Publications

Edited books (2)

  • Yigitoglu Aptoula, N. & Reichelt, M. (2025). (Eds). Narratives of Non-English L2 Language Teachers. New York: Routledge
  • Yigitoglu Aptoula, N. & Reichelt, M. (2019). (Eds). L2 Writing Beyond English. Bristol: Multilingual Matters/Channel View Publications Ltd. Link

Refereed Journal Articles (20)

  • Kır, P., & Yigitoglu Aptoula, N. (2024). Unlocking the Influence of Training on Language Instructors’ Written Corrective Feedback Literacy. Erzincan University Journal of Education Faculty, 26(2), 217-228. https://doi.org/10.17556/erziefd.1441772 (TR index, ERIHPlus, etc.)
  • Yigitoglu Aptoula, N. & Bal Gezegin, B. (2024). Navigating disciplinary dialogues: An exploratory analysis of dialogic stance. Boğaziçi University Journal of Education, 41-3(1), 71-79. https://doi.org/10.52597/buje.1441617 (TR index, ERIHPlus, etc.)
  • Turan, P. & Yiğitoğlu Aptoula, N. (2023) Between Teacher Candidates’ Reflection and Teacher Educators’ Evaluation: Fluctuations in Epistemic (A)Symmetry in Feedback Conversations. The Modern Language Journal 107(4),1011–1034. https://doi.org/10.1111/modl.12886 (SSCI)
  • Yigitoglu Aptoula, N. (2022) Exploring academic literacy practices of graduate students in English language teacher education programmes at English-medium universities in Turkey. Literacy, 56: 174– 183. https://doi.org/10.1111/lit.12279.(SSCI)
  • Topal, P. & Yiğitoğlu Aptoula, N. (2022) Going beyond the post-observation’s interactional agenda: The observers’ references to their practices and pedagogical understandings. Linguistics and Education, 69, 101016. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.linged.2022.101016 (SSCI)
  • Yiğitoğlu Aptoula, N. (2021). Pre-service teachers’ perceptions about the efficacy of different types of feedback on micro-teaching activities . Journal of Theoretical Educational Science , 14 (2) , 79-92. https://doi.org/10.30831/akukeg.752214 (ERIC, ERIH Plus, etc.)
  • Durmaz, M. & Yigitoglu, N. (2020) Reversing the Question: Do Language Teachers Preach What They don’t Do? Boğaziçi University Journal of Education, 37 (1), 85-102.(TR index)
  • Ariannejad, A., Osam, U.V. & Yigitoglu, N. (2019) A comparative investigation of metadiscourse in English and Persian architectural research articles. Poznan Studies in Contemporary Linguistics, 55 (1); 1-27. https://doi.org/10.1515/psicl-2019-0001(SSCI)
  • Yigitoglu, N. & Belcher, D. (2018). Second Language Writing Teachers’ Perceptions of Themselves as Language Learners. Boğaziçi University Journal of Education, 35 (1), 5-18. 
  • Yigitoglu, N. & Kesli Dollar, Y. (2018). Incorporating action research into in-service teacher education (INSET) programs. Çukurova Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi, 47 (2), 694-709. https://doi.org/10.14812/cuefd.362701(ESCI)
  • Karaağaç Zan, G. & Yiğitoğlu, N. (2018). Exploring Novice and Experienced Teachers’ Beliefs and Practices of Written Feedback. Inonu University Journal of the Faculty of Education, 19(2), 355-369. https://doi.org/10.17679/inuefd.335443
  • Raman, Y. & Yiğitoğlu, N. (2018). Justifying code switching through the lens of teacher identities: Novice EFL teachers’ perceptions. Quality and Quantity, 52 (5), 2079–2092. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11135-017-0617-1(SSCI)
  • Gok Kaça, G. & Yigitoglu, N. (2017). Influences of instructional policies on novice teacher cognition: Help or a hindrance? Australian Journal of Teacher Education,42 (9), 1-22. https://doi.org/10.14221/ajte.2017v42n9.1
  • Durmaz, M. & Yigitoglu, N. (2017). Being another or the other: Issues and challenges in the professional identity development of alternatively-certified English language teachers (in an EFL context).  International Online Journal of Education and Teaching, 4(4), 398-416.
  • Yigitoglu, N. (2016). The role of writing in learning less-commonly-taught languages in Turkey. The Journal of the National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages 19, 1-30.
  • Raman, Y. & Yigitoglu, N. (2015). Friend or foe?: English as the medium of instruction policy versus code switching practices. International Journal of Research in Teacher Education, 6 (3),1-23.
  • Personn, J. & Yigitoglu, N. (2015). Connecting in-service teacher programs to classroom teaching: A case study of two novice teachers. International Journal of Research in Teacher Education, 6 (2), 38-56.
  • Yigitoglu, N. & Belcher, D. (2014). Exploring L2 writing teacher cognition from an experiential perspective: The role learning to write may play in professional beliefs and practices. System, 47(1), 116-124. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.system.2014.09.021(SSCI)
  • Yigitoglu, N. & Reichelt, M. (2014). Using a genre-based approach for writing instruction in a less-commonly-taught language. Language Awareness, 23 (3), 187-202. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658416.2012.742906 (SSCI)
  • Yigitoglu, N. & Reichelt, M. (2012). Teaching Turkish and Turkish-language writing in the U.S.: A descriptive report. Journal of Second Language Writing, 21 (1), 71-75. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jslw.2011.11.001(SSCI)

Refereed Book Chapters (11)

