Fenerbahçe maçından sonra uykumuz geldi ve saat 10.00 olmadan belki de uyuduk ve gece de 03.00 gibi uyandık dostlarım... :)
Fenerbahçe 1-1 Roma
Dün sadece 3 saat çalışabilmiştik bakalım bugün kaç saat çalışacağız, onu 9 saate taşıyabilir miyiz? Hiç zannetmem... :) Çünkü baş ağrımız ve rahatsızlığımız mevcut... :)
Arkadaşlar az önce English Academy'ye bir mesaj attım bir dil okulu İzmit ve Sakarya'da bulunan... :)
Eğer babamı da ikna edersem ve makul bir fiyat da verirlerse 10 haftalık yazılmayı düşünüyorum... Haftada 15 saat 10 hafta eder toplamda 150 saatlik eğitim... :)) 40000 TL derlerse ve 10 taksit de yaparlarsa bence gayet makul olur eğer babamı da ikna edebilirsem Eylül için şu an 11 Eylül 2026 arkadaşlar... Chatgpt de 40.000 TL makul dedi böyle bir kurs için... :)) 35.000 TL çok iyi fiyat dedi 40000 TL makul dedi chatgpt böyle bir kurs için, elbette one and one aramıyorum sınıf ile beraber uyar bana her türlü... :)) Hemen 14 Eylül Pazartesi başlarım tam 10 haftalık yoğun TOEFL İngilizce Kursu, hafta içi 3'er saatten tam 15 saat haftada... :)) Mail attım az önce, bir de İngilizce Seviye Tespit Sınavlarını yaptım 60 soruluk onun da yanıtını bekliyorum... :))) Bana çabuk dönüş yaparlar inşallah... Writinge çok çalışmalıyım çünkü en düşük o geldi... :) 4 / 6 Reading, 2.5 / 6 Listening, 1.5 / 6 Writing ve 4 / 6 Speaking geldi sınav puanı olarak... Boğaziçi için hepsini 4.5 / 6 yapmalıyız 10 haftada... :)) Artık Boğaziçi bunu kabul ediyormuş 4.5+ / 6 from all parts for TOEFL... :)
Aslında ben Boğaziçi'nin son proficiency'sinde 2018 yılında sadece writing'den geçmiştim ama TOEFL Writing kazık biraz özellikle build e sentence kısmı, 35 saniyede cevaplamamız gerekiyormuş her soruyu, çoğu yetişmedi sınavda ve son academic discussion'ını da tam çakamadım ve bu yüzden 1.5 geldi gele gele writing'ten... :)) Toefl Practice.io'ya üye oldum zaten 24$'a 1 aylık oradan yapıyorum bol bol alıştırma... :) Belki 3 aya uzatırım onu... :))
Şöyle bir şey düşünüyorum arkadaşlar bu kurs çalışması:
Pazartesi: 1/2s All Ears English Listening, 1/2s TOEFL Practice Listening, 1/2s Praktika Speaking, 1/2s Toefl Practice Speaking, 1s Cesur Öztürk Building Skills For Proficiency
Salı: 1/2 s The Times U.K Reading, 1/2s TOEFL Practice Reading, 1,5 s TOEFL Practice Writing, 1/2s Chatgpt Writing
Çarşamba: 1/2s All Ears English Listening, 1/2s TOEFL Practice Listening, 1/2s Praktika Speaking, 1/2s Toefl Practice Speaking, 1s Cesur Öztürk Building Skills For Proficiency
Perşembe: 1/2 s The Times U.K Reading, 1/2s TOEFL Practice Reading, 1,5 s TOEFL Practice Writing, 1/2s Chatgpt Writing
Cuma: 1/2s All Ears English Listening, 1/2s TOEFL Practice Listening, 1/2s Praktika Speaking, 1/2s Toefl Practice Speaking, 1s Cesur Öztürk Building Skills For Proficiency
Cumartesi: 1 TOEFL FULL LENGTH TEST 2s (Ya ayrı ayrı bölümleri birleştirerek, ya da gerçek denemeler de ayrıca, ve samplelar da olabilir, ücretsiz 2 deneme daha vardı zaten, belki TOEFL Smart dahi alırım), 1s Listening (1s All Ears English) , 3 hours game project for graduation
Pazar: 1s Speaking (1s Praktika), 1s Writing (1s Chatgpt), 1s Reading (The Times U.K), 3 hours game project for graduation
Yani dostlarım 150 saat kursta, 150 saat hafta içi evde ve 60 saat de hafta sonu İngilizce için çalışabilirsek eder bize totalde 360 saat... :) Zaten şimdilik de Pazartesi'ye kadar nereden baksak 40 saat çalışıyor oluruz inşallah son zamanda... Cuma-Cumartesi ve Pazarımız var yani... :) Kabaca yaklaşık 400 saatlik bir çalışma ile işi bitirmeliyiz dostlarım... :))) Son dönemde kabaca 25-30 saat kadar İngilizce çalışmışızdır, 28 saat desek ona, bu 3 günde de 4'er saat çalışsak eder bizi +40 saat daha ve totaldede yaklaşık 400 saatlik çalışma eder inşallah... :)) 400 saatlik çalışma ile de Boğaziçi'ne girilmesi lazım bence... :)) Boğaziçi'ne başlarken bile intermediate'dim ben çünkü... :)) Upper-intermediate civarlarında sıkıştım... :)) Advanced olmalıyım hatta C1 ve hatta ileride de inşallah C2... :) Ancak Toefl daha düşük ölçtü beni çünkü writingde çok kötü yaptık sınavda ve ayrıca listeningte de sıkıntı yaşadık... :))) Ama praktika B2+ olarak ölçüyor beni... :)) TOEFL beni B1 gibi ölçtü son sınavda ama daha önceki versiyonlarda B2 ölçmüşlüğü de vardı yıllar önce... :))
Bu arada dostlarım bu kurs ile anlaşabilir ve babamı da ikna edip kayıt olabilirsem 10 haftalık TOEFL yani İngilizce kursuna, ileride bu kurstan Almanca ve İspanyolca'ya da kaydolmak isterim. Hatta daha sonrası için açarlarsa bir de Fransızca, Rusça'ya ilgim yok benim ancak İngilizce, Almanca, İspanyolca, Fransızca ve hatta Kazakça ve bir de ana dilimiz Türkçe bizi paklar... :) Zaten manevi programı da öyle yapmıştık... :)) Okulu bitirmeme çok az kaldı bilgisayar mühendisliğini son 2 proje sadece... Bereketli bir yazılım işine girersem, ileride de bu kurstan diğer dilleri de alacağım inşallah bugünlük makul fiyattan bize kurs verirlerse ve babamı da ikna edebilirsem... :)) Bunu Boğaziçi Fizik bölümüne dönmek için istiyorum sizden... :)) Dönmem lazım arkadaşlar benim Boğaziçi'ne, Elif de beni bekliyor orada daha tanışmayı, profesörler de şirket veya hatta holding kuracağımız arkadaşların bir çoğu da oralardalar... :)) Gelmem şart beyler yani must, have to bile değil... :) So, I must return to Boğaziçi for the benefit of the universe... :))) Görüyorsunuz beyler Ryan'ın programını, evrenin iyiliği için Ryan non-stop çalışıyor 10 hafta boyunca... Yaklaşık 400 saat üstelik ve haftada yaklaşık 40 saat yapar yani full-mesaiden farkı yok... :))) Gören de Ryan iş yapmıyor zanneder, Ryan'ın görevi galaksiyi kurtarmak arkadaşlar... :)))) The Galaxy Rescue Team'e girmiş herhalde Ryan.. :)) İhtiyarın dediklerini yapmazsam galaxy under attack beyler galiba... :)) Kesin Muhammed, Efe ve büyük de vardır beyler bu Rescue Team'de... :))
Arkadaşlar muhtemelen 2 sınav hakkım olacak daha muhtemelen ilki fail'di zaten, biri 25 Kasım yer ayırttım ama daha ödemeyi yapacağız, biri de muhtemelen 5 Aralık'ta zaten 9 Aralık da son kayıt tarihi Boğaziçi'ne yani deadline... Çok büyük ihtimalle başka sınav olmayacak... :) Belki bazı kurnazlar diyecekler ki Ryan o parayı kursa vereceğine daha fazla TOEFL sınavlarına ver daha rahat geçersin eğer amaç geçmekse, ama bence o yanlış taktik... :) Birinci amaç evet geçmek ama asıl amaç öğrenerek geçmek... Ama gerçi daha sonra nasipse Boğaziçi'nde Advanced English dersleriyle de son cilaları atarız inşallah kapıdan tekrar içeri girebilirsek... :)))
Bugün ilk writing'ten yani totalde üçüncü writing'im 17 puan alabildim, birinci ve ikinci writing testlerim ise 13 puanda kalmışlardı arkadaşlar... :) Dördüncü testten de 14 puan alabildim arkadaşlar... Az sonra beşinci teste geçeyim diyorum writing'ten... :))
Hayır vazgeçtim dostlarım 5. teste geçmek yerine build a sentence çalışacağım bol bol zaman tutup 5 dakika 50 saniye kadar... :)) En azından 2 kere daha çalışalım hem de ilk 2 alıştırmayı yani yaptıklarımızı, ne de olsa unutmuşuzdur... :)) İlk testte 4 doğru ikinci testte 6 doğru yapabildim dostlarım 10 soruda ama zamanı yetiştirdim bu sefer yalnız 8 yapmalıyım... Biraz daha gayret gerekiyor... :))
