UKU-Prof.Dr.Emre-Debreli

Prof. Dr. EMRE DEBRELİ

School of Foreign Languages

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CURRICULUM VITAE

Education
  • Reading University Education (PhD, 2013)
  • Essex University TEFL (Master, 2008)
  • EMU ELT (Undergraduate, 2006)
Publications

Articles published in peer reviewed international journals (SCI,SSCI,Arts and Humanities)

  • Assessing Tertiary Turkish EFL Learners’ Pragmatic Competence Regarding Speech Acts and Conversational Implicatures - 2023
  • A study of literacy teaching in state primary schools of Northern Cyprus: literally critical? - 2021
  • Foreign language classroom management: types of student misbehavior and strategies adapted by the teachers in handling disruptive behavior. Cogent Education - 2019
  • Teacher shadowing as an empowering technique for EFL student teacher practical knowledge development: insights from three-week shadowing programmes. - 2018

Articles published in National journals

  • Re-culturing or de-culturing our classes? The integration of the target culture into EFL classrooms - 2021
  • Practice-based Professional development in ELT - 2020
  • Arts-based research and the artistic and creative role of artifacts as stories in literacy practices - 2017
  • Fostering creative and critical literacy skills in children’s multimodal literacy practices - 2017
  • A review of research into the effects of teaching pedagogy: controversies in the area. - 2013

Articles published in other peer reviewed international journals

  • Machine translation in the language classroom: Turkish EFL learners and instructors’ perceptions and attitudes regarding the use of online machine translation tools. - 2021
  • Use of children’s popular culture in literacy curricula: an analysis of the papers by Parry (2002) and Dickie and Shuker (2014) through the lenses of ‘no research can be value laden’. - 2018
  • Use of humour in language classes: an effective ‘filter’ or affective filter? Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies - 2018
  • The Influence of Educational Programme on Teachers’ Error Correction Preferences in the Speaking Skill: Insights from English as a Foreign Language Context - 2016
  • Pre-service teachers’ belief change and practical knowledge development during the course of practicum - 2016
  • Perceptions of the Non-native EFL Teachers on L1 Use in L2 Classrooms: Implications for Language Program Development - 2016
  • Pre-service teachers’ belief sources about learning and teaching: an exploration with the consideration of the educational programme nature - 2016
  • Students’ Preferences on the Use of Mother Tongue in English as a Foreign Language Classrooms: Is it the Time to Re-examine English-only Policies? - 2015

Books and books chapters published internationally

  • Critical pedagogy in ELT: redunderstanding the teacher roles. - 2019

Papers presented in international conferences and printed as proceedings

  • Change in beliefs of pre-service teachers about teaching and learning English as a Foreign Language throughout an undergraduate pre-service teacher training programme. - 2012
  • Use of diaries to investigate and track pre-service teachers’ beliefs about teaching and learning English as a Foreign Language throughout a pre-service training programme. - 2011
Research Areas
  • Language teacher cognition; professional development; technology in education
Administrative Duties
  • Director of the English Preparatory School (EUL) (2013-2022)
  • Chairperson of the ELT Department (EUL) (2013-2022)
  • Member of EUL Senate (2013-2022)
  • Member of EUL Executive Board (2013-2022)
  • Member of EUL Quality Board (2016-2022)
  • Director of the School of Foreign Languages (2022-ONGOING)
  • Member of CIU Senate (2022-ONGOING)
  • Member of CIU Executive Board (2022-ONGOING)
  • Faculty of Arts and Sciences Acting Dean (2023-ONGOING)