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The Role English Plays in the Construction of Professional Identities in Nest-Nnes Bilingual Marriages in İstanbul
(Palgrave, 2015) Kurban, Caroline Fell
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Designing Effective, Contemporary Assessment on a Flipped Educational Sciences Course
(Routledge, 2019) Caroline Fell Kurban
Evidence shows flipped learning increases academic performance and student satisfaction. Yet, often practitioners flip instruction but keep traditional curricula and assessment. Assessment in higher education is often via written exams. But these provide limited feedback and do not ask students to put knowledge into practice. This does not support the tenets of flipped learning. For two years, the author flipped instruction but retained traditional curricula and assessment. However, on the author’s current course, all three aspects were redesigned to better support flipped learning. The aim of this research is to test the effectiveness of this redesign regarding student engagement and satisfaction. Thus, it is asked: How, on this course, can meaningful, continuous assessment be provided as well as effective, personalized feedback, while staying in line with the philosophy of flipped learning? Action research took place from September 2016 to June 2017. Quantitative data from a student survey, and qualitative data from a research diary and student focus group were gathered. What emerged is: a little-and-often assessment approach is effective for learning and engagement; tasks must be authentic and test demonstration of knowledge, not memory; quality, not quantity, is key for student learning; and students desire individualized feedback. © 2018, © 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
The Flipped Approach To Higher Education : Designing Universities for Today's Knowledge Economies and Societies
(Emerald, 2016) Kurban, Caroline Fell; Şahin, Muhammed; Şahin, Muhammed
İçindekiler: List of Figures.--List of Tables.--Foreword.--Preface; About the Authors.--Chapter 1 The Socio-Economic and Socio-Technical Nature of Today's World and How This Impacts the Education Sector.--1.1. Employment.--1.2. Education.--1.3. Knowledge, Connectivity, and Cognitive Overload.--1.4. What is Needed from Education Today.--Chapter 2 Flipped Learning: A Transformative Approach Designed to Meet the Needs of Today's Knowledge Economies and Societies.--2.1. What is Flipped Learning?.--2.2. How Did Flipped Learning Develop?.--2.3. How Flipped Learning Meets the Needs of Today's Knowledge Economies and Societies.--Chapter 3 From Current Practice to Future Practice: Making the Decision to Flip.--3.1. Introduction.--3.2. Moving from Current Practice to Future Practice: How the Need for Change Emerged; 3.3. Searching for Future Practice; 3.4. The Big Reveal; Chapter 4 Organizational Design and Transformation; 4.1. Physical and Geographical Infrastructure; 4.2. Human, Social, and Intellectual Capital.--4.3. Technological Infrastructure.--Chapter 5 Flipped Learning Theory, Policies, and Practices.--5.1. Introduction.--5.2. Flipped Learning Theories.--5.3. Flipped Learning Performance Gaps, Causes, and Interventions.--5.4. From Theory to Practice.--5.4.1. A Recommended Course Design Process.--5.4.2. An Instructional Design Handbook.--5.4.3. A Flipped Learning Instructional Design Online Course.--5.4.4. A Flipped Learning Instructional Design Best Practice Checklist.--5.4.5. Support for Students.--5.5. Summary.--Chapter 6 Flipped Leadership: Transparency, Vision, Accountability, and Resources.--6.1. MEF University Rector, Muhammed Şahin. 6.2. Instructors' Expectations6.3. Physical Infrastructure; 6.4. Real-Life Assessment; 6.5. Conclusion; Chapter 7 Supporting Flipped Learning: Digital Pedagogy, Training, and Resources.--7.1. CELT, Caroline Fell Kurban.--7.1.1. Challenges through the Instructors' Eyes.--7.1.2. Challenges through the Students' Eyes.--7.1.3. Challenges through the Institution's Eyes: The Need for an Audit.--7.1.4. Lessons Learnt from the Audit: How the Process Could be Made More Supportive while Still Holding Instructors Accountable.--7.1.5. Lessons Learnt from Implementing Technological Mandates.-- 7.1.6. Where Next? Strategic Plan for the Rest of the Academic Year.--7.2. ITC, Brian Ramey.--7.2.1. The Technological Infrastructure Needed for a Flipped Environment.--7.2.2. Integrating Digital Resources.--7.2.3. Using Data to Effect Change.--7.2.4. The Need for a Secure Video Server.--7.2.5. Conclusion.--7.3. Library Director, Ertuğrul Çiman.--7.3.1. The Architecture of a Library in a Digital World.--7.3.2. The Successes of Using Digital Materials.--7.3.3. The Challenges of Using Digital Materials.--7.3.4. Academic Integrity in a Digital World.