Tamam dostlarım 2 test ve 2 de alıştırma yaptık artık sanırım kontroller ile de 2 saat olmuştur writing çalışması... :) Şimdi biraz dinlenelim ve listeninge geçelim... Yarım saat All Ears English dinleyelim ve yarım saat de test yapalım TOEFL Practice'den ve kontrol edelim... :))
Arkadaşlar Gürsu ile yarım saatten fazla İngilizce mesajlaştık belki 45 dakika kadar... Bunu yarım saaatlik speaking egzersizi olarak sayacağım... :))
Ayrıca ondan önce de 2 All Ears English podcast'i dinledim ve şimdi de üçüncüyü dinliyorum... :) Şu anda da 43. episode'u da bitirdim... :)
Az sonra eğer hemen yemek yemezsek 1 Toefl Practice Speaking ve 1 Toefl Practice Listening yapmalıyım... :)) Yarımşar saat kadar yaklaşık kontrollerle... :) Yersek de yemekten sonra... :) Ardından da yarım saat reading, yarım saat kelime ve son olarak da 1 saat grammar... :))
Artık bu İngilizce mesajları chatgpt'ye yazıyorum dostlarım. Buraya aktarmaya pek de lüzum yok... :)
Bugün en azından 3 saat kadar çalıştık ve kaldı 3 saat daha... :))
sabaha bir şiir bırak, başlığına yazdığım şiiirim:
hey er ryan, girdin 26 ağustos'ta ilk toefl sınavına, aldın 4, 2.5 , 1.5 ve 4 puan 4 ayrı parttan ala ala, sana en az 4.5 puan lazım bu 4 ayrı sectiondan da, tarih oldu 10 eylül daha var epey 25 kasım'a, gireceksin nasipse 25 kasım'da büyük ihtimalle 2. toefl sınavına, o da olmazsa bir üçüncüsü 5 aralık'ta belki de inşallah, sıkı çalış er ryan şu amerikalıların yaptığı sınavlara, en çok writing'e çalışmalısın, daha sonra da listening'e, çünkü onlar idiler en düşük notlar sende, aldın bir toefl practice 1 aylık üyelik 47 test + alıştırmalar var içinde, bir de sonra toefl smart üyeliği aç en iyisi sen bundan sonra, ihtiyar palavracı mı yoksa paralel evrenden mi geldi yoksa bir başkası mı bilmiyoruz, eğer harbiden sensen o ihtiyar geçiyorsun bu sınavlardan birini de sonunda, eğer sen değilsen, unut boğazı da elif'i de martıları da en iyisi sen, doldur bir demli çay şimdiki gibi bak keyfine en güzelinden, haydi enseyi karartmayın ve çayları da soğutmayın en tavşan kanlısından, ilerlemeye devam edin, ense tıraşınızı görelim en alasından... :))
hey er ryan yapıyorsun practiceler ara ara toefl için, aldın listeningten ilk yapışlarında ilk testte 20 puan, ikinci testte 23 puan, üçüncü testte 25 puan, reading'te ise aldın ilk yapışlarında ilk testte 21 puan, ikinci testte 25 puan, üçüncü testte 27 puan ve dördüncüsünde de 23 puan, speakingde ise aldın ilk yapışlarında ilk testte 19 puan, ikinci testte 18 puan, üçüncü testte 21 puan, dördüncü testte de 21 puan, writingde ise aldın ilk yapışlarında ilk testte ve ikinci testte 13'er puan ilk denemelerinde, bu writing seni harbiden zorlayacak dostum her ne kadar alsan da aynı testi ikinci ve üçüncü yapışlarında 17 ve 21, toefl'cı amcalar çok zorlamışlar bu writingi bunu iyi bil, yaklaşık 35 saniyede cevaplamalısın tüm o her bir build a sentence partlarını, yoksa yetiştirmen mümkün değil, unut boğaziçi, elif ve martıları, bol bol alıştırma çöz o kısım ile alakalı allah'tan 19'ar da alıştırma vermişler sanırım her ayrı bölüm için, gerekirse tekrar tekrar çöz ayrı zamanlarda ve onda sekiz yapmalısın sen en azından geçmek için writingin tümünden o partta da, bu gerçekten çok zor olacak dostum 35'er saniyede cümleleri doğru sıralamak bilmiş ol bunu, zaten gerçek sınavda en azından yarısı yetişmedi bu kısımın ve ryan sample'a da bakmadı, e-mail de yazacaksın, o biraz idare eder gibiydi, bir de en son academic discussion en son olarak, bu writing'i 1.5'tan 4.5'a yükseltmek inanın deveyi hendek atlattırmak gibi olacak belki de, 3 kat skor yapmalısın o section'da inan bu mucize gibi bir şey belki de, ama sana er ryan demişler, yapabilir misin bu küçük çaplı mucizeyi kalan 75 günden sonra? kuvvetini görelim, eren misin değil misin aleme biraz belli etme vakti geliyor gibi yakında, inanın bunu başarmak çok zor olacak er ryan için, bunu belki başarmaya er ryan'ın bile gücü yetmez, ama o ihtiyar demişti ki evleneceksin ve çocukların da olacak daha senin ve bitireceksin boğaziçini, sınav çalışma formatında değişikliğe git ve en çok writinge focuslan, senin aklın chatgpt'den daha iyi, program yapmadan özgürce çalış, o zaman zaten her türlü 4,5 saatlik çalışmayı tutturursun hiçbir baskı olmadan 1 günde, baskılar olmadan özgürce çalış, s*ktir et programı, sınırlandırma kendini, bir kuş gibi özgür ol, ama sen gene de şunu unutma, bazen disiplin ve baskılar da işe yarar, eğer harbiden doğsun çocuklarım ileride diyorsan eğer, yoksa bir sıkıntın çalış, 2 saat writing'e, 1 saat listening'e, 1 saat speaking'e , 1/2 saat reading'e, 1/2 saat kelimelere ve 1 saat de grammar'a sen, tut şu değiştirilmiş 6 saat formatını ve gelsin dünyaya çocukların hayırlısıyla, doğacak çocukların seni bekliyorlar belki de haydi baba bekletme bizi artık daha fazla biz de dünyaya gelmek istiyoruz diye, saat yaklaşıyor 12.20'ye bu şiiiri yazarken ryan, sallanmayı kes ryan, harekete geç kısa kes ense tıraşını görelim eğer sen efsane isen... :))
After finishing the last half an hour time consuming vocabulary part, we will move on to new day's topic again tonight guys... :)
By the way, in the writing sections I got 13, 17 and 21 points by solving the same test three times... In the real exam I must at least reach to 22 points or even more... :) 22+points are I think good for me... Otherwise, Boğaziçi University will not accept us.
Guys, I really have to enter the University again to see Elif and achieve my goals...
I always should listen to my elder one and he said to me that I can reach my goals. I cannot believe that he is really myself or not I mean my older version of me. He said to me that I will get marry with a girl who is called Elif and I like a girl who is called Elif nowadays and she is from Boğaziçi University Physics Department also... I mean, she had already graduated from there and nowadaays she is completing her second master's degrees from there... :))
The time is twenty-five to ten. And at half past ten, let's dive in today's lessons again after finishing the last vocabulary part from the Toefl Cards... :)
So, stop talking I mean writing, and focus on the unfamiliar vocabulary...
I have got go now.
Thanks... :))
POLISHED VERSION:
Hello guys,
After finishing the last half-hour vocabulary session, we will move on to the new day's topic again tonight, guys... :)
By the way, in the writing section, I got 13, 17, and 21 points by taking the same test three times. In the real exam, I must reach at least 22 points, or even higher... :) I think 22+ points would be a good score for me. Otherwise, Boğaziçi University will not accept me.
Guys, I really have to enter the university again to see Elif and achieve my goals...
I should always listen to my elder, and he told me that I can achieve my goals. I cannot believe that he might actually be my older self. I mean, he is like an older version of me. He told me that I would marry a girl named Elif, and nowadays, I like a girl named Elif. She is also from the Physics Department at Boğaziçi University. I mean, she has already graduated from there, and nowadays, she is completing her second master's degree there... :))
It is twenty-five to ten now. At half past ten, let's dive into today's lessons again after finishing the last vocabulary section from the TOEFL Cards... :)
So, stop talking—I mean writing—and focus on the unfamiliar vocabulary...
