Ela
Head of Turkish Programs
Turkish Hub Instructor
Penn State
Doctoral Researcher in Applied Linguistics
Boğaziçi University
Foreign Language Education
SPEAKS
Turkish · English · Persian
Ela combines language-teaching practice with doctoral research in applied linguistics and leads Multilingual Future’s Turkish programs.
She especially enjoys helping learners understand the patterns and logic behind Turkish rather than simply memorizing forms and rules — and then giving them opportunities to use those patterns in meaningful, everyday communication.
“I want students to leave feeling that they’ve learned something useful, used Turkish meaningfully, and gained a little more confidence in communicating.”
“Mistakes happen; that’s how we learn.”
TEACHING THIS FALL
Beginner Low
Tuesdays · 7:00 PM CTCentral Time (Chicago)
Beginner Low
Sundays · 10:00 AM CTCentral Time (Chicago)
Intermediate Low
Sundays · 12:45 PM CTCentral Time (Chicago)
