{"id":105,"date":"2026-08-30T10:09:33","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T10:09:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matefl.bilkent.edu.tr\/?page_id=105"},"modified":"2026-09-12T17:14:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T17:14:13","slug":"news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/matefl.bilkent.edu.tr\/?page_id=105","title":{"rendered":"News"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><ul style=\"border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-style:none;border-width:0px; padding-right:0;padding-left:0;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;margin-right:0;margin-left:0;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list is-grid columns-3 has-dates alignwide wp-block-latest-posts has-small-font-size\"><li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/matefl.bilkent.edu.tr\/?p=263\" aria-label=\"MA-TEFL Faculty-Student Gathering: Meet the New Team Event\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"328\" src=\"https:\/\/matefl.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/34acc241-cdb7-4c67-aea3-c73282d41680-e1789746108486-1024x328.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:350px;max-height:350px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matefl.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/34acc241-cdb7-4c67-aea3-c73282d41680-e1789746108486-1024x328.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/matefl.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/34acc241-cdb7-4c67-aea3-c73282d41680-e1789746108486-300x96.jpg 300w, https:\/\/matefl.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/34acc241-cdb7-4c67-aea3-c73282d41680-e1789746108486-768x246.jpg 768w, https:\/\/matefl.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/34acc241-cdb7-4c67-aea3-c73282d41680-e1789746108486-1536x491.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/matefl.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/34acc241-cdb7-4c67-aea3-c73282d41680-e1789746108486.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/matefl.bilkent.edu.tr\/?p=263\">MA-TEFL Faculty-Student Gathering: Meet the New Team Event<\/a><time datetime=\"2026-09-18T15:47:00+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">September 18, 2026<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">The MA-TEFL faculty and students were gathered in a beginning-of-the-semester event on the 17th of September, 2026. Following the program director&#8217;s plenary on the new program components and expectancies from the students. Strongly emphasizing the research-oriented structure of the MA-TEFL program, each faculty member featured the newly established research clusters in the department. With the\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/matefl.bilkent.edu.tr\/?p=263\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: MA-TEFL Faculty-Student Gathering: Meet the New Team Event<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/matefl.bilkent.edu.tr\/?p=166\" aria-label=\"EVENT: Meet the New MA-TEFL Team\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"648\" height=\"592\" src=\"https:\/\/matefl.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-18-at-00.09.37.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:350px;max-height:350px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matefl.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-18-at-00.09.37.png 648w, https:\/\/matefl.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-18-at-00.09.37-300x274.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/matefl.bilkent.edu.tr\/?p=166\">EVENT: Meet the New MA-TEFL Team<\/a><time datetime=\"2026-09-11T14:25:32+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">September 11, 2026<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">We are organizing the &#8220;Meet the New Team\u201d event on the 17th of September, 16:30 at Room, 160, G-Building to introduce the structural and academic changes in the department and the MA in TEFL program. The event will also cover the orientation for the new cohort students. All MA-TEFL students and alumni, and colleagues in\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/matefl.bilkent.edu.tr\/?p=166\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: EVENT: Meet the New MA-TEFL Team<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/matefl.bilkent.edu.tr\/?p=161\" aria-label=\"Mehmet Sak joins the MA-TEFL program as an Assistant Professor\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"863\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/matefl.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Mehmet-Sak-863x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:350px;max-height:350px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matefl.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Mehmet-Sak-863x1024.jpeg 863w, https:\/\/matefl.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Mehmet-Sak-253x300.jpeg 253w, https:\/\/matefl.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Mehmet-Sak-768x911.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/matefl.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Mehmet-Sak-1295x1536.jpeg 1295w, https:\/\/matefl.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Mehmet-Sak.jpeg 1348w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 863px) 100vw, 863px\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/matefl.bilkent.edu.tr\/?p=161\">Mehmet Sak joins the MA-TEFL program as an Assistant Professor<\/a><time datetime=\"2026-09-01T12:45:04+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">September 1, 2026<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">As of 1st of September 2026, Dr. Mehmet Sak has joined the Faculty of Education and the MA-TEFL Program as an Assistant Professor. Dr. Sak&#8217;s research draws on the psychology of language learners, teachers, and teacher educators with a particular focus on their wellbeing, motivation, and emotions from complexity and ecological perspectives. His articles have\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/matefl.bilkent.edu.tr\/?p=161\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Mehmet Sak joins the MA-TEFL program as an Assistant Professor<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/matefl.bilkent.edu.tr\/?p=156\" aria-label=\"Ufuk Balaman joins the MA-TEFL program as a Full Professor and the Head of Department\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/matefl.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_0614-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:350px;max-height:350px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matefl.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_0614-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/matefl.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_0614-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/matefl.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_0614-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/matefl.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_0614-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/matefl.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_0614-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/matefl.bilkent.edu.tr\/?p=156\">Ufuk Balaman joins the MA-TEFL program as a Full Professor and the Head of Department<\/a><time datetime=\"2026-09-01T06:11:20+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">September 1, 2026<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">As of 1st of September 2026, Prof. Dr. Ufuk Balaman has joined the Faculty of Education and the MA-TEFL Program. Dr. Balaman will act as the program director. Balaman&#8217;s research draws on multimodal Conversation Analysis\u00a0for\u00a0L2 learning, teaching, and teacher education mainly in digital spaces and aims to contribute to the fields of multimodal Conversation Analysis,\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/matefl.bilkent.edu.tr\/?p=156\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Ufuk Balaman joins the MA-TEFL program as a Full Professor and the Head of Department<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/matefl.bilkent.edu.tr\/?p=147\" aria-label=\"Demet Sertdemir Kabak\u00e7\u0131 defends her thesis in the MA-TEFL Program\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"982\" src=\"https:\/\/matefl.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Demet-Sertdemir-Kabakci-1024x982.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:350px;max-height:350px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matefl.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Demet-Sertdemir-Kabakci-1024x982.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/matefl.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Demet-Sertdemir-Kabakci-300x288.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/matefl.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Demet-Sertdemir-Kabakci-768x736.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/matefl.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Demet-Sertdemir-Kabakci.jpeg 1477w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/matefl.bilkent.edu.tr\/?p=147\">Demet Sertdemir Kabak\u00e7\u0131 defends her thesis in the MA-TEFL Program<\/a><time datetime=\"2026-08-31T20:43:03+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">August 31, 2026<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Sertdemir Kabak\u00e7\u0131\u2019s thesis explores teachers\u2019 perceptions and experiences of LLM use in EFL writing instruction. Using an explanatory sequential mixed-methods design, Sertdemir Kabak\u00e7\u0131 presented EFL instructors\u2019 familiarity with and use of LLMs, as well as their perceptions and experiences in writing instruction, combining an online questionnaire with follow-up semi-structured interviews. The main findings include generally\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/matefl.bilkent.edu.tr\/?p=147\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Demet Sertdemir Kabak\u00e7\u0131 defends her thesis in the MA-TEFL Program<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-105","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/matefl.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/matefl.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/matefl.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matefl.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matefl.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=105"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/matefl.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":204,"href":"https:\/\/matefl.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/105\/revisions\/204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/matefl.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}