1. What is GELTUS?

 GELTUS Conference has become a tradition of Gazi Faculty of Education, English Language Teaching Department with participants from across Turkey. Aiming to expand the boundaries of everything related to English Language Teaching (ELT) this year, GELTUS provides a stage for undergraduate students whose devotion enriches our conference by presenting new items and discoveries made by their research. As per our motto, “A conference organised by students for students”, GELTUS Conference aims to reach a wide variety of undergraduate students who are willing to share their experience with their fellow teacher candidates.
 

 2. What are the GELTUS topics?

 Presentation topics for GELTUS should cover at least one of the following areas:

• Applied Linguistics and ELT
• Artificial Intelligence and Technology in Language Education
• Assessment and Evaluation in ELT
• Classroom Discourse
• Classroom Research
• Critical Pedagogy in ELT
• Cultural Studies in ELT
• Curriculum and Material Development
• Digital Literacy for Language Learners and Teachers 
• Educational Ideologies and Classroom Practices
• Inclusive Practices and Special Education in ELT
• Intercultural Communicative Competence
• Literature in ELT
• Mixed Level Classrooms
• Multilingual Classrooms
• Professional Development
• Resilience and Well-Being in Education
• Self-study Research
• SLA Research and Second Language Pedagogy
• Social Justice in ELT
• Sustainability in ELT
• Teacher Education
• Teacher Identity
• Teacher/Learner Agency
• Teachers as Researchers
• Teaching English through Distance and Blended Learning
• Teaching and Learning Practices
• Teaching English to Young Learners
• The Use of Corpora in Language Learning/Teaching
• Translanguaging
• World Englishes, ELF, and EIL

 3. Participants and Presenters

 If you have a study that you would like to share, you can apply to be a presenter at the conference, or you can be a participant and be part of the audience. You can apply for both positions for the conference, however you can only get a certificate for one of them. If you are chosen to be a presenter, you can not get the certificate given to participants. 

 4. Applying as a presenter

 In order to be a presenter during the event, you should have a study that you can apply with that covers at least one of the topics. After you are through with your study you can send an abstract written according to the abstract submission guideline (Abstract Submission). You can send your submission file by mail to gazieltcollab@gmail.com. Your abstract will then be evaluated anonymously by the reviewers. If your submission is accepted, you will be notified until the specified deadline. By presenting your submission on the day the conference takes place, you will be given a presenter certificate.

 5. Applying as a participant

 In order to be a participant you should fill the participant registration form. You should specify:

• Your name & surname
• An e-mail that we can contact you

  6. Attending the conference

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 7. Why should I join GELTUS?

During GELTUS conferences, presenters will point on interesting topics and show their studies based on recent research and ideas. You will be able to learn interesting ideas shaped around ELT. As a presenter, this will let you showcase your study in front of a wide audience and will be a valuable experience for you which you can also showcase in your resume.