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Teaching Literature With Elf Paradigm in Elt Classrooms
(Taylor and Francis, 2023) Tülüce, Hande Serdar; Altınmakas, Derya
This chapter shows how teachers can utilise literary texts in their language classrooms to unearth the potential of the ELF paradigm in promoting general and critical language awareness and preparing students for the complex and diversified socio-linguistic reality of the 21st century. Earlier discussions of integrating literature in EFL classrooms mainly emphasised the use of literary texts as supplementary materials to ELT coursebooks to reinforce learners’ linguistic knowledge and enhance their understanding of the target language and culture, particularly British and/or American. The current status of ELF challenges the taken-for-granted approaches to selecting and using literary texts in language classrooms, and thus the use of literature in language teaching is in need of rejuvenation. Considering the dynamics and the reality of communication in ELF contexts, language learners today need to be familiarised with the unfamiliar and different ecosystems. The chapter presents literature-based activities designed using two short stories and two novels written by multilingual authors, which can be used with secondary school and university students with B1+ levels of proficiency.
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Why "sway" Again? Prosodic Constraints and Singability in Song (re)translation
(Springer, 2019) Güven, Mine
This study focuses on the song ?Quien sera? (1953, lyrics by Pablo Beltran Ruiz and music by Pablo Beltran Ruiz and Luis Demetrio Traconis Molina), which has had many language versions so far (e.g. Arabic, Finnish, French, German, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin, Russian, etc.), including the English Sway (1954, lyrics by Norman Gimbel), which is often erroneously thought to be the original. The lyrics have also been rewritten in Turkish by Fecri Ebcioglu in 1968/1987, Yesil Giresunlu in 1977, and Athena in 2000. With particular reference to Johan Franzon's analysis of song translation, the present article analyzes the Turkish versions in an attempt to investigate the possible constraints behind the decisions taken by the various agents of the cultural import. Given that a translated version of a source song is expected to reproduce the music and/or the lyrics and/or the sung performance, the Turkish versions appear to be adaptations with rewritten lyrics, which enable a reproduction of the melody and a sung performance similar to that of the source song. The data analysis further suggests that prosodic constraints rank the highest among the layers of singability and that translators' attitude towards the literary quality of the original lyrics might influence their decision to adopt assimilating strategies or not.
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English as a Medium of Instruction: Students' Strategies
(Oxford University Press, 2017) Griffiths, Carol; Soruç, Adem
Although English-medium instruction (EMI) is now widely spread throughout the world, there is surprisingly little research into the challenges students face as they try to learn subject matter by means of a non-native language, or how learners attempt to address these challenges. The study reported in this article employed a qualitative approach, using video-recording, an open-ended questionnaire, and stimulated-recall interviews to investigate the difficulties faced by students working in International Relations and Psychology classes in a Turkish university. The students were also asked to identify the strategies they used in an attempt to cope with these difficulties. The students were indeed able to list a number of difficulties, but numerous strategies were also suggested to deal with the problems they faced. Implications are suggested for student support and teacher training, as well as suggestions for ongoing research.
Levels or Stages of Word Knowledge
(Wiley, 2018) Bush, Jerome
Vocabulary knowledge can be seen as existing on a continuum from unknown to mastery.How well a student knows a word has been referred to as “depth” of vocabularyknowledge, as opposed to “breadth” of knowledge, which is the number of wordsknown. Several scales have been developed that describe the levels or stages of vocabularyknowledge. Teachers have a limited time in which to teach vocabulary. Therefore,they should adopt a strategic perspective and train students to develop vocabularyacquisition systems. Teachers would do well to foster fascination with words and sparkcuriosity within their students. Then they will be able to develop independent learnerswho will be successful in acquiring vocabulary knowledge.
