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A Flipped Learning Experience: Teaching the Simple Present Tense
- Tufan GÜRÜLTÜ
- Dec 1
- 2 min read
Updated: 16 hours ago
The flipped classroom approach reverses the traditional flow of language teaching. Students receive the instructional content before class, usually through a video, and class time becomes a space for practice.
This is especially practical for language classrooms because students can pause and review explanations on their own. The downside is simple. If students do not watch the video, the entire lesson collapses. Still, when it works, it gives a far richer learning experience than the usual board centered explanation.
For our Current Issues in Teaching course, Demirali, Zeynep, Özgür and I created a flipped lesson on the simple present tense for preparatory level learners at A1 and A2. We focused on positive, negative and question forms while also introducing the meaning of SPT. Working with friends is enjoyable, but coordinating ideas, time, and workflow is something we clearly need to refine. Even so, we managed to produce a lesson I am genuinely satisfied with.
With the support of our instructor Doç Dr Gökçe Kurt Tiftik, we refined the entire lesson by underlining important sections and adding uppercase emphasis where needed. These adjustments strengthened the clarity and the overall flow of the material.
We prepared our lesson plan using Google Documents. For the instructional video, we edited everything through CapCut. Canva helped us design clean visuals that matched the tone of our explanation. Wordwall supported the task based parts of the lesson through quizzes and jumbled word activities. These tools made the flipped format more engaging and more structured than a standard grammar lesson.
CapCut gave us an easy editing experience. Canva ensured visual clarity. Wordwall allowed us to create quick tasks that fit the flow of our flipped design. Each tool supported a different stage, and together they created a lesson that feels complete and effective.
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