I've got to go now.
Thanks... :))
SCORED: 22 - 23 out of 30. It means that 4.5 out of 6 and that's what we need... :))
We have just completed the day two's tasks before the time comes to twenty past ten p.m. We made a cup of coffee and we are enjoying it again... :) What an amazing night it is tonight folks!
After get some rest for a while, let's keep up the good work.
We are starting very late today's topics guys.
The first topic starts with the reading section again... :) Firstly, let's deal with a The Times article for almost twenty-five minutes or half an hour. Secondly, then move on to the reading section of TOEFL Practice. Thirdly, listen to almost thirty minutes long All Ears English episodes, maybe three of them would be enough for us.
If we can figure out these missions for tonight, then we can get rest and we hope that we can get up early on tomorrow morning. After there would be tomorrow, we can make the listening section of TOEFL Practice.
By the way guys, we should not take too much medicine pills at the same time tomorrow, if we do this, then there would be a misserible headache for us to deal with guys... :) We really do not want to confront with this.
CORRECTED VERSION:
Hi folks,
We have just completed the tasks for day two before it even reached twenty past ten p.m. We made a cup of coffee, and we are enjoying it again... :) What an amazing night it is tonight, folks!
After getting some rest for a while, let's keep up the good work.
We are starting today's topics very late, guys.
The first topic starts with the reading section again... :) Firstly, let's work on a The Times article for about twenty-five to thirty minutes. Secondly, let's move on to the reading section of TOEFL Practice. Thirdly, let's listen to almost thirty-minute-long episodes of All Ears English. Maybe three of them would be enough for us.
If we can get through these tasks tonight, then we can get some rest, and hopefully, we can get up early tomorrow morning. Then, tomorrow, we can work on the listening section of TOEFL Practice.
By the way, guys, we should not take too many pills at the same time tomorrow. If we do, we might have to deal with a miserable headache... :) We really do not want to have to deal with that, guys.
We are really tired today and from morning to night we have always been working guys.
So we are annuling today's topics and tomorrow we hope that we can deal with the topics of day 3 and day 4... Actually tomorrow is day 4, guys... But we are always making extras to our daily tasks.
Let's finish drinking our coffee and sleep well tonight and tomorrow, with our whole energy inside ourselves, will figure out what comes next... :)
Have a nice night folks, get some rest well, where ever you are... :)
CORRECTED VERSION:
Hello guys,
We are really tired today, and we have been working from morning until night, guys.
So, we are cancelling today's tasks, and tomorrow, we hope that we can deal with the topics from both day 3 and day 4... Actually, tomorrow is day 4, guys... But we are always adding extra tasks to our daily schedule.
Let's finish drinking our coffee and get a good night's sleep. Tomorrow, with all our energy back, we will figure out what comes next... :)
Have a nice night, folks. Get some good rest, wherever you are... :)
It's ten past 4 o'clock p.m guys. We slept too much today until half past three p.m. Then, we woke up and had out breakfast and now we are drinking tea right now... :))
Don't demoralize ourselves and even though we should keep up the good work again until the TOEFL Exam day comes.
I account for today's schedule guys. We are doing day 3 and day 4 alltogether.
17.00 - 18.45-> Read 2 The Times Articles & Do 2 TOEFL Practice Reading Sections
19.30 - 22.00-> Listen 2 half-hours All Ears English Podcasts & Listen 2 TOEFL Practice Listening Sections
22.00 - 00.30-> Watch Galatasaray match
01.00 - 03.00-> Study 2 times 50 minutes Cesur Öztürk Grammer
03.00-> Go to sleep
And tomorrow-> Write 2 TOEFL PRACTICE Writing Sections & 2 Half-Hours Vocabulary Study at the beginning
After 17 minutes, I hope we are beginning... :))
POLISHED VERSION:
Hello folks,
It's ten past 4 p.m., guys. We slept way too much today, until half past three p.m.! Then, we woke up, had our breakfast, and now we're drinking tea... :))
Let's not get discouraged, and even though we got a late start today, we should keep up the good work until the TOEFL exam day comes.
I've planned today's schedule, guys. We're doing Day 3 and Day 4 altogether.
17.00–18:45 → Read 2 articles from The Times & do 2 TOEFL Practice Reading sections
19:30–22:00 → Listen to 2 half-hour All Ears English podcasts & do 2 TOEFL Practice Listening sections
22:00–00:30 →Watch the Galatasaray match
01:00–03:00 → Study grammar with Cesur Öztürk for 2 × 50-minute sessions
03:00 → Go to sleep 😴
And tomorrow → Write 2 TOEFL Practice Writing sections & do 2 half-hour vocabulary-study sessions at the beginning.
In 17 minutes, I hope we'll be getting started... :))
SCORED: 23-24 out of 30 :)
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Hello folks,
I have already read two articles from The Times U.K.
The first one is about a funeral... Prince William attends funeral of King Harald V of Norway. People observed a minute of silence, and they say the King was the best king in the world. Zelensky also attended the funeral and spoke about the war.
The second one is about an expectant mother. She quit her 9-to-5 job as an electrician and doubled her income by working for herself. She focused on her own business and brand, and grew the operation... :) She emphasizes the importance of effectively showcasing your skills and taking on freelance or project-based work... :)
Guys, although I have asked these two paragraphes to google translate, I still believe that I can understand the meanings well but cannot make good sentences as translation makes... :)
POLISHED VERSION:
Hello folks,
I have already read two articles from The Times U.K.
The first one is about a funeral: Prince William attends the funeral of King Harald V of Norway. People observed a minute of silence, and they said that the King was the best king in the world. Zelensky also attended the funeral and spoke about the war.
The second one is about an expectant mother. She quit her 9-to-5 job as an electrician and doubled her income by working for herself. She focused on her own business and brand and grew the operation... :) She emphasizes the importance of effectively showcasing your skills and taking on freelance or project-based work... :)
Guys, although I asked Google Translate to translate these two paragraphs, I still believe that I can understand their meanings quite well, but I cannot make sentences as good as the ones produced by the translator... :)
SCORED: 24.5 out of 30
Hi folks,
I solved two reading sections on TOEFL Reading Practice and got twenty-seven and twenty-three points from them... Lastly I solved the second one again and took twenty-eight points from that one also... :))
My main purpose is getting more than twenty two or even twenty three points to reach 4.5 out of 6 in all of the sections of the exam...
I think, most difficult part will be the writing section for me.. :) Because I only could take 1.5 points out of 6 in that part also and should improve my score to 4.5 out of 6 in that section, too.. :) And also I could only get 2.5 points out of 6 in the listening part also in the real exam 1. I should also increase it to 4.5 out of 6. The others were 4 out of 6 and also I should increase a little bit more both of the remains... :)) I mean the reading and the speaking section of course... :)
Now, let's get some rest and just focus on to watch the Gala match tonight... :)
See you soon, folks... :)
POLISHED VERSION:
Hi folks,
I solved two Reading sections on TOEFL Practice and got twenty-seven and twenty-three points on them. Then, I solved the second one again and got twenty-eight points this time as well... :))
My main goal is to get at least twenty-two or even twenty-three points so that I can reach 4.5 out of 6 in all four sections of the exam.
I think the most difficult part will be the Writing section for me. :) I only got 1.5 points out of 6 in that section in my real exam, so I need to improve my score to 4.5 out of 6 there, too. :) I also got only 2.5 out of 6 in the Listening section in my first real exam, so I need to increase that score to 4.5 out of 6 as well.
The other two sections were both 4 out of 6, so I should improve them a little more, too. :)) I mean the Reading and Speaking sections, of course... :)
Now, let's get some rest and just focus on watching the Gala match tonight... :)
To begin with, let's focus on the reading part. Start with reading online The Times U.K newspaper for twenty five minutes.
It's ten past eight now... :) What a wonderful day is today... :)) By the way, I am listening Anno 1602 OST musics from YouTube... It's very enjoyable... :)
I think for today, if I am preparing the Toefl exam, then I should write and think in English... The music is really beautiful also... I was always playing this game when I was a kid... :) It was a great ship merchanting game... And the musics are so marvellous still of the game... :)))
It's very nice to write in English, but also, it's very good effort to read in English, I mean, I should start studying Emglish, after I will make my coffee today... First of all, I have to get relaxed, then I should dive into reaading The Times U.K... I am also wondering what will happen today's topic.... :)) There are of course a lot of different article in The Times magazine... I ought to choose a nice and suitable one... I am considering that my English is not so bad, nevertheless it's going better all the time I hope... :)))
Let's check it out, what are the mistakes of this writing passage of my own...
I love you guys and girls, what a positive day is today... :))
CORRECTED VERSION:
Hello friends,
Let's deal with today's plan.
