Hello there, my Dear Reader!
I am back with a new task and a new concept for you. Have you ever heard of the Flipped Classroom Approach? It’s a teaching method where we flip the traditional instruction-homework dynamic for our classroom. So, instead of presenting the topic in the classroom and assigning homework for practice, we assign the instruction as homework and spend our in-class time with practice! Interesting, right?
I think the flipped classroom approach can work wonders in an EFL classroom. One of the most challenging parts of learning a foreign language, in my opinion, is the lack of opportunities to actually use the language. In fact, I actually believe that I was able to learn English in high school purely because I was a fangirl and that gave me opportunities to practice outside of the classroom(perks of being a nerd). But what about other students who had only been presented with rules in the classroom without any chance to actually use those rules? Well, with the flipped classroom technique, we can assign the instruction part as home learning and use all of the precious in-class time for activities to USE the language!
Sounds wonderful in theory, doesn’t it? I got a little taste of what a flipped classroom might mean for a teacher in practice, too, haha. And my verdict: Totally worth it! I can definitely try flipping my classrooms in the future.
My classmates and I were tasked to create an instructional video to be used for a flipped classroom. We chose a basic topic: Simple Present Tense. It turns out it wasn’t that basic or simple. I never realised how many rules there were for the Simple Present Tense! until I sat down and tried to write our script.
But overall, it was a really fun activity. I worked with Buse Beyaz, Cemile Elena Çetinkaya, and Melis Açıkkaya (aka my default group for projects like this, haha). We have worked together for so many group projects at this point, so we work like a well-oiled machine. We did everything together, I believe. A shout-out and thank you to all of them! Love you guys!
Our one and only problem was editing the video. None of us knows any editing other than basically putting recordings together, so one can literally see and hear how amateur we all are. Regardless, I am really proud of our video! With its wonky audio and unsynchronised parts and all!
We used Canva for the visuals, Vocaroo for audio recording, OBS Studio for screen recording, and Capcut for editing. We used Kahoot! for designing an accompanying practice to the video and again, Canva to design a worksheet.
You can watch our flipped classroom instruction video by clicking here.
Reach the Kahoot! the quiz we made for home practice here.
And of course,
Our ASSURE modeled lesson plan can be reached by clicking here.
This was definitely an experience I will remember and cherish for a long time!
Waiting for your comments here and on YouTube!
See you next time!
with love, Bea xx
