Nesrin Oruç Ertürk

Prof. Dr. Nesrin Oruç Ertürk is currently working at İzmir University of Economics where she is lecturing English Language at undergraduate level at the School of Foreign Languages. At the same time, she is the director of EKOSEM (Continuous Education Center. She has been to the USA on a Fulbright FLTA scholarship between 2003-2004. Her main interest areas are Lifelong Learning, teacher training, teacher identity, second language acquisition and inclusive education. She has published many books and has many articles published in national and international journals. She has carried research and taught abroad in departments of linguistics at different universities (State University of New York, SUNY, USA; Universidad de Alcala, Spain).

Aynur Yürekli

Aynur Yürekli is an associate professor of English language teaching (ELT) and a Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults (CELTA) tutor who is involved in teacher training and teaching English for academic purposes (EAP) at İzmir University of Economics in Turkey. Her research areas include pedagogical and professional development in higher education, teacher training, and ELT and applied linguistics.  She has given talks on these topics internationally in many countries including Cyprus, France, Hungary, Portugal, Russia, the United Arab Emirates, and the United States as well as nationally throughout Turkey.