CURRICULUM VITAE

 

Name  Surname : Figen Arkın

Academic Title: Senior Lecturer 

 

Education        

 

Degree

Field

University

Year

Bachelor

English Language and Literature

Eastern Mediterrean University

1990-1994

Master

Teaching English as a Foreign Language

European University of Lefke

1998-2000

 

 

 

 

 

 

Academic Titles

 

Title

Department

University

Year/Period

 

Teaching Assistant

English Preparatory School

European University of Lefke

1994-1996

Instructor

English Preparatory School

European University of Lefke

1996-2000

Lecturer

English Preparatory School

European University of Lefke

2000-2002

Senior Lecturer

English Preparatory School

European University of Lefke

2002-2006

Senior Lecturer

Department  of English Language Teaching

European University of Lefke

2006-2011

 

 

Projects Directed and Participated   European Language Portfolio, 2004-2005.

                                                           Ministry of Education, T.R.N.C.

 

 

Conferences 

 

‘Programme Evaluation: Skill based language teaching approach in EFL’ paper presented at World Conference on Educational Sciences, Bahcesehir University,2010

 

‘Globalization in higher education: More diversity than democracy and uniformity?’ World Council of Comparative Education Societies, Boğaziçi University, 2010

  

Publications

‘Programme Evaluation: Skill based language teaching approach in EFL’ paper presented at World Conference on Educational Sciences, Science Direct, 2010

 

Courses and Certificates: 

                                                  

2008 Trainer Education Program (Teacher Trainer),  Sabancı University

Extending English Language Teaching Skills’,Teacher Training, Oxford University, 1999.

Teacher Training, USIS, 1996

Certificate for Overseas English Teacher Training, Cambridge University,   1994-1995

Teacher Training Certificate, Eastern Mediterranean University, 1993-1994

 

Seminars and Workshops

 

ELT Symposium, ‘Learner Autonomy in Action’ Cambridge University Press & European University of Lefke, 2008

 

IDEA, International Conference ‘Studies in English Literature’ Boğaziçi University, 2006

 

Seminar ESOL, Cambridge University, 2005

 

ELT Workshop ‘Global Problems, Local Solutions’ Isık University, 2000  

 

                                                  

Administrative Duties:        

Director English Preparatory School, 2009

Testing Officer, Member of Discipline Committee English Preparatory School, 2006-2007

Member of the Executive Committee 2003-2005, Testing Officer, EPS, 2002-2003  

Programme Coordinator, English Preparatory School  2000-2005  

Coordinator of ESP, Faculty of Architecture and Engineering, 1997- 1999

 

Awards and grants    

Scholarship by The British Council, 1999,  Teacher Training Course, University of Oxford