Assist. Prof. Dr. Ahmet Acar, Department of English Language Teaching, Dokuz Eylül University, İzmir, TURKEY

Email: ahmet.acar@deu.edu.tr

Web site: http://kisi.deu.edu.tr/ahmet.acar/

 

Refereed Journal Articles

Acar, A. “The “Communicative Competence” Controversy,” Asian EFL Journal, 7,3, 55-60 (2005).

Acar, A. “Models, Norms and Goals for English as an International Language Pedagogy and Task Based Language Teaching and Learning,” Asian EFL Journal, 8,3,179-196 (2006).

Acar, A. “Teaching Languages from a Distance Through Multipoint Videoconferencing,” Foreign Language Annals, 40,2, 311-319 (2007).

Acar, A. “Standards and Competence in English as an International Language Pedagogy,” Journal of English as an International Language, 2, 65-81, (2007)

Acar, A. “On EIL Competence”, Journal of English as an International Language, 5, 11-26 (2010).

Conference Proceedings

Acar, A. “A Critical Review of Hymes’ On Communicative Competence,” The 1st International Symposium on Modern Approaches Methods and ELT Problems”, Isparta, 57-68, Isparta, 2002.

 

Academic Degrees:

2006  Ph.D. Dokuz Eylül University, Department of English Language Teaching.

Designing an Effective ELT Primary School Textbook Model by means of Evaluating the Primary School ELT Textbooks: A Sample in the Designated Group and Context

2001 MA Dokuz Eylül University, Department of English Language Teaching.

The Students’ Expectations and Attitudes about English Language Teaching and The Consistancy of the Methods Applied in Primary Schools in Burdur City Centre

1999 BA (highest ranking student of the department) Dokuz Eylül University, Department of English Language Teaching.

 

Scholarship

 Fulbright Scholarship (2004-2005) (Foreign Language Teaching Assistant)

Syracuse Üniversitesi, Syracuse, New York, USA

 

Editorships:

Asian Education Index (Regional Journal Senior Advisor) (2007-2010)

Foreign Language Annals (Reviewer) (2007- Present)

Asian EFL Journal (Associate Editor)  (2005-2010)

Journal of English as an International Language (Senior Associate Editor) (2007-2010)

Chinese EFL Journal (Senior Advisor) (2008-2010)

The TESOL Journal (advisor) (2008-2010)

Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Buca School of Education Journal (2010-Present)

Çukurova Üniversitesi School of Education Journal (2011- Present)

Mehmet Akif Ersoy Üniversitesi School of Education Journal (2011- Present)

 

 Academic Interests

 ELT Textbook Evaluation and Development, English as an International Language Pedagogy, Competence, Teaching Languages From a Distance, Bilingualism

 

 Administrative Duties

 (2012-Present) Executive Board Member  Dokuz Eylül University Distance Education Research and Application Center

 

 Courses taught in the last two years

 

Academic year	Term	Name of the course	credit		Number of students
			Theory	Practice
2010-2011	Fall	Educational   Technology and Materials Development	2	2	124
	Spring	ELT Methodology I	2	2	131
		Language   Acquisition	3	0	74
2011-2012	Fall	Approaches   to ELT I	3		28
		Translation   (English-Turkish)	3		54
		Educational   Technology and Materials Development	2	2	101
	Spring	Approaches to ELT II	3		60
		ELT   Methodology I	2	2	101

 

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