CURRICULUM VITAE

 

 

YAZGI SARIKAMIS

 

Professional Profile

 

  • Enthusiastic, hardworking and motivating teacher who fulfills responsibilities and duties on time.
  • Student-centered teacher who emphasizes students’ needs, abilities and interests and teaches accordingly.
  • Cooperative teacher who can produce well in a team.

 

Educational Background

 

2008-2009. Kingston University, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, School of Humanities, MA in English, Kingston, UK. (MA- second year, graduated with Commendation.)

 

2007-2008. Eastern Mediterranean University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of English Literature and Humanities, Famagusta, Cyprus. (MA-first year, cgpa 3.76)

 

2002- 2006. Eastern Mediterranean University, Faculty of Education, Department of English Language Teaching, Famagusta, Cyprus. (BA- graduated as the third top student of the ELT Department with 3.88 cgpa- High Honour)

 

 

Work Experience

 

English Language Instructor, November 2010- Present. English Preparatory School, European University of Lefke, Lefke, Cyprus.

  • Testing Officer, November 2011- Present. EPS, EUL.

 

Project Assistant, June 2010-October 2010. KAYAD Community Center, Nicosia, Cyprus.

 

English Language Teacher, September 2006-June 2007. Eastern Mediterranean Primary School, Famagusta, Cyprus.

Academic and Professional Certificates and Awards

 

2002-2006 High Honour Certificates from Eastern Mediterranean University.

April 26-28, 2006 Certificate of Appreciation from Center for Women’s Studies at EMU for the support during the Second International Conference on Women’s Studies.

March 10, 2007 Attendance Certificate of the Conference “Strategies for Coping with Learning Difficulties”.

April 6, 2007 Attendance Certificate of the Seminar on Teaching Knowledge Test by T.R.N.C Ministry of Natioanal Education and Culture.

June 2008 granted the European Union Community Scholarship from EU Community Scholarship Programme.

March, 25, 2009 Certificate of Attendance for the short course “Understanding Britain” from Study Abroad Office, Kingston University London.

2 April 2011 Certificate of Participation at the seminar “Developing Writing in Class and Different Learning Styles” by TED Northern Cyprus College.

6 May 2011 Certificate of Participation at the seminar “The Use of Extensive Reader Series in Language Classes” by Oxford University Press.

 

 

Research Projects

 

Research Paper- Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety in Oral Communication classes of ELT Department of EMU.

Master’s dissertation- The formation of identity in Irvin Yalom’s novels When Nietzsche Wept and The Schopenhauer Cure.

 

Research Interests/ Hobbies

 

  • Educational Psychology, interdisciplinary research on psychology and contemporary literatures in English.
  • practicing yoga, walking, cycling
  • travelling and getting to know different cultures
  • reading books and listening to music

 

 

Language Competences

  • Turkish (native, excellent)
  • English (excellent)
  • French and Greek (basic)
     

Computer Skills

  • Microsoft WORD
  • Power Point
  • Excel
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