Plenary Speaker

Prof. Dr. Abdulvahit Çakır graduated from the ELT Department of Gazi Teacher Training College, got his BA degree in Linguistics from Hacettepe University, obtained his
MSc. in Applied Linguistics from the University of Edinburgh and received his Ph.D. in ELT from Gazi University. 

Dr. Çakır worked as a professor in the ELT Department, Faculty of Education and as the director of the College of Foreign Languages, both at Gazi University. He taught English at various secondary schools before starting to teach at the university.  He was a course designer in The State Planning Organisation from 1987 till 1994. He taught Turkish to French students at the University of Human Sciences in Strasbourg between 1995 and 1997. He worked as a member of the Science Board of the Turkish Historical Society between 2018-2021. He is currently a member of the teaching staff in the Faculty of Education at Ufuk University. He is the founder of the Applied Linguistics Association in Ankara, and the founding editor-in-chief of the Journal of Language Teaching and Learning (JLTL), one of the leading ELT journals in Turkey. 

He won several grants or scholarships including Fulbright in 1981 (New York Summer School), British Council in 1982 (MSc in the University of Edinburgh), State Planning Organisation in 1988 and in 1989 (Public Administration and Privatisation Seminars in London and Geneva, USIS in 1993 (TESOL Atlanta and visits to American Universities). 

Dr. Çakır presented several papers on language teaching at international conferences. He supervised many MA theses and PhD dissertations. He is the author or co-author of many scientific articles and the co-author of several books.