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Dr Nur Kurtoglu-Hooton

Lecturer

Phone: 0121 204 3764
Fax: 0121 204 3766
Room: NW 908
E-Mail: n.hooton@aston.ac.uk

Dr Nur Hooton


I have been working at Aston since 1994. Until 2005 I was involved with managing, developing, and teaching on a range of programmes that have included the pre-sessional and in-sessional academic English courses for overseas students, language courses for foundation year students, communication skills courses for home students, and IELTS preparatory courses. I have also been teaching on teacher education courses ranging from the Certificate in TEFL course, to the distance learning Advanced Certificate in TEFL and Diploma in Professional TESOL Studies.

Since 2005, I have been teaching the Course and Materials module on the MSc in TESOL programmes. I am the Programme Director of the on-campus MA in TESOL Studies and am responsible for organizing and supervising teaching practice, as well as teaching course design, and supervising dissertations both on-campus and distance learning.

Qualifications

  • PhD in Applied Linguistics,Aston University, 2010
    • Thesis title: Post-observation feedback as an instigator of learning and change: Exploring the effect of feedback through student teachers’ self-reports
  • MSc in Teaching English, Aston University, 1992
  • RSA DOTE, Diploma for Overseas of English, UCLES, 1990
  • BA in English Language and Literature, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey, 1983

Teaching

  • Course and Materials Design module specialist MSc in TESOL
  • Approaches to Course and Materials Design, MA in TESOL
  • Teaching in Practice module tutor, MA in TESOL
  • MA / MSc dissertation supervision
  • PhD supervision

Academic Interests

  • Teacher learning and change

  • Post-observation feedback on teacher education courses

  • Teaching reading and writing skills

  • E-learning: VLEs, the role of e-portfolios in teaching and learning.

  • Action Research

  • EAP

Responsibilities

  • Programme Director, MA in TESOL Studies
  • Programme Co-Director, MA in TESOL and Translation Studies

Membership in Professional Organisations

  • Member AMLRF of Aston Modern Languages Research Foundation, Aston University

  • IATEFL - International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language

Publications

Recent Publications

Conference Papers

  • Kurtoglu-Hooton, N. 2011. Invited Plenary Address “Noticing critical incidents and learning to reflect critically" Eclipsing Expectations. 2nd International Conference on Language Education. Sabanci University. School of Languages.  2-4 June 2011.

  • Kurtoglu-Hooton, N.  2011. “a bit like taking your hands off the handlebars on your bike or something”: when we experiment with learning. Eclipsing Expectations. 2nd International Conference on Language Education.  Sabanci University. School of Languages.  2-4 June 2011.

  • Kurtoglu-Hooton, N. 2011. Invited Plenary Address  "... a bit of a ‘life changer’" Teacher and peer feedback as an instigator of learning and change.  Conference theme: Observation and Feedback: the way forward. May 19th and 20th, 2011. The British University in Dubai. 

  • Kurtoglu-Hooton, N. 2011. "Leading post-observation sessions". Workshop.  Conference theme: Observation and Feedback: the way forward. 19-20 May 2011. Faculty of Education. The British University in Dubai. 

  • Kurtoglu-Hooton, N.  2009. ‘Understanding the e-value of e-portfolios’. Paper. 10th METU International ELT Convention: Growth, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, 22-23 May, 2009.

  • Kurtoglu-Hooton, N. 2009. ‘Building one's own e-portfolio’. Workshop. 10th METU International ELT Convention: Growth, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, 22-23 May, 2009.

  • Kurtoglu-Hooton, N. 2007.’Exploring the realms of post-observation feedback and teacher change’. 41 st International Annual IATEFL Conference, TTEd Special Interest Group track talk, Aberdeen.

  • Kurtoglu-Hooton, N. 2006. Invited Plenary address. 'Pushing the Boundaries of Feedback' Middle East Technical University, International Convention "Fusion of Theory and Practice" Ankara, 3-5 May 2006.

  • Kurtoglu-Hooton, N. 2006. Workshop as a follow-up to plenary 'Feedback in action: parallels between feedback on teaching practice and feedback on oral presentations' Middle East Technical University, International Convention "Fusion of Theory and Practice" Ankara, 3-5 May 2006.

  • Kurtoglu-Hooton, N. 2005. ‘Post observation feedback and its repercussions on teacher change’ Research Students' 8th Annual Summer Conference: Issues in Educational ResearchCELTE, University of Warwick, 8 June 2005.

  • Kurtoglu-Hooton, N. 2003. ‘Steps towards gaining a professional teacher identity’. 37 th International Annual IATEFL Conference, Brighton.

  • Kurtoglu-Hooton, N. 2002. ‘In Search of Skilled Supervision’. IATEFL Symposium, Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey.

  • Kurtoglu-Hooton, N. 2002. ‘Making decisions in teacher supervision and post-observation feedback’. 36 th International Annual IATEFL Conference. TTEd Special Interest Group track talk.

  • Morris-Adams, M. and Kurtoglu-Hooton, N. 2002 ‘Conversational mentoring in a distance learning context’ IALS Symposium 2002. Edinburgh University. 13-15 October 2002.

Professional Activities

  • Action Research project facilitator - modern language teaching (December 2010 – June 2011) with Professor Anne Burns
    (    Links into Languages, Aston University)

  • Centre for Learning Innovation and Professional Practice (CLIPP) Teaching Fellowship : Teaching and Learning Champion in Technology-Enhanced Teaching and Learning (Project title: Enhanced Learning and professional development through an e-portfolio system, 2008-2009)

  • Guest tutor : SLTEP Trainer Training programme - Sabanci University School of Languages, Istanbul, Turkey, June 2010

  • Guest tutor : SLTEP Trainer Training programme - Sabanci University School of Languages, Istanbul, Turkey, June 2009

  • External adviser for review and validation of undergraduate English programmes. University of Wolverhampton. 2004

  • Panel member for Course Approval and Review Panel for Certificate in Teaching English as a Foreign Language, Coventry University 1998