Education

PhD, English and Digital Linguistics, TU Chemnitz, 2024- ongoing project funded by DAAD 

MA, English Studies, Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU), Germany, 2019 

BA, English Language and Literature, Ege University, 2007

Other Diplomas & Certificates:

CELTA Main Course Tutor, accredited in and active as of 2015

DELTA, International House London, United Kingdom, 2013

CELTA, International Training Institute (ITI), Istanbul, 2009

Diploma in English Language Teaching , Ege University, 2007

Erasmus Exchange during BA, English Philology, University of Oviedo, Spain, 2006-2007

Abbreviated Curriculum Vitae

I graduated with an MA in English Studies (TEFL and Linguistics) from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München following my BA (Hons) in English Language and Literature from Ege University Turkey. I am both CELTA and DELTA qualified and bring over 17 years of experience working as an EAP & ESL instructor, exam writer, materials and course designer, a CELTA trainer and Academic Manager at tertiary level. Years I spent in teaching, developing course content, coordination and training all fed into my research skills and interests allowing me to reflect on the both sides of the coin with a teacher-scholar eye.

My research interests lie in the fields of Second Language Acquisition, Corpus Linguistics, Psycholinguistics, Processing and Processability, Educational Technology, Teacher Training.

I am currently working on my project which brings learner corpora and digital methods together as a way to learn and teach English from early ages on. My interdisciplinary project, which is funded by DAAD, employs principles of second language acquisition, corpus linguistics, teacher training and multimodality in digital tools. I am also involved in the PROCEED (PROcess Corpus of English in EDucation) project, where I focus on L2 writing processes.

Research and Projects

Research in Psycholinguistics:

• Research leading to MA Thesis: The Interface between the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) and Processability Theory, Empirical Research, LMU, Germany, 2018-2019
• Contrastive Research on Motion Verbs in English, Turkish and Romanian, LMU, Germany 2017-2018

Research in Corpus Linguistics and Morphology:

• TED Talks Corpora and Academic Word List, LMU, Germany, 2018-2019
• English Compounds and their Spelling, LMU, Germany, 2017-2018

Completed Projects in Instructional Design and Management:

• Institutional Professional Development and Systems Design, Lead, Boğaziçi University, Turkey

• Three-step Needs Analysis for Learning and Teaching Design, Lead, Boğaziçi University, Turkey

• Curriculum Renewal Project: Backward Curriculum Design of CEFR-based Curriculum and Materials, Lead, Boğaziçi University, Turkey
• Quality Assurance and Accreditation of Language Programs, Lead, Boğaziçi University, Turkey
• Foundation of Writing and Academic Support Center, Project Design, Boğaziçi University, Turkey

Teaching

WS24: English Linguistics

SS24: Applied and Cognitive Linguistics

Memberships

LCA (Learner Corpus Association)

ISLE (International Society for the Linguistics of English)

EuroSLA (European Second Language Association)

EALTA (European Association for Language Testing and Assessment)

IATEFL (International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language)