Week 9

Searching, finding articles or sending articles to journals is what we do in our everyday life in academic world. Especially, we all have to follow the journals in order to keep up with the recent developments in or fields. In my country there is a common belief among ELT scholars that they are the ones who send articles to US or UK journals and they claim they do not get a response from the editors or the answer comes too late. Or, some claim that their articles are not published because of prejudice. This week it was my luck that I found answers to those questions by asking Koller and Glass. Thanks Robert for giving us this chance! I wonder if it is possible to contact them when we search for a special thing or before sending an article! 

The second issue was Multiple Intelligences which I pay special attention to. Many people in my country do not receive the necessary education based on their  intelligence and learning style. In fact, they do not receive an intelligent test at all. Many go on their education with their hidden talents. In a class dominated by logical/mathematical dominant students, the musical dominated students will be seen as unable to learn both by the teacher and the other learners. So, teachers should be careful about exploring the students' learning styles and intelligences and should give them a chance to explore their  capacity also. If there are students  with different learning styles, the teacher can use different web sites which address students' needs such as pictures, videos, writing  or musically enriched sites for English learning.

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