Workshops and Courses

The Teacher Development Unit (TDU) in our institution was established to provide in-service support and development to enable English teachers to achieve full potential, operating on the premise that teachers who continue to learn are more effective. Since the school was established in 2001, the TDU has been organizing ‘structured’ developmental activities for the teaching staff. Workshops and seminars are among such activities.

Workshops in the school are designed by taking the needs of the current teaching staff into consideration. Namely, the ‘realistic’ classroom teaching related issues are addressed during the workshop presentations, and the attendee teachers are provided with practical teaching tips which they can apply in their own classrooms. Regular teacher feedback on the content of workshops is obtained to plan future workshops tailored to the expectations of the teaching staff. 

A minimum two workshops are offered within a module for the preparatory program teachers (intramodular workshops); and also a minimum one workshop is offered at the end of each module (intermodular workshops).

As for the workshops designed for the Freshman and Second Foreign Language Program teachers, the number and content are determined based on teachers’ needs and expectations from the TDU.

The workshops can take one of the following forms:

• trainer-led workshops
• teacher-led workshops
• trainer/teacher jointly led workshops
• workshops presented by guest speakers
   

THE LIST OF TDU COURSES in 2019/2020

1. "A Hybrid Course on Technology Integration via E-Reflection",
    Date:  September 30, 2019 - January 10, 2020
    Trainer: Haldun Kaya

2. "A Blended Course on Data-driven Collaborative Reflection"
    Dates: October 11, 2019 - January 14, 2020
    Trainer: Pınar Acar

THE LIST OF TRAINING VIDEOS

1. Online Blackboard Basics by Haldun Kaya

2. Wikis on Blackboard by Haldun Kaya

3. Student Screen on Blackboard by Haldun Kaya

4. Creating an Online Teaching Presence by Dr. Bahar Gün and Anita Afacan

5. Simple Tips for Blackboard Ultra by Haldun Kaya

6. Using Google Froms to Check Student Work by Jen Lacano

7. Quizlet and Google Forms in Blackboard by Jen Lacano

8. Talking Avatars in Online Lessons by Haldun Kaya

9. Using Skillful Test Generator by Jen Lacano

THE LIST OF TDU WEBINARS

1. Tips for Online Teaching - Prep Programme by Funda Çetin, Jen Lacano and Haldun Kaya

2. Undergraduate Online Session by Funda Akgül and Anita Afacan

THE LIST OF TDU WORKSHOPS in 2019/2020

1. "Perspectives Intermediate", September 13, 2019
    Presenter: Haldun Kaya

2. "Perspectives Pre-intermediate", September 13, 2019
     Presenter: Ian White

3. "English Hub", September 16, 2019
     Presenter: Funda Çetin

4. "Getting Students to Write…Academically", September 16, 2019
     Presenter: Anita Afacan

5. "Holding the Lexical Reins", September 18, 2019
    Presenter: Haldun Kaya

6. "Online Tools for Reading and Listening", September 18, 2019
     Presenters: Pınar Acar & Funda Çetin

7. "Reflective Learner", September 18, 2019
     Presenters: Bahar Gün & Ian White

8. "Engaging Speaking Activities", December 18, 2019
    Presenter: Jennifer Lacano

9. "Perspectives for Level C", December 20, 2019
    Presenter: Haldun Kaya

10. "The Mystery that is Academic Vocabulary Learning/Teaching", February 6, 2020
    Presenter: Anita Afacan

11. "Using Music for Learning", February 10, 2020
    Presenter: Pınar Acar

12. "Me not Tarzan, You not Jane", February 11, 2020
    Presenter: Ian White

13. "Snackability", February 13, 2020
   Presenters: Steve Darn & Funda Çetin

14. "Power-up your lessons with storytelling", February, 2020
   Presenter: Funda Akgül

THE LIST OF TDU WORKSHOPS in 2018/2019

1. Writing Short Course for Level A
    Presenter: Ian White

2. Writing Short Course for Level B
   Presenter: Funda Çetin

3. Writing Short Course for Level C
   Presenter: Haldun Kaya

4. Writing Short Course for Level D
  Presenter: Funda Çetin, Ian White and Haldun Kaya

5. "Let's Play a Game", November 7, 2018
    Presenter: Pınar Acar

6. "Teach Me Something New - Short Course", January 30, 2019
   Presenters: Funda Çetin, Pınar Acar and Gülfem Akdoğan

7. "Prepositions and Articles - Short Course", January 30, 2019
   Presenter: Ian White

8. "What if Salvador Dali was your tech-savvy English teacher?", April 10, 2019
   Presenters: Funda Çetin & Haldun Kaya

9. "Classroom Management Revisited", April 10, 2019
    Presenter: Ian White

10. "Dialect", May 28, 2019
    Presenter: Ian White

11. "Reading Aloud Allowed?", June 26, 2019
    Presenter: Ian White

 

THE LIST OF TDU WORKSHOPS in 2016/2017

This list is updated when a new workshop is given in the academic year.
There is no participant list for the compulsory sessions.

