Meral OZKAN GURSES

Position
Adjunct Professor
E-mail
meral.ozkangurses@unive.it
Website
https://www.unive.it/people/meral.ozkangurses (personal record)
Office
Department of Asian and North African Studies
Website: https://www.unive.it/dep.dsaam

Office hours

1st Semester, Academic Year 2026–2027:
Office hours will be held on Wednesdays from 14:00 to 15:30 and Fridays from 12:30 to 13:30, in person (Ca' Cappello, Office 2M).
For appointments outside of these hours,  please write to meral.ozkangurses@unive.it. It is recommended to always check the notices.

Notices

03/10/2026

Si avvisa che l'orario delle Esercitazioni 1A di Narrazioni e Dinamiche Culturali (Turco), precedentemente previsto il mercoledì dalle 14:00 alle 15:30, è spostato al venerdì dalle 10:30 alle 12:00 presso l'Aula F (AM C) di Ca' Cappello. La lezione di mercoledì 7 ottobre non si terrà; le lezioni riprenderanno venerdì 9 ottobre.

03/10/2026

Si avvisa che l'orario delle Esercitazioni di Lingua Turca 2 Mod. 1B, precedentemente previsto il mercoledì dalle 17:30 alle 19:00, è stato modificato. A partire dal 7 ottobre, le lezioni si svolgeranno il mercoledì dalle 12:15 alle 13:45 presso l'Aula E (AM B) di Ca' Cappello.

Teaching activity current year

ANTROPOLOGIA CULTURALE, ETNOLOGIA, ETNOLINGUISTICA [FMR10]
Master's Degree Programme (DM270)

LINGUE E CIVILTÀ DELL'ASIA E DELL'AFRICA MEDITERRANEA [LMR20]
Master's Degree Programme (DM270)

LINGUE, CULTURE E SOCIETÀ DELL'ASIA E DELL'AFRICA MEDITERRANEA [LT40]
Bachelor's Degree Programme

LINGUE, CULTURE E SOCIETÀ DELL'ASIA E DELL'AFRICA MEDITERRANEA [LTR40]
Bachelor's Degree Programme

STUDI TRANSMEDITERRANEI: MIGRAZIONE, COOPERAZIONE E SVILUPPO [LMR80]
Master's Degree Programme (DM270)

Teaching activity previous years

ANTROPOLOGIA CULTURALE, ETNOLOGIA, ETNOLINGUISTICA [FM10]
Master's Degree Programme (DM270)

ANTROPOLOGIA CULTURALE, ETNOLOGIA, ETNOLINGUISTICA [FMR10]
Master's Degree Programme (DM270)

STUDI TRANSMEDITERRANEI: MIGRAZIONE, COOPERAZIONE E SVILUPPO [LM80]
Master's Degree Programme (DM270)

LINGUE E CIVILTÀ DELL'ASIA E DELL'AFRICA MEDITERRANEA [LMR20]
Master's Degree Programme (DM270)

STUDI TRANSMEDITERRANEI: MIGRAZIONE, COOPERAZIONE E SVILUPPO [LMR80]
Master's Degree Programme (DM270)

LINGUE, CULTURE E SOCIETÀ DELL'ASIA E DELL'AFRICA MEDITERRANEA [LT40]
Bachelor's Degree Programme

LINGUE, CULTURE E SOCIETÀ DELL'ASIA E DELL'AFRICA MEDITERRANEA [LTR40]
Bachelor's Degree Programme

ANTROPOLOGIA CULTURALE, ETNOLOGIA, ETNOLINGUISTICA [FM10]
Master's Degree Programme (DM270)

LINGUE E CIVILTÀ DELL'ASIA E DELL'AFRICA MEDITERRANEA [LM20]
Master's Degree Programme (DM270)

STUDI TRANSMEDITERRANEI: MIGRAZIONE, COOPERAZIONE E SVILUPPO [LM80]
Master's Degree Programme (DM270)

LINGUE, CULTURE E SOCIETÀ DELL'ASIA E DELL'AFRICA MEDITERRANEA [LT40]
Bachelor's Degree Programme

ANTROPOLOGIA CULTURALE, ETNOLOGIA, ETNOLINGUISTICA [FM10]
Master's Degree Programme (DM270)

LINGUE E CIVILTÀ DELL'ASIA E DELL'AFRICA MEDITERRANEA [LM20]
Master's Degree Programme (DM270)

STUDI TRANSMEDITERRANEI: MIGRAZIONE, COOPERAZIONE E SVILUPPO [LM80]
Master's Degree Programme (DM270)