Integrating Genre-Based Writing and Critical Thinking in Developing Writing Skills of Pre-Service Language Teachers
(Multilingual Matters, 2024) Aptoula-Yiğitoğlu, N.; Altınmakas, Derya
This book explores how EFL writing teacher education is theoretically, pedagogically, methodologically and sociopolitically shaped, given teachers' unique local contexts and circumstances. It showcases practitioners and researchers teaching in, or studying, geographic areas that have as yet been under-represented in international publications, and it focuses on ways that specific contexts create unique opportunities and constraints on what developing teachers know and do in their work. The chapters prioritize local voices and materials to build a more inclusive and comprehensive picture of L2 writing globally, enabling the book as a whole to both document and further shape pedagogical approaches to L2 writing. Readers will be able to use the unique insights contained in this book in their own classrooms and professional development activities.
Informing Preservice Teacher Education Pedagogies Through In-Service Professional Development on Cultural Diversity in Turkey
(Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., 2015) McKeown, John
With shifting student demographics in Turkey, which will include many more international higher education students, together with increasing refugee migration to the country, professional development intended to assist teachers to move toward intercultural competency is becoming increasingly important. In this chapter, local in-service teacher educator initiatives and associated cultural adaptation facilitation tools are explored as a means to find ways to build cultural dialogue in the Turkish higher education environment, and, practically, for teachers in the field. While this chapter draws on an in-service teacher education case, much of what is presented is applicable to preservice settings as well. The chapter concludes with a look at changes in Turkish higher education, particularly in the facilitation of cultural convergence transferable to different educational environments and their applicability to international situations.
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Co-Constructed Oppositional Stance and Facework in an Office Hour Interaction
(De Gruyter, 2020) Çiftçi, Hatime; Vásquez, Camilla
Stance plays a salient role in communicating interpersonal meaning through language use. Understanding stance as co-constructed within dialogic interaction uncovers subtleties of how interlocutors use language to express their subjectivities and thus, negotiate their interpersonal relationship. The notion of face and facework, or relational work (Locher 2004), is therefore relevant to the understanding of stance in interaction. Drawing on Du Bois’ (2007) stance triangle, our study analyzes oppositional stance in a single, extended interaction and shows how two interlocutors in an academic setting jointly construct oppositional stance, each by drawing on their own interpretations. Our analysis indicates that this co-constructed oppositional stance is enacted throughout three broader stages, which we call initiation, negotiation, and resolution. We also demonstrate that expressing oppositional stance is a complex process where interlocutors employ various discourse strategies to express pessimistic evaluation, shifting positionings, and (dis)alignment. Meanwhile, instances of oppositional stance become face-maintaining and face-challenging at different stages in which directness and indirectness are variably employed.
What Do Pre-Service English Language Teachers Have To Say for Their Future?
(2023) Altınmakas, Derya
The dignified socio-cultural value attached to the teaching profession is in decline not only in Turkey, but also in many other parts of the world. Previous studies (Aksu et al., 2010; Fray & Gore, 2018; Heinz, 2015) have shown that pre-service teachers might have altruistic, intrinsic and extrinsic motivations at diverse levels when they embark on their teacher education programmes (TEP). It has also been widely studied that pre-service teachers’ initial motivations and conceptualizations of the teaching profession are subject to change over time due to the gap they observe and experience between the theory and practice, precarious employment, lack of financial resources and benefits, low salary, limited opportunities for promotion and professional development, unstable work-life balance, ideological pressures, and demanding parents and educational stakeholders. This study will present the preliminary findings of an on-going research exploring pedagogical beliefs, professional conceptualisations and motives of 20 pre service English language teachers studying their second and third years of a TEP in Istanbul, Turkey. Guided by reflective practice theory (East, 2022; Farrell, 2021), the first data set was obtained from web based logs where participants were guided with questions to reflect on to what extent the training they receive in TEP corresponds to the practice they observe in their internship schools and how this experience reformulates their pedagogical beliefs. The second data set was collected using focus-group interviews where the participants were asked to comment on their motives to choose and continue to practice the teaching profession. The results indicate that pre-service English language teachers have ambivalent beliefs and attitudes toward their future practices, mainly pertaining to the socio-political and economic turmoil in the country, accelerating inflation and challenging living conditions, prevalent notion of native-speakerism in private schools, and technological innovations gradually replacing the role of teachers.
