The English-Speaking Union National Championship took place on March 12th, 2025, featuring prepared speech heats as part of the competition. Participants competed for a place in the final round following a structured evaluation process. Jacqueline Einer, Director of Sabancı University School of Languages, served as the Head of the Judging Panel, and Kassandra Robertson and Kenneth Mark Fine served as adjudicators.

A Reflection on Education Technology Summit by Gökçe Dülgerci, Metin Çırpan and Engin Kaça  Held at the Radisson Blu in Şişli on March 1st, 2025, the fifth Education Technology Summit, summit aimed high with its promise of a "Digital Awakening." Unfortunately, despite the hype and high expectations, organizational hiccups diminished the overall experience, but there still were a few learning points and thought-provoking ideas in some of the sessions.

Tea Talks with CEOs Club in Collaboration with the FDY Public Speaking Program

Bank of America Scholarship: Women’s Entrepreneurship Program by eCornell

I recently had the opportunity to give a seminar to students of the Applied English-Turkish Translation Department at Çağ University, a foundation university located in Mersin. It was part of a seminar series with professional translators organized to allow prospective translators to learn from experienced ones. 

This year, I had the opportunity to attend several sessions during the EAQUALS Online 2024 event. The virtual conference, held on October 11th and 12th, 2024, centered around the theme of “Quality Practices in Language Teaching” and included plenaries, presentations, and panel sessions focusing on a variety of topics including the effective use of AI in ELT, creativity, emotional regulation, assessment, sustainability in education, and the steps in creating a student-centered educational setting. In this reflection, I would like to focus on the use of AI in ELT and share some key points from the related sessions.

Reflections on the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Leader Program

Reflections on EAQUALS Online

AI Developments in Language Education: What now? 

Refle​​​​​​​ctions on Eaquals Online plenary session “Adopting a Pedagogy-first Approach to AI Integration in Language Learning”,