The Future of Education

Dr. Meliha R. Simsek is currently an assistant professor of foreign language education at the Faculty of Education, Mersin University (Mersin, Turkey), and was previously a teacher trainer at the Faculty of Education, Middle East Technical University (Ankara, Turkey). Born in Mersin, Dr. Simsek was educated at Buca Faculty of Education in İzmir, and graduated with a BA in ELT from Dokuz Eylul University in 2004. She completed her MA (2006) and PhD (2009) in ELT at the Institute of Educational Sciences, Dokuz Eylul University (İzmir, Turkey). Her research interests include applied linguistics, ELT methodology, materials evaluation and development, and teacher education.