ADNAN EMİR

Adnan Emir has served as a Lecturer at Karadeniz Technical University's School of Foreign Languages, Department of Basic Languages since 2018, following his appointment as an Instructor in 1997. His 25+ year academic career focuses on language education within Turkish higher education.

He holds a Bachelor's degree in Foreign Languages - English Teaching from Uludağ University's Faculty of Education (1985-1989) and has completed extensive professional development:

• Asessing Speaking &Testing (2023, Karadeniz Technical University)
• SMART STUDY (2018, DERYA KİTAPEVİ)
• Student-Centered Language Education (2017, School of Foreign Languages, KTU)
• Communicative Skills (2017, School of Foreign Languages, KTU)
• Motivation (2016, School of Foreign Languages, KTU)
• Erasmus Personnel Mobility (2015, Konin University of Applied Sciences, Poland)
• Oxford Teacher's Academy Course (2013, Oxford University Press)
• OTA TEA (2013, School of Foreign Languages, KTU)
• Post Adoption Graded Readers Training (2010, School of Foreign Languages, KTU)

His research integrates language pedagogy with social sciences, specializing in communicative teaching approaches, student-centered learning frameworks, and assessment methodologies. Professional activities emphasize educational management within language programs, reflecting his training in motivation techniques and curriculum development through institutional and international programs like Erasmus.