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Differentiating Flipped Learning Approaches for the Diverse Needs of the Faculty of Economics, Administrative, and Social Sciences
(Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., 2016) Kurban, Caroline Fell; Şahin, Muhammed
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Flipped Learning in Language Teaching
(Eğiten Kitap Yayıncılık, 2020) Bush, Jerome
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Discourse of Reflections on Instant Joint Engagement in Online Elt Graduate Courses (chapter 17)
(Multilingual Matters, 2022) Çiftçi, Hatime; Dikilitaş, Kenan
In this chapter, we investigate the discourse of post-course reflections by in-service teachers on instant joint engagement in online ELT graduate courses. Our findings demonstrate that engagement for teacher reflection might be promoted in synchronous interactions during online teacher education courses. We argue that in-service teachers’ cognitive, socio-constructive, affective and interactive engagement can foster their critically reflective voice.
Creating Effective Materials for Eap
(Springer Nature, 2024) Altınmakas, Derya
Materials used in English for Academic Purposes (EAP) courses should strike a balance between the required linguistic proficiency in receptive and productive language skills and the disciplinary-specific vocabulary, content, and text genres. While published EAP materials provide EAP teachers with a solid structure, a wide range of texts, and a syllabus to rely on, most coursebooks remain inadequate to cater to the needs of learners from different academic disciplines. Therefore, EAP teachers should consider a set of carefully determined criteria before selecting, adapting, and developing pertinent EAP materials for their students and exert effort to familiarize themselves with the disciplinary-specific text genres. This chapter informs the readers about the key principles of selecting, using, and adapting published EAP materials and ways of designing customized EAP materials for specific learning contexts. Practical principles are offered for EAP teachers preparing students, particularly for undergraduate programs. These guiding principles emphasize selecting engaging and relevant authentic texts and designing purposeful activities that integrate technology in material development. They also focus on teaching discipline-specific academic writing conventions and text genres through genre pedagogy in EAP courses, aiming to enhance students' academic literacy and critical thinking skills. © The Author(s). All rights reserved.
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Mobile-Assisted Language Learning (mall) Research Trends and Patterns Through Bibliometric Analysis: Empowering Language Learners Through Ubiquitous Educational Technologies
(Elsevier, 2022) Bozkurt, Aras; Karakaya, Kadir
Mobile devices and technologies have proliferated extensively and become an integral part of lifeand learning. Mobile-assisted language learning (MALL) has progressed as an emerging area ofresearch corresponding to recent advances in mobile technologies and the proliferation ofsmartphones and tablet computers. Accordingly, this study examined MALL research between2008 and 2020 through a bibliometric analysis using social network analysis (SNA) and textmining techniques. The SNA and text mining analysis suggest five broad research themes: (1) self-regulated language learning by defining one’s own learning objectives, (2) providing learneragency and motivation by empowering autonomy, (3) personalizing learning through artificialintelligence (AI)-supported mobile learning (m-learning), (4) MALL for learning in the wild, and(5) MALL to support higher education. The findings show that while MALL research has beenconsiderably operationalized around linguistic factors, nonlinguistic factors relating to learners’interactions with mobile devices or applications have been largely overlooked. It was found thatMALL scholarship has recently tended to incorporate the use of mobile devices in informallearning contexts and outside the classroom due to the flexibility and anytime anywhere func-tionality of m-learning. The study concludes with several suggestions and highlights the areas thatneed more attention in MALL research.
