Meral OZKAN GURSES

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.