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ELT Theses and Dissertations
Author |
Title |
Supervisor |
Year |
Degree |
Önal, Sena. |
A comparative study on the perceptions of instructors and students in the preparatory schools at a state and a private university regarding the integration of target culture into the teaching of the English language. |
Müge Gündüz |
2019 |
MA |
Taşçı, Çağla. |
A multivariable examination of the relationships between EFL instructors' self-efficacy beliefs and motivation in higher education. |
Müge Gündüz |
2019 |
PhD |
Sancak, Didem. |
The use of transitions, frame markers and code glosses in Turkish EFL learners’ opinion paragraphs |
Çiler Hatipoğlu |
2019 |
MA |
Kaçar, Mustafa. |
The place of culture in the intercultural training of pre-service English language teachers: The Turkish case |
Çiler Hatipoğlu |
2019 |
MA |
Öztürk, Ceren Yağmur. |
Accent as an attitudinal object: Turkish prospective English language teachers' perceptions and evaluations of different varieties of English. METU Northern Cyprus Campus (Co-Advisor with Prof. Dr. Ali Cevat Taşıran) |
Çiler Hatipoğlu |
2019 |
MA |
Şahin, Sevgi. |
Analyses of the English language testing and evaluation course in English language teaching programs in Turkey: A language testing and assessment literacy study |
Çiler Hatipoğlu |
2018 |
PhD |
Akşit, Zeynep. |
Validating aspects of a reading test |
Çiler Hatipoğlu |
2018 |
PhD |
Altınbaş, Mehmet Emre. |
The Use of Multiplayer Online Computer Games in Developing EFL Skills |
Perihan Savaş |
2018 |
MA |
Karakuş, Esra. |
Types of questions posed by EFL teacher candidates and their potential role in fostering communication in language classrooms |
Perihan Savaş |
2018 |
MA |
Can Daşkın, Nilüfer. |
Past-reference as a form of spontaneous formative assessment in L2 classroom interaction: A conversation analytic perspective. |
Çiler Hatipoğlu |
2017 |
PhD |
Yapıcı, Burçin. |
Measuring re-exposure and long-term effects of processing instruction on the acquisition of English negative adverbials of ınversion. |
Çiler Hatipoğlu |
2017 |
PhD |
Dörtkulak, Funda. |
Compliments and compliment responses in Turkish and American English: A contrastive pragmatics study of a Facebook corpus |
Hale Işık Güler |
2017 |
PhD |
Taner, Gülden. |
Investigating perceived competences of English language teachers in Turkey with regard to educational background and experience |
Gölge Seferoğlu |
2017 |
PhD |
Taşdemir, Hanife. |
The perceptions of pre-service EFL teachers on their professional identity formation throughout practice teaching |
Gölge Seferoğlu |
2016 |
MA |
Tomak, Burak. |
Self-regulation strategies that English language learners in a Turkish state university use to increase their proficiency and self-efficacy |
Gölge Seferoğlu |
2016 |
PhD |
Çınarbaş, Halil İbrahim. |
The experiences of students with disabilities in an English language teacher education program: A case study on preservice teachers with visual impairments |
A. Cendel Karaman |
2016 |
MA |
Okur, Seda. |
Representation of European identity in multiparty incoming and outgoing Erasmus students’ discourses |
Hale Işık Güler |
2016 |
MA |
Küçükoğlu, Ece Selva. |
A corpus-based analysis of genre-specific discourse of research in the PhD theses and research articles in international relations |
Hüsnü Enginarlar |
2016 |
PhD |
Göktürk, Nazlınur. |
“Every student didn’t learn English”: The acquisition of scope by L2 learners of English |
Martina Gracanin Yüksek |
2016 |
MA |
Aslan, Reyhan. |
A narrative inquiry into the professional identity formation of second career EFL teachers |
