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END-OF-THE-TERM COURSE EVALUATION FOR FLE 352 COMMUNITY SERVICE

Strongly Agree (S.A.) Agree
(A) Undecided
(U) Disagree (S.D.) Strongly Disagree
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1. I found useful the community service that I was involved in this semester.



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2. I had difficulty during the community service work.
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If your reply is U, SD or D, a) please explain in what ways you had difficulty? 1.I did not have any difficulty

2. The environment was quite welcoming.


3. The teachers were friendly



4. The facilities were very rich and varied.



b) Please explain which strategies you used to cope with the difficulties that you mentioned? 1. no


2. no


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3. The expectations that I set at the beginning of the term in relation to the course fulfilled now.

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If your reply to Q3 is U, D. or SD, please explain in what ways did the community service work fail to fulfill your expectations?
4. I have developed new understandings and gained new insights related to different aspects of the community through the voluntary work I have been involved in.




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If your reply to Q4 is A or SA, please explain what kind of new understandings or insights did you develop through your voluntary work?
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5. I believe I have really served the community through the voluntary work that I have done this semester.


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If your reply to Q. 5 is A. Or SA, please explain in what ways do you feel you have served the community? 1.


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6. Getting involved in the community service work has changed my thoughts and beliefs related to the community.



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If your reply to Q. 6 is A. Or SA, please explain in what ways do you think the community service work has changed your ideas and beliefs related to the community.
7. I believe the community service that ANAÇEV organizes should go on the way it is.

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8. I think people working at ANAÇEV has a professional attitude towards the community service.


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If your response to Q .8 is A. and SA, in what ways do you think so?
9. I believe ANAÇEV is an effective non-governmental organization.
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If your response to Q9 is A or SA, in what ways do you find the activities of ANAÇEV effective?
10. I liked doing voluntary work for ANAÇEV.
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If your response to Q10 is A or SA, in what ways do you like working for ANAÇEV.
11. I believe that volunteers who work for ANAÇEV are dedicated to helping the community.

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12.I am thinking of going on doing voluntary work in the future.

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13. Doing voluntary work for the benefit of the community was a rewarding experience for me.
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If your response to Q13 is A or SA, in what ways do you find your experience rewarding? 1.


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14. I recommend the course instructor to work with ANAÇEV again in the coming years within the framework of the community service course.

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15. If you think the community service work at ANAÇEV should be changed, please explain in what ways it should change?

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A. Please explain in what ways did you find the community service activity useful?
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Please explain in what ways did you find the community service activity not useful?


That it is a private institution and it is strict about how the lessons are carried out, there is little space for students who go there, and they have little chance to contribute and do a real community service

C. What would you like to do next if you were to go on the community service work that you have just finished?

I do not think I will have time.

D. If you had the chance, what would you like to change in the community service work that you have been involved in?

No


F. What is the most challenging aspect of the voluntary community service work that you have observed so far?

It was challenging for me to adapt myself to the institution, its rules and regulations.


What is the most rewarding aspect of the voluntary community service work that you have observed so far?

I have learnt how to work with young learners

Ceyda Cengiz the overall evaluation of Anaçev

I would like to say that it has been a great experience for me to go to Anaçev due to many reasons. First of all, it gave me the opportunity to see how it was in practise to be a teacher. I have seen that it was not easy at all. I have learned how I could manage a classroom, what students need, and how they should be treated to help them learn. Second of all, I have developped some very beneficial idea about how to teach to young learners. I have recognized what they like, how they like learning and how I can take their interest and attention to English. I have learnt how to deal with misbehaviours and how to make my voice heard by every kid. I have learnt that with kids, I should be the authority, who knows when to be serious and when to smile. Moreover, I learnt what kinds of activities are good for kids, and what is most useful and applicable for them. I can also say that I have learnt how it is to work in a private institution, what challenges and advantages wait for me if I work at such a place. All my opinions are positive about my experience and I am really glad that I went there. However, I beleive that there are a few things that can be improved. The students going there may be given more responsibility and role so that students may practise more and learn in a more effective way. The reason is that as I have noted earlier, the strictness in the institution may hinder the students to participate and benefit from that experience.

Ceyda Cengiz Reflection 3

Here I am going to talk about my role in the institution, what I have done and how I interacted with the kids. Before starting, there is one thing that needs to be made clear. Our institution Anaçev differed from other Anaçevs in that it was a private institution and had a fixed schedule for the teaching time. Every class had their teachers and the days and hours for any lesson or activity were fixed and strict. The director of Anaçev told us in the first day that the kids had their own English teachers, and had two days: wednesday and friday for English classes. Therefore, our duty was not to teach English but to help the teacher carry out the activities. However, despite the strict attitude of the director, the general teacher of my class and the English teacher had a very positive attitude towards me and when I told them that I wanted to experience working with young learners and prepare activities for them, they were very understanding and they allowed me to do it. Therefore, I tried to do my best in order to benefit from such a chance.
I have been to Anaçev for seven weeeks and I am going to summarise the activities that I have carried out in my class every week. The orders may be wrong, but the activities were done in the way I describe. In the first three weeks, the class made their rehearsal for the show on friday and had their English classes on Wednesday. In the first week, I taught them: Hello, hi, My name is……, Nice to meet you..,etc. I have modeled these and then I wanted them to introduce themselves in this way to the person next to them. I gave all the instructions in English in a simple way, by using English very little, but my body language a lot. I monitored them, by going to every kid, and helping them when they needed help. In the second week, I taught them the colors. Actually, some kids knew the colors, some were familiar with them but some did not know anything. Since their levels were varied, I felt the need to teach them from the beginning. I started with a song in order to take kids’ attention and to make them familiar with the words. Then I selected one kid and we showed the colors of the clothes he wore and remembered the color and then we played a game. In the third week, we learnt ‘days’’, in the fourth ‘seasons’, in the fifth ‘fruits’, in the sixth ‘animals’ and, in the seventh ‘on, in, under,etc.’ I have not specified which activities I have prepared for them here, but I can say that they were built mostly on songs, games, competitions and physical activities.

