TDU Members

 

Funda Çetin (The Head of the Unit)

Funda Çetin is a graduate of Marmara University and taught at Bilkent University before joining Izmir University of Economics in 2002. She holds COTE (Certificate for Overseas Teachers of English-Cambridge University) and CEELT (Cambridge Examination in English for Language Teachers) certificates. She is an approved Cambridge ESOL Young Learners Oral Examiner, and a CELTA and ICELT tutor for Cambridge ESOL Teaching Awards. She holds the Cambridge ESOL DELTA qualification. She is involved in in-service training and teacher development in her current position.

 

 

Asst. Prof. Dr. Bahar Gün

Asst. Prof. Dr. Bahar Gün received her BA in ELT from the Education Faculty, Anadolu University in 1989; her MA from the MA TEFL Program at Bilkent University in 1991, and her PhD in ELT from Anadolu University in 1998. She is in charge of in-service teacher training and teacher development programs at SFL. Her research interests include EFL teacher education in general, and teacher cognition and reflective teaching and learning in particular.

 

 

 

Dr. Mehmet Haldun Kaya

Mehmet Haldun Kaya graduated from the Middle East Technical University, Faculty of Education, Foreign Language Education Department with a high honour degree. He was granted the degree of Master of Arts by Dokuz Eylül University, the Institute of Educational Sciences, Curriculum and Instruction Department, which gave him the academic title of ‘Specialist on Educational Sciences’. He also holds the Cambridge Diploma in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (DELTA with Distinction). He completed his PhD on ‘Educational Technologies’ at Bahçeşehir University, the Institute of Educational Sciences, the Computer and Instructional Technologies Department. He has publications on teacher development and educational technologies in ELT. Dr. M. Haldun Kaya is also a University of Cambridge approved CELTA tutor and Cambridge speaker examiner for YL, KET, PET and FCE. Dr. M. Haldun Kaya has been working at the IUE School of Foreign Languages both as an instructor and trainer since 2002.

 

Anita Afacan

Anita Afacan has over 25 years teaching experience in universities in the United Kingdom and Turkey. After joining Izmir University of Economics in 2003, she has worked as a senior instructor and materials development member in the Freshman English Program. In September 2015, she became part of the teacher development unit for freshman instructors

 

 

 

Pınar Acar

 

Sabire Pınar Acar received her BA in English Language and Literature from Ege University and MA in ELT from Bahcesehir University. She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. degree at Dokuz Eylul University English Language Education Program. She taught English in different schools in Izmir and Istanbul. She holds the Cambridge Delta qualification. She completed several trainer training courses such as SLTEP 2016 at Sabancı University and Cambridge Training the Trainer Course. She is also a member of the Teacher Development Unit in the School of Foreign Languages.