The New University Model : Scaling Flipped Learning in Higher Education
(FL Global Publishing, 2019) Şahin, Muhammed; Kurban, Caroline Fell; Mazur, Eric
You can learn about flipping a lesson or class from many educators, but only a few people in the world have experienced flipping multiple university departments or an entire university. What could you learn from spending a few hours with the authors who have deep insight into the process of starting, managing and scaling Flipped Learning in higher education? MEF University is the first fully flipped university in the world. The 2018 graduating class included students who earned their degrees through Flipped Learning programs in: mathematics education, guidance and psychological counselling, law, computer engineering, electronics and electrical engineering, industrial engineering, civil engineering, mechanical engineering, economics, business administration, psychology, political science and international relations, architecture, and interior design. In this book, MEF’s rector and the director of the Center for Research and Best Practices in Learning and Teaching share invaluable insights that are not available anywhere else. Whether you are a professor considering flipping your class, a dean or a department head considering expanding your Flipped Learning program, or a rector, president or provost considering expanding your Flipped Learning program, this book will put you on a clear and proven fast track. The book also includes the framework and set of best practices recently developed by the Academy of Active Learning Arts and Sciences (AALAS) through a cohort of 100 experienced Flipped Learning practitioners in 49 countries. The framework will help you avoid the big mistakes as you embrace and scale Flipped Learning in higher education. “The book is a must-read for any innovative educator or higher-education administrator.” -- Dr. Eric Mazur, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and School of Education, Harvard University.
Writing as a Vocabulary Learning Tool
(Brill, 2014) Bush, Jerome; Dikilitas, Kenan
This study examined the impact of writing on the vocabulary acquisition of 32 universitypreparatory students in Izmir, Turkey. The students were in two separate classes of 16 each. Bothclasses learned vocabulary receptively by using direct explanations, readings that incorporatedthe target words, and post-reading exercises. In addition to this receptive work, one classproduced sentences and short compositions incorporating the target words. The students wereevaluated by using a modified version of Paribakht and Weshe’s (1997) Vocabulary KnowledgeScale and t-tests were performed. It was found that writing had a significant effect on thedevelopment of productive vocabulary.
Evaluating a Model From Two Perspectives: Teachers and University Scholars
(2016) Aktekin, Nafiye Çiğdem
Productive strategies for evaluating outcomes are becoming increasingly important for the improvement of teacher education [1] and for any model that claims to offer the best practice. The University within School (UwS) model suggests that teacher education must be done through collaboration between universities and schools. According to Ozcan [2], the model combines two models of professional education: one is the traditional "apprenticeship-journeyman-master's" model, which is practice-based; the other is modern professional education, which is mostly based on theoretical knowledge and is implemented through formal schooling. Students and academicians of an education faculty of a foundation university have been practicing to this end in a workplace for two years. Teachers of the partner school have been part of this model as mentor teachers, role models, and participants. This study aims to evaluate the model from the perspectives of teachers and college faculty since the model aims to prepare the conceptual framework of teacher education through the participation of all partners. The perceptions of two faculty members and three teachers were investigated through interviews. The evaluation of the model will help to design the model more effectively.
Discourse Analysis as a Research Methodology for L2 Context
(Wiley Blackwell, 2022) Çiftçi, Hatime
Discourse analysis as a qualitative research methodology promotes our understanding ofhow language is used by interlocutors in ongoing talk. Along with the increased use oftechnology and digital media in our lives, the scope of discourse analysis can be expandedfrom face-to face interactions to any instance of online communication. Thus, it is highlylikely to utilize discourse analysis as a research methodology in a wide spectrum ofsecond/foreign language (L2) teaching and learning contexts. In discourse studies, it is acommon practice to inform our analysis by using a specific methodological framework, suchas conversation analysis, interactional sociolinguistics, multimodal analysis, corpuslinguistics, critical discourse analysis, and so on. This chapter presents how I used discourseanalysis utilizing interactional sociolinguistics to examine linguistic politeness in office hourinteractions at two foundational universities in the northwest of Turkey where English is themedium of instruction. Drawing on a reflective and narrative report of my researchexperience, this chapter provides insights into how discourse analysis can be implemented inL2 teaching and learning contexts, what researchers should consider before and during theresearch process, the potential challenges of conducting discourse analysis for similar L2contexts, and suggestions for future endeavors in this line of research.

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