Resume

Osman Topac

Objective	To enter the Ph.D. program at the University of Massachusetts in TESOL education.
Related Employment and Experience	September 1996 – June 1997 Student-Teaching – Part-time Ataturk Anatolioan High School, Ankara, Turkey Taught Intermediate-level English to the 6^th graders. Upon completing this student-teaching, I earned the teaching certification valid in Turkey. January1996 – July 1997 Educational Representative – Part-time SELT Publications, Istanbul, Turkey Conducted micro-seminars to promote the materials published by the company. Managed 6 Sales representatives in 8 cities. Implemented training course for new recruits who are new to the English Language Teaching field. August 1997 – July 1998 Regional Manager – Ankara Region – Full-time SELT Publications, Istanbul, Turkey Conducted seminars to promote the materials published by the company and also to illustrate their implementation in the current curriculum. Recruited educational representatives and implemented training course for new recruits who are new to the ELT field. September 1997 – July 1998 English Teacher – Part-time Baskent Private Schools Taught reading comprehension course to the 6^th graders.
Education	1990-1992 Middle East Technical University Ankara, Turkey Completed Intensive English School. – No degree. 1992-1997 Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey Completed 5-year education to be able to a certified English teacher in Turkey. Earned BA in English Language Teaching 1998- present The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA Currently in MA program.
Languages	Native Language - Turkish. English – TOEFL Score : 257 (613) German – Beginner.
Teaching Certification	English Language teaching certificate valid in Turkey.
Scholarships and Grants	Turkish Ministry of Education – College-level scholarship including tuition, monthly stipend, and health insurance exclusively for successful social sciences students preferred educational sciences in the college. 1992-1997. Turkish Ministry of Education - Grad-level international study scholarship including MA and Ph.D. for 5 years. 1998-2003.
Interests	Computer-mediated Language Learning Task-based Language Teaching Developing Syllabi Alternative Assessment and Electronic Portfolio Socio-cultural aspect of FL teaching
Hobbies	Computer Desktop publishing Web page designing and HTML-JAVA scripting Photography – B&W printing and darkroom techniques.
Brief Statement of Future Plans	I have already promised to work for Gazi University as a faculty for ten years in return of the scholarship that I have been granted for five years. Therefore, my aim is to get the Ph.D. degree in the United States and return to my country to serve for better English Language teaching. For further details, please see the statement of purpose.