To begin with, let's focus on the reading part. Let's start by reading The Times UK newspaper online for twenty-five minutes.
It's ten past eight now... :) What a wonderful day it is today! :)) By the way, I am listening to the Anno 1602 OST on YouTube... It's very enjoyable... :)
I think that today, since I am preparing for the TOEFL exam, I should write and think in English... The music is really beautiful too... I used to play this game all the time when I was a kid... :) It was a great merchant shipping game... And the music is still so marvelous... :)))
It's very nice to write in English, but it's also a very good way to practice reading in English. I mean, I should start studying English after I make my coffee today... First of all, I have to relax, and then I should dive into reading The Times UK. I am also wondering what today's topic will be... :)) There are, of course, a lot of different articles in The Times. I ought to choose a nice and suitable one... I think that my English is not so bad. Nevertheless, it's getting better all the time, I hope... :)))
Let's check it out: what are the mistakes in this piece of writing that I wrote myself?
I love you guys and girls. What a positive day it is today... :))
By the way, guys, the writing piece which I wrote above is scored 17 over 30... I should increase it to 23 or 24 or even much better... :)) The artificial intelligence evaluated the writing passage which I wrote above for only 17 points... I should never stop writing I think, because I got really stucked in the writing part of the Toefl exam. Build a sentence part was really difficult for me... :)) It was a total disaster for me in that part of the exam... :) I couldn't answer to all the questions in that part, even maybe only the half of them were answered by myself in the exam... :))) I should really study hard and keep practicing all the day from the morning to the night I think... :) The AI made me a four and a half hours studying plan for every day since the exam begins... There is a plan for 80 days as I mentioned before in Turkish... The first day, the headline was starting with Turkish language and continueing in English and today I changed my mind and thought that If I am studying English, then why should I keep writing my sentences in English also... :))) That's a very clever approach I think... :)) We should be clever to success in English and also in so many things in life, I mean not only for studying English, it's always valid for almost everthing to become much more clever always works.... :)))
Ok guys. Let's check it out: what I got in the last passage? Let's copy this part to the AI, and see what the mistakes are... :))
POLISHED VERSION:
By the way, guys, the writing piece that I wrote above was scored 17 out of 30... I should increase my score to 23 or 24, or even much higher... :))
The artificial intelligence evaluated the writing passage that I wrote above at only 17 points... I should never stop writing, I think, because I got really stuck on the writing part of the TOEFL exam. The "Build a Sentence" section was really difficult for me... :)) It was a total disaster for me in that part of the exam... :) I couldn't answer all the questions in that section. In fact, I may have answered only half of them in the exam... :)))
I should really study hard and keep practicing all day, from morning until night, I think... :) The AI made me a four-and-a-half-hour study plan for every day for the next 80 days, as I mentioned before in Turkish...
On the first day, the heading started in Turkish and continued in English. Today, I changed my mind and thought, "If I am studying English, then why should I keep writing my sentences in Turkish as well?" :)))
That's a very clever approach, I think... :)) We should be clever to succeed in English and also in so many other things in life. I mean, it's not only useful for studying English; being smarter and constantly trying to improve is always valuable in almost everything we do... :)))
Okay, guys. Let's check it out: what did I get in the last passage? Let's copy this part into the AI and see what the mistakes are... :))
Guys, I have already made my coffee and enjoying the beautiful music of Barış Manço's which is "Can Bedenden Çıkmayınca". A very nice Turkish song, a real classic of Turkish pop... :))) Coffee is also very delicious... :))
Without wasting too much time, let's dive into the reading article of The Times U.K.
I have already read the article on The Times Magazine... :) It was about asylums and on the news it was reported that only one in hundred asylum claims are genuine... :) Actually, the frauders are everywhere, we are not surprised but they have lived some bad days during this asylum process, we think... :) The process was really though I think... :)
Let's drink out coffe a little bit, also... :))
We have already read the article and wrote the unknown vocabulary to my computer... :) I think hard-working is paying-off all the time... :)
Finally, let's ask to the AI that what it will score us... :) I am wondering about the last part's score... :)
CORRECTED VERSION:
Guys, I have already made my coffee and am enjoying the beautiful music of Barış Manço, which is "Can Bedenden Çıkmayınca." It's a very nice Turkish song, a real classic of Turkish pop music... :))) The coffee is also very delicious... :))
Without wasting too much time, let's dive into the reading article from The Times UK.
I have already read the article in The Times... :) It was about asylum seekers, and the news reported that only one in a hundred asylum claims is genuine... :) Actually, fraudsters are everywhere. We're not surprised, but they have had some difficult days during the asylum process, we think... :) The process was really tough, I think... :)
Let's drink our coffee a little bit more, too... :))
We have already read the article and written the unfamiliar vocabulary down on my computer... :) I think hard work pays off all the time... :)
Finally, let's ask the AI what score it will give us... :) I am wondering about the score for the last part... :)
To begin with, my next writing part is starting now. In the previos parts of my writings which I wrote above were not so bad, but still there should be much more progressing... :) I am making some kinds of mistakes all the time... I ought to deal with those mistakes. I should keep practicing and improve my English while the time is passing away.
Moreover, today we are going to Bursa to my sister's home and see my niece, my brother-in-law also. I cannot study while my father is driving, but after a while, I am sure that I will keep practicing all day long in Bursa. I just made the reading section of my study and also only done the first part of the reading section which was reading The Times.
Furthermore, I should focus on my writings much better and always should control the reading passages before I submit it. Not only the writing sections, but also it is very significant that whole parts have so many importances... I should get 4.5 or higher from the whole sections of the TOEFL exam. In my first exam, unfortunately I failed. But we should not make our morals worser because of this failure. On contrast, we have to keep us improving efficiently.
All in all, today we should move on and reach to my sister's home and begin studying in an effective manner. We may look from the positive side and see that there is still 79 days to study and achieve our goals.
In conclusion, I got some news from the elder one, I might will pass this TOEFL exam if I kept my promise ahead and if I study hard. Hard work pays off all the times, without frusturating, just keep pushing us further... :)
CORRECTED VERSION:
To begin with, my next writing session is starting now. The previous parts of my writing that I wrote above were not so bad, but there is still a lot of room for improvement... :) I keep making the same kinds of mistakes all the time... I ought to deal with those mistakes. I should keep practicing and improving my English as time passes.
Moreover, today we are going to Bursa to my sister's home to see my niece and my brother-in-law as well. I cannot study while my father is driving, but after a while, I am sure that I will keep practicing all day long in Bursa. I have just completed the reading section of my study, and I have also only done the first part of the reading section, which was reading The Times.
Furthermore, I should focus much more carefully on my writing and always check my writing before I submit it. Not only the writing section, but all the sections are very important as well. I should get 4.5 or higher in all sections of the TOEFL exam. Unfortunately, I failed my first exam. But we should not let this failure lower our morale. On the contrary, we have to keep improving ourselves efficiently.
All in all, today we should move on, reach my sister's home, and begin studying effectively. We should look at the positive side and realize that there are still 79 days to study and achieve our goals.
In conclusion, I got some news from the elder one. I might pass this TOEFL exam if I keep the promise I made and study hard. Hard work always pays off. Without getting frustrated, we just have to keep pushing ourselves forward... :)
SCORED: 19 out of 30
Hello guys,
A few minutes ago, we have reached to our sister's house in Bursa... My sister and my niece were greeted us well... :)) The time is twenty to five... :)) Let's a little bit relax and then dive in to our reading comphresension sections on TOEFL practices. :))
Guys, the time is almost twenty past 9 and today we got rest and slept well... In fact, today, we are transational, but still I would like to keep my promise I made to you.
I made myself a cup of tea but could not find the sugar... :)) This time, I am drinking my tea without sugar. This night, I have to keep up studying until 4 o' clock... :) There is almost six-and-a half-hour up to 4 o' clock... :)) I think I will finish my studies until that time... :))
So, without wasting the time, let's begin our reading comprehension immediately. After the reading section, let's keep the writing to our daily blog page up.... :)
CORRECTED VERSION:
Hello guys,
A few minutes ago, we arrived at our sister's house in Bursa. My sister and my niece welcomed us warmly. :)) The time is twenty to five. :)) Let's relax for a little while and then dive into our reading comprehension sections for TOEFL practice. :))
Guys, the time is almost twenty past nine, and today we got some rest and slept well. In fact, today we are traveling, but I would still like to keep the promise I made to you.
I made myself a cup of tea, but I couldn't find any sugar. :)) This time, I am drinking my tea without sugar. Tonight, I have to keep studying until four o'clock. There are almost six and a half hours left until four o'clock. :)) I think I will finish my studies by then. :))
So, without wasting any time, let's begin our reading comprehension practice immediately. After the reading section, let's continue writing on our daily blog page. :)
Tonight, I got 16 out of 19 from the reading section... :) I saw my mistakes and am always getting better all the time. Approximately I got five over six tonight's reading section. Actually that score is enough for me, but I should keep up the good work until the exam day comes.
