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Research Interests

Language Teacher Education, Teacher Identity, Teacher Educator Identity, Professional Development, Teacher Education Programs, Language Teaching, Curriculum Research, Codeswitching, Translanguaging, English-medium Instruction in Language Classrooms

Journal articles (in preparation, under review, published):

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  • Ataş, U., & Daloğlu, A. (2024). Developing a comprehensive profile of professional development and identity for English language teacher educators.​ European Journal of Education, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejed.12729 

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  • Tezgiden-Cakcak, Y., & Ataş, U. (2024). Becoming and being a critical language teacher educator: A duo-ethnography. TESOL Journal, 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1002/tesj.855 â€‹

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  • Ataş, U., & Daloğlu, A. (2024). Exploring English language teacher educators’ professional development through collaborative partnership with pre-service teachers in supervised practicum. European Journal of Teacher Education, 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1080/02619768.2024.2380320 â€‹â€‹â€‹

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  • Ataş, U., Daloğlu, A., & Hilden, R. K. (2023). Teacher educators in Finland and Turkey: Their roles, knowledge base, and professional development profiles. European Journal of Teacher Education, 46(4), 727-745. https://doi.org/10.1080/02619768.2021.1987412

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  • Ataş, U. (2023). Translanguaging in English-medium instruction (EMI): Examining English literature content classrooms. Turkish Journal of Education, 12(3), 142-157. https://doi.org/10.19128/turje.1210174

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  • Tomak, B., & Ataş, U. (2023). Learner readiness and efficiency of learning English in online higher education context: voices of Turkish EFL learners. Participatory Educational Research, 10(5), 168-183. https://doi.org/10.17275/per.23.80.10.5   

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  • Akkuş, M., & Ataş, U. (2023). Translanguaging in EFL writing: Examining student exam papers in an EMI setting. Journal of Language Education and Research, 9(2), 492-514. https://doi.org/10.31464/jlere.1287007

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  • Ataş, U. (2022). A qualitative exploration into beliefs of pre-service EFL teachers about school experience. Bartın University Journal of Faculty of Education, 11(2), 280-293. https://doi.org/10.14686/buefad.874845

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  • Ataş, U., Sağın-Şimşek, Ç. (2021). Discourse and educational functions of students’ and teachers’ code-switching in EFL classrooms in Turkey. Linguistics and Education, 65. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.linged.2021.100981

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  • Tomak, B. & Ataş, U. (2019). Designing an ESP writing course for pre-intermediate EFL engineering students. Journal of Teaching English for Specific and Academic Purposes, 7(3), 267-282. https://doi.org/10.22190/JTESAP1903267T

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  • Ataş, U., Balıkçı, G., & Taner, G. (under review). From the imagined to the negotiated: emerging language teacher identities of non-education degree students.

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Books and Chapters

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  • Taner, G. & Ataş, U. (2023). Addressing diversity in language teacher education: Perspectives on practicum. In K. Becerra-Murillo & J. Gámez (Eds.), Promoting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Language Learning Environments (pp. 54-75). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-3632-5.ch004

 

  • Ataş, U., & Akkuş, M. (2023). “Translanguaged EMI” as a means of negotiation of meaning in literature classrooms: Reflections on thirdness. In A. Garcés-Manzanera & M. Carrillo García (Eds.), New approaches to the investigation of language teaching and literature (pp. 172-189). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-6020-7.ch010

 

 

 

 

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  • Ataş, U. (in preparation). ‘Accidental’ teacher educators in a time of flux: Navigating professional identities and positionings in alternative routes to teacher education. 

