Mehmet Sak

Mehmet SAK, born in 1994 at Mersin-Silifke, completed his high-school education at Silifke Anatolian High School and received his Bachelor degree in English Language Teaching from Hacettepe University in 2017. Mehmet SAK got accepted into Hacettepe University English Language Teaching Master Program in July-2017, ranking as the first student and started working at TOBB University of Economics and Technology Foreign Language Education Department in August-2017 and carried out this duty until February-2017 for six months during which he gave English for Academic Purposes (EAP) classes as well as English preparation courses. Mehmet SAK is currently studying for a Master's degree in English Language Teaching at Hacettepe University and continuing his academic career as a Research Assistant at TED University English Language Education Program as from February-2018.

PUBLICATIONS

Sak, M. (2021). Understanding the role of personality in explaining L2 learners’ DMC disposition. Foreign Language Annals. 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1111/flan.12524

Sak, M. (2021). Review of Directed Motivational Currents and Language Education: Exploring Implications for Pedagogy. System, 97, 1-2. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.system.2021.102460

Sak, M. (2020). The role of ideal L2 self in predicting L2 willingness to communicate inside and outside the classroom. Eurasian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 6(2), 189-203. https://doi.org/10.32601/ejal.775798

Sak, M. (2019). Contextual factors that enhance and impair directed motivational currents in instructed L2 classroom settings. Novitas-ROYAL (Research on Youth and Language), 13(2), 155-174.

Sak, M. (forthcoming). Review of Engaging Language Learners in Contemporary Classrooms. TESOL Journal. 

Bilki, Z., Satar, M., & Sak, M. (under review). What is critical digital literacy in virtual exchange for English language teacher education? ReCALL.

AWARDS

TED University Academic Publication Award (March 2021)