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On November 01, 2022, we organized a meeting to our new coming first-year students. The students had the chance meet the academic staff who will be offering lecturers to them and ask their questions.

As the department, we wish our students good health and success in the new academic year.

Head of the English Language Teaching Department of our faculty, Prof. Dr. Belgin Elmas gave a presentation titled "The Best Gift You Can Give Yourself: Emotional Agility" at the 9th Change in Education Conference hosted by ABC Schools in Ankara on October 22, 2022, and the presentation attracted great interest.

On October 14, 2022, from Roof Coliving social enterprise, Izel Büyükgöze, Emre Güzel, and Zeynep Aybüke Mutlu were guests of our GENC 202 / EDU 401 Community Service course. After our conversation on community service and volunteering, our guests shared the establishment story of the initiative, it’s values ​​, and it’s works. For our students, who will develop and implement community service projects during the term, these sharings supported their practices and raised awareness of volunteering.

TED University Foreign Language Education Department Head Prof. Dr. Belgin Elmas and Research Assistant Mehmet Sak attended the international "Language Teacher Psychology" congress held at Mersin Çağ University on 6-7 October 2022 with their oral presentations. Prof. Dr. Belgin Elmas attended the congress with her paper titled “The best gift you can give to yourself: Emotional agility”, while Res. Asst. Mehmet Sak presented his paper titled “Exploring fluctuations of language teacher motivation in online EFL classes”.

Res. Asst. Mehmet Sak and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nurdan Özbek Gürbüz’s co-authored article entitled “Unpacking the negative side-effects of directed motivational currents in L2: An interpretative phenomenological analysis” has been published in an international peer-reviewed journal “Language Teaching Research” (SSCI; Q1). Besides, the article is included within the scope of TÜBİTAK International Scientific Publications Incentive (UBYT) award and TEDÜ publication award.

"Being a Public Teacher: Rights, Responsibilities and Duties" held on Friday, May 13, 2022, via Zoom, was carried out by Özgür Bozdoğan, an English Language Teacher at Ankara Atatürk High School.

On the 13th of January, TEDU English Language Teaching graduates will meet with the prospective graduates to inform them about after graduation processes. In the event, Aleyna Gül, English teacher at TED Samsun College, Melike Ece Avcı, instructor at TED University English Language School, and Simge Polat, English teacher at Bilinç College, will share their after graduation experiences such as finding and applying for a job, job interviews, and many more. 

Date: 18:30 - 19:30 PM, 13 January, 2022

As part of our promotional activities, we visited the foreign language class of Mehmet Zakir Anatolian High School. During the visit taking place with the participation of 12th grade students, English teacher and Guidance teacher, Dr. Özlem Canaran made a presentation about TEDU English Language Teaching Department and answered the questions of students and teachers.