Betil Eröz Tuğa |
2016 |
MA |
Bekereci, Melike. |
EFL student teachers' professional identity construction in a dual diploma program |
Deniz Şallı Çopur |
2016 |
MA |
Kibar, Merve. |
The views and reflections of Turkish graduate students on a pre-departure cross-cultural orientation module as a guide for their prospective social and academic experiences in the USA |
Betil Eröz Tuğa |
2016 |
MA |
Kurtoğlu, Pınar. |
Expectations, experiences, and suggestions of newly-hired EFL instructors: A mixed-methods study at a foundation university in Turkey |
Perihan Savaş |
2016 |
MA |
Çakmak, Ebru. |
The perceptions of EFL pre-service teachers about cooperative learning |
Perihan Savaş |
2016 | MA |
Çiftçi, Emrullah Yasin. |
Preparation for an international exchange program: A phenomenological analysis of prospective English language teachers' lived and imagined experiences |
A. Cendel Karaman |
2016 |
MA |
Albağlar, Necmettin Anıl. |
An analysis of Turkish university level EFL learners’ pronunciation of the diphthongs and triphthongs in English |
Deniz Zeyrek |
2015 |
MA |
Taşer, Duygu. |
Predictors of university EFL instructors’ self efficacy beliefs in Turkey |
Hüsnü Enginarlar |
2015 |
PhD |
Korkmazgil, Sibel. |
An investigation into Turkish English language teachers’ perceived professional development needs, practices and challenges |
Gölge Seferoğlu |
2015 |
PhD |
Tekin, Mustafa |
Effect of a culturalist versus an interculturalist approach in ELT on Turkish EFL teacher candidates' proteophilic competence |
Gölge Seferoğlu |
2015 |
PhD |
Kaffash Khosh, Ahmad. |
Multilingual communication in educational settings: The case of international students at Middle East Technical University |
Çiğdem Sağın Şimşek |
2015 |
PhD |
Utku Yurdakul, Ayşegül. |
The Impact of medium of instruction on students’ foreign language learning beliefs |
Çiğdem Sağın Şimşek |
2015 |
MA |
Öztürk, Gökhan. |
Language teacher cognition, classroom practices and institutional context: A qualitative case study on three EFL teachers |
Nurdan Gürbüz |
2015 |
PhD |
Şafak, Duygu Fatma. |
Morphological processing of inflected and derived words in L1 Turkish and L2 English |
Bilal Kırkıcı |
2015 |
MA |
Tezgiden Çakçak, Yasemin. |
Preparing teacher candidates as passive technicians, reflective practitioners or transformative intellectuals? (Co-advisor: A. Cendel Karaman) |
Hüsnü Enginarlar |
2015 |
PhD |
Karataş, Pınar. (METU NCC) |
Challenges, professional development, and professional identity: A case study on novice language teachers |
A. Cendel Karaman |
2015 |
MA (METU NCC) |
Tarhan, Hakan. |
Social identity change among English language learners: A case study |
A. Cendel Karaman |
2015 |
MA |
Balban, Sena. |
Reflections on teacher identity: A case study of novice language teachers |
A. Cendel Karaman |
2015 |
MA |
Eren Gezen, Emine. |
Interfaces in second language english |
Martina Gracanin Yüksek |
2015 |
MA |
Demir, Müslüme. |
An analysis of the needs and perceptions of English language teachers and students in an EAP course |
Betil Eröz Tuğa |
2015 |
MA |
Sözen, Neslihan. |
An investigation of EFL teachers’ perceptions on motivational factors |
Müge Gündüz |
2015 |
MA |
Bal Gezegin, Betül. |
Book Review Genre in Academic Writing: A Comparative Study of English and Turkish Across Ten Disciplines |
Hale Işık Güler |
2015 |
PhD |
Efeoğlu, Esranur. |
The metaphorical (re)construction of Turkey in political discourse: A corpus-driven critical metaphor analysis |
Hale Işık Güler |
2015 |
MA |
Demir, Melike. |
