23 January 2018

Selected Conferance Presentations

a. International Conferences:

Bayyurt, Y. & Doğançay-Aktuna, S. (2017). Special Symposium organizers, “Issues in WEs/EIL/ELF-aware Teacher Education: Different contexts, different perspectives”, 22nd Conference of the International Association for World Englishes, Syracuse University, N.Y., Uniterd States of America, 30 June – 2 July.

Bayyurt, Y. (2017). Raising English language teachers’ awareness towards issues of “Intelligibility” in English language classrooms. Colloquium presentation, organized by Nicos Sifakis, ELF-awareness in ELT: bringing together theory and practice. The 10th International Conference of English as a Lingua Franca (ELF10), University of Helsinki, Finland, 12-15 June.

Bayyurt, Y. & Lopriore, L. (2017). Changing English: ELF in Turkish and Italian CLIL contexts. Colloquium presentation, organized by Andrew Blair, Changing English in Teacher Education. The 10th International Conference of English as a Lingua Franca (ELF10), University of Helsinki, Finland, 12-15 June.

Karakaş, A. & Bayyurt, Y. (2017). The scope of linguistic diversity in the language policies, practices and linguistic landscape of a Turkish EMI University. Invited Colloquium Presentation, organized by Jennifer Jenkins and Anna Mauranen, Linguistic diversity on the international campus (LDIC). The 10th International Conference of English as a Lingua Franca (ELF10), University of Helsinki, Finland, 12-15 June.

Bayyurt, Y., Lopriore, L. & Vettorel, P. (2016). Colloquium Presentation: Raising English language teachers’ awareness towards WE/ELF-aware materials evaluation. The 9th International Conference of English as a Lingua Franca (ELF9), University of Lleida, Spain, 27-29 June (http://www.elf9.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/ELF_9_Programme_and_book_of_abstracts.pdf).

Vettorel, P. & Bayyurt, Y. (2016). “ELF-aware teaching materials: the case of Turkey and Italy”. The 9th International Conference of English as a Lingua Franca (ELF9), University of Lleida, Spain, 27-29 June (http://www.elf9.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/ELF_9_Programme_and_book_of_abstracts.pdf).

Sifakis, N. & Bayyurt, Y. (2016). Colloquium Organiser: ELF-Aware Pedagogy: Challenges and implications for teaching and teacher training. The 9th International Conference of English as a Lingua Franca (ELF9), University of Lleida, Spain, 27-29 June (http://www.elf9.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/ELF_9_Programme_and_book_of_abstracts.pdf).

Bayyurt, Y. & Sifakis, N. (2015). Colloquium Presentation: Foundations of an EIL-aware Teacher Education. The 21st Conference of the International Association for World Englishes (IAWE 2015), Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey, 8-10 October (http://www.21stconferenceofiawe.boun.edu.tr/programBook.pdf)

Bayyurt, Y. (2015). Plenary Talk: “Transformative Teacher Education: An Innovative Approach to Training Teachers of English in a Global Era”

Bayyurt, Y. (2014). Colloquium Organiser: ELF-Aware Teacher Education. The 7th International Conference of English as a Lingua Franca (ELF7), the American College of Greece (DEREE), Athens, Greece, 4-6 September (http://www.erasmus.gr/UsersFiles/microsite1014/Documents/2014.09.02OVERVIEWwebsite.pdf).

Bayyurt, Y. & Sifakis, N. (2014). Colloquium Presentation: Towards ELF-aware teacher education: Lessons from a transformative self- education programme. he 7th International Conference of English as a Lingua Franca (ELF7), the American College of Greece (DEREE), Athens, Greece, 4-6 September (http://www.erasmus.gr/UsersFiles/microsite1014/Documents/2014.09.02OVERVIEWwebsite.pdf).

b. National Conferences:

Bayyurt, Y. (2017). ELF/EIL-aware teacher education. Plenary Talk, Cukurova University ELT Conference, Çukurova, Adana, 20 April.

Bayyurt, Y. (2015). Englishes and EFL teachers: Facing the challenges. Eğitim Fakültesi Paylaşım Toplantıları, Boğaziçi Üniversitesi, Istanbul, 20 Kasım.

Bayyurt, Y. & Sifakis, N. (2015). Workshop: ELF-Aware Teacher Education. The First International Conference on Applied Linguistics in Turkey, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Çanakkale, Turkey, 8-10 May.

Bayyurt, Y. (2015). ELF-Aware Teacher Education: A Transformative Perspective, Invited Speaker, Graduate Seminar Series, Middle East Technical University North Cyprus Campus, Güzelyurt, Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti, 1 June.