About Me

 




HI, EVERYONE!

    This is Furkan and I am 20. I've been studying at the English Language Teaching Department of Marmara University for two years. 

    I was born in Afyonkarahisar but, I am from Ankara. When you read that sentence, you are probably thinking like that how is that possible? I don't have an exact answer for this. I just feel like in this way because Ankara is the city where all my relatives live, my parents were born in also I've spent my years. 

    I love playing the piano, which is a kind of life-saving activity for me. I mean, whenever I feel sad if I play piano, it makes me happier. 

    That is my second experience in writing blogs. I created a blog first time four years ago for our class, for the activities that we had done from the beginning to the last day of the year. Our teacher was teaching us through the direct method, which was a beneficial activity for us. 

    In this blog, you'll encounter with my assignments and activities for our class of Educational Technologies. I hope you'll enjoy it!

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