...