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English Language Office

Teacher Development Workshops and Presentations

October 24, 2009
INGED Conference – Gazi University, Ankara
Why and How of EIL
By Brad horn- English Language Officer

 


April 18, 2009
TED Koleji, Bursa
ELT in the age of the Internet
By Craig Dicker- English Language Officer   


April 11, 2009
Gaziantep Koleji Vakfı Okulları, Gaziantep
Effectiveness in the Teaching – Learning Process
By Craig Dicker- English Language Officer  


March 20, 2009
Süleyman Demirel University, Isparta
Oral Proficiency Assessment
. Outline for Assessment Workshops
. Watcha Say?- Developing and Implementing Standards for Assessing Speaking
By Craig Dicker- English Language Officer


March 14, 2009
Private Yüce High School, Ankara
Cooperative Learning
By Craig Dicker- English Language Officer


November 28, 2008
METU, Ankara
Expertise in Teaching
By Craig Dicker- English Language Officer   


November 25, 2008
Suleyman Demirel University, Isparta
Common European Framework | Turkish
Democracy and Education
By Craig Dicker- English Language Officer


November 24, 2008
Common European Framework | Turkish
Pamukkale University, Denizli
By Craig Dicker- English Language Officer 


November 21, 2008
Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir
Student is the Textbook
By Craig Dicker- English Language Officer 


November 20, 2008
Balikesir University, Balikesir
Four Eyes are Better than Two
By Craig Dicker- English Language Officer 


November 14, 2008
Gaziantep University, Gaziantep
Task Based Learning/ Teaching
By Craig Dicker- English Language Officer 


November 6, 2008
Abant Izzet Baysal University, Bolu
Democracy and Education
By Craig Dicker- English Language Officer 


October 24, 2008
Anadolu University, Eskisehir
Expertise in Teaching
By Craig Dicker- English Language Officer 


April 21, 2008
Uludag university, Bursa
SLA Overview
By Craig Dicker- English Language Officer  


April 3, 2008
Turkish American Association, Ankara
Poetry Night
By Eve Chambers-- Senior English Language Fellow


March 21, 2008
Seminar for ELT Department –Balikesir University 
Pronunciation Activities
By Eve Chambers – Senior English Language Fellow


March 20, 2008
Seminar for ELT Department –Dokuz Eylül University , Izmir 
Learner Centered Teaching
By Eve Chambers – Senior English Language Fellow


March 19, 2008
Seminar for teachers at Turkish-American Association, Izmir Buca
Learner Centered Teaching
By Eve Chambers – Senior English Language Fellow


February 29, 2008
ELT Department - Akdeniz University, Antalya


January 15, 2008
Conference presentation-American University, Cairo
Recognizing Different Working Styles and How They Interact
By Eve Chambers – Senior English Language Fellow


January 8, 2008
INGED (National EFL teachers’ association) workshop – TAA, Ankara

January 15, 2008
School of Foreign Languages, Ankara University, Ankara
Peer Observation – Four Eyes are Better than Four
By Crag Dicker – English Language Officer, Ankara


December 12, 2007
Preparatory School & DELSU, Atilim University, Ankara
Assessing Academic Writing
By Dr. Craig Dicker - English Language Officer, Ankara


December 3, 2007
ELT Department, Balikesir University, Balikesir

November 30, 2007
School of Foreign Languages, ITU, Istanbul


November 30, 2007
School of FL and English Language Department - Gaziantep University, Gaziantep
Activities for Teaching Listening and Speaking 
By Eve Chambers – Senior English Language Fellow


November 9, 2007
Turkish American Association, Ankara
Techniques for Teaching Listening and Speaking 
By Eve Chambers – Senior English Language Fellow


November 2, 2007
ELT Department - Trakya University, Edirne
Comparison of US and Turkish Education Systems  
By Eve Chambers – Senior English Language Fellow


Directorate of Technologies – Ministry of Education, Ankara

April 5, 2007

Teacher Seminar: Using Technology in ELT


English Language Department, Baskent University, Ankara

April 3, 2007

  • Engaging Writing Students in Academic Writing through Fiction
    by Jill Cargile – Senior English Language Fellow and National Coordinator, TAA
  • More Essentials of Academic Writing
    by Maria Snarski – English Language Officer, U.S. Embassy


TAA Konya

March 3, 2007

  • Using Pictures in the Classroom
    Maria Snarski – English Language Officer, U.S. Embassy, Ankara


Nigde University, Nigde

March 2, 2007


Saturday Teacher Seminar Series 

February 24, 2007


AUC Conference  

January 23-25, 2007

 


ELT Conference at Abant Izzet Baysal 

December 1st, 2006 - Friday

(organized by ELF Mora Hockstein) 


TAA Saturday Seminar Series

November 25, 2006


Other

ELF  Mora Hockstein "Using the Internet in English Language Teaching"
Buyuk Kolej, Ankara, May 6, 2006
This keynote speech introduced internet resources for teachers in three parts: sites for students to study English independently, sites for teachers to find free ready-made lesson plans and flashcards, and yahoogroups as a professional development resource for teachers.

ELF Mora Hockstein "Using Literature Cirlces and Effective Group Work Practices"
Mugla University, Mugla, April 14, 2006
This session demonstrated the group-work technique of using literature circles to deepen student understanding of literary texts.  The benefits of this approach, in addition to general effective practices for group work interactions were highlighted,  and participants practiced the roles of literature circle using a short story.

ELO  Maria Snarski "Getting Students to Become Independent Language Learners"
Gaziantep Kolej Vakfi, Gaziantep  April 8, 2006
This presentation gave the definition of Independent Learning and what specific steps language teachers can do to encourage students to become more responsible for improving their language skills

ELF   Jeela Bentley "Task and Project-Based Learning"
TAA, Ankara  March 14, 2006            
This session covered what Task and Project Based Learning is, how to design lessons using the methodologies and how to assess the outcomes.

ELF  Maria Iskenderoglu "Moving Beyond Literature Circles"
TAA, Ankara  March 14, 2006
This practical session included information on the methodology of Literature Circles and carried the discussion further by providing real classroom examples and gave participants a chance to see Literature Circles in action.

ELF Mora Hockstein "Meaningful Ways to Use Dictations"
TAA, Ankara, February 18, 2006
This session introduced and demonstrated eight dictation techniques that require students to demonstrate comprehension by listening, manipulating language, and responding in writing.

ELF  Jill Cargile "Teaching Vocabulary"
TAA, Ankara  February 10, 2006
This presentation offered suggestions for using the Academic Word List (Coxhead) as support for both overall fluency and vocabulary/reading sections of standardized exams such as YDS and KPDS.

ELF  Claire Nice "Using Videos"
TAA, Ankara, February 10, 2006
The Using Videos session covered ways of using authentic video to provide accurate context for language while improving speaking, listening, and reading skills.

ELF  Sally Ashton "Drama Activities"
TAA, Ankara  February 10, 2006
In the Drama Activities workshop a practical range of teaching strategies from warm-up games to Theater Sports, Readers Theater, script dramatizations and text studies using Hot Seat and Conscience Alley were presented. The benefits of Drama as constructivist learning, an overview of the learning styles engaged by Drama as well as a brief history of the background of Drama as a teaching tool were also discussed.

 
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