I work as a lecturer of TESOL in the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Stirling. I received my PhD degree from the Second Language Acquisition and Teaching (SLAT) Program in the University of Arizona in the United States. My research focuses on language teacher education, intercultural communication, language education for social justice, and instructional technologies. Regarding this research trajectory, I have published different books chapters and articles in different platforms. I have also served as the co-investigator on two large-scale projects funded by the US Embassy Ankara in Turkey - "Social Justice Now! A Project on Raising Pre-service English Language Teachers' Awareness of Social Justice" (http://www.socialjusticeinelt.com/). In these projects, we worked with pre-service English language teachers across different universities in Turkey. After receiving training on integration of different social justice issues language education, they developed their own small-scale social responsibility projects (SRPs) in their local contexts. After completing their SRPs, these pre-service language teachers were funded to present their projects at the Social Justice in ELT Symposium held in Turkey and attend TESOL Convention held in the United States.
Book Chapter
Transforming language teachers into agents of social change in Türkiye
Yilmaz A, Ortactepe Hart D & Celik S (2024) Transforming language teachers into agents of social change in Türkiye. In: Warren AN & Ward NA (eds.) Activism in language teaching and language teacher education. Bloomsbury Publishing.
Book Chapter
Yilmaz A, Ortactepe Hart D & Durmus RI (2024) Social Justice Language Teacher Education in Türkiye: Insights from an English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Writing Classroom. In: Fuad Selvi A & Kocaman C (eds.) International perspectives on critical English language teacher education: Theory and practice. Bloomsbury Academic, pp. 33-39. https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/international-perspectives-on-critical--english-language-teacher-education-9781350400320/
Conference Paper (unpublished)
Empowering language teachers for social transformation: Insights from Türkiye
Yilmaz A, Ortactepe Hart D & Celik S (2024) Empowering language teachers for social transformation: Insights from Türkiye. BAAL Conference 2024, University of Essex, Essex, UK, 05.09.2024-07.09.2024.
Article
Yılmaz A, Hart DO & Sönmez N (2024) Promoting social justice through dramatizing children's literature: Lessons from EFL classrooms in Türkiye. TESOL Journal. https://doi.org/10.1002/tesj.857
Conference Paper (unpublished)
Yilmaz A (2024) Transforming language education for social justice: Technology-driven interventions in teaching speaking skills. NATESOL 40th International Conference, Online, 11.05.2024-11.05.2024. https://www.natesol.org/
Conference Paper (unpublished)
Yilmaz A, Yoney RZ & Ortactepe Hart D (2024) Environmental education in the language classroom: English as a foreign language for sustainable futures. TESOL 2024 International Convention and English Language Expo, Tampa, Florida, USA, 21.03.2024-23.03.2024.
Book Chapter
Evaluating language skills in English language coursebook: Speaking and writing.
Yilmaz A & Söğüt S (2022) Evaluating language skills in English language coursebook: Speaking and writing.. In: Celik H & Celik S (eds.) Coursebook evaluation in English as foreign language (EFL) education. 1 ed. Ankara, Turkiye: Vizetek, pp. 109-159. https://vizetek.com.tr/urun/Coursebook-Evalution/172
Article
Language education for social justice: Reproductions or disruptions through technology
Yılmaz A & Söğüt S (2022) Language education for social justice: Reproductions or disruptions through technology. Computers and Education, 187, Art. No.: 104535. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2022.104535
Book Chapter
Syrian Refugee Children’s Language Learning: A Multiple Case Study in the Turkish Context
Yilmaz A & Smyser HM (2021) Syrian Refugee Children’s Language Learning: A Multiple Case Study in the Turkish Context. In: Warriner DS (ed.) Refugee Education across the Lifespan: Mapping Experiences of Language Learning and Use. Educational Linguistics. Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 35-55. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-79470-5_3
Book Chapter
Teaching interculturality in ELT classrooms: Instructional design
Celik H & Yilmaz A (2021) Teaching interculturality in ELT classrooms: Instructional design. In: Zehir Topkaya E & Demir B (eds.) Interculturality in English language learning and teaching. Ankara, Turkiye: Egiten Kitap, pp. 207-250. https://www.egitenkitap.com/interculturality-in-english-language-learning-and-teaching
Book Chapter
Conceptualizing intercultural communicative competence: From theory to practice
Yılmaz A (2021) Conceptualizing intercultural communicative competence: From theory to practice. In: Bardakçı M & Ünaldı İ (eds.) Current Discussions on Foreign/Second Language Education. Ankara, Turkiye: Pegem, pp. 67-89. https://doi.org/10.14527/9786257582155
Book Chapter
Techniques and activities to teach culture in the foreign language classroom
Yilmaz A (2020) Techniques and activities to teach culture in the foreign language classroom. In: Celik S & Solak E (eds.) World Englishes and culture in English as a foreign language (EFL) education. Ankara, Turkiye: Vizetek, pp. 179-197. https://www.kitapsec.com/mobil/world-englishes-and-culture-in-engilish-as-a-foreign-language-efl-education-vizetek-yayincilik_urn556100.html
Article
Form-meaning-use framework in grammar teaching: Research on noun clauses in writing skills
Yilmaz A (2018) Form-meaning-use framework in grammar teaching: Research on noun clauses in writing skills. Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 14 (3), pp. 37-55.
Article
Yilmaz A (2018) Computers in reading and writing skills through the motivational lens: SnagitTM, screencast and e-mail services. Contemporary Educational Technology, 9 (3), pp. 264-283. https://doi.org/10.30935/cet.414
Article
Short stories via computers in EFL classrooms: An empirical study for reading and writing skills
Yilmaz A (2015) Short stories via computers in EFL classrooms: An empirical study for reading and writing skills. The Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 15 (1), pp. 41-53.
Article
Policies of ministry of education in terms of evaluation in foreign language education
Onal A & Yilmaz A (2013) Policies of ministry of education in terms of evaluation in foreign language education. Idil Journal of Art and Language, 2 (10). https://doi.org/10.7816/idil-02-10-06
Edited Proceedings
Learning strategies and mobile learning
Köksal D (ed.) (2012) Learning strategies and mobile learning. The 7th International ELT Research Conference: Philosophical Perspectives in ELT Research, Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Canakkale, Turkiye, 27.04.2012-28.04.2012. Ankara, Turkiye: Nobel.
Conference Paper (published)
Short stories via CALL: A case study in Turkish Context.
Yilmaz A & Yilmaz C (2012) Short stories via CALL: A case study in Turkish Context.. In: Köksal D (ed.) Proceedings of the 7th International ELT Research Conference: Philosophical perspectives in ELT research. The 7th International ELT Research Conference Philosophical Perspectives in ELT Research Conference, Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Canakkale, Türkiye, 27.04.2012-28.04.2012. Ankara, Türkiye: Nobel, pp. 121-133.
Article
Bekleyen N & Yilmaz A (2012) The impact of computer-assisted language learning on vocabulary teaching: Jing™ and instant messaging.. e-Journal of New World Sciences Academy, 7 (1), pp. 419-425.
Book Review
Practical English Language Teaching
Yilmaz A & Tekir S (2010) Practical English Language Teaching. The International Journal of Research in Teacher Education, 1 (1), pp. 65-72. https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/90220