 

Research projects

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  • Undergraduate Research project (as Supervisor): “The process of learning English online in higher education: A situation analysis of universities in the Eastern Black Sea region”, funded by TÜBÄ°TAK 2209-A (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey), TRY 6.000, September 2023 – September 2024. (Project Coordinator: Ferdi Kör)

 

  • Undergraduate Research project (as Supervisor): “Discourse functions of code-switching in rap music texts: The case of Turks living in Germany”, funded by TÜBÄ°TAK 2209-A (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey), TRY 6.000, September 2023 – September 2024. (Project Coordinator: Barış Ä°rhan)

 

  • Undergraduate Research project (as Supervisor): “Translanguaging practices in young learner EFL classrooms”, funded by TÜBÄ°TAK 2209-A (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey), TRY 6.000, September 2023 – September 2024. (Project Coordinator: Umutcan Öztürk)

 

  • Research Project (as Researcher): “Developing an innovative teaching practice model for English language teaching programs”, funded by TÜBÄ°TAK 3005 - 122G138 (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey), TRY 309.454, October 15, 2022 – October 15, 2024. (Project Coordinator: Dr. Ali Ilya, Sakarya University, Turkey)

 

  • Research Project (as Researcher): “An investigation of ethnolinguistic vitality of the endangered languages spoken in the Black Sea region”, funded by BAP AÇÜ (Scientific Research Projects Unit of Artvin Çoruh University), July 2022 – July 2023. TRY 12.700. Project coordinator: Dr. Mehmet Akkuş, Artvin Çoruh University, Turkey.

 

  • Research Project (as Coordinator): “Professional development practices of teacher educators working at secondary and tertiary levels in Turkey”, funded by BAP ODTÜ (Scientific Research Projects Unit of Middle East Technical University). Between Jan 2016 – Jan 2018. TRY 11.000. with Prof. Dr. Ayşegül Daloğlu (Middle East Technical University, TURKEY).

 

  • Research Project (as Coordinator): “Investigating professional knowledge, competence, and development profiles of teacher educators in Finland” under 2214-A International Research Fellowship Programme for PhD Students, 2015/1 funded by TÜBITAK (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey), between 01.10.2015 – 01.04.2016. EUR 8.400 with Assoc. Prof. Dr. Raili Hildén (University of Helsinki, FINLAND).

 

  • Research Project (as Research assistant): “Receptive multilingual communication among Turkic languages” funded by TÜBÄ°TAK 3501 – 110K432 (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey)., May 2011 - May 2013. TRY 77.800. with Assoc. Prof. Dr. Çiğdem Sağın Şimşek (Middle East Technical University, TURKEY).

 

Conference presentations and talks

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  • Balıkçı, G., & Ataş, U. (2024). Video-based self-reflection in second language teacher education. To be presented at the SLTED 2024: Second Language Teacher Education: Inspiring Creativity, Cultivating Excellence, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic, September 4-6, 2024. 

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  • Ataş, U. (2024). Turkish National Education System. Seminar as part of the Erasmus+ STA (Staff Mobility for Teaching Assignments) at the University of Białystok, Białystok, Poland, May 24, 2024. 

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  • Ataş, U. (2024). Exploring Teacher Identity in Diverse Contexts: Insights from English Language Teacher Candidates’ Practicum Experiences in Turkey. Open lecture as part of the Erasmus+ STA (Staff Mobility for Teaching Assignments) at the University of Białystok, Białystok, Poland, May 21, 2024. 

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  • Balıkçı, G., & Ataş, U. (2024). Emotional labor and emotion regulation in EFL teachers: A scoping review. Presented at the 15th International METU ELT Convention, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, May 10-11, 2024.

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  • Balıkçı, G., & Ataş, U. (2023). Can I teach English to very young learners? Four non-teaching degree students’ reflections from kindergarten. Presented at the Second International Language-for-All Conference (LFAC ’23), Çukurova University, Adana, Turkey, October 19-20, 2023.

 

  • Akkuş, M., & Ataş, U. (2023). Can translanguaging be allowed in exam papers in an EMI context? Presented at the 9th International KTUDELL Conference on Language, Literature, and Translation, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey, September 25-26, 2023.

