Sr. Instr. FERYAL VARANOĞULLARI
School of Foreign Languages
E-mail
fvaranogullari@ciu.edu.tr
Telephone number
+90 392 671 11 11
Extension
2516
Office
EH218
Other information
CURRICULUM VITAE
Education
- University of Bilkent (American Fulbright Program) TEFL (Master, 1996)
- Gazi University ELT (Undergraduate, 1991)
Publications
Other Publications
- Master Thesis on Mentoring System at EMU
Papers presented in international conferences and printed as proceedings
- Paper presented at 32nd International IATEFL Annual Conference at UMIST in Manchester, England and published “Learner/trainee-based teaching” "Learner-based training" in SIG Newsletter of IATEFL, winter 1999 Edition
- Paper presented at the 3rd International Conferance on Educational Sciences (ICES'11) at EMU on Alternative Assessment methods in teacher education programs;
Articles published in peer reviewed international journals (SCI,SSCI,Arts and Humanities)
- Secondary EFL Courses Review
Projects
- EMU SFL Project on Starting a Developmental Performance Management for SFl teachers - a Co -coordinator of the team
- British Council Cyprus Project at EMU on Digitilizing Learning in Preparatory Schools in Cyprus; Initiator of M-Learning Project in ELT
- TRNC Atatürk Teacher Training Academy English Language Courses curriculum development project by by the British Council Cyprus- a committee member representing EMU
- British Council Cyprus Project on Developing ELT Teachers in Cyprus-Online Course Tutor on Cambridge TKT Course for ELT Teachers in Cyprus
- EMU SFL Project on Getting EAQUALS Accreditation- Committee Member as a Training Unit Co-ordinator
- EMU SFL Project on Becoming an International Exam Center - Oral Examiner for LCCI (London Chamber of Commerce and Industry) and Oral Examiner for TELC (The European Language Certificates)
- Project with Ministry of Education and Oregon State University - a cooperative model bringing together state school teachers from Cyprus with teachers from Oregon State University- Representative and a committee member from EPS,EMU
- Online Flexible Learning Project for students repeating English courses at EPS, EMU – an online course designer and online course teacher
- Teacher questions in class (Cambridge DELTA/DOTE Project awarded Distinction by Cambridge University Teaching Awards body)
Awards
- European High Commission Scholarship for PhD research on M-learning - Research Student at IOE, University of London, UK (2009)
- American Fulbright Scholarship for a Short Term Training in the USA -Participated a programme on Quality Assurance, Teacher Appraisal Systems and Teacher Evaluation Techniques at CELOP, Boston University, Massachusetts (2008)
- American Fulbright Scholarship for a Short Term Training in the USA -Participated a Course on Drug Prevention in Minnesota (2002)
- American Fulbright Scholarship for a Short Term Training in the USA -Participated a Course on CALL at Oregon State University (1999)
- Cambridge ESOL DELTA/DOTE (Diploma for Overseas Teachers of English) awarded Distinction (1998)
- British Council Scholarship for International Summer Schools -Attended a course at Chester University (formerly Chester College) on methodology, materials and resources for the language classroom (1995)
Research Areas
- Enhancing Interacitivity in Online Learning and Teaching
- Mobile learning (M-learning)
- Distance Education and Online Learning
- Technology Enhanced Learning, Teaching and Professional Development
- Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
- Teacher Appraisal
- Autonomous/Independent Learning
- Formative Assessment