Lect. ELİF BARBAROS

Biography

Elif Barbaros is an enthusiastic EFL instructor and a PhD candidate at Erciyes University. She recieved her BA at Ankara University and MA at Erciyes University.

Her main research interests are Discourse Analysis, Genre Analysis, Metadiscourse, Corpus Linguistics, EFL/ESL Textbook Evaluation, Materials Development, Program Evaluation and Development for EFL Teaching, EFL Testing, Learner Strategies and Continuous Professional Development.

Since 2010, she has provided reviewer feedback for several well-known Oxford University Press titles such as English File series, Milestones series, Oxford Academic Vocabulary Practice series and Word Skills series.

She has designed an institutional Textbook Evaluation Criteria; written CEFR A1 to B2 level institutional writing materials; designed and edited institutional self-study & in-class materials for four levels, in addition to co-ordinating the team. She has proofread the Prep Program tests for over 10 years.

She started the institutional Continuing Professional Development Services in 2009. She has run institutional pre-academic year orientation and induction Teacher Training Programs as well as Trainer Education Programs for mentors.

She has designed a Student Satisfaction Questionnaire for the purposes of Quality Assurance and also co-ordinated the Quality & Assurance sub-units in their efforts to write syllabi for Prep Programs communicating with stakeholders as well as documenting the process.

Education Information

2020 - Continues

Doctorate

Erciyes University, Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, --, Turkey

2000 - 2018

Postgraduate

Erciyes University, Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, --, Turkey

1992 - 1996

Undergraduate

Ankara University, Dil Ve Tarih-Coğrafya Fakültesi, English Language and Literature, Turkey

Dissertations

2018

Postgraduate

Vocabulary learning strategy use, vocabulary size and lexical threshold

Erciyes University, Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, --

Certificates, Courses and Trainings

2023

CorpusCALL Webinar 2 of the series “A conversation with…”

Foreign Language

EuroCALL & CorpusCALL SIG

2022

QU 7th Annual International Conference on English Language Teaching titled “Hybrid Learning in ELT: Motivation, Challenges and Opportunities”

Foreign Language

Qatar University

2022

Statistical Applications (İstatistik Uygulamaları)

Data Analysis

Erciyes University & ERSEM (Erciyes Continuing Education Centre)

2022

INDELT: Remote language teaching during and after the COVID-19 pandemic

Foreign Language

Institute of Applied Linguistics Adam Mickiewicz University

2021

Corpus-based Discourse Analysis - 2nd Corpus Research Centre Webinar

Foreign Language

Air University

2021

International Perspectives on Corpus Technology for Language Learning:“DDL is dead? Long live DDL! Studies reviving the field of Data-Driven Learning”

Foreign Language

The University of Queensland

2021

TÜBİTAK 2237-A Bilimsel Etkinlikleri Destekleme Programı-Lisansüstü Öğrencilere Yönelik, Yabancı Dil Eğitiminde Bilgisayarlı Derlem Araçlarının Kullanımı ve Dijital Teknolojiler Eğitimi

Foreign Language

TÜBİTAK

2021

ELT Together Pronunciation

Foreign Language

Oxford University Press

2021

The 3rd Metadiscourse Across Genres Conference (MAG2021)

Foreign Language

Universitat Jaume I

2021

Creating Data-Driven Pedagogical Materials Using learner Corpora: A Guide for Lsnguage Teachers

Foreign Language

University of Utah

2021

The 3rd TESOL Turkey International ELT Conference - Pedagogical Shifts in Times of Turmoil: Forced Distance Education in ELT

Foreign Language

TESOL Turkey

2019

SL-TeDOL,VTL 19 : Sabancı University School of Languages Teaching and Developing Through Online Learning - Vocabulary Teaching & Learning

Foreign Language

Sabanci University

2015

2nd T-PLUS & TESOL Arabia SIGs Joint Event

Foreign Language

Bilkent University & T-PLUS Turkey & TESOL Arabia

2014

Teacher Researchers in Action

Foreign Language

Gediz University

2014

Oxford Days for Higher Education: 'From knowledge to action: The future-oriented leader'

Foreign Language

Oxford University Press

2014

Ideas & Realities: Continuing Professional Pevelopment for Preparatory Year Teachers

Foreign Language

Hacettepe University & British Council

2013

Teacher Trainer Training Course

Foreign Language

Erciyes University & Oxford University Press

2013

Benchmarking Assessment and Curriculum to the CEFR: A practice-based approach

Foreign Language

Oxford University Press

2012

FOCI VI -Flexibility within Limitations

Foreign Language

Özyegin University

2012

SEIRD: School Effectiveness and Improvement Through Research and Development

Foreign Language

TED University & Oxford University Press

2012

TEACTHING TO MOTIVATE

Foreign Language

Erciyes University & Embassy of the United States

2012

The 5th ELT SYMPOSIUM - THE MARCO POLO EFFECT: Exploration in Language Learning

Foreign Language

Cambridge University Press & Assessment

2012

IATEFL LTSIG & TDSIG Joint Conference - Teacher Development: with or without technology?

Foreign Language

Yeditepe University

2012

Oxford Teachers' Academy: Teaching English to Adults

Foreign Language

Erciyes University

2009

SLTEP-2009 School of Languages Trainer Education Program

Foreign Language

Sabanci University

Research Areas

Social Sciences and Humanities

Academic Titles / Tasks

2000 - Continues

Lecturer

Erciyes University, Yabancı Diller Y.O., --

1996 - 2000

Teacher

Ministry of National Education High School, Yozgat İstiklal Lisesi

Managerial Experience

2017 - 2021

Head of Department

Erciyes University, Yabancı Diller Y.O., --

2011 - 2020

Head of Department

Erciyes University, Yabancı Diller Y.O., --

Non Academic Experience

1996 - 2000

İngilizce Öğretmeni

MİLLİ EĞİTİM BAKANLIĞI Yozgat İstiklal Lisesi

Published journal articles indexed by SCI, SSCI, and AHCI

2022