Department:

English Preparatory Division

Education:

• M.A., Teaching English as a Foreign Language, Bilkent University, Ankara Turkey, 2009
• B.A., Foreign Language Education, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey, 2003

Other Diplomas & Certificates:

A Webinar on TOEFL iBT Reading Section: Boosting Prep with AI, ETS Global, Turkey, 2024

A Webinar on Understanding the TOEFL iBT Test Writing Section and Supporting Prep with ChatGPT, ETS Global, Turkey, 2024

An 8-Week Course on Grammar Teaching and Learning, Sabancı University School of Languages Teacher Education and Development through Online Learning, Turkey, 2024

A 10-Hour Workshop on Teaching TOEFL iBT Skills: Reading, Listening, Speaking, and Writing, ETS Global, Turkey, 2024

A 240-Minute Oxford Professional Development Conference on AI Technologies: Reshaping Language Education, Oxford University Press, Turkey, 2024

A 9-Week Course on Vocabulary Teaching and Learning, Sabancı University School of Languages Teaching and Developing through Online Learning, Turkey, 2020

A 5-Hour IELTS Teacher Training Workshop, British Council, Turkey, 2019

An 8-Hour Propell Workshop on TOEFL iBT Test, ETS, Turkey, 2019

An 18-Hour Oxford Teachers’ Academy Course on Teaching English to Adults, Turkey, 2012

A 12-Hour Teaching Skills Effectively Course, British Side, Turkey, 2008

A 12-Hour Teaching and Assessing Academic Writing Course, British Side, Turkey, 2008

Abbreviated Curriculum Vitae:

Mehtap Özkasap received her BA degree from the Department of Foreign Language Education at Boğaziçi University in 2003 and completed her MA in Teaching English as a Foreign Language at Bilkent University in 2009 with a dissertation entitled ‘An Exploration of Self-Efficacy Beliefs for Self-Regulated Learning and Perceived Responsibility for English Learning of EFL Students in a Turkish University’. She worked as a full-time instructor of English at Yıldız Technical University School of Foreign Languages between 2004 and 2021. She also undertook various administrative and academic duties at the institution. She has been working at Boğaziçi University School of Foreign Languages since March 2021.

Research Interests:

Self-efficacy, self-regulation, learner autonomy, and the use of technology & AI in teaching English

Talks / Presentations:

2009

TESOL Graduate Student Forum, Denver, Colorado, USA

Presented: Self-Regulatory Efficacy and Responsibility for Learning

(Scholarship by the Fulbright Commission for Educational Exchange)

Courses Taught in Other Departments

2011 – 2012 Fall Term

ENGL 111: Expository Writing (Two Sections)

Department of Western Languages and Literatures, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey

2010 – 2011 Spring Term

ENGL 112: Expository Writing (Two Sections)

Department of Western Languages and Literatures, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey

2009 – 2010 Spring Term

Advanced Reading & Writing

Department of Foreign Language Education, Yıldız Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey