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Arda Arikan

Associate Professor, Hacettepe University

Academic Background

  • Ph.D. Degree

    Pennsylvania State University, April 2002

    College of Education, Curriculum and Instruction, Language and Literacy Education (Bilingual and Multicultural Education Option)

    Dissertation Title: A struggle for power in ELT teacher development programs: A postmodern critical study. Unpublished Doctoral Thesis.

    Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Miryam Espinosa-Dulanto.

    GPA: 3.84


  • MA Degree (Not completet, courses completed)

    Hacettepe University, 1998


    Institute of Social Sciences, American Culture and Literature Department


  • BA Degree

    Hacettepe University, 1996


    Faculty of Letters, American Culture and Literature Department

    BA Degree received in June 1998 with a dual minor in British Language and Literature and Education. Certificate for Teaching English as a Foreign Language is attained. Graduated in top 1%. GPA: 3.38.

Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals

    1. Kartal, E., & Arikan, A. “A recommendation for a new Internet-based environment for studying literature,” US-China Education Review, 7(7), 93-100 (2010). 
    2. Samanci, E. S., & Arikan, A. “Postmodern theory and postmethod condition: New tasks and roles for English language teachers,” Kaygı: Uludağ University Faculty of Arts and Sciences Journal of Philosophy, 14, 85-95 (2010). 
    3. Arikan, A. “Effective English language teacher from the perspectives of prospective and in-service teachers in Turkey,” Electronic Journal of Social Sciences, 31, 209-223 (2010).
    4. Arikan, A. “Edebiyat Öğretiminde Görsel Araç Kullanımı: Kısa Öykü Öğrenimi,“ [Use of visuals in the teaching of short stories], Ondokuz Mayis University Journal of Education, 27, 1-16 (2009).
    5. Arikan, A., “Problems with coursebooks in EFL classrooms: Prospective teachers‘ opinions“, EKEV Academic Review, 38, 309-315 (2009).
    6. Ozkan, H., & Arikan, A. “Internet censorship in Turkey: University students' opinions,” World Journal on Educational Technology, 1(1), 46-56 (2009).
    7. Sarıcaoğlu, A., & Arikan, A. “A study of multiple intelligences, foreign language sucess and some selected variables,“ Journal of Theory and Practice in Education, 5(2), 110-122 (2009).
    8. Turhan, I. E., & Arikan, A. “English language teacher development with and without a teacher trainer: ELT instructors’ opinions,” E-Journal of New World Sciences Academy, 4(2), 410-421 (2009).
    9. Arikan, A., “Environmental peace education in foreign language learners’ English grammar lessons,” Journal of Peace Education, 6(1), 1-13 (2009).
    10. Arikan, A. “Formalist (Linguistic) criticism in an English language teacher education program: The REWARD approach,” Iranian Journal of Language Studies, 2(4), 417-430 (2008).
    11. Arikan, A., Taşer, D., & H. S. Saraç-Suzer., “The effective foreign language teacher from the perspectives of Turkish preparatory school students,” Education and Science, 33(150), 42-51 (2008).
    12. Arikan, A., “Topics of reading passages in ELT coursebooks: What do our students really read?,” The Reading Matrix, 8(2), 70-85 (2008).
    13. Arikan, A., “Using Internet groups in the learning of literature,“ Hacettepe University Journal of Education, 34, 19-26 (2008).
    14. Arikan, A., Unver, S., & H. S. Saraç-Suzer., “Students' views on the importance and content of “Turkish History of Education” course in German and English language teaching curricula,” Hacettepe University Journal of Education, 33, 24-32 (2007). 
    15. Tekir, S., & Arikan, A., “An analysis of English language teaching course books by Turkish writers: Let’s speak English 7 example,” International Journal of Human Sciences, 4(2), 1-18 (2007).
    16. Arikan, A., “The value of reflection in writing courses in ELT preservice teacher education programs,” Asian EFL Journal: Teaching Articles, 16, 1-16 (2006).
    17. Arikan, A., ”Post-method condition and its implications for English language teacher education”, Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2(1), 1-11 (2006).
    18. Arikan, A., “Students’ evaluation of literature courses in the English language teacher education curriculum in Turkey”, Ondokuz Mayıs University Journal of Education, 20, 77-85 (2005).
    19. Arikan, A., “An evaluation of literature component of Hacettepe University English language teaching department,” Hacettepe University Journal of Education, 29, 40-49 (2005).
    20. Arikan, A., “Age, gender and social class in ELT course books: A critical study,” Hacettepe University Journal of Education, 28, 29-38 (2005).
    21. Arikan, A., “Professional development programs and English language instructors: A critical-postmodern study,” Hacettepe University Journal of Education, 27, 40-49 (2004).