Ceyda Cengiz: Reflection 2

Reflection 2
I can easily say that Anaçev provided the students with a very good education. The kids did not spend anytime without doing anthing, and they were all very busy with doing something all the time. In addition to the time they spent in their classrooms, the kids had the chance to select special activities and improve themselves with the sport or kind of art they enjoyed doing. The kids had many options to choose. Tennis, piano and ballet were the most preferred ones. The students also played chess, and they had even competitions in which they could compete and show their skills. The boys generally preferred tennis while the girls liked ballet. The tennis and ballet courses were on Friday and lasted one and half an hour. There were also many competitions between the kids in the field of tennis. The ballet girls had a show at the end of the term, for which they had rehearsels every friday. Other than those, they had English classes on two days, wednesday and friday. The English teacher was a very friendly one, whom the kids liked very much. The English classes were very fun and colorful thanks to the creative and fun acitivities the English teacher provided the students. On Wednesday, the kids generally learnt English while they made their rehearsals for the end-of –the-term show on Friday. In theshow, each kid had a role, one was a banana, other butterfly, etc. ,they had their costumes and a few sentences to say in English. (I will provide the video of the kids making a rehearsal) Although the kids got prepared for this show on Fridays in the first few weeks, they changed it to Wednesday so that I could find the opportunity to see how English was taught to the kids, what activities the teacher prepared for them, and how they learnt English. It was clear to me that the English teacher knew how to teach to young learners. He was very friendly, and smiling but he also knew how and when to intervene. He had many creative activities that students liked very much. While learning English, the kids had fun. The teacher included many games, songs, and physical actions into his teaching English. He benefited from TPR, in which the kids spent all their energy and became active. With songs and games, the kids learnt unconsciously without being aware that they learn something. The teacher focused on vocabulary teaching, and taught the kids English vocabulary : colors, animals, fruits, etc. most of the time. Only grammar I saw him teaching may be the prepositions: in, on, under,etc. While teaching vocabulary, he generally used flashcards on which there were the pictures of the words, and he organized games with those flashcards. He asked the kids questions about the words, and it was very good to see that all the students were very attentive and comfortable to be the volunteer. It was obvious that they liked learning English. In addition to vocabulary, the kids also practised their listening skills. They had a tv room and they watched English cartoons there. (It was not on friday).One more thing that I want to point out is that the teacher did not make them to produce any language, or oblige them to speak. Therefore the kids learnt English in a stress-free way.

Ceyda Cengiz: reflection 1

Reflection 1

I would like to write my 3 progress reports in the following order. In reflection one, I am going to talk about the institution and I am going to describe the environment in that institution. In reflection two, I am going to talk about the students, teachers, what and how they learn, etc. In reflection three, I am going to talk about my role in the institution, what contributions I have made, etc. Finally, in the reflection for end-of-semester, I am going to evaluate the overall aspects of my experience going to Anaçev, its advantages, disadvantages, and its aspects that could be improved.

To begin with, I have been to Anaçev, a private institution in Ümitköy thoroughout the semester and I have been there for 28 hours. I went there on Fridays between the hours of 8.00 and 12.00. My kids were 6 years old. In the kindergarten, there were many kids between the ages of 3-6. The class size was around 15-20. Every class had at least 2 teachers except the special activity teachers. The director of the institution was a strict but a really good one at her job, the teachers all respected her and everything flew in an organized way in the institution thanks to the order. Since it was a private institution, I can say that everything that kids needed was ready for them. The facilities were very good. The kids had their class, cafeteria, play rooms, ballet, piano rooms and a show room which was for special events and meetings. In the class, the students had many games, pencils, materials, story books, etc. Not only the facilities but also the teachers were very good at their job, as well. They knew how to deal with the kids, and how to arrange a positive learning environment for them. The other personnel was also very kind, and helpful. The kids arrived the kindergarten around 8.00-8.30 every morning and stayed there till 5.30-6.00 every day. I observed that although they were too young, they got used to the environment and adapted themselves easily to their teachers and friends. The kids did not really display much misbehaviour, they obeyed the rules and their teachers. To sum up, I can easily say that the facilities, the environment, the quality of the teachers, and everything was designed in such a way that thekids could learn and spend their time effectively in a happy mood.