06.03.2019 tarihinde Üniversitemiz Merkez Kampüs Kongre ve Kültür Merkezi Ana Salonda, Bölümümüz öğretim üyesi Dr. Mustafa Kırca’nın “EF Education First” ile yürüttüğü işbirliği sonucunda “Teacher on the Road” adlı eğitim programı düzenlenmiştir. Programa İngiltere’den katılan Damian O’Connell, öğrencilerimiz ile örnek bir ders yapmış ve onların ilgilerini çekecek ve İngilizce öğrenme isteklerini artıracak “Pronunciation using the “third ear” how to identify sounds and how to reproduce them also using the phonetic chart” konulu inter-aktif bir ders sunumu gerçekleştirmiştir; ardından eğitimcinin eğitimi kapsamında “How to add more depth to vocabulary learning and how first language speakers and second language speakers learn new vocabulary differently” konulu İngilizce öğretim elemanlarına yönelik yine inter-aktif bir “workshop” çalışması gerçekleştirilmiştir.
Mütercim-Tercümanlık Bölümü öğrencilerinin ve hocalarının tamamının katıldığı bu program, öğrencilerimizin dinlemekten zevk aldığı ve akademik açıdan yararlandığı bir etkinlik olmuştur.
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Also, he was really good-humored, making us laugh several times. It was an interactive speech, he asked several questions to us, inviting some people to the stage and he walked around the hall all the time. It was fun watching and listening to him and also it was educative.
Rana Zengingönül, Senior student
Çankaya University Translation and Interpreting Studies Department
Damian O’Connell, as Scholar on the Road, brings creativity and humor to
English language acquisition and expansion. No student will forget to
use their ‘third eye’ in improving pronunciation and vocabulary
building.
Yvonne Perches, Instructor
Çankaya University Translation and Interpreting Studies Department