Presentations (Proceedings / Books of Abstracts)

  1. Saraç- Süzer, H. S., & Arikan, A. “The state of English language teaching in Turkish primary schools as reflected in prospective English language teachers' memoirs,” Comparative Education, Teacher Training, Education Policy, School Leadership and Social Inclusion (Vol. 8), 233-237, 8th International Conference on Comparative Education and Teacher Training, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, 2010.
  2. Arikan, A., & Bakla, A. “Learner autonomy online: Stories from a blogging experience,” The First International Foreign Language Teaching Conference, Gaziantep, 2010.
  3. Arikan, A. “Classroom texts and tasks for promoting learner autonomy in teacher education programs: A postmodern reflection on action,” The First International Foreign Language Teaching Conference, Gaziantep, 2010.
  4. Arikan, A. “Arts in pre-service English language teacher education: Prospective teachers’ views,” The Sixth International ELT Research Conference, Kuşadası/ İzmir, 2010.
  5. Süzer, S. S., & Arikan, A. “Application of a checklist to assess the place of target culture in foreign language coursebooks,” The Second International Congress of Educational Research, Educational Research Association, Antalya, 2010.
  6. Arikan, A., & Khezerlou, E. “Prospective English language teachers‟ views on computer and paper-based instructional materials in developing language components,” 4006-4009, World Conference on Educational Sciences, 2010.
  7. Arikan, A., & Ulaş-Taraf, H. “Contextualizing young learners‟ English lessons with cartoons: focus on grammar and vocabulary,” Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2(2), 5212-5215, World Conference on Educational Sciences, 2010.
  8. Arikan, A., “A closer look into prospective english language teachers’ social-networking activities,” Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2(2), World Conference on Educational Sciences, 2010.
  9. Arikan, A., & Özkan, H., “İnternet temelli podcast dosyalarının yabancı dil öğretiminde dinleme becerisinin geliştirilmesinde kullanımı: Bir eylem araştırması,” [The use of Internet-based podcast files in developing the listening skill: An Action research], 18th Congress of Education Sciences, İzmir, 2009. 
  10. Arikan, A., Çekiç, A., Yükselci, S., Bakla, A., Khzerlou, İ., Kırmızı, Ö., & Kürüm, E. Y. “A meta-analysis of research on the place of literature in English language teaching in Turkey,” 9th International Language, Literature and Stylistics Symposium, Sakarya University, 2009.
  11. Usluel, Y. K., S. G. Mazman, & Arıkan, A. ”Prospective teachers’ awareness of collaborative web 2.0 tools,” The IADIS International Conference WWW/ Internet 2009, Roma, Italy, 2009.
  12. Arikan, A., “Blogging for the teaching of foreign language literatures and cultures: Pre-service teachers’ views,” Proceedings of International Congress of Comparative Literature and the Teaching of Literature and Language: We Speak the Same Culture, Ankara, 2008.
  13. Arikan, A., “Literature learning in Internet groups: Pre-service teachers' views” [İnternet grupları yoluyla edebiyat öğretimi]. ÜNAK. Yaşar University, İzmir, 2008.
  14. Arikan, A., “Prospective English language teachers’ foreign language skills and the Internet,” Proceedings of E-Activity and Leading Technologies 2008, IASK – International Association for the Scientific Knowledge, Madrid, 2008.
  15. Arikan, A. “Teaching English grammar and world peace in English as a Foreign Language classrooms”. 2008 AERA Annual Meeting, New York, 2008.
  16. Arikan, A., Yalvac, B., & Easley, J., “Curriculum for cultivating democracy: Perspectives of Turkish faculty on democracy and human rights”. 2008 AERA Annual Meeting. New York, 2008.
  17. Arikan, A., “İngiliz dili öğretmeni adaylarının Elizabet ve Viktorya dönemi edebiyatlarını betimleyen poster çalışmalarının cinsiyet değişkeni açısından bir incelemesi,” [A study of posters representing Elizabethan and Victorian periods prepared by prospective English language teachers in terms of gender as a variable], Woman as a Scientific Category: Proceedings of the Woman in Literature, Language and Cultural Studies, Eskişehir, 2008.
  18. Arikan, A., “Efficacy for future ELT teachers: A case study of supervisor teachers’ effectiveness,” Proceedings of International Conference on Teacher Training Policies and Problems. Azerbaijan State Pedagogy University, Baku, 2007.
  19. Arikan, A., (2007). “Pragmatic problems in elementary school ELT course books: Focus on dialogues”. 11th International Conference on Dialogue Analysis. Muenster University, Muenster, 2007.
  20. Arikan, A. (2006). “A Critical discourse analysis of how old age is represented in ELT coursebooks”. Globe: Applied Linguistics Conference. Warsaw, Poland, 2006.
  21. Arikan, A., “Edebi kavram ve dönemlerin öğretiminde görsel araçların önemi: Kısa öykü örneği,” [Using visual materials in the teaching of literary terms and movements: A short story application], 15th National Congress of Educational Sciences, Book of Abstracts, Muğla, 2006.
  22. Arikan, A., “Questions to ask in post-observation conferences for a reflective practice,” Proceedings of the Third International ELT Conference, Theory and Practice of TESOL: European Language Portfolio: English as an International Language, Edirne, 2004.
  23. Arikan, A., “Eğitimde nitelik araştırmaları: Türkiye için bir uygulama önerisi,” [Qualitative research in educational sciences: A model for Turkey], 13th Congress of Education Sciences, Malatya, 2004.
  24. Arikan, A., “Gizli müfredatı öğrenci deneyimleri yoluyla ortaya çıkarmak,” [Uncovering hidden curriculum through students’ experiences], 13th Congress of Education Sciences, Malatya, 2004.
  25. Arikan, A., “Eğitim ve politika,” [Education and politics], 4th Congress of Democratic Education, Ankara, Eğitim-Sen Publications, Ankara, 2004.
  26. Arikan, A., “Preparing pre-reading discussion questions for the teaching of The Rocking Horse Winner at an ELT teacher education program,” Proceedings of the 11th Middle East Technical University British Novelists Seminar on D. H. Lawrence and His Work, Middle East Tecnical University, Ankara, 2003.
  27. Arikan, A., “Professional development programs and instructor’s narratives,” Proceedings of the International Conference, Organized by Greece-TESOL, Israel- ETAI, Turkey- INGED, Interchanges and Exchanges: Current trends in ELT, Ankara, 2002.
  28. Arikan, A., “Disclosing speaking and fear with hooks: A dialogical reading,” Shadows That Stalk: Representations of Fear in American Culture and Literature, Proceedings of the 20th Anniversary Conference, Ankara, 2002. 
  29. Arikan, A., “The (ım)possibility of feminist research: Problematizing women as oppressors within the narratives of english language ınstructors in turkey”. Penn State Feminists at work: A Working Conference in Women’s Studies. 16 March. State College, Pennsylvania, 2002.

