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Title:
Instr.
Surname:
DURMAZ
Status:
School Of Foreign Languages
Role:
Lecturer
Telephone:
2814
E-mail:
medu
metu.edu.tr
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Room:
PZ-10
Educational Background:
- B.A. Middle East Technical University
- M.A. Middle East Technical University Northern Cyprus Campus
- Ph.D. Eastern Mediterranean University (ongoing)
Research Interests:
- Teacher Education
- Professional Development
- Teaching English as a Foreign Language
- Vocabulary Learning & Teaching
- EAP
Courses Taught:
- ENGL 101: Development of Reading and Writing Skills I
- ENGL 102: Development of Reading and Writing Skills II
- ENGL 211: Academic Oral Presentation Skills
- ENGL 311: Advanced Communication Skills
- ENGL 312: Conversational English
- Intensive English Preparatory Courses
Selected Publications:
- Durmaz, M. (2022). Online teaching: The ugly duckling. In A. Ekoç Özçelik & Z. Elgün Gündüz (Eds.), Technology integrated English language teaching (pp. 109-130). Eğiten Kitap.
- Durmaz, M., & Yiğitoğlu, N . (2020). Reversing the Question: Do Language Teachers Preach What They don’t Do?. Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Eğitim Dergisi, 37 (1), 85-102. Retrieved from https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/buje/issue/55539/760490
- Durmaz, M. (2018, November). Veni, Vidi, Vici. Paper presented at TESOL Turkey 1st International Conference. İzmir, Turkey.
- Durmaz, M. (2018, May). Vocabulary Matters - A Comparative Study on the Lexical Errors of Beginner and Intermediate Students. Paper presented at GLOBELT 2018 Conference. Belgrade, Serbia.
- Durmaz, M., & Yiğitoğlu, N. (2017). Factors in the professional identity development of alternatively certified English language teachers (ACELTs). International Online Journal of Education and Teaching (IOJET), 4(4), 398-416. http://iojet.org/index.php/IOJET/article/view/235/179
- Durmaz, M. & Yiğitoğlu, N. (2017, May). Issues and challenges in the professional identity development of alternatively certified English language teachers (in an EFL context). Paper presented at GLOBELT 2017 Conference. İzmir, Turkey.
- Durmaz, M. (2017). Tracing the local culture in a reading book. Journal of Languages and Culture, 8(9), 141-146. doi:10.5897/jlc2015.0337
- Durmaz, M. & Gören Z. (2016, May). The Impact of VOCAP on Learner Achievement and Teacher Development. Paper presented at 8th T-PLUS Conference: Focus on the Learner. Eskişehir, Turkey.
- Durmaz, M. (2016). L1 Phonology Transfer to L2 Phonology: The Effect of Phonological Environment. In Başaran, B. Ç., Cengiz, B. C., Gümüşok, F. & Şafak, D. F. (Eds), Selected Papers. Paper presented at 9th International METU Postgraduate Conference on Linguistics and Language Teaching, METU, Ankara, 14-15 December, (pp. 55-66). Gazi Kitabevi: Ankara