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Workshop Festival |
The 15th SFL Workshop Festival was held on June 27, 2022, which marked the crystal year of our annual workshop festival. With the theme "Lessons Learned: Un-mask-ed", the festival mascot for this year was raccoons since besides being excellent learners, they are smart animals with a great memory. Research has shown that not only are they able to solve problems but they can also remember the solution and use it again years later. Similarly, our journey during online teaching and post-COVID face-to-face teaching is full of stories to tell and valuable lessons learned to share, which might guide us now and in the future. We would like to thank the presenters, the participants, and our organizing committee members, Ezgi Topuz Sezen, Mehmet Durmaz, Melis Mireli, Pınar Şahin-Durmaz, and Zeynep Beril Turgut. Program Booklet: Link?  |
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Publication |
Büşra Müge Özdil published an article titled "Once an Expert, Now a Newbie: An Autoethnography on Identity in Transition to Online Education" in the Asian Journal of Distance Education. Link: http://www.asianjde.com/ojs/index.php/AsianJDE/article/view/633 Leyla Silman-Karanfil co-authored the article "English in Northern Cyprus: A sociolinguistic profile" in the journal of World Englishes. Link: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/weng.12598 Murat Ata wrote the chapter "Coming to terms with Covid-19 pandemic: Perceptions of a language teacher". In F. Mızıkacı & E. Ata (Eds.) Critical Pedagogy and the Covid-19 Pandemic: Keeping Communities Together in Times of Crisis, (pp. 215-222). Bloomsbury Publishing. Pınar Şahin-Durmaz published an article titled "Making Wonders with Burned Fingers" in the Journal of Educational Technology and Online Learning. Link: https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/jetol/issue/68368/1004567 |
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Conference Presentation |
Büşra Müge Özdil made a presentation titled "Verbal Hygiene and Gender Roles: Exploring Language Learners' Awareness of and Attitudes Towards Politically (In)correct Language" in the 8th International Conference on Gender Studies: Gender and Art. Center for Women's Studies, Eastern Mediterranean University Link: https://gsart.emu.edu.tr/en Büşra Çandırlı made a presentation titled "Reflections on true short stories of Rebel Girls: One more step toward empathy and perspective-taking" in the 8th International Conference on Gender Studies: Gender and Art. Center for Women's Studies, Eastern Mediterranean University Link: https://gsart.emu.edu.tr/en Fatma Schleischitz made a presentation titled "The Experiences of English and Turkish Language Teachers with Children with an Immigrant and Refugee Background in Northern Cyprus" in the 12th Illinois EU Studies Conference "Sustainable Europe" and Jean Monnet Center of Excellence SMAART Symposium "Visions for Technology, Energy, and Security in Europe" Organized by The European Union Center, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Link: https://europe.illinois.edu/news-events/signature-events/illinois-eu-studies-conference Leyla Silman-Karanfil made a presentation titled "A Qualitative Meta-Synthesis Study on EFL University Teachers' Beliefs on Emergency Remote Teaching" in the 16th Teacher Education Policy in Europe (TEPE) Conference on Enhancing the value of teacher education research: Implications for policy and practice. Institute of Education Research and Teacher Education and the center of Teacher Education, University of Graz, Austria. |
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On-site Volunteer Work |
Melis Mireli has done on-site volunteer work for 10 days in September 2022, for the research and conservation of marine turtles and biological diversity within the framework of the Sea Turtles Research and Conservation Project, with the contributions of the Ministry of Tourism, Culture, Youth, and Environment, Karşıyaka Turtle Watch, and Dipkarpaz and Lapta Municipalities by the Cyprus Marine Life Center operating under the Cyprus Wildlife Research Institute. |
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Workshop & Training |
Şeray Ekici offered 8-hour workshop entitled "L'utilisation des œuvres d'art de peintres célèbres pour développer les compétences du XXIe siècle en classe de FLE" and 4-hour workshop entitled "Construire une fiche pédagogique en utilisant les peintures les plus célèbres du monde", 5ème édition de l'Université d'étédes professeurs de français de Turquie. |
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Publication |
Büşra Müge Özdil contributed to the paper titled "Diyaloğun Pedagojisini Hayata Geçirmek" in the Journal of Critical Pedagogy. Link: http://www.elestirelpedagoji.com/FileUpload/ks7397/File/39_yasemin.pdf Pınar Şahin-Durmaz contributed to the paper titled "Diyaloğun Pedagojisini Hayata Geçirmek" in the Journal of Critical Pedagogy. Link: http://www.elestirelpedagoji.com/FileUpload/ks7397/File/39_yasemin.pdf |
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Workshop & Training |
Rana Şenol & Talip Karanfil conducted the 3-hour seminar and discussion on the "Needs, Problems and Required Actions on Teaching Turkish as a Foreign Language" organized by TRNC Ministry of National Education Teacher In-service Training on Teaching Turkish as a Foreign Language. Tayfun Can Onuk conducted a 3-hour module on "Coursebooks and Alternative Resources on Teaching Turkish as a Foreign Language" organized by TRNC Ministry of National Education Teacher In-service Training on Teaching Turkish as a Foreign Language. |
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Talk |
Mehmet Durmaz delivered a speech titled "Congraduations: What is next?" to inform senior ELT students in Turkey about possible challenges and opportunities after graduation, organized by TESOL Turkey. |
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Workshop Festival |
The 14th SFL Workshop Festival was held online on June 25, 2021, with the theme "Online Teaching: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly". We chose this theme because as we transitioned from face-to-face education into online education, we all had different experiences. Some of these were good and some were not so pleasant. However, they all taught us something and helped us develop personally and professionally. Therefore, this event aimed to give participants the chance to share their stories with the rest of the participants and to reflect on their experiences. We would like to thank the presenters, the participants, andour organizing committee members, Büşra Müge Özdil, Mehmet Durmaz, Melek Korudağ, and Pınar Şahin-Durmaz. Program Booklet: Link?  |
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Publication |
Leyla Silman-Karanfil co-authored the article "Insights into emergency remote teaching in EFL" in the ELT Journal. |
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Conference Presentation |
Leyla Silman-Karanfil co-presented the study titled "Alice in Wonderland or Hamster on a Wheel Metaphorical Conceptualizations of Emergency Remote Teaching" in the 8th International Congress on Curriculum and Instruction. Curriculum Studies in Lifelong Learning, Mehmet Akif Ersoy Üniversitesi, İstiklal Yerleşkesi, Burdur. |
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2020-2021 FALL |
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Publication |
Büşra Müge Özdil published an article titled "Re-culturing or De-culturing our Classes? The Integration of the Target Culture into EFL Classrooms" in the EUL Journal of Social Sciences. Link: https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/euljss/issue/64119/970636 Gamze Öncül published an article titled "Defining the Need: Digital Literacy Skills for First-Year University Students" in the Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education. Link: https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/JARHE-06-2020-0179/full/html Mehmet Durmaz co-authored the article "Reversing the Question: Do Language Teachers Preach What They Don't Do?" Boğaziçi University Journal of Education. Link: https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/buje/issue/55539/760490 |
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Seminar |
Büşra Müge Özdil made a presentation titled "Reunderstanding Teacher Roles through the Lens of Critical Pedagogy" in the seminar series "Professional Development Seminars for Foreign Language Teachers organized by the Franco-Turkish Cypriot Cultural Association. Şeray Ekici made a presentation titled "Les compétences du XXIe siècle en classe de FLE" in the seminar series "Professional Development Seminars for Foreign Language Teachers organized by Franco-Turkish Cypriot Cultural Association. |