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Experiences > Travelling Abroad

1970-71 ENGLAND, London: West London College, Study on Proficiency in English and Commercial Correspondence
Toured ENGLAND, THE NETHERLANDS, FRANCE and W.GERMANY in 1971 July.
1984 SCOTLAND, Stirling University, A Summer Course on “Communicative Language Teaching Methodology” offered by the British Council.
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), 30-31 October, 1985, Conference on “Youth Problems. A paper presented on the problems of Turkish Cypriot University Students in Turkey.”
1986 USA, 20th TESOL Convention, Anaheim-California Research on Computer Assisted Language Learning, invited by the USA Government on IVP Programme
USA, 14-17 March, 1991, CIES Conference, Pittsburgh. Paper presentation on “Education and Changing Social Realities in Turkey”.
HUNGARY, Pudapest, Pecs, 10-14 August, 1991, XVIIth FIPLV World Congress Paper presentation on “A Curriculum Design for Life-long Language Learning.” Toured AUSTRIA.
The NETHERLANDS, Amsterdam, 2-6 September, 1991, The 16th Annual Conference on Teacher Education. A paper presented on “A Curriculum Model for Teacher Education in Europe”.
1991 SWITZERLAND, Rüschlikon-Feusisberg / Zürich. Inter-Governmental Symposium. "Transparency and Coherence in Language Learning in Europe. Objectives, Evaluation, Certification" . Paper presentation on “A Curriculum Model for Life-long Language Learning.”
ENGLAND, Oxford.1992, Oxford University. Invited by Oxford University Press to attend the ELT Symposium on "Focus on the Language Teacher".
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), 1-4 Nov.1995, invited by the Minister of Education, for a Conference on “Reformation on Education System". Paper presentation on "Foreign Language Education”
ENGLAND. visited 9 universities for graduate and post graduate students who are planned to send abroad by the World Bank. -YÖK Project. (Manchester, Leeds, Nothingham, Birmingham, Bristol, London)
KUWAIT. Paper presentation on "Curriculum Practices for Equity and Excellence in the Turkish Educational System" The Public Authority for Applied Education and Training. Human Resources Development An Investment Conference, Kuwait, Nov. 30th - Dec. 4th, 1996
Toured BAHRAIN,1996.
GREECE- Thessaloniki, invited by Greek Educational Society to establish Balkan Society for Pedagogy and Education and to meet educators of Balkan Countries on November 20 - 23, 1997 and elected as the Vice-President of the Society .
BULGARIA -Sofia, invited by the University of Sofia, Faculty of Primary and Preschool Education in order to attend the Administrative Committee of the Balkan Society for Pedagogy and Education on March 27-28, 1998.
Toured ITALY- Rome, Florence and Venice on April 3 - 11, 1998
SLOVAKIA - Bratislava, ESP Seminar on June 18-20, 1998 CZECH REPUBLIC- Prague
1998 EGYPT - Cairo, International Conference on Teaching English as a Foreign Language , Paper presentation on "Developing Integrated Skills through Multiple Intelligences in EFL Classes" on December 8-10,1998
AUSTRIA, Innsbruck. invited by the Laguage Policy Division, The Council of Europe, to attend the conference on "Linguistic Diversity and Democratic Citizenship in Europe on May 10-12, 1999
GREECE- Thessaloniki, invited by Greek Educational Society to attend the conference on Balkans- Greece and Europe and the meeting of the Administrative Committee of the Balkan Society for Pedagogy and Education on December 17 - 19, 1999
CZECH REPUBLIC– Prague, invited by the Language Policy Division, The Council of Europe, to attend the conference on "European Year of Languages 2001 Seminar for National Coordinators” on March 9-11, 2000
GREECE- Thessaloniki, invited by Greek Educational Society to participate in the general meeting and the meeting of the Administrative Council of the Balkan Society for Pedagogy and Education on the 21 and 22 of April, 2000 and elected as the Vice-President of the Society .
