ZÜMRAN DURGUN

Dedicated English teacher with 20 years of experience, currently working as a lecturer at a university prep school. Strong social skills and an easy-going personality facilitate positive relationships with both young and adult learners, as well as colleagues. Punctual, systematic, and tidy in work habits, adept at managing diverse classroom environments. Passionate about fostering a supportive and interactive classroom atmosphere that motivates and engages students; committed to ongoing professional development to enhance teaching practice.

• ELT
• Literature
• Second Language Acquisition
• Qualitative Research Studies
• Sociolinguistics
• AI tools in education

• Good social relation skills
• Easy-going personality
• Punctuality
• Being systematic and tidy
• Easy communication with young and adult learners
• Self-confidence

• 2nd ELT Conference, İstanbul, 09/01/2006
• 5th ELT Conference, Ankara, 09/01/2006
• Partnership for Prosperous Performance VII: Teaching English with the Brain in Mind, İstanbul, 01/01/2007
• Testing Seminar by Pearson Longman, Bodrum, Muğla, 07/16/2007, 07/21/2007
• NLP Seminar, Canterbury, England, 08/03/2008, 08/15/2008
• 'On the Quality Trail,' 'A Sound Basis for the Future of Teacher Training', Ankara, 05/02/2008, 05/03/2008
• 'Reaching Our Horizons' 'A Platform for Sharing Best Practices', Ankara, 05/08/2009, 05/09/2009
• Webinar: ChatGPT for Educators, 09/07/2024
• Leadership in the AI Era: 31/01/2025, 01/02/2025
• Empowering Language Instruction with Artificial Intelligence: 14-16/04/2025
• Future-Ready Foreign Language Teaching: Differentiation and Sustainability in English, German, and French Programs: 02/05/2025

Shortcut to Academic Reading and Vocabulary - co-author

MA Thesis: The effects of self assessment and peer assessment activities on the overall writing performance of Turkish students learning English as a foreign language

ChatGPT for Educators