PhD Theses

Thesis Title Student name Thesis Supervisor(s) Year
Liberating Second Language Writers: An Exploration of Multilingual Writer Identity in Türkiye  Gülşah Kırşan Nur Yiğitoğlu Aptoula 2025
An investigation on classroom discourse in EMI courses in Turkish higher education Sezgin Doruk Yasemin Bayyurt & Belma Haznedar 2025
Effects of formal training in translation on working memory, executive functions and language aptitude Mehtap Güven Çoban Gülcan Erçetin & Mehmet Akıncı 2025
Negotiating multilingualism and identity: Young Syrian Women in İstanbul Sezen Bektaş Yüksel Işıl Erduyan 2025
Multilingual home interactions : Italian-Turkish couples in Istanbul Nazlı Deniz Barutçuoğlu Işıl Erduyan 2024
Effects of English medium instruction on content courses in higher education Çiğdem Bak Yasemin Bayyurt 2023
Influence of an audience-oriented task, executive function, and trait perspective taking on EFL writing Turgut Coşkun Nur Yiğitoğlu Aptoula 2023
Language challenges in English medium higher education and translingual assessment as an alternative tool Talip Gülle Yasemin Bayyurt 2023
Language aptitude and working memory in third language learning Elifcan Öztekin Gülcan Erçetin 2023
Advanced learners' retention of low-frequency vocabulary: The effects of task type Kıymet Merve Celen Şebnem Yalçın 2023
Enhancing Language Teacher Immunity During Emergency Remote Teaching Through Coaching In The Turkish Context Sıdıka Gaye Özyaka Sibel Tatar 2023
Work experiences of non-local non-native English speaking teachers in Turkey: A case study Ayşe Eser Tüzel Yasemin Bayyurt & Leyla Martı 2023
Enhancing language teacher immunity during emergency remote teaching through coaching in the Turkish context Sıdıka Gaye Erkunt Sibel Tatar 2023
Decoding and reading comprehension in Turkish : a comparison of Turkish monolingual and Kurdish-Turkish bilingual children Serhat Kurt Belma Haznedar 2022
Development and evaluation of an online mentor training program in pre-service teacher education Gizem Mutlu Gülbak Sumru Akcan 2022
Identity construction and negotiation among EFL learners : a case study Hakan Şentürk Yasemin Bayyurt 2022
Literacy Development in Turkish-Arabic speaking Bilingual Children Ferda İlerten Gülcan Erçetin & Nalan Babur 2021
Predictors of Reading Skills in Turkish-Speaking Fourth Grade Children Ecehan Candan Gülcan Erçetin & Nalan Babur 2021
ELF in International Higher Education Institutions in Turkey: Learner and Instructor Perspectives Yavuz Kurt Yasemin Bayyurt 2021
The effect of EFL teachers' language awareness on students' grammar knowledge: An exploratory analysis Ali Akbar Taheri Sibel Tatar & Sumru Akcan 2020
Second Language Learning-Induced Enhancement Of Executıve Functions In An Instructed Language Learning Context Mehmet Akıncı Gülcan Erçetin 2020
Negotiation and Construction of Identities: Everyday interaction between the Refugee and Local Women Hasret Saygı Yasemin Bayyurt 2019
Second Language Acquisition of Nominal Inflection in Turkish Gülümser Efeoğlu Ayşe Gürel 2018
Annotation and working memory in second language reading, incidental vocabulary learning, and perceived cognitive load Burcu Varol Gülcan Erçetin 2017
The processing of morphology in adult second language acquisition Nesrin Kutlay Ayşe Gürel 2017
ELF-aware pre-service teacher education: Reflections and teaching practices from a case study Elif Kemaloğlu Er Yasemin Bayyurt & Nicos Sifakis 2017
An odyssey of discovery: Critical literacy in an English preparatory class Zeynep Mine Derince Yasemin Bayyurt 2016
Second language processing of English past tense morphology Filiz Rızaoğlu Ayşe Gürel 2016
Dynamic interaction of factors influencing Turkish university students’ academic writing practices in English Derya Altınmakas Yasemin Bayyurt 2015
Interrelationships among L2 linguistic knowledge, working memory functions, and L2 reading Sevdeğer Çeçen Gülcan Erçetin 2015
Effects of multimodal glosses on listening comprehension and incidental vocabulary learning of EFL students in a mobile learning environment Fidel Çakmak Gülcan Erçetin 2014
A case study of a Turkish English learner in an EFL setting: investment, imagined community and identity Pınar Ersin Yasemin Bayyurt 2014
Exploring the interplay between a non-native English language teacher’s pedagogical beliefs, classroom practices and her students’ learning experiences regarding L2 grammar Hande Serdar Sumru Akcan 2012
Reading span tests as predictors of L2 reading comprehension: Investigating differences in task design and assessment through correlational and eye tracking data Oya Özdemir Gülcan Erçetin & Cem Alptekin 2012
Processing wh-dependencies in L2 English: The role of L1 and working memory capacity Filiz Çele Ayşe Gürel 2010
The role of portfolios in EFL student teachers’ professional development: A case study. Zeynep B. Koçoğlu Ayşe Akyel & Gülcan Erçetin 2006
Construct validation of the reading subskills of the Boğaziçi University English proficiency test Aylin Ünaldı Cem Alptekin 2004
The relationship between collaboration and professional development: Possible effects of EFL student teacher/supervising teacher dialogue on the beliefs and instructional practices of the EFL supervising teachers Derin Atay Ayşe Akyel 2001
Teaching EFL through English or content: Implications for foreign language learning Ali Işık Cem Alptekin 1999
Teaching EFL through English or content: Implications for foreign language learning Ali Işık Cem Alptekin 1999