Google Alerts in TEFL

Google Alerts is a content change detection and notification service for google users. It searches blogs, web pages and news in accordance with users search terms and notifies when it finds the results via email. This app of Google could effectively be used in TEFL context . Students can create alerts that interests them , or they can create alerts related to topic of their homework, course, or they can use it as an authentic way of learning the language by reading the sources that they are interested. As future teachers, we need to be aware that keeping students and ourselves up to date is one of the most important things we must do in this constantly changing technological environment. Apps such as Google Alerts may help us both to inform our students and ourselves with these developments in the technology, language learning and teaching.

Rolling in the Deep

Rolling in the Deep

Gap-fill exercise

Fill in all the gaps, then press "Check" to check your answers. Use the "Hint" button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. You can also click on the "[?]" button to get a clue. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints or clues!

There's a starting in my heart
Reaching a fever pitch, it's me out the dark
Finally I can see you crystal clear
[Clean version:] Go 'head and sell me out and I'll lay your ship bare
[Explicit version:] Go 'head and sell me out and I'll lay your shit bare
See how I leave with every piece of you
Don't the things that I will do

There's a fire starting in my heart
a fever pitch
And it's bringing me out the dark

The of your love remind me of us
They keep me that we almost had it all
The scars of your love, they leave me
I can't help feeling
We have had it all
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
Rolling in the deep
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
You had my inside of your hand
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
And you played it, to the beat
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)

Baby, I have no story to be told
But I've heard one on you
And I'm gonna make your head burn
Think of me in the of your despair
Make a home down there
As mine sure won't be shared

(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
The scars of your love remind me of us
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
They keep me thinking that we had it all
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
The scars of your love, they leave me breathless
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
I can't help feeling
We could have had it all
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
in the deep
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
You had my heart inside of your hand
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
And you played it, to the beat
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
We could have had it all
Rolling in the deep
You had my heart inside of your hand
But you played it, with a beating

Throw your soul through every open door (woah)
Count your blessings to find what you look for (woah)
Turn my sorrow into treasured gold (woah)
You'll pay me back in kind and reap just what you sow (woah)
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
We could have had it all
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
We could have had it all
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
It all, it all, it all
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)

We could have had it all
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
Rolling in the deep
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
You had my heart inside of your hand
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
And you played it to the beat
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)

We could have had it all
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
Rolling in the deep
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
You had my heart inside of your hand
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)

But you played it
You played it
You played it
You played it to the beat.

Teaching in the Future

When I start teaching , I don't think there will be lots of problems regarding the use of technology. Because when we look at how technology is being integrated to teaching , we can see that it is constantly developing and new students which we call the Generation Z are already adapted to technology . They are born into technlogy, so I don't think there will be problems with the use of technology regarding the students. But there may be some problems about the institutions such as lack of financial support. We know that not every region of the Turkey, are in the same level in terms of economy.It may take time for some places or institutions to catch up with the latest advancements in the technology , but eventually they will come around. I have a very optimistic view about teaching and learning in the past. Because as the time passes we are actually improving ourselves. The best example of this is that teachers' roles swiched from an authoritative figure to mentor or a facilitator.Students now are more able to do things themselves while they are learning. In the future , I believe , these kind of advancements will take place much more effectively since we will understandt how students acquire knowledhe and what teachers should be doing to help them learn more effectively.