Necmi Aksit

AREAS OF EXPERTISE/INTERESTS: SCHOLARLY ACTIVITIES

English for Academic Purposes & English Medium Instruction

Publications

• Heron, M., Dippold, D., Aksit, N., Aksit, T., Doubleday, J. & McKeown, K. (2021). Tutor's beliefs about language and roles: Practice as language policy in EMI contexts. Teaching in Higher Education.

• Aksit, T. & Aksit, N. (2021) . Pedagogical Approaches in EGAP Coupled with CBI in an EMI Context. In C. MacDiarmid, & J.J. MacDonald (2021). Pedagogies in English for Academic Purposes: Teaching and Learning in International Contexts. Bloomsbury.

• Heron, M., Dippold, D., Hosein, A., Sullivan, A. K. , Aksit, T., Aksit, N., Doubleday, J. & McKeown, K. (2021). Talking about talk: Tutor and student expectations of oracy skills in higher education. Language and Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/09500782.2021.1895206

• Aksit, T. & Aksit, N. (2020). Knowledge Generation in EAP: Analyzing and Synthesizing MA Theses and PhD Dissertations. In The future of teaching English for Academic Purposes. Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

• Dippold, D., Heron, M., Aksit, T., Aksit, N, Doubleday, J., and McKeown, K. (2020). Oral Skills Development in Presessional EAP Classes and Student Transition to Academic Disciplines: An Investigation in Anglophone and Non-Anglophone EMI settings. 31 pp., London, UK:British Council. (Teaching English ELT Research Papers).

• Sponsored Project: Oral skills development in pre sessional EAP classes and student transition to academic disciplines: An investigation in Anglophone and non-Anglophone EMI (English medium instruction) settings" with Asst. Prof. Dr. Tijen Akşit. British Council Grant (This is a collaborative study with the main participant being University of Surrey University (UK) and other collaborators from University of Southampton (UK), and Zayed University (UAE).

EAP & EMI: Selected Conference Presentations:

• Aksit, N. & Aksit, T. (2021). The four-quadrant pedagogical model of teaching EAP in an EMI context. BALEAP Conference: Exploring Pedagogical Approaches in EAP Teaching, University of Glasgow.

• Aksit, N. & Aksit, T. (2018). Knowledge generation in EAP. 15th International BUSEL ELT Conference on the Future of EAP: Provision, Standards, and Practices.

• Aksit, N. (2007). Transparency and organizational behavior. Presented at Istanbul University Conference for Future Journalists & Communication Specialists in Europe: Transparency in Public Communication, July 7, 2007.
• Aksit, N. & Aksit, T. (2006). Factors affecting teacher retention. Presented at the Phi Delta Kappa International’s Summit on Public Education in Washington, D.C., October 19-21, 2006.

• Aksit, N. (2000). Facilitating curriculum change through curriculum inquiry. Presented at the 2nd International Faculty of Letters Symposium on Response and Reflection: Curricular Changes in Teaching English, Bilkent University.

• Akşit, N. (1999). Involving teachers in curriculum planning: Couple ‘conception and execution’ or separate ‘conception from execution’ for a coherent curriculum?’ In the proceedings of the 4th International Bilkent University Conference on Achieving a Coherent Curriculum: Key Elements, Methods and Principles. Bilkent University.

EAP & EMI: Theses Supervised:

• Guidelines for developing writing instruction framework within the context of English for Academic Purposes (EAP) as informed by Academic Literacies: a critical interpretive meta synthesis  Arslan, Fundagül (Bilkent University, 2021-10)

• Understanding faculty development: A qualitative typology of services and purposes  Acar, İmren (Bilkent University, 2017-01)

• The relationship between progress tests and the end of course assessment test at foundation level at Bilkent University School of English Language (BUSEL)  Gencer, Müge Ayşe (Bilkent University, 1999)

Scientific Advisory Board Member:

• Scientific Advisory Board Member, 15th International BUSEL Conference on The Future of EAP: Provision, Standards and Practices, June 2018, Bilkent University.

• Scientific Advisory Board Member, BUSEL Conference, Classroom assessment: Bridging Teaching, Learning and Assessment, Ankara, June 17-18, 2016

• Scientific Committee Member: Applied Education Congress, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Sep 2012

Other Scholarly Activities

• IATEFL/BUSEL Conference on EAP in University Settings: Teacher and Learner Competencies, Ankara, 18-19 June, 2010

• 10th International BUSEL Conference on The Future of ELT: A Quest for Common Standards & Approaches, Ankara, June 2007

• 9th International BUSEL Conference on Challenge in Learning: Helping Learners Realize their Full Potential, Ankara, March 2004.

• 5th International BUSEL Conference Excellence in Teaching: Promoting, Implementing and Sustaining Effective Practice, Ankara, 2000.

• 4th International BUSEL Conference on “Achieving a Coherent Curriculum: Key Elements, Methods and Principles”, Ankara, February 1999.

• 3rd International BUSEL Conference on, “Quality Learning in English Medium Higher Education : The challenge of Content, Skills and Language”, Ankara, December 1997.

• 2nd International BUSEL Conference on Teacher Training and Development: Integration and Diversity 1996.

• 1st International BUSEL Conference on, “Quality Management and Management of Change”, Bilkent University, December 1995