1. “Supporting Language Learners in the 21st Century”, September 5 - 2016
Presenter: JT Rehill

2. “Student Resistance”, September 6 - 2016
Presenters: Anita Afacan and Ege Tuvay
Participants

3. “Student Coaching”, September 7 - 2016
Presenter: Selda Türkmen
Participants

4. “TDU Plenary”, September 8 - 2016
Presenters: The TDU Members

5. “Writing for Lower Levels”, September 8 - 2016
Presenters: Ian White and Funda Çetin

6. “Team Teaching”, September 8 - 2016
Presenters: Funda Çetin, Özge Coşkun, Richard Smith, Didem Seçer, Gülfem Akdoğan, Fulya Kaya
Participants

7. “Teacher Research”, September 9 - 2016
Presenters: Mary Jane Özkurkudis and Heather Austen
Participants

8. “Exploiting Materials”, September 9 - 2016
Presenters: Funda Çetin and Ian White

9. “Student Coaching”, September 27 - 2016
Presenter: Selda Türkmen
Participants

10. “Interaction Patterns”, November 1 - 2016
Presenter: Pınar Acar
Participants

11. “NLP”, November 8 - 2016
Presenter: Deniz Toker
Participants

12.“Making the most of a video lesson”, November 23 - 2016
Presenter: Funda Çetin
Participants

13.“Making the most of a video lesson”, November 23 - 2016
Presenter: Ian White
Participants

14. “Reading-Spicing up a Little”, November 23 - 2016
Presenter: Duygu Erdoğan
Participants

15.“Don't Think in Turkish”, February 01 - 2017
Presenter: Elif Akalp
Participants

16. “What's in word?”, February 01 - 2017
Presenter: Haldun Kaya
Participants

17.“Bilinguals and Emotion Words”, February 01 - 2017
Presenter: Filiz Mergen
Participants

18.“University within School”, February 02 - 2017
Presenter: Prof. Dr. Mustafa Özcan
Participants

19.“Video Workshop”, February 07 - 2017
Presenter: Ian White
Participants

20.“Academic Writing Conundrum”, February 07 - 2017
Presenter: Simon Mumford
Participants

21.“21 Centruy Skills”, February 08 - 2017
Presenter: Aksel Epik
Participants

22.“Discussing Student Resistance”, February 08 - 2017
Presenter: Ege Tuvay and Anita Afacan
Participants

23. “What's in word?”, February 21 - 2017
Presenter: Haldun Kaya
Participants

24. “Reading Workshop”, February 24 - 2017
Presenter: Ian White
Participants

25. “SIG”, March 1 - 2017
Presenter: Ian White
Participants

26. “Preposition Short Course”, March 10, 24 - 2017
Presenter: Ian White
Participants

27. “Miscellaneous Activities”, March 21 - 2017
Presenter: Ege Tuvay
Participants

28. “E-Reflection and Peer Observation Course”, March 28 - 2017
Presenters: Haldun Kaya and Funda Çetin
Participants

29. “Miscellaneous Activities”, March 28 - 2017
Presenter: Ege Tuvay
Participants

30. “Reflections on E-Reflection Course”, April 5 - 2017
Presenters: Haldun Kaya, Funda Çetin & Course Participants
Participants

31. “21st Centruy Skills”, April 5 - 2017
Presenter: Aksel Epik
Participants

32. “Academic Writing Conundrum”, April 5 - 2017
Presenter: Simon Mumford and Anita Afacan
Participants

33. “Brainstorming”, April 5 - 2017
Presenter: Ege Tuvay
Participants

34. “21st Centruy Skills”, April 6 - 2017
Presenter: Aksel Epik
Participants

35. “Academic Writing Conundrum”, April 6 - 2017
Presenter: Simon Mumford and Anita Afacan
Participants

36. "Vocational School", April 6, 2017
Presenter: Ian White
Participants

37. "I need to grade papers, but why should I use Blackboard?", May 3, 2017
Presenter: Jane Denktaşlı
Participants

38. "Maximising Learning Outcomes", April 25 - May 9, 2017
Presenter: Haldun Kaya
Participants

THE LIST OF TDU WORKSHOPS in 2014/2016

This list is updated when a new workshop is given in the academic year.

