Aliye KARABULUT ILGU

E-mail aliye@iastate.edu

Education

2005 Fall - Present Iowa State University Ames , IA

MA/ Teaching English as a Second Language

1998 Fall - 2003 Spring Bogazici University Istanbul , Turkey

BA/ Foreign Language Education Department

Awarded Honors Certificate
Professional Experience

Aug-2006- Present Iowa State University Ames , IA

Teaching Assistant

  • Teaching ESL writing

Jan 2006- Aug 2006 Iowa State University Ames , IA

Administrative Assistant

  • Did check-ins and prepared I-9 s for international students and leaded Conversation English Program.

Sep 2003 – Jul 2005 Kasimpasa Multi-programmed High School Istanbul , Turkey

English Teacher

•  Worked with teenagers from a suburban area

Feb 2005- May 2005 European Computer Driving License Istanbul , Turkey

•  Proctored the students who took the computer literacy exams done by the international company ECDL.

Jan 2005- Mar 2005

Tutor

•  Helped a university student in writing academic essays and in oral communication skills

Oct 2004- May 2005

Tutor

•  Helped a 5 th grader in Reading , Writing and Grammar

Mar 2003- Jun 2003 British English Private Language Course Istanbul , Turkey

English Teacher

•  Worked with young learners as a part time English teacher

Oct 2002- May 2003 FMV Ayazaga Isik College Istanbul , Turkey

Student Teacher

•  Observed different levels of classes (primary, secondary, high school)

•  Made official and unofficial presentations

•  Prepared a teaching portfolio

May 2002-June 2002 M. Sesli Primary School Usak , Turkey

Trainee

•  Observed classroom management skills and wrote a reflective paper including what is done and what should be done by referencing related research.

Feb 2000-May 2000 Sabanci Anatolian High School Istanbul , Turkey

Trainee

•  Observed general teaching methods and wrote a reflection paper

Computer Skills

MS Office Programs ( Word , Excel , PowerPoint)

Hyper Studio

Web Design (Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004)

Additional professional activities

Dec 2003 Designed web-based teaching units ( http://fled411.tripod.com)

Nov 2003-Dec 2003 Prepared a research project on “Pragmatic Transfer of Apologies from Mother Tongue to Second Language”

Nov 2001-Dec 2001 Prepared a research project on “Language Teaching Methodologies preferred by Teachers of English in Turkey .

Leadership activities

May 2005 Kasimpasa Multi-programmed High School Istanbul , Turkey

  • Organized a panel about the ways to decrease the number of dropouts.

Apr 2001 Bogazici University Istanbul , Turkey

Taken active participation in coordination of a panel about the “problems of higher education”
Hobbies

Books on modern history

Basketball

Tennis

Turkish folk music

Chess

References

Upon request