• Using Blog-based Peer Comments to Promote L2 Writing Performance 

  İrgin, Pelin; Bilki, Zeynep (Uluslararası Eğitim Araştırmacıları Derneği, 2021)

  This research aimed to understand to what extent 24 freshmen students registered in an online academic writing course provided peer comments in a blog-based writing setting and whether there was a significant difference ...
• Syntactic complexity in learner-generated research paper introductions: Rhetorical functions and level of move/step realization 

  Bilki, Zeynep; Sarıcaoğlu, Aysel; Plakans, Lia (Elsevier Ltd, 2021-09)

  This study explored the relationship between syntactic complexity and rhetorical functions and the relationship between syntactic complexity and level of move/step realization in learner-generated research paper introductions. ...
• Academic Language Tasks in Discipline-Specific Courses: Insights from three English-Medium Instruction Universities 

  Canaran, Özlem; Bayram, İlknur; Demirkol, Tuba (ANI YAYINCILIKKIZILIRMAK SOK NO 10-A, BAKANLIKLAR, ANKARA 00000, TURKEY, 2021)

  Purpose: This study sought to investigate how undergraduate learners enrolled in EMI programs perceive the frequency and difficulty level of the academic language tasks in English in discipline-specific courses and whether ...
• Communication Strategies: Implications for EFL University Students 

  İrgin, Pelin; Yaman, Şaziye; Kavasoğlu, Mehtap (Kürşad YILMAZ, 2013-10-01)

  Oral communication is an interactive process in which an individual alternately takes the roles of speaker and listener. Thus, rather than focusing on each skill separately, these skills should be considered integratedly. ...
• The Role of the Directors in Language Schools 

  Hockley, Andy; Aydın, Belgin (Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi, 2019-12-30)

  This study aims at examining the role of directors working at the schools of foreign languages in Turkey. The perceptions of the directors and other administrative staff as well as the teachers, on what directors do and ...
• Developing and validating a computerized oral proficiency test of English as a foreign language (Coptefl) 

  Aydın, Belgin; İşler, Cemre (IJATE-INT JOURNAL ASSESSMENT TOOLS EDUCATION, 2021)

  This study is about the development and validation process of the Computerized Oral Proficiency Test of English as a Foreign Language (COPTEFL). The test aims at assessing the speaking proficiency levels of students in ...
• Öǧretmenlerin Mesleki Gelişimi Için Yeni Bir Takim Öǧretimi Modeli: Hizmet-Içi Ingilizce Öǧretmenleri Üzerine Bir Durum Çalişmasi 

  Canaran, Özlem; Mirici, I.H. (Turkish Education Association, 2020)
• The relationship between input and literacy and metalinguistic development: A study with Chinese–English bilinguals 

  Gezer, Melike Ünal; Chen, Zhuo; Ku, Yu-Min; Kuo, Li-Jen (SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD, 2020-02)

  The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between input and literacy/ metalinguistic development in bilingual children. Participants included fourth-grade Chinese-English bilinguals from Taiwan and the USA. ...
• A Blueprint for In-Service Teacher Training Program in Technology Integration 

  Aydın, Belgin; Ulus Kımav, Ali (Anadolu University, 2020)

  The developments in the digital age are reflected in foreign language classrooms today, yet, teachers’ incompetence resulting from insufficient training about various technologies during their previous education prevent ...
• Autonomy Orientations of English Language Teachers in Turkey 

  Aydın, Belgin; Bağcı, Aslıhan (2411-7390, 2021)

  The present study aimed to explore autonomy orientations of English language teachers' work at an intensive language school in Turkey. The autonomy orientations of the teachers were analysed through self-determination ...
• Directed Motivational Currents and Language Education: Exploring Implications for Pedagogy 

  Sak, Mehmet (ELSEVIER SCI LTDTHE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, OXON, ENGLAND, 2021-04)
• Pre-service English language teachers' conceptions of sustainable development: a case from Turkish higher education context 

  Canaran, Özlem; Bayram, İlknur; Yılmaz Fendık, Leyla (EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LTD, 2021-01-25)

  Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore how sustainable development (SD) is conceptualized by pre-service English language teachers in Turkey and design a specialized course syllabus on SD in English language ...
• Understanding the role of personality in explaining L2 learners' DMC disposition 

  Sak, Mehmet (WILEY, 2021-07)

  Recent years have seen a growing research interest in the notion of directed motivational currents (DMCs) that defines highly intense motivational surges oriented to a much-desired goal of personal significance. However, ...
• 2023 vision for education in Turkey in the shadow of 1968 curriculum 

  Aksoy, Erdem (ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, 2021-07)

  In 2018 the Turkish Ministry of Education published a new vision document describing system changes over the next few years. This study describes factors common to the 1968 primary education curriculum and the new 2023 ...
• The Relationship between Identity and Acculturation in International Students in Turkey 

  Boynueğri, Ebru; Şener, Tülin (Anı Yayıncılık, 2021)

  Purpose: This study aimed to discover identity statuses and acculturation strategies of international students in Turkey, as well as revealing the relationship between these concepts. Research Methods: To investigate the ...
• "I am just shy and timid": Student teachers’ explanations for their performances of their presentations 

  Mutluoğlu, Arzu Kanat; Aksoy-Pekacar, Kadriye; Erten, İsmail Hakkı (Hacettepe University, 2020)

  As part of the research on motivation, causal attribution studies have an important role in predicting and improving academic performance since controllable and uncontrollable attributions have an effect on learners’ future ...
• Exploring the role of strategy instruction: Young learners’ listening performance and strategy use 

  İrgin, Pelin; Erten, İsmail Hakkı (Hacettepe University, 2020)

  This paper reports on an exploratory investigation into the impacts of implicit instruction of listening strategies on strategy use and listening performance of young EFL learners in Turkey. Data from 34 lower-intermediate ...
• The role of ideal L2 self in predicting L2 willingness to communicate inside and outside the classroom 

  Sak, Mehmet (Hacettepe University, 2020)

  This study reports on findings of an investigation into the relationship between ideal L2 self as a motivational variable and willingness to communicate in English (L2 WTC) in and outside the classroom. Participants were ...
• Theme-Based Instruction and Integrated Curriculum in the Shadow of Turkey's 2023 Education Vision 

  Aksoy, Erdem (JOURNAL LANGUAGE TEACHING & LEARNING, JOURNAL LANGUAGE TEACHING & LEARNING, ANKARA, 00000, TURKEY, 2020)

  This study reports on teachers' perceptions of the theme-based instruction (TBI) and integrated curriculum models favoured in the 2018 updated curricula of Turkey and sheds light on the integrated curriculum design models ...
• Evaluation of the 2017 updated secondary school English curriculum of Turkey by means of theory-practice link 

  Aksoy, Erdem (MEHMET TEKEREK, 16-21, AZERBAYCAN AVE, KAHRAMANMARAS, 46100, TURKEY, 2020-01)

  This study evaluates the 2017 updated secondary school English curriculum of Turkey with the frame of Stake's (1967) congruence-contingency model. The study employed a mixed-methods research design. In this regard, ...

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