Welcome Post by Yonca :)


Hi everyone !! Welcome to my blog. Let me explain why I opened this blog and what I’m going to share with you. As you can gather from my “about me” section, I’m studying English Language Teaching. In this department, I’m taking a course named “Educational Technologies”. This lesson requires the students to open their own blog and its main aim is for us to create ourselves an online portfolio.

My content will be mostly about English teaching and also the integration of technology into education. So I’m really excited to share my experiences and opinions about these topics. Hopefully you will enjoy reading my posts as much as I will enjoy writing them :) 


                                             

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