Born and bred in Istanbul, Dr Sukru Nural majored in English Language and Literature in the University of Istanbul and obtained his English Language Teaching certificate from the same university in 2005. He  earned his MA TESOL Studies and PhD in Applied Linguistics and TESOL from the University of Leeds and the University of Leicester, respectively. His doctoral thesis ("English…

P

  The title of the paper presentation is:  ''Exploring university students’ reasons for remembering lexical items''

Teachers' cognitions and practices in teaching lexis/vocabulary: An exploratory qualitative study of EAP teachers in Turkish private universities Paperback – September 25, 2014 http://www.amazon.com/Teachers-cognitions-practices-teaching-vocabulary/dp/3659612758 https://www.morebooks.de/store/gb/book/teachers-cognitions-and-practices-in-teaching-lexis-vocabulary/isbn/978-3-659-61275-6

REFERENCES/BIBLIOGRAPHY Ainley, J. and Luntley, M. (2007). Towards an articulation of expert classroom practice. Teaching and Teacher Education, 23(7), 1127-1138. Akbari, R. and Tajik, L. (2009). L2 teachers’ pedagogic knowledge base: a comparison between experienced and less experienced practitioners. Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 34(6), 52-73. Akyel, A. (1997). Experienced and student EFL teachers' instructional thoughts and actions. Canadian Modern…

                                                                                Abstract The paper is concerned with the phenomenon of synforms which is defined as form similarity between words, pairs, or…

                                                                       ABSTRACT A large body of empirical research has suggested that lexis is a major concern for learners and teachers in the language classroom context. A…