A case study on interactional co-construction of identities in an EFL classroom |
Hale Işık Güler |
2015 |
MA |
Özbakış, Özlem. |
The dynamic nature of positional identities in an EFL classroom: A conversation analysis-led case study |
Hale Işık Güler |
2015 |
MA |
Baştürk Karatepe, Çağla. |
Humor and impoliteness interaction in improvised TV discourse |
Hale Işık Güler |
2015 |
MA |
Ata Kıl, Elifcan. |
Qualities of effective EFL teachers at higher education level: Student and teacher perspectives |
Perihan Savaş |
2015 |
MA |
Aktuğ, Besime. |
Common pronunciation errors of seventh grade EFL learners: A case from Turkey |
Perihan Savaş |
2015 |
MA |
Gedik, Nur. |
Authenticity via instructional technology in EFL classes at a private university in Turkey |
Perihan Savaş |
2015 |
MA |
Karakaya, Nuriye. |
A qualitative case study of English language teachers’ views towards teacher research as a professional development tool |
Perihan Savaş |
2015 |
MA |
Tütüncü, Nurhan. |
An exploratory case study of English language teachers with study abroad experiences: Intercultural communicative competence related perceptions and implications |
Betil Eröz Tuğa |
2015 |
MA |
Bağcı, Nazife Duygu. |
Turkish university level EFL learners’ collocational knowledge at receptive and productive levels |
Deniz Zeyrek |
2014 |
MA |
Toraman, Mediha. |
An investigation of directive speech acts in L2 learners’ e-mails |
Deniz Zeyrek |
2014 |
MA |
İşler, Zeynep Nur. |
EFL learners’ use of path elements in motion event expressions: A study on Turkish university students |
Deniz Zeyrek |
2014 |
MA |
Gümüşok, Fatma. |
Engaging pre-service EFL teachers in the evaluation process: Self-evaluation and peer evaluation as a reflective practice in the practicum |
Deniz Şallı Çopur |
2014 |
MA |
Songül, Behice Ceyda |
English language teachers' perceptions about an online basic call training (Co-advisor: Işıl Günseli Kaçar) |
Gölge Seferoğlu |
2014 |
MA |
Terzi, Canan. |
An analysis of the pragmatic competence of pre-service English language teachers: Appropriateness of forms of address |
Gölge Seferoğlu |
2014 |
PhD |
Gacan, Pınar. |
The morphological processing of derived words in L1 Turkish and L2 English |
Bilal Kırkıcı |
2014 |
MA |
Özbay, Esra. (METU NCC) |
Learning English in a community of practice: A case study |
A. Cendel Karaman |
2014 |
MA (METU NCC) |
Uluçay, Çiğdem. (METU NCC) |
A rotten apple spoils the barrel: Cause markers employed by native speakers of Turkish when writing cause paragraphs in English and Turkish |
Çiler Hatipoğlu |
2014 |
MA (METU NCC) |
Skliar, Olga |
Native and nonnative English-speaking teachers in Turkey: Teacher perceptions and student attitudes |
Betil Eröz Tuğa |
2014 |
PhD |
Aydan, Lütfiye Seda. |
Student and teacher perceptions on benefits and challenges of using blogs in English in foreign language reading classes |
Perihan Savaş |
2014 |
MA |
Cirit, Nazlı Ceren. |
Perceptions of ELT pre-service teachers toward alternative assessment via web 2.0 tools: A case study at a Turkish state university |
Perihan Savaş |
2014 |
MA |
Yaman, Mustafa. |
Exploration of English as a foreign language students' perceptions about online authentic readings |
Perihan Savaş |
2014 |
MA |
Yılmaz, Maide. |
English as a foreign language learners' perceptions of CALL and incidental vocabulary development via an online extensive reading program |
Perihan Savaş |
2014 |
MA |
Yurttaş, Abdullah. |
EFL teachers' perceptions on the effectiveness of components of an EFL in-service training program |
Perihan Savaş |
2014 |
MA |
Erdoğan, Yasemin. |