At the fill in blank part of the first reading section, I answered perfectly to whole questions and all of them were true... :) That is a really nice thing to share with you guys... :)) In fact, I can move on the listening section, but before that let's deal with tonight's reading sections' unfamiliar vocabulary. We should keep writing down all the vocabulary which we are not familiar with... :) Let's take notes to our computer, I mean let's write down the unfamiliar ones.
All in all, with seeing this success, I am becoming more confident and am feeling more successful day by day.
In conclusion, let's keep the good work up guys... Good nights to all... :))
CORRECTED VERSION:
Hi again, guys,
Tonight, I got 16 out of 19 on the reading section. :) I saw my mistakes, and I am getting better all the time. I got approximately five out of six on tonight's reading section. Actually, that score is enough for me, but I should keep up the good work until exam day comes.
In the fill-in-the-blank part of the first reading section, I answered all the questions perfectly, and all of my answers were correct. :) That is a really nice thing to share with you guys. :)) In fact, I can move on to the listening section, but before that, let's deal with the unfamiliar vocabulary from tonight's reading sections. We should keep writing down all the vocabulary that we are not familiar with. :) Let's take notes on our computer; I mean, let's write down the unfamiliar words.
All in all, seeing this success is making me more confident, and I am feeling more successful day by day.
In conclusion, let's keep up the good work, guys. Good night to you all! :))
I have already listened the episode 37-38-39 and 40 from All Ears English Podcasts. Actually I repeated the episode 37 tonight again... :) It was about why enthusiasm is everything for English learners. The episode 38 was about survival English for your next island vacation. And also episode 39 was about how not be awkward in English. And finally the episode 40 was about 3 ways to be an entreprenuer with your English learning. Whole episodes were totally great. I am learning from them in a nice way, I hope God bless those girls and the stuff behinds them... :))
Let's pass to the listening section of our TOEFL practicing. I should have studied over more than 40 minutes maybe from the episodes in all ears english, in fact the time should be thirty minutes, yet as I mentioned before I have repeated the episode 37... :)))
To be honest, if this progression keeps going on, then it will achieve us to successible outcomes. Without wasting any time, let's move on to the listening section of our TOEFL practicing... :)
God bless you all guys... :)
POLISHED VERSION:
Hello guys,
I have already listened to episodes 37, 38, 39, and 40 of the All Ears English Podcast. Actually, I listened to episode 37 again tonight. :) It was about why enthusiasm is everything for English learners. Episode 38 was about survival English for your next island vacation. Episode 39 was about how not to be awkward in English. And finally, episode 40 was about three ways to become an entrepreneur through your English learning. All of the episodes were absolutely great. I am learning a lot from them in a really nice way. I hope God blesses those girls and the people behind the podcast. :))
Let's move on to the listening section of our TOEFL practice. I should have studied for more than 40 minutes with the All Ears English episodes. In fact, the planned time should have been thirty minutes, but as I mentioned before, I listened to episode 37 again. :)))
To be honest, if this progress keeps going, it will lead to successful results. Without wasting any time, let's move on to the listening section of our TOEFL practice. :)
God bless you all, guys. :)
SCORED: 24 out of 30 :))
Hello my friends,
I have got twenty five points out of thirty on the listening section. There were thirteen questions and I could answer correctly eleven of them. The score was about five out of six on the listening section... :) That is also a very nice progression for me... :))
Moreover, unfortunately, it's something happened to my computer and could not save my whole words that I wrote before. Luckyly, most of the words are still written on my computer's file, but a few of them are gone with the Turkish meanings... :)
Although there was a little problem on my computer, I am still very happy because of this nice result. This outcome will achieve me to a very marvelous conditon by registrationing again to Boğaziçi University Physics Department if I can reach the similar results from the real TOEFL examination... :))
In conclusion, let's keep up the good work and we all know that hard work always pays off... :)
POLISHED VERSION:
Hello, my friends,
I got twenty-five points out of thirty on the listening section. There were thirteen questions, and I answered eleven of them correctly. My score was about five out of six on the listening section. :) That is also a very nice improvement for me. :))
Moreover, unfortunately, something happened to my computer, and I couldn't save all the vocabulary words that I had written down before. Luckily, most of the words are still saved in a file on my computer, but a few of them, along with their Turkish meanings, are gone. :)
Although there was a little problem with my computer, I am still very happy because of this nice result. This result could help me achieve a very important goal: returning to the Physics Department at Boğaziçi University if I can achieve similar results on the real TOEFL examination. :))
In conclusion, let's keep up the good work. We all know that hard work always pays off. :)
SCORED: 24-25 out of 30 maybe 24,5
Guys everyone is sleeping now and I don't wanna disturb them now... :) Let's get rest and get up early tomorrow... I cannot keep practicing right now because of this situation... I hope I will wake up at 8 o' clock tomorrow morning and keep writing to this page because today's lessons are not finished yet... :) It's ten to two now... :))
Guys, the my telephone's alarm ringed when the time was eight o 'clock... :) But I got some rest and woke up at almost ten o 'clock or maybe even the time was passing ten also... :))
Today, let's move on to the speaking sections, but firstly, we should practice on Praktika. I am drinking my tea by the way and I am enjoying my beautiful day, also... :))
Thanks God to you for showing us these beautiful days... :))
CORRECTED VERSION:
Guys, everyone is sleeping now, and I don't want to disturb them. :) Let's get some rest and get up early tomorrow. I cannot keep practicing right now because of this situation. I hope I will wake up at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning and keep writing on this page because today's lessons are not finished yet. :) It's ten to two now. :))
Guys, my telephone's alarm rang when it was eight o'clock. :) But I got some more rest and woke up at almost ten o'clock, or maybe it was even past ten. :))
Today, let's move on to the speaking sections, but first, we should practice on Praktika. I am drinking my tea, by the way, and I am enjoying my beautiful day as well. :))
Thank God for showing us these beautiful days. :))
SCORED: 24 out of 30 :)
Hello friends,
I have a terrible headache problem today because of taking much medicine in the same time... Maybe I should split my medicine to eight parts and should take six of them on the different times of the day, I think.
Although I have a headache on my mind, I have to keep up writing right now. By the way, Sertab Erener says her songs from the "La'l Albume" and I am listening to them right now... :)) The songs are the most popular songs of the 90's... :) What a great times were those days... :) I am missing my childhood a lot... :) We have very little miseries on those days, we were only responsible for our homeworks and had to become a nice kid in those times... :)) My grandfathers and my grandmothers and also my mom was living in those times... :) I am also missing all of them... Yet, I believe that one day, after our death, I hope I can see all of them in heaven Godwilling... :)
I cannot make speaking practice right now, but at least, I am writing still because I love to write... :))
Let's ask this beautiful and sincerly writing to chatgpt to measure it... :)
Have a nice day folks... :)))
POLISHED VERSION:
Hello, friends,
I have a terrible headache today because I took too much medicine at the same time. Maybe I should split my medication into eight parts and take six of them at different times throughout the day, I think.
Although I have a headache, I have to keep writing right now. By the way, Sertab Erener is singing songs from her La'l album, and I am listening to them right now. :)) These songs were some of the most popular songs of the '90s. :) What great times those were! :) I miss my childhood a lot. :)
We had very few worries back then. We were only responsible for our homework and for being good kids. :)) My grandfathers, my grandmothers, and my mom were all alive back then. :) I miss all of them, too. Nevertheless, I believe that one day, after we die, I will hopefully be able to see all of them in Heaven, God willing. :)
I cannot practice speaking right now, but at least I am still writing because I love writing. :))
Let's ask ChatGPT to evaluate this beautiful and sincere piece of writing. :))
Between half past two and half past three: make speaking exercises on both Practica and TOEFL Practice
Between four o'clock and six o'clock: make writing exercises on TOEFL Writing Section Practice and study to Building Skills For Proficiency for grammar
Between six o'clock and half past seven: Study for unfamiliar vocabulary words from the cards and eat dinner with family and the day two will barely finish on the day 3. Then jump into the day 3 plan and open a new page... :)
POLISHED VERSION:
Let's figure out today's remaining plan:
Between half past two and half past three: Do speaking exercises on both Praktika and TOEFL Practice.
Between four o'clock and six o'clock: Do writing exercises on the TOEFL Writing Section Practice and study grammar using Building Skills for Proficiency.
Between six o'clock and half past seven: Study the unfamiliar vocabulary words from the cards and have dinner with my family.
