ABOUT AWAC People Assist.Prof.Dr. İsmail ERTON

Assist. Prof. Dr. İsmail ERTON

He was born in Ankara in 1970. He completed his secondary and high school education at Ankara Atatürk Anatolian High School. He completed his BA (1994) and MA (1997) at the Faculty of Letters, English Linguistics Department of Hacettepe University and his PhD (2004) at Hacettepe University, Faculty of Education, at the Department of English Language Education. He started his professional career at Turkish American Association. Worked 3 years at Ankara University and 9 years at Bilkent University, Faculty Academic English Program. Currently, he is the Assistant Professor of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Translation and Interpretation. He is also the Director of Atılım University Academic Writing and Advisory Center.
 
 PUBLICATIONS 

· MA/Thesis: A Contrastive Study of English and Turkish Interrogatives: A Discourse Perspective. (February, 1997 - Hacettepe University -)

· PhD/Thesis: Relations Between Personality, Language Learning and Teaching: The Contribution of Personality Traits (Introversion, Extroversion, Ambiversion) to the Development of Language Learning Styles and Strategies and Their Effects on Student Success in Foreign Language Achievement at University Level. (February,2004 - Hacettepe University -)

· Ankara University, Language Journal, “Key Concepts in Reflective Teaching: An Alternative Approach to Teacher Education” November 1999, pp.23-28.

· Ankara University, Language Journal, “Difficulties in Teaching Grammar: A Discourse Perspective” January 2000, pp.63-67.

· Ankara University, Language Journal, “Current Status of Applied Linguistics and Its Place in Language Teaching” June 2000, pp.27-35.

· Ankara University, Language Journal, “Learning Styles in Foreign and Second Language Teaching” September 2000, pp.56-60.

· Hacettepe University, Journal of Education, “Contributions of Discourse Analysis to Language Teaching” Vol.19. 2000., pp.201-212.

· Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, “Semiotic Nature of Language Teaching Methods in Foreign language Learning and Teaching” Vol.2(1). April 2006., pp.73-86.

· Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, “Applied Pragmatics and Competence Relations in Language Learning and Teaching” Vol.3(1). April 2007., pp.59-71.

· Atılım University, Library E-Bulletin, "The Tale of Two Tales: The Use of L1 in L2 Teaching" June 2008.

CURRENT RESEARCH

Contribution of Personality Traits of Atılım University students (Introversion, Extroversion, Ambiversion) to their development of Language Learning Styles and Strategies and their effects on Success in Foreign Language Achievement at Freshman Level.

Purpose of Research: To determine the Atılım University 1st year student profile from a scientific approach to pave the way to design English courses for 2nd, 3rd and 4th year students.

MASTER THESIS DIRECTED / REFREED

2008 Albina KUÇ. Hacettepe University, Institute of Social Sciences, Faculty of Education, Department of English Language Teaching. (Refree)

2008 Melike KESİN. Hacettepe University, Institute of Social Sciences, Faculty of Education, Department of English Language Teaching. (Adviser)


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