 

  • Ataş, U., Balıkçı, G., & Taner, G. (2023). From the imagined to the negotiated: Emerging language teacher identities of non-teaching degree students.  Presented at the 46th ATEE (Association for Teacher Education in Europe) Annual Conference, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary, August 27-30, 2023.

 

  • Ataş, U., & Akkuş, M. (2023). Translanguaging as a pedagogical tool in English literature classrooms: Challenging English-medium instruction. Presented at the International Symposium on New Trends in Language Studies, Ankara Social Sciences University, Ankara, Turkey, April 28-29, 2023.

 

  • Ataş, U., & Daloğlu, A. (2022). Pre-service teachers’ views of ideal teacher educators and their professional development. Presented at the Second Language Teacher Education: Challenges and New Horizons Conference, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, September 15-17, 2022.

 

  • Ataş, U. (2022). Is pedagogical translanguaging a possibility in English literature classrooms? Presented at the 14th METU International ELT Convention, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, June 17-19, 2022.

 

  • Ataş, U., & Taner, G. (2019). Conceptualization and inclusion of diversity in the context of an ELT program. Presented at the International Language Teacher Education Conference in Antalya, Turkey, April 8-10, 2019.

 

  • Ataş, U., & Taner, G. (2018). Diversity and variety in English language teaching practicum. Presented at the 13th METU International ELT Convention, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, May 3-4, 2018.

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  • Ataş, U., Daloğlu, A. & Hilden, R. (2016). Comparing professional development practices of Finnish and Turkish teacher educators. Presented at the 4th International Symposium on New Issues in Teacher Education (ISNITE), University of Eastern Finland, Savonlinna, Finland, August 30- September 1, 2016.

 

  • Ataş, U., Akkuş, M., & Sağın-Şimşek, Ç. (2013). Signals of Perception in Receptive Multilingual Communication. Poster presented at the Experimental Approaches to Perception and Production of Language Variation Conference (ExAPP), University of Copenhagen, Denmark, March 20-22, 2013.

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  • Ataş, U., & Sağın-Şimşek, Ç. (2013). Functions of Code-switching in forms of discourse markers: Evidence from EFL classrooms in Turkey. Presented at the International Conference on Urban Multilingualism and Education, University of Ghent, Belgium, March 6-8, 2013.

 

  • Ataş, U., & Akkuş, M. (2013). Input and interaction: Corrective reactions used by teachers in EFL classrooms. Proceedings of the 13th International Language, Literature and Stylistics Symposium: Simple Style, Kafkas University, Kars, Turkey, September 26-28, 2013, pp. 1099-1109. 

 

  • Ataş, U., & Akkuş, M. (2012). Creativity in a multilingual daily talk: A case of Turkish-Iraqi Turkmen. Workshop paper presented at the 16th International Conference on Turkish Linguistics, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, September 18-21, 2012.

 

  • Sağın-Şimşek, Ç; Cedden, G; Akkuş, M; Ataş, U; Kaffash Khosh, A; & Temur, N. (2012). Language use and attitudes of Turkic language speakers in Turkey. Presented at the 16th International Conference on Turkish Linguistics, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, September 18-21, 2012.

 

  • Ataş, U., & Akkuş, M. (2011).  Receptive multilingualism among Turkic Languages: A project presentation. Presented at the 8th International Postgraduate Conference on Linguistics and Language Teaching, Middle East Technical University, November 24-25, 2011.

 

  • Akkuş, M., Sağın-Şimşek, Ç., & Ataş, U. (2011). Testing validity and reliability in tests of receptive multilingualism. Presented at the 7th International Conference on Third Language Acquisition and Multilingualism, University of Warsaw, Poland, September 15-17, 2011.

 

  • Ataş, U. (2010). The effects of using games and visual aids on learning vocabulary. Presented at the Sharing Issues in ELT Conference, Anadolu University, Eskisehir, Turkey, April 16-17, 2010.

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