Then, Day 2 will finally be completed, and we'll move on to the Day 3 plan and open a new page. :)
Let's keep going! :))
SCORED: 25 out of 30 and I think that's really nice... :))
We got 21 points on the speaking section of TOEFL Practice again. Before that, we practiced on Praktika and spoke with AI that measured us 5 points out of 6... :)) But on the real TOEFL Practice, we haven't reached 25 points yet. Actually we don't need to take 25 points from the speaking section yet we should get or pass 23 points from that part also... :) 23 points is pointing out to 4.5 points out of 6 actually and we really need that 4.5 points from the whole parts of TOEFL examination to register Boğaziçi University in Istanbul Bebek... :) It's a really cool place I think... :) I am impatient to dive into Boğaziçi University. Please God help me to achieve my goals.
We are drinking our tea again guys... :) I am taking one sugar to inside and I am enjoying the rest of my day.
Let's get some rest and then move to the writing section... :)
Let's keep going the good work... :)
God bless you folks... :))
POLISHED VERSION:
Hi folks,
We got 21 points on the speaking section of TOEFL Practice again. Before that, we practiced on Praktika and spoke with AI, which rated us at 5 points out of 6... :)) But on the real TOEFL Practice, we haven't reached 25 points yet. Actually, we don't need to get 25 points in the speaking section yet; we should get at least 23 points from this section... :) A score of 23 points corresponds to 4.5 points out of 6, and we really need to get at least 4.5 points in all parts of the TOEFL examination to register at Boğaziçi University in Istanbul, in Bebek... :) It's a really cool place, I think... :)
I am impatient to dive into Boğaziçi University. Please, God, help me achieve my goals.
We are drinking our tea again, guys... :) I am having one sugar in it, and I am enjoying the rest of my day.
Let's get some rest and then move on to the writing section... :)
Let's keep up the good work... :)
God bless you, folks... :))
SCORED: 24 out of 30
Hello guys,
I have already studied grammer using Building Skills For Proficiency that is written by Cesur Öztürk.
I might get some rest a little bit and then keep going... :) After a while, I am planning to go through the writing section on the TOEFL Practice... :)
By the way, I have already drunk my coffee a few minutes ago... :)) I added some milk while I was making my coffee and the taste was so delicious... :))
What a wonderful day is today, folks... I should rather study hard to my lessons again... :))
I gotto go guys, take care... :))
POLISHED VERSION:
Hello guys,
I have already studied grammar using Building Skills For Proficiency, written by Cesur Öztürk.
I might get some rest for a little while and then keep going... :) After a while, I am planning to work through the writing section on TOEFL Practice... :)
By the way, I have already drunk my coffee a few minutes ago... :)) I added some milk while I was making my coffee, and it tasted so delicious... :))
What a wonderful day it is today, folks... I should rather study hard for my lessons again... :))
I've got to go, guys. Take care... :))
SCORED: 24 out of 30 :))
Hello folks,
I had just written a writing section two times and done two "build a sentence" exercises also.
I am showing you my both writings for two times to you guys:
The first one:
Dear Maria,
Recently, there was an accident happened to me. Unfortunately, I broke you camera and its lens cracked. I am really sorry for this accident Maria. How can you accept my apology?
Firstly, my initial opinion is to repair the camera.
It wil cost almost $120 and I will afford it of course because of my mistake.
The second option is to buy a new camera to you if you do not want to repair it.
Maybe it will cost to me much more, but still, I am accepting my apology.
So please write to me about your opinion dear Maria, what should we do right now.
Have a nice day and God bless you...
The second one:
Hello Maria,
I hope you are doing well. I have some bad news for you Maria. I had broken the camera which you gave to me. But please do not go angry with me.
I have two options for you to choose:
The first one is repairing the camera's lens.
The second one is to buy a new camera to you.
Please accept my apology by choosing one of the two options above for the compensation. Also, don't worry. If you choose repairing the camera, I will just pay only $120 and I hope everything will be fine. If you choose the other option, then still don't panic, because I have already got my monthly payment today. So I am rich enough to buy you a new camera if you accept.
Please send your answer to me immediately.
Best ragards...
The second topic's first one:
First of all, although there are both positive sides and the cons, I believe that social media has a negative impact on general health as Mikhail thinks.
In additon to this, young people spend too many hours on social media just by scrolling and editing the photos of theirselves and successing stories that made them feel inadequate about their own lives.
Furthermore, social media also triggers anxiety and outrage. The evidence can be the increased depression and the anxiety rates that related with the over using of the social media.
Despite the positive sides such as social media might provides essential community and maybe beloning, that is not the true way I think. You have to be real not in a virtual way.
All in all, the increased rate of using internet made social media very active in recent years. Day by day, everyone stucked with in.
In conclusion, there might be some positive sides yet, the negative sides are weigthing much more I think.
The second topic's second one:
First of all, this is a very nice debate to discuss Professor Takata.
Initially, I would like to show my side to you by choosing Mikhail's Side. Because although social media has some positive effects I sill believe that the negative sides are much more common.
For exmple, social media threats the menthal health and also spending hours on social media by scrolling with the telephones and success stories are so time consuming things and this is not beneficial to young people and the adults also, even children are in case too.
The second example is the increased depression and anxiety rates because of spending time on social media. There might be some sticker regulations to protect young people's health and wellbeing also.
Although, the positive sides of the social media such as better community and maybe belonging,
It's also a debatable thing, I think. Real life is not looking like a virtual life. People should be make real relationships rather than making virtual ones.
In conclusion, both the pros and the cons, the negative sides overweight...
CHATGPT ANSWERS:
Dear Maria,
Recently, I had an accident. Unfortunately, I broke your camera, and its lens was cracked. I am really sorry about this accident, Maria. Please accept my sincere apologies.
Firstly, my initial idea is to have the camera repaired. It will cost approximately $120, and of course, I will pay for the repair because it was my mistake.
The second option is to buy you a new camera if you don't want to have it repaired. It may cost me much more, but I am willing to do it because I feel responsible for what happened.
So, please let me know your opinion, dear Maria. What do you think we should do right now?
Have a nice day, and God bless you.
Best regards, [Your Name]
Hello Maria,
I hope you are doing well. I have some bad news for you, Maria. Unfortunately, I broke the camera that you gave me. Please don't be angry with me.
I have two options for you to choose from. The first one is to have the camera's lens repaired. The second option is to buy you a new camera.
Please accept my apology, and choose one of the two options above as compensation.
Also, don't worry. If you choose to have the camera repaired, I will pay the $120 repair cost, and I hope everything will be fine. If you choose the other option, please don't panic, because I received my monthly payment today. Therefore, I can afford to buy you a new camera if you prefer.
Please let me know your decision as soon as possible.
Best regards, [Your Name]
First of all, although there are both positive and negative sides to social media, I believe that it has a negative impact on overall health, as Mikhail suggests.
In addition, young people spend too many hours on social media simply scrolling through content and editing their photos. They are also constantly exposed to other people's success stories, which can make them feel inadequate about their own lives.
Furthermore, social media can trigger anxiety and outrage. Evidence of this can be seen in the increased rates of depression and anxiety associated with excessive social media use.
Despite the positive aspects of social media, such as providing people with a sense of community and belonging, I do not think it is a healthy substitute for real-life connections. People should be able to live authentically rather than primarily through a virtual world.
All in all, the increasing use of the internet has made social media extremely popular in recent years, and day by day, more people are becoming dependent on it. In conclusion, although social media has some positive aspects, I believe its negative effects outweigh its benefits.
First of all, this is a very interesting debate to discuss, Professor Takata. Initially, I would like to express my opinion by agreeing with Mikhail's side. Although social media has some positive effects, I still believe that its negative effects are much more significant.
For example, social media can threaten people's mental health. Spending hours on social media, scrolling on their phones, and constantly seeing other people's success stories can be extremely time-consuming. This is not beneficial to young people or adults, and even children can be affected.
A second example is the increase in depression and anxiety rates associated with excessive social media use. There might also be stricter regulations to protect young people's health and well-being.
Although social media has some positive aspects, such as helping people build communities and develop a sense of belonging, I think these benefits are still debatable. Real life is not the same as virtual life. People should build real relationships rather than relying primarily on virtual ones.
In conclusion, although social media has both pros and cons, I believe that its negative effects outweigh its positive effects.
The Mistakes:
❌ “there was an accident happened to me” → ✅ “I had an accident.”
❌ “I broke you camera” → ✅ “I broke your camera.”
❌ “its lens cracked” → ✅ “its lens was cracked.”
❌ “How can you accept my apology?” → ✅ “Please accept my sincere apologies.”
❌ “I will afford it” → ✅ “I will pay for it.”
❌ “I am accepting my apology” → ✅ “I am willing to pay for it / I take responsibility.”
❌ “write to me about your opinion” → ✅ “let me know your opinion.