Discursive construction and linguistic representations of gender in political discourses: A critical discourse analysis of governmental public addresses in Turkey |
Hale Işık Güler |
2014 |
MA |
Aytaç, Kadriye. |
A corpus-based comparative study of Anyway in English and Her/Neyse in Turkish |
Hale Işık Güler |
2014 |
MA |
Başaran, Banu Çiçek. |
Webinars as instructional tools in English language teaching context |
Perihan Savaş |
2014 |
MA |
Çalışkanel, Gamze. |
The relationship between working memory, English (L2) and academic achievement in 12-14 year-old Turkish students: The effect of age and gender |
Gülay Cedden Edipoğlu |
2013 |
MA |
Ölçü, Zeynep. |
An investigation of career plans (career, professional and workplace intentions) and career choice satisfaction of senior year pre-service English teachers in Turkey |
Gölge Seferoğlu |
2013 |
PhD |
Horasan, Seçil. |
Code-switching in EFL classrooms: A case study on discourse functions, switch types, initiation patterns, and perceptions |
Gölge Seferoğlu |
2013 |
MA |
Kaya, Seyithan. |
The effect of English opinion essay writing instruction on Turkish essay writing: A case of university preparatory school students |
Çiğdem Sağın Şimşek |
2013 |
MA |
Kağıtçı, Burçin. |
The relationship between students' preference for written feedback and improvement in writing: Is the preferred one the best one? |
Çiler Hatipoğlu |
2013 |
MA |
Kurumlu, Zehra. |
Single exponent in L1 multiple exponents in L2: Consequences for L2 |
Martina Gracanin Yüksek |
2013 |
MA |
Çağlar, Elif. |
A qualitative study of peer observation of teaching as a job-embedded professional development tool |
Hale Işık Güler |
2013 |
MA |
Vural, Seniye. |
A mixed methods intervention study on the relationship between self-regulatory training and university students’ strategy use and academic achievement |
Ayşegül Daloğlu |
2013 |
PhD |
Canbolat, Nilay. |
Investigating ELT instructors' perceived competencies: Challenges and suggestions |
Ayşegül Daloğlu |
2013 |
MA |
Akkuş, Mehmet. |
Signals of understanding in multilingual communication: A cross-linguistic functional-pragmatic analysis of interjections |
Çiğdem Sağın Şimşek |
2013 |
MA |
Çokal, Derya. |
The online and offline processing of this, that and it by native speakers of English and by Turkish non-native speakers of English (Co-advisor: Dr. Patrick Sturt) |
Wolf König |
2012 |
PhD |
Yılmaz, Elvan. |
Gender representations in ELT coursebooks: A comparative study |
Hüsnü Enginarlar |
2012 |
MA |
Barut, Kenan. |
An evaluation of academic writing materials at the tertiary level: A case study of three universities |
Hüsnü Enginarlar |
2012 |
PhD |
Leblebicioğlu, Ayşegül. |
An Investigation of the relationship between working memory capacity and verbal and mathematical achievement |
Gülay Cedden Edipoğlu |
2012 |
MA |
Vanlı, Gökçe. |
Student and instructor perceptions on feedback to student writing |
Gölge Seferoğlu |
2012 |
PhD |
Başer, Zeynep. |
First year of English teaching in a rural context: A qualitative study at an elementary school in Turkey |
A. Cendel Karaman |
2012 |
MA |
Algı, Sedef. |
Hedges and boosters in L1 and L2 argumentative paragraphs: Implications for teaching L2 academic writing |
Çiler Hatipoğlu |
2012 |
MA |
Çelebi, Hatice. |
Extracting and analyzing impoliteness in corpora: A study based on British National Corpus and Turkish Spoken Corpus (Co-advisor: Prof. Dr. Şükriye Ruhi) |
Hale Işık Güler |
2012 |
PhD |
Rakıcıoğlu Söylemez, Anıl |
An exploratory case study of pre-service EFL teachers' sense of efficacy beliefs and perceptions of mentoring practices during practice teaching |
Betil Eröz Tuğa |
