I have two real passions in my life: English and multicultural world. My love for English broke down the substantial political barriers set by my home country’s administration. I’d studied abroad; I’d traveled to dozens of countries every time I fell more and more in love with the colorful multicultural world. Three years ago, I... Continue Reading →

My teaching practice took place in Oulu university of applied sciences. OUAS's administration and practice are legislated by numerous laws enacted by the Finnish government. The central law governing UASs in Finland is the University of Applied Sciences Act 932/2014. In this post, I’ll attempt to closer examine the general provisions of the law and... Continue Reading →

Link to presentation: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1T-PLTnAlLsWvbDsTaJxBgSO-a4p__WhO/view?usp=sharing

My teaching practice took place at Oulu University of Applied Sciences in the departments of automation and mechanical engineering. It lasted six weeks. I prepared and taught eight 90 min (= 16 x45 min) English language lessons and two 135 min (6 x 45 min) intercultural competencies classes. I had two guiding teachers from the... Continue Reading →

Lesson worksheet https://drive.google.com/file/d/10a-74vwGmRjkA6jYnbXDuZAp_AkBW7TT/view?usp=sharing Objectives: By the end of the lesson students will be able to state problems that occur while traveling and learn the functional language for proposing solutions. The students will have extensively practiced technical vocabulary for stating problems in work situations on industrial sites in several communicative activities.  PLANNING AND PREPARATION FOR THE... Continue Reading →

Learning is not the same for everybody in the classroom. Our job is to acknowledge and address the learning needs of all our students so that every student has the same opportunities to learn in class. I haven’t yet had students with a variety of special needs in one classroom, however, during my recent teaching... Continue Reading →

Storytelling is one of the most magnificent teaching methods ESL/ TEFL teachers can use in their classrooms. We use them for listening comprehension, speaking, and writing. Stories bring wisdom and engage students on a deeper level. There is one story I particularly like. Once upon a time, there was a teacher named Nazaradeen. He was... Continue Reading →

Lesson worksheet: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TsK-F_Z1RYLm1D9k4y0H7--F6dWRqT57/view?usp=sharing Objectives: As the correct usage of numbers is of utmost importance in the work of engineers, the main objective of the lesson is to drill usage and pronunciation of numbers, characters, and formulae. By the end of the lesson, students will have gained competence in producing numbers and mathematic formulae by completing... Continue Reading →

Finnish Ministry of Education underlines the purpose of entrepreneurship in education “to direct, develop and steer the measures for promoting entrepreneurship and entrepreneurship education at different levels of education” (Ministry of Education and Culture, n.d., para.7). When I first came across the term of entrepreneurship in education, my mind automatically jumped to a rather narrow... Continue Reading →

Teaching in the age of technological advances means guiding your students’ learning along the lines of the sustainable development policies and practices.  Sustainable development principles are followed on all stages in the Finnish education system. A teacher should be familiar with the sustainable development goals and policies and plan and implement their work in order... Continue Reading →