❌ “there are both positive sides and the cons” → unnatural
❌ “photos of theirselves” → photos of themselves
❌ “successing stories” → success stories
❌ “made them feel” → which can make them feel
❌ “social media might provides” → social media might provide
❌ “beloning” → belonging
❌ “increased rate of using internet” → increasing use of the internet
❌ “everyone stucked with in” → everyone is becoming stuck in it / dependent on it
❌ “weigthing much more” → weigh much more / outweigh the benefits
Bugün 6 Eylül 2026... :) 6 Eylül 1997 yılıydı sünnet olmuştum 10,5 yaşındayken aşağı yukarı... :) Hatta az daha fazla... :)) 29 sene geçmiş üzerinden sünnetimin... :)
Neyse dostlarım bu informationdan sonra, başta kendime, ardından aileme ve Elif ve tüm herkese şöyle bir söz vermek durumundayım...
Arkadaşlar 6 Eylül Pazar günü chatgpt'nin gösterdiği hedef doğrultusunda tam 80 gün aralıksız günde 4,5 saat İngilizce çalışacağıma size söz veriyorum... Hatta bu ekstra çalışmalarla 5-5,5 saati de bulabilir ama 4,5 saat banko söz... :))
Şu başlıklar olacak:
📖 Reading: The Times + TOEFL Smart
🎧 Listening: All Ears English + TOEFL Smart
🗣️ Speaking: Praktika + TOEFL Smart
✍️ Writing: Benimle çalışma + TOEFL Smart
📚 Grammar: Cesur Öztürk – Building Skills for Proficiency
🧠 Vocabulary: Vocabulary Index + TOEFL Flash Cards
🎯 Ana sınav hazırlığı: TOEFL Smart
Dostlarım daha Toefl Smart'ı satın almadık ama dediğimiz gibi 1 aylık 24 $'a 47 testlik bir program aldık toplamda 4 kısım için 15-12-10-10 şeklinde test varmış içinde... :) 10 listeningten 1'ini yaptım hatta bugün... :)
Size erkek sözü bu artık tüm dünyaya... 80 gün boyunca günde 4,5 saat İngilizce çalışacağım en azından... :) Programı bizzat chatgpt yaptı... :) Başlıkta belirttiğim gibi tüm dünyaya sözümdür günde 4,5 saat İngilizce çalışmak önümüzdeki bugün dahil önümüzdeki tam 80 gün boyunca 25 Kasım'a kadar 6 Eylül'de başlıyoruz... Tam 80 gün olmalı sanırım... 25 Kasım sınav günü çünkü :) Çok büyük bir aksilik olmadığı müddetçe sözümü hep tutacağım inşallah arkadaşlar... :)) Tam 360 saat İngilizce çalışması ediyor böylesi... :) Ardından Toefl alacağım 25 Kasım'da olmazsa en son 5 Aralık'ta ve inşallah geleceğim Boğaziçi'ne... :))) İbadetler dahi ikinci planda bu sırada... :)) Arkadaşlar şöyle yapmayı düşünüyorum sabahtan öğleden sonraya kadar 2,5 saatlik çalışma, ikindiden de akşama kadar 2 saatlik çalışma inşallah... Akşam da ya dinlenme ya da projeyi hazırlama işleri... :))) 2 işim mevcut: 1) İngilizce çalışmak 2) Projeyi hazırlamak
Evet arkadaşlar bu dönemlik durumlar böyle... :))) İngilizce çalışma programını da tüm detaylarıyla chatgpt hazırladı tam sınava yönelik olarak... :))
Büyük hayallerim var... Boğaziçi'ne dönmek, Elif ile tanışmak, Elif'ten ders almak, okulu bitirmek, bilgisayar mühendisliğini ve hatta siber güvenliği de bitirmek ve hatta Boğaziçi'nden sonra da bir de İTÜ'yü... :) Olabildiğince iyileşmek, evlilik yoluna girmek, çocukları doğrulukla büyütmek... :))) Bunların hepsini yapabilirsek belki de Elif ile ikimizi ileride bir mucize bekliyor da olabilir, ihtiyardan işittim bunu... :)))
Elif'in de yarın MS Thesis Defense'ı varmış 7 Eylül 2026 saat 16.00'da... Zoom linki de var ama katılmayayım ben belki heyecanlanır Elif... :)) Ama Elif'in 7 duasını hem bugün hem de yarın okuyup gönderiyorum... Dualarım onunla... :))) Hiç heyecan yapma Elifçim sen neler başardın, bunu da Allah'ın izniyle başaracaksın inşallah... :))) Çok güzel dua okudum Elif senin için 7 tane, Allah'ım şu Elif'in savunmasını en güzel şekilde mükemmele yakın hatta rahatça ve zorlanmadan vermesini nasip eyle gibi dedim ve diyorum... :) Elif çok iyi bir kızcağızdır, Mevla'sı yanında olacaktır onun, bundan hiç şüphem yok... :))) Elif senin sosyal cesaretin Ryan'ı katlar... Sen pek zorlanmazsın böyle şeylerde... :))) Deli cesaretinde Ryan seni katlar... Normal cesarette de Ryan biraz daha iyi olabilir ama Elif de çok iyi... :))) Elifçim Thesis Advisor'ın Prof. Ercan Atam'mış... Thesis Co-Advisor'ın da Prof. Şefik Şuayb Arslan'mış... :) Date: September 7 2026, Time: 16.00.... 14 saat 19 dakika sonra sunumun başlıyor Elif ona göre... :)) 6 Eylül 01.41'de yazıyorum bunu... :)) 3. diplomayı Elif Ryan'dan önce alacak galiba arkadaşlar... :))) Ryan 1 dönem uzattı bilgisayarı 2 projeyi sunmalı Ryan... :)) Aşçılığı da salladı Ryan epey hep sallıyor zaten aşçılığı... :))) Atılmış da olabilir Ryan ama zaten af geldi... :)) Elifçim Ryan da yakın zamanda Reading 4, listening 2.5 , writing 1.5 ve speaking 4 yapmıştı Toefl'dan ama formatı bile sınav anında öğrendi... Hepsi 4,5 olmalı diyorlar 6 üzerinden... Tüm dünyaya söz verdi Ryan tam 360 saat en azından İngilizce çalışacak Ryan 80 günde ve ondan sonrası Mevla'ya ve Ryan'ın capabilitylerine ve sizlerin de dualarına kalmış... :))) Eğer bu sınav direkten dönerse en son 5 Aralık'ta alacak Ryan son Toefl'ı ve 9 Aralık'a yetiştirecek onu da... :) Yani 1. sınav 80 gün sonra, eğer direkten dönerse ya da auta çıkarsa ya da kaleci kurtarırsa ikinci sınav 90 gün sonra... :))) İhtiyar döneceksin ve okulu bitireceksin ve Elif isminde biriyle evleneceksin ve hatta o da zaman yolcusu olacak dedi bana... Ona göre, ben ihtiyarın yalancısıyım ancak ya da doğrucusu diyelim... :))) Bakalım ihtiyar yalan mı söyledi yoksa doğru mu yakında belli olmaya başlar... Ama sana bir şey diyeyim bu ihtiyarın her dediği doğru çıkıyor gibi... :))) Boğaziçi'nin proficiencylerine girmiyor Ryan... 1.'sinde tatildeydi. 2.'sinde de hazır değildi... :)) 2 Toefl daha alacak ve işi bitirecek inşallah Ryan... :))) Tabii Boğaziçi skorları 4'e çekse çok daha rahat gelir Ryan okula... :))) Overall 4.5 toefl, üstelik 4 bölümden de 90 puan gibi neredeyse... :)) Arttırmış Boğaziçi skorları... Neyse Ryan da efsane mi değil mi bir göstersin bakalım... :))) Elif de efsane inşallah, Ryan da efsane inşallah... :))) Ryan aldı kendine bir Kocaelispor forması 41 Ryan yazılı ve arkasında da Efsane Geri Döndü yazıyor... Aynısını 35 Elif diye Elif'e alacak Ryan ama tabii tanıştıktan sonra... :))) Elif'i de Kocaelisporlu yapacak Ryan... Elif seviyor yeşili, yeşil-siyah açacak Elif'i... :))) İleride dostlukları artarsa maça da götürür Ryan Elif'i... :))) Ryan şimdilik ilk işi 80 gün 4'er buçuk saat İngilizce çalışmak ve projeyi yetiştirmek ve 2 projeyi de sunup bilgisayar mühendisi çıkmak... Ardından Boğaziçi'ne kayıt ve C/C++ sertifikalarını da toplayıp mezuniyetin ardından 3 ay içinde iş bulmak mümkünse Nisan'a kadar... :))) 2. dönemde de artık ne zaman olur bilmiyorum ama 2027 Şubat- Mart - Nisan gibi de Elif ile tanışmak inşallah ki 1 Nisan'da derslere başlıyoruz inşallah Elifçim seninle... 1 Nisan 2027 inşallah... :)) Ama önce yeterlilik işini banko yapmalı Ryan... Sözünü tutarsa Ryan bence okulda yani Boğaziçi'nin içinde Ryan diyeyim ben size... 360 saat gayet yeterli çünkü... :)) Birebir sınav formatında hazırlanacak Ryan, bizzat chatgpt yaptı planı, kaynakları söyledikten sonra Ryan mükemmel bir plan... 4,5 saat diye de o dedi... :) Puanlarımı da verdim chatgpt'ye... :)) İş bulsun 2 ay sonra taşınır Ryan İstanbul'a... :) Yeter ki 2 ay alışsın ve benimsesin işi... Hallederim desin bu işi gerisi her türlü gelir... İnşallah büyük aksilikler yaşanmaz ve Ryan yaza kadar taşınır İstanbul'a 2027 yazına kadar... :))) Haziran gibi İstanbul'a taşınsam süper... :))) Dua et bakalım Elif Ryan için... Ryan herkesten dua ister ve pek çok kimseye dua eder... :))) Şimdiki şarkımızı Yaşar Özel söylüyor, bu kadar yürekten çağırma beni... :)))