Book Chapters

  1. Arikan, A. “Critical media literacy and ESL/ EFL classrooms”, Transmediation in the classroom: A semiotics-based media literacy framework, ed. Ladislaus Semali, 113-125, Peter Lang, New York, 2002.

  2. Arikan, A. “On Turkish high heels: Murathan Mungan’s misogynism sells”, Misogynism in Literature, ed. Britta Zangen, 219-230, Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main, 2005.

Others

  1. Arikan, A., ve Keskil, G., Chat Book. Ankara: Gündüz Yayıncılık, 2009. (English Language Coursebook)

  2. Eğilmez, G., Arikan, A., Köse, Ö., Köse, N., Smart Book (3rd Ed.). Ankara: Gündüz Yayıncılık, 2009. (English Language Coursebook)

  3. Arikan, A., Computers and the Internet: A Coursebook for Vocational English, Ankara: Gündüz Yayıncılık, 2008. (English Language Coursebook)

  4. Arikan, A., Strategies for reading. Hacettepe Publications, Ankara, 2006. (English Language Coursebook)

  5. Eğilmez, G. ve Arikan, A., Smart book: An English language teaching course book. Gündüz Publications, Ankara, 2005. (English Language Coursebook)

  6. Arikan, A., “Socially responsible teaching against ageism: Some practical solutions,” The Internet TESL Journal 13(8), 2007.  (Article)

  7. Arikan, A., “Language, literacy, and power in schooling,” The Reading Matrix 6(1), 2006. (Article)

  8. Arikan, A., “Three activities for socially responsible teaching,” Humanising Language Teaching 8(6), 2006. (Article)

  9. Varli, O., ve Arikan, A., “Celebrating American heroes: Plays for students of English,” TESL-EJ 9(1), 2005. (Article)

Thesis Supervised

  1. Alamdari, S. Z., “The relationship between vocabulary learning strategies employed by university level English language learners and their success”, Hacettepe University, 2010.


  2. Şen, S., “A profile of EFL teachers' knowledge of the target culture from their epistemological sources to classrooom applications”, Hacettepe University, 2010.


  3. Küçükpınar, İ. E., “Teacher development at TOBB ETU prep school with or without a teacher trainer: A descriptive study of ELT teachers’ perception and habits of development”, Hacettepe University, 2008.


  4. Bulut, M., “Socially responsible teaching in English Language Teaching: An evaluation of coursebooks on ethnicity, gender, and disability”, Hacettepe University, 2008.


  5. Tekir, S., “An analysis and evaluation of Let’s Speak English 7 and suggested supplementary activities”, Hacettepe University, 2007.


  6. Taşer, D., “An evaluation of the effectiveness of dbe.off.line.readings2 and suggested supplementary reading materials in teaching reading skills to intermediate students at Middle East Technical University”, Hacettepe University, 2007.


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