Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages Association

01Our Story.

Everything started when a small group of teacher trainers got together to form a professional group.

01Our Story.

Everything started when a small group of teacher trainers got together to form a professional group.

01Our Story.

Everything started when a small group of teacher trainers got together to form a professional group.

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What We Do ?

İngiliz Dili Öğretimi ve Mesleki Gelişim Derneği (TESOL) is a national association of ELT professionals committed to advancing the quality of English language teaching by contributing to the sustainable quality of teacher education and in-service professional learning in Turkey through collaboration, open exchange of practice, research, standards, and advocacy.

T-Plus

Everything started when a small group of teacher trainers got together to form a professional group. T-PLUS was born then, and it continued functioning as an informal professional organization. T-PLUS organized 10 big events over the period of 5 years giving a chance to ELT professionals to share their experiences.

Tesol in Turkey

When T-PLUS grew bigger, and reached around 200 members, it was time to change it to a formal association. For that reason, all the formalities to establish an association were completed and T-PLUS became TESOL in Turkey.

TESOL Türkiye

In the year 2018, the dream about being an affiliate of TESOL International came true. The application process was completed and TESOL International approved TESOL Türkiye as a formal affiliate. Upon receiving this good news, the name of the association was changed as TESOL Türkiye.

Events

TESOL Türkiye organizes many exciting professional events in different categories.

Annual Conference

An International conference is organized annually.

Roadshows

TESOL Türkiye goes to the doorsteps of the institutions to help them establish and/or sustain a CPDU.

Local Events

TESOL Türkiye organizes mini events in different parts of the country taking into consideration the needs of the teachers in different locations.

Trainer Training Courses

TESOL Türkiye aims to help and guide enthusiastic ELT professionals who would like to be teacher trainers in their institutions.

Board Of Directors

President

Melis Akdoğan Gündoğdu

President-Elect

Aslı Yılmaz Ercan

Member

Evrim Üstünlüoğlu

Board Member

Nilgün İner

Treasurer

Cristina Manea Gültekin

"The teacher is at the epicenter of the learning process.... learning therefore depends first and foremost on the quality of the teacher"

(Schwille et al. 2007:15)

Implementing research based activities that will help understand the member needs for both personal and professional improvement

TESOL Türkiye is a national association of ELT professionals committed to advancing the quality of English language teaching by contributing to the sustainable quality of teacher education and in-service professional learning in Turkey through collaboration

Encouraging Collaboration

In TESOL Türkiye, we encourage collaboration for professional development and quality assurance

Professional Development Opportunities

We aim to offer professional development opportunities and awards open to all members

Reflection and Sharing

We encourage our members to share their takeaways from the PD activities based on their reflections

Blog

About TESOL Türkiye Our new national association of ELT professionals is deeply committed to advancing the quality of English language teaching in Turkey, as well as in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. +