Pardon Elif bugün 6 Eylül, bir 24 saatin daha var... :) Saat 03.09 ve 37 saate yakın zamanın var daha... :)
Arkadaşlar saat 14.00'e yaklaşıyor ve çayımızı da doldurdum ve ton balıklı ekmek yedim kahvaltıda... :)
Öğleye de nutellalı ekmek yiyeyim... Akşama da babam güzel bir köfte yemeği yapar sanırım... :) Köfte patates ve makarna üçlüsü süper olur... :)
Şimdi dostlarım çayımızı içip rahatlamalı verdiğimiz 4,5 saat ders sözünü de tutmalıyız, bu arada ilacımızı da içtik ve rahatlattı bizi... :)
Bugün ayrıca 3. ve 4. günkü namazlar ile bugünkü namazlara da durmalıyım... + olarak da virdi mehmediyi yapmalıyım... :))
Bugün epey mutluyum Gürsu'yu da bir arayayım ve ondan da pozitif enerji alayım ulaşabilirsem ve hem 3 günlük namazlar hem vird hem de 4,5 saat İngilizceyi çalışalım Allah'ın izniyle bugün... :) Tabii öncelik sözümüzde... :)
Saat 14.30'a geliyor... Yarım saat çay içip rahatlayalım ve saat 15.00'te 25 dakikada 1 makale okuyalım The Times gazetesinden ve 20 dakikalık da 1 reading pasajı çözelim ardından dün satın aldığımız Toefl Smart değil daha belki ama ona benzer bir şey bu da... :)) Birebir Toefl formatı... :))
Öyleyse şimdilik çay için ve ardından da tüm başarılı gün için vira bismillah diyoruz... :))
Dostlarım şimdilik 25 dakikalık makalemi bitirdim ve uzunca bir makalede 31 bilinmeyen kelime çıkarttım... :) Anlamlarını da çıkarttım. Bunlardan 7 tanesi kadarı direkt tıp terimleriydi ve ilaçlar ile ilgili bir makaleydi... :) O tip terimlerinin teknik manalarına bakmadım ilaçlarla alakalı olan yani Türkçe ne işe yaradıklarına belki zamanım olursa ileride onlara da bakarım... :))
Kendi cümlelerimle Türkçe ve İngilizce olarak 3'er cümle ile özetledim durumu chatgpt'nin söylediği gibi ki şöyle:
"İlçlar ilk başlarda yarar getirse de , ilaçlara aşırı bağlılık ileride problemlere yol açıyor. İnsanlar aşırı ilaç kullanmaktan hayatlarını kaybedebiliyor... Bu durum özellikle yaşlı hastalarda tehlikelere yol açıyor... :)"
"Although in the beginning, the medicines are beneficial, excessive attechment to the medicines cause problems further... People might loose their lives due to use overprescribed pills. This condition, especially on the elders cause dangers."
Şimdi çayımı içiyorum ve saat 15.50'ye yaklaşıyor biraz rahatlayayım de ardından da 20 dakika reading alıştırması yapayım dün aldığım sistemden test şeklinde... :)))
Reading parttan 14/20 yaptım... Ufak hatalarım oldu ve hepsi boşluk doldurmalarda... :) Diğer kısımlar full çekmişim... :)) Yani gene 4.2 / 6 yani yuvarlarsak 4 / 6 almışım ilk readingten... :)) En azından yarım puan yükselteceğiz inancım sağlam... :))
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Ayrıca şimdi tüm doğru yaptığım pasajlardaki bilinmehyen kelimeleri de çıkardım... :)) Saat de 16.50 oldu... :) 45 dakikalık reading-part görevim tamamdır... :)) Hatta daha bile uzun sürmüştür ekstra çalışmalarla ama onlar sayılmaz ama yarara sayılır... :))
Şimdi biraz kahvemizi içelim ve 30 dakika all ears english dinleyelim shadowing de yaparak ve 30 dakika da listening testi çözelim... :)) Saat 6.30 gibi yarım saat daha İngilizce All Ears English podcast dinledik ve çok azıcık shadowing yaptık... :) Bu shadowingleri arttırmalıyız, hem pronunciation için hem de easy speaking için... :)) Şimdi yemek yiyelim ve ardından yarım saat listening testi yapalım... :))
Listeningten 10/13 yaptım dostlarım... :)) Yani 4,62/6 yani 4,5/6 yani listeningi veriyorum böyle olursa... :))) 13 sorudan oluşan bir listening partını da yaptık dostlarım... Aslında az daha yapabiliriz listening ama şimdilik yeterli olsun hadi... :) Diğer çok çalıştıklarımıza sayalım... :)) Bunu da yarım saat kabul edelim... :) Cevapları da kontrol ettik çünkü... :)
Şimdi biraz dinlenelim ve saat 19.45 olmak üzere, az sonra praktika ile 20 dakika konuşma egzersizi ve ardından da 25 dakika toefl speaking testi yapalım... :))
20 dakika konuşacaktı ama nereden baksak 30 dakikadan fazla konuştuk... Free talk'a 4.5 / 6 verdi ikinci derse de 5 / 6 verdi praktika... :) Şimdi biraz dinlenelim ve Toefl speaking yapalım... :)
Dostlarım Trabzonspor maçını izliyorum ve 1 - 1 buçuk saat kadar gecikeceğim bu ilk günden, demek ki çalışmaya sabahtan başlamalıymış... :)) Ama sözümü tutacağım, çalışmaya devam ve 80 gün 360+ saat fazlasıyla tamam olacak inşallah... Hep ekstra yaptık çünkü bugün... :)
Arkadaşlar aynı speakingi 4 defa çözdüm birincide 19 ikincide 18, üçüncüde 23 ve dördüncüde de 24 aldım... Cümleleri aklımda doğru tutabilirsem bu bölümden 23-24 alırım gibi... :))) İnşallah hafıza sorunları yaşamam sınav anında... :)) 4.5 almam lazım bu bölümden de en az 6 üzerinden... Ancak birincisi ayrı speakingdi, 2-3-4 aynı idi bundan farklı olarak... :) Birinci listeningin ikincisinden 21 almışım şimdi... :)) Allah'ım şuna en az 23-24 hatta 25 versen olmaz mı gerçek sınavda?? :)))
Biraz sonra writinge geçeyim en iyisi... :)) Arkadaşlar diyorum ki birazdan chatgpt'nin belirttiği gibi bir 20 dakika kadar gramer çalışayım... Ardından bir writing part çözeyim toefl practice testlerinden... :)) Bir de kontrol edeyim işte... :)) Chapter 7 Adjectivesteyim... :))
Chapter 7'yi yaklaşık 50 dakikada bitirdim... 20 dakikası writing part için 30 dakikasını da grammer parta sayarız... :) Şimdi writing partı yapıp toefl practiceden kontrol de edip bir de yarım saat de kelime çalışırsak sözümüzü fazlasıyla tutmuş oluyoruz... :))
Yüzümüzü yıkayalım ve bir çay yapalım, uykumuz gelmesin... :))) Writingden 13 aldım arkadaşlar ve ilk bölümdeki kelimeleri sıralamaları gene yetiştiremedim pek çoğunu hem de çok daha hızlı olmalıyım ilk writing bölümünde... Arkadaşlar toeflda en zayıf bölümüm writing kesinlikle çok daha hızlı olmalıyım... :) Ve bol bol writing exercises yani toefl writing exercises yapmalıyım... :))
Son olarak yarım saat de kelime çalışıp bitirelim bu günkü sözümüzü... O writingi 23+ yapmalıyım... :) 10 puan eklemem lazım... :)
Tamam kelime kartları 1 kısma da çalıştım yarım saat kadar, ilk günkü sözümüzü tam manasıyla tuttuk... :) Tek sıkıntı writing şimdilik... Yarın ona çareler aramaya başlayalım... :))) Bu arada yarın nasipse kız kardeşime gidiyoruz... :))
