PERSONAL DETAILS Nalan EMİRSOY, M.A. Email: [email protected] Kadir Has University Cibali Mah. Kadir Has Cad. No: 17 Fatih / İSTANBUL 34083 Telephone: +90 (212) 731 90 08 / 2172 Mobile: 0905354028417
FINAL POSITION EMPLOYED Unit: Kadir Has University Department: School of Foreign Languages Position: Lecturer
EDUCATIONAL STATUS UNDERGRADUATE University: Istanbul University Academic Unit: Faculty of Letters Department: American Culture and Literature Date of Graduation: 2007
POST-GRADUATE University: Kadir Has University Institute: Institute of Social Sciences Field: American Culture and Literature Title of Thesis: ‘A Journey To the Terrible Enlightenment in Suzan-Lori Parks’ In the Blood and The Fucking A’ Supervisor: Assist. Prof. Selhan Savcıgil Endres Date of Graduation: 2013
CERTIFICATIONS 1. 2006-2007 English Language Teaching Certificate Istanbul University Hasan Ali Yücel Teacher Training Faculty 2. 2008 Innovation and Compatibility Certificate Istanbul Aydın University 3. October, 2008- 2009 Cambridge ESOL ICELT Certificate In-service Certificate in English Language Teaching to develop English language teachers’ teaching skills. ITI 4. January 6th -10th, 2014 Kadir Has University Student Coaching Certificate Thirty-hour student coaching certificate programme held by Kadir Has University 5. October 25th -27th, 2018 Testing, Evaluation and Assessment- Module 1 Cambridge University Press and Gordion Academy 6. February 21st -23rd, 2019 Testing, Evaluation and Assessment- Module 2 Cambridge University Press and Gordion Academy
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Head Teacher Gökdil Language School 2007-2008 Lecturer İstanbul Aydın University 2008-2009 Tutor New One Business English 2009- 2010 Lecturer Beykent University 2010- 2011 Lecturer Kadir Has University 2011 -… • I have worked in the testing unit as a test writer for two years as well as carrying out level coordination duties.
RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS English and American Literature, Contemporary literature, literary criticism, literary theory, interdisciplinary studies, Learner Autonomy, Vocabulary Teaching, Testing and Assessment.
SEMINARS & PRESENTATIONS & PAPERS
• ‘Classroom Management & Psychology’, by Henry Tyron İstanbul Aydın University • ‘How to Teach Second Language’, by Longman Pearson • Teaching with Lex – Appeal by Teresa Doguelli • ‘Developing Strategic Reader’s by Elna Coetzer • Common Sense, Thomas Paine (presentation) MA • Elements of Semiology, Roland Barthes (presentation) MA • A Raisin in the Sun, Lorraine Hansberry (presentation) MA • Defining the Characters: The Signification of the Roles in terms of Conveying the Social Massages in the Film ‘New York’da Beş Minare’ (paper) MA • Hermeneutics of Signs: Semiological Implications of Shaping Miss Emily’s Character in William Faulkner’s ‘A Rose for Emily’ (paper) MA • Going Beyond the Visible: Revealing the Concealed in ‘Buried Child’ by Sam Shepard and ‘Oh Dad Poor Dad’ by Arthur Kopit (paper) MA • Responding the Decoded Massages in ‘Turkcell Advertisement’ (paper) MA
WORKS IN PROGRESS 1. Kadir Has University Core Curriculum Project • Working as a member of Assessment and Evaluation Committee (preparing rubrics and the components of the courses which will be assessed for the core courses that will start from the upcoming academic year at Kadir Has University) 2. Enrolled as a participant in the upcoming Testing, Evaluation and Assessment- Module 3 course which will take place in May.
REFERENCES 1. Assist. Prof. Mary Lou O'Neil Director of Gender and Women’s Studies Research Center, Kadir Has University 0212 533 65 32 (1339) E-mail: [email protected] 2. Nevin Kaftelen Açıkgöz Vice Director of English Preparatory School, Kadir Has University 0532 559 73 94 E-mail: [email protected] 3. Dr. Muhsin Yanar Lecturer, Foundations Development Directorate, Sabancı University E-mail: [email protected] 0507 380 43 87