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1. Poems
2. Memories of an EFL Course
3. Love's is Behind the Watchmaker's Pocket
Muge Koksoy
Müge Köksoy is a teacher and teacher trainer at Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey. She is an English Language and Literature graduate and holds an RSA Diploma (DOTE). She has been teaching for 27 years and helping inexperienced teachers at Bilkent for twelve years.
Please fill in the blanks to complete the poem.
(Answers may vary)
A(n) ______ Lesson
by Müge Köksoy
(Bell rings. A deep breath)
Good ______. Settle ______.
Present; ______.
Listen; look; write; repeat _______ me.
Do you _______?
Good. Example?
Well… Be careful!
Yes! Well ______!
Raise your ______.
You; you; you…
Look ______ the board.
Ask ______ partner.
_____ volunteers?
Speak _____, please.
(Bell rings) Good ______.
It's just ______ day!
A Paradox
by Müge Köksoy
We come from the womb
Only to go into a tomb;
While in between
We philosophize about life,
And language teaching!
Memories of an EFL Course
Paul Bress
Remember the students' names
Remember their nationalities
Remember to tell them this and that
Remember to bring all your hand-outs
Remember to fill in the register
Remember to record what you've taught
Remember to follow the programme
Remember the code for the staffroom and photocopier
Remember your username and password
Remember to check your emails
Remember to attend staff meetings
Remember what you're told to do there
Oh, I almost forgot
Remember to live
Love's is behind the watchmaker's pocket
Mike Shreeve
I saw this morning's yearning
Turn to a sunset that is burning
Through the night time of silence
Frozen polar stars hold their pulses
And in the in-between of spinning
And the drawing of the night time breath
Every moment is the beating of a cosmic heart
And every substance exists in love and dies a loving death to
See the morning's yearning and the cloud's unknowing burning
And watch its catching breath
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