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College / Department

College of Arts and Sciences
Department of Writing Studies

Teaching areas

Courses taught:ENG 225 Writing for Business; ENG 204 Advanced Academic Writing; WRI 101 Academic Writing I; WRI 102 Academic Writing II

Research areas

Critical applied linguistics, critical issues in second language writing, culture and curriculum, language and identity, academic literacy development in ESL/EFL

Education

BA in Foreign Language Education, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey
MA in English Language Education,Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey
Graduate Exchange Student, MA in Applied Linguistics and ESL, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA
Doctorate of Education in TESOL and Composition, The University of Exeter, UK

Professional experience

Faculty member at the Department of Writing Studies, American University of Sharjah, UAE, since 2007
Faculty member at the Department of English Language Education, Yeditepe University, Istanbul, Turkey, 2005-2006
Graduate research assistant at the Department of Applied Linguistics and ESL, Georgia State University, GA, USA, 2004
Graduate research/teaching assistant at the Department of Foreign Language Education, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey, 2002-2005

Memberships

TESOL Arabia

Contact

nbilikozen@aus.edu
+971 6 515 2387

Dr. Neslihan Bilikozen

Assistant Professor
Doctorate of Education in TESOL, Exeter University, Exeter, UK

During her early graduate studies, Neslihan Bilikozen worked as a research assistant at Bogazici University, Istanbul and Georgia State University, Atlanta. Prior to her career at AUS, she taught academic writing and research courses at the Department of Foreign Language Education, at Yeditepe University, Istanbul. Her areas of research and teaching interest include acquisition of L2 academic literacy, L2 writing assessment, language and identity, and integration of technology in the classroom.

Publications

Bilikozen, N. (2018). Academic Literacy Development and Identity Construction Interrelations: The Freshman Experience. English Scholarship Beyond Borders, (4)1, 33-70
Raddawi, R. & Bilikozen, N. (2018). ELT Professors’ Perspectives on the Use of E-rubrics in an Academic Writing Class in a University in the UAE. In A. Ahmed and H.Abouabdelkader(Eds.) Assessing EFL Writing in the Arab World Universities in 21st Century Arab World: Revealing the Unknown, (pp. 221-261). Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan
Bilikozen, N. & Akyel, A. (2014). EFL Reading Comprehension, Individual Differences and Text Difficulty, The Reading Matrix, 2 (14), 263-296.
Abusalim, A., Bilikozen, N., Ismail, T, and Sayed, S. (Ed.) ( 2012). Where I Stand: The Center and the Periphery. London: Pearson Education
Bilikozen, N. (2011). From Teaching to Leading, International Journal of Arts and Sciences, Volume 4(10), 145–161

Conference Presentations

?Dealing with L2 Academic Literacy Demands at University: First-Year Students' Perspectives." Paper presented at ESBB 2018-Conference and Symposium on English Academic Writing in a Global World, Toyama, Japan, March 23-25, 2018
?Development of academic literacy: Challenges and complexities.? Paper presented at IELT-CON 2017: The 21st Century Classroom in Penang, in Malaysia, 19-21 April 2017
"Online Rubrics As a Tool for Learning and Assessment in the Writing Classroom." Paper presented at the The Sixth Asian Conference on Technology in the Classroom, Kobe, Japan, April 28-May 1, 2016.
"The role of reflective self-evaluation in developing metacognitive awareness and learner autonomy in L2 writing instruction." Paper presented at the 5th International Conference on Foreign Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics (FLTAL), International Burch University, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, May 7-9, 2015.
"Break the routine in the writing classroom: Using documentary movies for EFL/ESL writing instruction." Paper presented at the TESOL Greece 2013, "Innovation - Motivation ? Education? Athens, Greece, March 30-31, 2013.
"The Challenges and Complexities of Creating Effective Essay Assignments", International Journal of Arts and Sciences Conference, Gozo, Malta, February, 2012.
?From Teaching to Leading?, International Journal of Arts and Sciences Conference, Gottenheim, Germany, April, 2011.
"L2 Writing Curriculum in Context: What's on Curriculum Developers' Minds?" Language Flows: TESOL-Italy?s 35th National Convention, Rome, Italy, November, 2010.
"The Role of Culture on Curriculum Development at an ESL Academic Writing Program in the UAE", ABLA 2009 Applied Linguistics in a Multilingual Context: Creativity and Innovation, Antwerp, Belgium, November, 2009
"EFL Reading Comprehension and Individual Differences",TESOL Arabia Conference, Dubai, UAE, March, 2006.

Awards and Honors

American University of Sharjah Seed Grant, Fall 2011
Conference Grant, American University of Sharjah, 2009, 2010, 2011,2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
Travel Grant, TESOL Arabia Conference, 2006
Graduate Assistantship, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA, 2004
Graduate Assistantship, Bogazici University, Istanbul/Turkey, 2002-2005

Other creative/research

"Complexities of L2 Academic Literacy Development from Students' and Professors' Perspectives" Presented to DWS Faculty at American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, U.A.E., April 24, 2018
Unpublished doctoral dissertation: Academic literacy development and identity construction of undergraduates at an American university in the UAE, 2015, University of Exeter, UK.
"Common Essay Mistakes": Writing Workshop Presented at the American University of Sharjah Faculty Series Writing Center Workshops, November 25, 2014.
“Writing Counterarguments": Writing Workshop Presented at the American University of Sharjah Faculty Series Writing Center Workshops, April 23, 2013
“Creating a Self and Peer Evaluation Activity on I-Learn” Presented to DWS Faculty at American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, U.A.E., March 2, 2014
“How to Use the ‘Self and Peer Assessment’ Function of i-learn”: Presented to DWS Faculty at American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE, December 13, 2011.
“Writing Summaries”, Writing Workshop Presented at the American University of Sharjah Faculty Series Writing Center Workshops, Sharjah, UAE, November 17, 2011
“The Challenges and Complexities of Formulating Essay Topics that Appeal to our Students”: Presented to DWS Faculty at American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE, January 18, 2011.
“Counter-arguing Effectively: The Art of Objecting to an Objection”: Writing Workshop Presented at the American University of Sharjah Faculty Series Writing Center Workshops, Sharjah, UAE, December 19, 2010.
Unpublished MA thesis: The influence of selected individual-difference variables on EFL reading comprehension, 2006, Bogazi University, Istanbul

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