2012 |
PhD |
Demir, Orhan. |
The nature of acquisition and processing of island constraints by Turkish learners of English (Co-advisor: Martina Gracanin Yüksek) |
Deniz Zeyrek |
2012 |
MA |
Ataş, Ufuk. |
Discourse functions of students' and teachers' code-switching in EFL Classrooms: A case study in a Turkish university |
Çiğdem Sağın Şimşek |
2012 |
MA |
Tomak, Burak. |
Instructors' use of culture in foreign language classes at a state university in Turkey |
A. Cendel Karaman |
2012 |
MA |
Balıkçı, Gözde. |
Taking a critical step on the way to critical reading: Investigation into critical reading discourse of freshman FLE students in an advanced reading and writing course |
Ayşegül Daloğlu |
2012 |
MA |
Iriskulova, Alena |
The Investigation of the cultural presence in Spot on 8 ELT textbook published in Turkey: Teachers' and students' expectations versus real cultural load of the textbook |
Hale Işık Güler |
2012 |
MA |
Yılmaz, Beyza Nur. |
Beliefs of members of an online community of practice on the effects of membership on teaching and professional development |
Gölge Seferoğlu |
2012 |
MA |
Öztürk, Gökhan. |
Foreign language speaking anxiety and learner motivation: A case study at a Turkish state university |
Nurdan Gürbüz |
2012 |
MA |
Ülker, Eser Meltem. |
A comparative analysis of thesis guidelines and master thesis abstracts written in English at universities in Turkey and in the USA |
Çiğdem Sağın Şimşek |
2012 |
MA |
Kızılcık Eren, Hale. |
A constructivist approach to the integration of systematic reflection in EAP courses: An action research study |
Ayşegül Daloğlu |
2012 |
PhD |
Abdramanova, Saule |
Processing of English idioms with body part components by native speakers of Turkish learning English with intermediate level of proficiency |
Çiler Hatipoğlu |
2012 |
PhD |
Başaran, Oya. |
Evaluation of the writing component of an English language teaching program at a public university: A case study |
Ayşegül Daloğlu |
2012 |
PhD |
Özhan, Didem. |
A comparative analysis on the use of but, however and although in the university students’ argumentative essays: A corpus-based study on Turkish learners of English and American native speakers |
Deniz Zeyrek |
2012 |
PhD |
Kılıçkaya, Ferit. |
The impact of call instruction on English language teachers’ use of technology in language teaching |
Gölge Seferoğlu |
2012 |
PhD |
Karakaya, Duygu. |
Non-native EFL teachers' foreign language listening and speaking anxiety and their perceived competencies in teaching these skills |
Deniz Şallı Çopur |
2011 |
MA |
Şahin, Sevgi. |
American English, Turkish and interlanguage refusals: A cross-cultural communication and interlanguage pragmatics study |
Çiler Hatipoğlu |
2011 |
MA |
Ergün, Ekin. |
An investigation into the relationship between emotional intelligence skills and foreign language anxiety of students at a private university |
Gölge Seferoğlu |
2011 |
MA |
Can, Hümeyra. |
A cross-cultural study of the speech act of congratulation in British English and Turkish using a corpus approach |
Çiler Hatipoğlu |
2011 |
MA |
Burnaz, Yeşim Erden. |
Perceptions of EFL learners towards portfolios as a method of alternative assessment: A case study at a Turkish state university |
Perihan Savaş |
2011 |
MA |
Akayoğlu, Sedat. |
An analysis of text based CMC of advanced EFL learners in second life |
Gölge Seferoğlu |
2011 |
PhD |
Çetin, Lynn Marie Bethard. |
An investigation into the implementation of alternative assessment in the young learner classroom |
Nurdan Gürbüz |
2011 |
PhD |
Coşkun, Abdullah. |
Evaluation of the writing component of an English language teaching program at a public university: A case study |
Hüsnü Enginarlar |
2011 |
PhD |
Bayraktar, Hasan. |
The role of lexical cohesion in L2 reading comprehension |
Hüsnü Enginarlar |
2011 |
PhD |
Toplu, Ayşe Betül. |
Linguistic expression and conceptual representation of motion events in Turkish, English and French: An experimental study |
Deniz Zeyrek |
2011 |
PhD |
Can, Nilüfer. |
A proverb learned is a proverb earned: Future English teachers' experiences of learning English proverbs in Anatolian Teacher Training High Schools in Turkey |
Çiler Hatipoğlu |
2011 |
MA |
Taşkın, Ayşe. |
Perceptions on using L1 in language classrooms: A case study in a Turkish private university |
Nurdan Gürbüz |
2011 |
MA |
Muthanna, Abdulghani. |
Exploring the beliefs of teacher educators, students, and administrators: A case study of the English language teacher education program in Yemen |
A.Cendel Karaman |
2011 |
MA |
Ekin, Ergün. |
An investigation on the relationship between emotional intelligence skills and foreign language anxiety of students at a private university |
Gölge Seferoğlu |
2011 |
MA |
Polyarush, Viktoriya. |
The influence of English on Ukrainian, with a focus on the language of youth |
Joshua Bear |
2010 |
MA |
Tunçok, Bezen. |
A case study: students'attitudes towards computer assisted learning, computer assisted language learning and foreign language learning |
Ayşegül Daloğlu |
2010 |
MA |
Dokuzoğlu, Selcen. |
L2 writing teachers' perceptions of mistakes in student writing and their preferences regarding feedback: The case of a Turkish private university |
Hüsnü Enginarlar |
2010 |
MA |
Saygı, Şükran |
Reading motivation in L1 and L2 and their relationship with L2 reading achievement |
Hüsnü Enginarlar |
2010 |
MA |
Romaniuk, Olena. |
Mother tongue talk in three languages |
Jochen Rehbein |
2010 |
MA |
Karakaş, Özlem. |
A cross-cultural study on dissertation acknowledgments written in English by native speakers of Turkish and American English |
Çiler Hatipoğlu |
2010 |
MA |
Karakaya, Kadir. |
An investigation of English language teachers' attitudes toward computer technology and their use of technology in language teaching |
Gölge Seferoğlu |
2010 |
MA |
Tümer, Tuğçe Çankaya. |
Using literature to enhance language and cultural awareness |
Nurdan Gürbüz |
2010 |
MA |
Akıncılar, Vildan. |
The effect of “please” strategy training through the self-regulated strategy development (SRSD) model on fifth grade EFL students’ descriptive writing: Strategy training on planning |
Nurdan Gürbüz |
2010 |
MA |
Antonova Ünlü, Elena. |
The acquisition of the copula be in present simple tense in English by native speakers of Russian |
Çiler Hatipoğlu |
2010 |
MA |
Atay, Zeynep. |
Second language acquisition of the English article system by Turkish learners: The role of semantic notions |
Deniz Zeyrek |
2010 |
MA |
Lozovska- Güneş, Anna |
Differences and challenges involved in the assessment of speaking skill: The case of three universities in Ankara |
Nurdan Gürbüz |
2010 |
MA |
Ayan, Didem. |
Promoting EFL pre-service teachers’ self-directed learning through electronic portfolios: A case study |
Gölge Seferoğlu |
2010 |
MA |
Gülcü, Meriç. |
The place of the native culture in the English language classroom a case study of eng 101 classrooms at METU |
Joshua Bear |
2010 |
MA |
Özge, Duygu. |
Mechanisms and strategies in the processing and acquisition of relative clauses in Turkish monolingual and Turkish-English bilingual children (Co-advisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Theo Marinis) |
Deniz Zeyrek |
2010 |
PhD |