ENGLAND - Manchester, invited by the Laguage Policy Division, The Council of Europe, to attend a conference on "European Year of Languages 2001, 2^nd Seminar for National Coordinators” on October 19-21, 2000
toured MALAYSIA-Kualalumpur, SINGAPORE, THAILAND-Bangok-Pattaya
FRANCE-Paris, invited by the Laguage Policy Division, The Council of Europe, to attend a Seminar on “Communication Education and Relations with Media” on January 26-27, 2001
SWEDEN- Lund, invited by the Language Policy Division, The Council of Europe, to attend “Opening Event of the European Year of Languages 2001” on 18-20 February 2001- as The Representative of Turkey
CZECH REPUBLIC – Prag, invited by the Language Policy Division, The Council of Europe, to attend a seminar on the Introduction of the European Language Portfolio on 23 – 24 February 2001.
PORTUGAL – Coimbra, invited by the Language Policy Division, The Council of Europe, to attend a seminar on the Implementation of the ELP on 28-30 June 2001
BELGIUM – Brussels, invited by the Language Policy Division, The Council of Europe, to attend “Closing Event of the European Year of Languages 2001” on 6-9 December 2001- as Turkish Representative.
ITALY – Torino-Turin invited by the Language Policy Division, The Council of Europe, to attend a seminar on the Implementation of the ELP on 14-17 April 2002
Turkish Republic of North Cyprus - Famagusta. Invited to present a paper on “Portfolio-Oriented Foreign Language Education in Turkey”, Famagusta, North Cyprus, Eastern Mediterranean University, First International Education Conference: Changing Times, Changing Needs, 8-10 May 2002 (Keynote speaker)
LUXEMBURG, invited by the Language Policy Division, The Council of Europe, to attend a seminar on the Implementation of the ELP on 16-19 October 2002
2002 FRANCE – Strasbourg. invited by the Language Policy Division, The Council of Europe, to attend a conference on "Languages, Diversity, Citizenship: Policies for Plurilingualism in Europe” on 13-15 November 2002 as a Turkish delegate
FRANCE - Strasbourg. invited by the Language Policy Division, The Council of Europe, to plan the ELP seminar which will be held on 23-25 October 2003 in Ýstanbul-Turkey
2003 MACEDONIA -Ohrid-Üsküp, invited by the Balkan Society for Pedagogy and Education to attend a conference on “Intercultural Education” and also the meeting of the Administrative Committee of BASOPED on May 08-13, 2003. (re-elected as the Vice–Prisedent of the Society) 2003 RUSSIA toured Moscow and St. Petersbourg by the river boat on 4-13 August 2003
2003 BULGARIA - Sofia. invited by the Balkan Society for Pedagogy and Education to plan the international symposium which will be held in Sofia in 2004 and attend the meeting of the Administrative Committee of BASOPED on 17-19 September 2003.
FRANCE- Strasbourg. invited by the Language Policy Division, The Council of Europe, to attend the Policy Forum: “Global Approaches to Plurilingual Education” on 28-29 June 2004 as a Turkish delegate.
BULGARIA - Sofia. Presented a paper on the International symposium which was held in Sofia on 02-03 July 2004.
NORWAY-DENMARK. toured Norwegian fjords, Oslo and Bergen by Orient Lines Cruise on 18-29 July 2004 and visited Copenhagen and Aarus in Denmark.
SPAIN – Madrid, invited by the Language Policy Division, The Council of Europe, to attend a seminar on the Implementation of the ELP on 29 September-2 October 2004
2004 SERBIA and MONTENEGRO - Belgrade. invited by the Balkan Society for Pedagogy and Education to plan the international symposium which will be held in Belgrade in 2005 and attend the meeting of the Administrative Committee of BASOPED on 25 October 2004.