LINGUE, CULTURE E SOCIETÀ DELL'ASIA E DELL'AFRICA MEDITERRANEA [LT40]
Bachelor's Degree Programme

ANTROPOLOGIA CULTURALE, ETNOLOGIA, ETNOLINGUISTICA [FM10]
Master's Degree Programme (DM270)

LINGUE E CIVILTÀ DELL'ASIA E DELL'AFRICA MEDITERRANEA [LM20]
Master's Degree Programme (DM270)

STUDI TRANSMEDITERRANEI: MIGRAZIONE, COOPERAZIONE E SVILUPPO [LM80]
Master's Degree Programme (DM270)

LINGUE, CULTURE E SOCIETÀ DELL'ASIA E DELL'AFRICA MEDITERRANEA [LT40]
Bachelor's Degree Programme

ANTROPOLOGIA CULTURALE, ETNOLOGIA, ETNOLINGUISTICA [FM10]
Master's Degree Programme (DM270)

LINGUE E CIVILTÀ DELL'ASIA E DELL'AFRICA MEDITERRANEA [LM20]
Master's Degree Programme (DM270)

LINGUE, CULTURE E SOCIETÀ DELL'ASIA E DELL'AFRICA MEDITERRANEA [LT40]
Bachelor's Degree Programme

Activities and research skills

Publication highlights

List of publications

Curriculum vitae

Education

2025     Master's Degree in Language Sciences, Department of Linguistics and Comparative Cultural Studies, Ca' Foscari University of Venice

2019     Certificate in Teaching Turkish as a Foreign Language, Turkish Language Teaching, Application and Research Center, Eskişehir Osmangazi University

2011     PhD in Curriculum Development and Instruction, Graduate School of Educational Sciences, Anadolu University

2008     Bachelor's Degree in English Language Teaching, Department of Foreign Language Education, Anadolu University

2007     Bachelor's Degree in French Language Teaching, Department of Foreign Language Education, Anadolu University

 

Work experience

Sep. 2019 - Present        Lecturer of Turkish, Department of Linguistics and Comparatıve Cultural Studies, Ca' Foscari University of Venice

Oct. 2008 - Sep. 2019     Lecturer of French, School of Foreign Languages, Eskişehir Osmangazi University

Aug. 2014 - Aug. 2015    Visiting scholar, World Language Education, Department of Curriculum & Instruction, University of Wisconsin-Madison

  

Language skills

Turkish (written: native, spoken: native)

Italian (written: advanced, spoken: intermediate)

French (written: advanced, spoken: advanced)

English (written: advanced, spoken: advanced)

 

Publications

Özkan Gürses, M. (2021). Learner autonomy among students of French as a foreign language in a tertiary context, Eurasian Journal of Applied linguistics, 7(1), 85–108.

Özkan Gürses, M., & Bouvet, E. (2017). Turkish students’ comprehension monitoring and strategic behaviors while reading in French: A think-aloud study. The Journal of Language Teaching and Learning, 7(2). 90-112.

Özkan Gürses, M., & Bouvet, E. (2016). Investigating reading comprehension and learning styles in relation to reading strategies in L2. Reading in a Foreign Language, 28(1), 20-42.

Özkan Gürses, M., & Adıgüzel, O. C. (2013).  L'effet de l'enseignement des stratégies de lecture sur l'usage des stratégies selon différents niveaux de réussite en lecture en FLE [The effects of reading strategy instruction on students’ reading strategies use according to the different levels of achievement in terms of reading comprehension in French as a foreign language]. Belleterra Journal of Teaching & Learning Language & Literature,  6(4), 16-32.

Adıgüzel, O. C., & Özkan Gürses, M. (2013). Students' opinions regarding reading strategies instruction based on  Cognitive Academic Language Learning Approach. Turkish Online Journal of Qualitative Inquiry, 4(3), 34-47.

Özkan Gürses, M., & Adıgüzel, O. C.  (2013). The effect of strategy instruction based on the Cognitive Academic Language Learning Approach over reading comprehension and strategy use. Journal of Education and Learning, 2(2), 55-68.

Özkan Gürses, M., & Adıgüzel, O. C. (2011). Yükseköğretim Fransızca hazırlık programı öğrencilerinin kullandıkları Fransızca okuduğunu anlama stratejilerine ilişkin görüşleri [University French preparatory class students' opinions on reading comprehension strategies use]. Journal of Cukurova University Institute of Social Sciences, 20(2), 95-110.

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