1. ‘Technology’ by Haldun Kaya 12.09.2014

2. ‘Listening’ by Funda Çetin and Ian White 12.09.2014

3. ‘Listening’ by Funda Çetin and Ian White 15.09.2014

4. ‘Technological Tools’ by Haldun Kaya 17.09.2014

5. 'Embracing Teacher as Professional Development’ by Bahar Gün 26.11.2014

6. ‘Pearson Technology’, 27.11.2014

7. ‘Prepositions Short Course’ by Ian White 10.12.2014

8. ‘B Level Writing’ by Funda Çetin 16.12.2014

9. ‘Prepositions Short Course’ by Ian White 07.01.2015

10. ‘The Trouble with Words’ by Jerry Bush 08.01.2015

11. ‘CALL and MALL Short Course’ by Haldun Kaya 26.02.2015

12. ‘Workshop on Punctuation’ by Ian White 12.03.2015

13. ‘Workshop on Punctuation’ by Ian White 17.03.2015

14. ‘CALL and MALL Workshop’ by Haldun Kaya 08.04.2015

15. ‘I Lost my Phone’ by Funda Çetin 08.04.2015

16. ‘The Neurochemistry of Student Engagement’ by Paul Johnson 27.04.2015

17. ‘Blending the learning’ by Robert McLarty 15.04.2015

18. ‘Teacher Research’ by Didem Seçer and Özge Coşkun 08.05.2015

19. ‘Introduction to Blackboard’ 07.09.2015

20. ‘Introduction to Blackboard’ 08.09.2015

21. ‘Skillful: MacMillan’ by Paul Johnson 09.09.2015

22. ‘Teacher Motivation’ by Paul Johnson 10.09.2015

23. ‘Integrated Skills’ by Haldun Kaya, Funda Çetin and Ian White 14.09.2015

24. ‘Pearson: Using Blackboard’14.09.2015

25. ‘Panopto Lecture Capture Training’ 14.09.2015

26. ‘Reading and Writing’ by Haldun Kaya, Funda Çetin and Ian White 15.09.2015

27. ‘Pearson: Using Blackboard’15.09.2015

28. ‘Panopto Lecture Capture’ 15.09.2015

29. ‘Productive Skills’ by Haldun Kaya, Funda Çetin and Ian White 16.09.2015

30. ‘Pearson: Using Blackboard’16.09.2015

31. ‘Panopto Lecture Capture Training’ 17.09.2015

32. ‘Panopto Lecture Capture Training’ 18.09.2015

33. ‘Unlock’ by Devrim Özdemir 21.09.2015

34. ‘Swapshop’ by Simon Mumford, Ralph Berney, Funda Çetin and Richard Smith          12.11.2015

35. ‘Movement Beats Sitting’ by Ege Tuvay 02.12.2015

36. ‘Reading Aloud Allowed?’ by Ian White 02.12.2015

37. ‘Instructions’ by Funda Çetin 02.12.2015

38. ‘Clap Your Hands’ by Kutay Sorguç 05.01.2016

39. ‘Digital Language Learning’ by Haldun Kaya 07.01.2016

40. ‘Reading Aloud Allowed?’ by Ian White 07.01.2016

41. ‘Phonology’ by Anita Afacan and Funda Çetin 25.01.2016

42. ‘Drama’ by Haldun Kaya and Funda Çetin 03.02.2016

43. ‘Board Work’ by Ege Tuvay and Anita Afacan 10.02.2016

44. ‘Getting to Know Each Other’ by Ian White 10.02.2016

45. ‘Unlocking the Whole’ by Haldun Kaya and Funda Çetin 10.02.2016

46. ‘Highlights for SFL’ by Ian White 17.02.2016

47. ‘Highlights for SFL’ by Ian White 18.02.2016

48. ‘Short Course Language Analysis’ by Ian White 08.03.2016

49. ‘Writing’ by Funda Çetin and Haldun Kaya 17.03.2016

50. ‘Dictation’ by Ian White 04.04.2016

51. 'Mentoring and Coaching' by Funda Çetin

52. 'Teacher Research' by Haldun Kaya and Bahar Gün

53. ‘SFL Workshop 1’ 04.11.2014

54. ‘SFL Workshop 2’ 02.12.2014

55. ‘SFL Workshop 3’ 16.12.2014

56. ‘SFL Workshop 4’ 20.01.2015

57. ‘SFL Workshop 5’ 26.03.2015

58. ‘SFL Workshop 6’ 30.04.2015

59. ‘SFL Workshop 7’ 14.05.2015