Turkish republic of Northern Cyprus-Nicosia. 25-28 November, 2004, Guest speaker “European Language Portfolio-Implications in Turkey”, Turkish republic of Northern Cyprus, Ministry of Education and Culture, presented a paper and organized a workshop.
KOSOVO- Pristina. 07-09 March, 2005, Guest speaker “Common criteria for European languages and the teaching of Turkish”, Pristina University, Education Faculty– Turkish Department, gave a conference.
KUWAIT- 01-09 April 2005, Guest speaker and Ministry of Education English Curriculum Consultant “Developing the ELT Curriculum and the Evaluation of Fun with English books and teaching materials ”, Kuwait, Ministry of Education, presented a paper, organized a workshop, visited the schools in Kuwait, gave a seminar to the teachers.
Turkish republic of Northern Cyprus – Guest speaker “Common criteria for European languages and curriculum for teaching Turkish”, Famagusta, conference, Education Faculty, 12-14 May 2004
2005 SERBIA and MONTENEGRO – Belgrade. Attended the scientific meeting of “Life-long learning in International Balkan Countries” and presented a paper as the national speaker on 01-03 July 2005.
2005 RUSSIA – Moscow, 29 September – 3 October 2005 – attended the Council of Europe Language Portfolio Application Seminar as the Turkish coordinator.
2005 ENGLAND – Colchester, 19 – 22 October 2005, Essex University, Institute of Social Sciences, Department of Language and Linguistics, jury membership in a Ph.D. Dissertation exam (external examiner)
2005 ROMANIA - Bucharest. 25-27 November 2005 in BASOPED Administrative Board meeting and planning of the international scientific meeting which will be held in 2006.
SOUTH AFRICA, 6-15 January 2006 visited Cape Town, Johanesbourg, Sun City and went on a safari.
USA, 14-20 March 2006 presented a paper on the title of “Progress on the Common European Framework, Daring to Lead” in the 40^th TESOL meeting in Florida , Tampa. (with Ayþegül Daloglu and Luciana Lopriore)
SYRIA, 21-23 April 2006 visited Aleppo and Damascus.
2006 ROMANIA – Bucharest. 28 June-2 July 2006 attended the scientific meeting “Values education in the international Balkan countries” and presented two papers.
2006 GEORGIA, 22-23 July 2006 visited Batumi.
2006 LITHUANIA – Vilnius, 27 September – 1 October 2006 – attended the Council of Europe, European Language Portfolio Implementation Seminar as the Turkish coordinator. (POLAND – visited Warsaw)
2006 ALBANIA - Gjirokaster. 20-22 October 2006 BASOPED Administrative Board meeting and planning of the international scientific meeting which will be held in 2007.
FRANCE- Strasbourg. Ýnvited by the Language Policy Division, The Council of Europe, to attend the Language Policy Forum on 06-08 February 2007 as a Turkish delegate.
FINLAND- Turku and Helsinki – ERASMUS Visiting Lecturer in the University of Turku, lectured on “Curriculum Development in Language Teaching”, “Implementation of the ELP in Turkey” and “Education System in Turkey” on 14 - 22 April 2007
AZARBAIJAN – Baku, International Conference on Teacher Education: Policies and Issues organzied by Hacettepe University, Faculty of Education and Azarbaijan, State Pedagogy University, held on 11-15 May 2007- Baku, paper presentation “ Teacher Education System in Turkey”
GERMANY- Berlin-Jena - München, invited by Goethe Institut and German Ministry of Foreign Affairs to examine on Foreign Language Education and Language Testing System in Germany and also participated in the Symposium on “Das Festival: Der Macht Die Sprache” , held on 14-16 June 2007 in Berlin
CHINA – toured Shanghai - Chong Qing - Xi'an - Beijing from 29 July to 12 August, 2007
GREECE – Thessaloniki, presented a paper on the 9th International Conference on European Unification and Educational Challenges in the Balkans, organized by BASOPED on 09-11 November 2007