  • Yiğitoğlu Aptoula, N. & Belcher, D. (2025)  The influence of language learning and writing experiences on L2 writing teacher expertise. In A. Hirvela & D. Belcher (Eds.)  Expertise in Second Language Writing Instruction: Conceptual and Empirical Understandings.Routledge. Link
  • Cengiz, Y. & Yigitoglu Aptoula, N. (2025) Computer-mediated written corrective feedback: Student performance and perceptions . In E. E. Isık & D. Hocking (Eds.) English for Specific Purposes in the 21st Century: Innovative perspectives and practices. Palgrave Macmillan
  • Kırsan, G. & Yiğitoğlu Aptoula, N. (2025) The Relationship between Lexical Richness and Holistic Essay Quality in Second Language Writing.  In E. E. Isık & D. Hocking (Eds.) English for Specific Purposes in the 21st Century: Innovative perspectives and practices. Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Yiğitoğlu Aptoula, N. & Reichelt, M. (2024). Discovering new landscapes: Investigating how writing instruction in non-English L2 languages can enrich EFL writing teacher education. In E. Ene, B.Gilliland, S. Henderson Lee, T. Saenkhum, & L. Seloni (Eds.) EFL Writing Teacher Education and Professional Development: Voices from Under-represented Contexts (104-109). Multilingual Matters/Channel View Publications Ltd. Link
  • Yiğitoğlu Aptoula, N., & Altınmakas, D. (2024). Integrating genre-based writing and critical thinking in developing writing skills of pre-service language teachers. In E. Ene, B. Gilliland, S. Henderson Lee, T. Saenkhum, & L. Seloni (Eds.), EFL writing teacher education and professional development: Voices from under-represented contexts (pp. 116-124). Multilingual Matters/Channel View Publications Ltd. Link
  • Yiğitoğlu Aptoula, N. & Belcher, D. (2023). Preparing EAL students for the demands of the writing assignments in history classes. In G. Brooks, J. Clenton, & S. Fraser (Eds.) EAL Research for the Classroom: Practical and Pedagogical Implications (119-139). New York: Routledge. Link
  • Seloni, L. & Yiğitoğlu Aptoula, N. (2021).  Analysis of Pre-Service Teachers’ Reflective Journals: Learning-to-Argue through Writing about Writing.  In A. Hirvela & D. Belcher (Eds.) Argumentative Writing in a Second Language: Perspectives on Research and Pedagogy (240-254). Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. Link 
  • Yigitoglu Aptoula, N. & Bayyurt, Y. (2020) Features of Electronic Feedback on Graduate Student Writing. In Kenny, N., Isık-Tas, E.E.., & Jian H. English for Specific Purposes Instruction and Research: Current Practices, Challenges and Innovations (145-153). London: Palgrave Macmillan. Link
  • Unaldı, A., Seloni, L., Yalcin, S. & Yigitoglu Aptoula, N. (2019) The role of writing in an EFL teacher preparation program in Turkey: Institutional demands, pedagogical practices, and student needs. In Lisya Seloni & Sarah Henderson Lee (Eds.) Second Language Writing Instruction in Global Contexts: English Language Teacher Preparation and Development (173-195). Bristol: Multilingual Matters/Channel View Publications Ltd. Link
  • Yigitoglu, N. & Reichelt, M. (2019). L2 writing in Non-English Languages: Toward a Fuller Understanding of L2 writing. In N.,Yigitoglu, & M., Reichelt. (2019). (Eds). L2 Writing Beyond English (xiii-3). Bristol: Multilingual Matters/Channel View Publications Ltd. Link
  • Yigitoglu, N. & Reichelt, M. (2019). Conclusion. In N.,Yigitoglu, & M., Reichelt. (2019). (Eds). L2 Writing Beyond English (236-239). Bristol: Multilingual Matters/Channel View Publications Ltd. Link

Journal Editorials (2)

  • Umutlu, D. & Yigitoglu Aptoula, N. (2022) Foreword. (Guest editorial  for special issue titled Distance Teaching/Learning during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Challenges and Responses edited by Duygu Umutlu and Nur Yigitoglu Aptoula). Bogazici University Journal of Education, 39 (1), 1. Link
  • Yigitoglu Aptoula, N. &  Belcher, D. D.. (2019) Foreword. (Guest editorial  for special issue titled L2 Writing in Diverse Contexts edited by Nur Yigitoglu Aptoula and Diane D. Belcher). Bogazici University Journal of Education, 36 (1), 1. Link

Book Reviews (32)

  • Yigitoglu Aptoula, N. (2021)  [Review of the book Doctoral Writing: Practices, Processes and Pleasures, Susan Carter, Cally Guerin, Claire Aitchison]. Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 49,100939-100940.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeap.2020.100939 (SSCI)
  • Yigitoglu Aptoula, N. (2019). [Review of the book Language Teacher Psychology edited by Sarah Mercer& Achilleas Kostoulas]. System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics, 84(1), 160-161. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.system.2019.05.005 (SSCI)
  • Yigitoglu, N. (2017). [Review of the book ESL Readers and Writers in Higher Education: Understanding Challenges, Providing Support edited by Norman W. Evans. Neil J. Anderson, William G, Eggington.] Higher Education, 73(5), 793-794. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-016-9997-8 (SSCI)
  • Yigitoglu, N. (2017). [Review of the book Supporting Graduate Student Writers: Research, Curriculum, & Program Design edited by Steve Simpson, Nigel A. Caplan, Michelle Cox, & Talinn Phillips] Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 26, 78-79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeap.2017.01.003 (SSCI)
  • Yigitoglu, N. (2016). [Review of the book Motivational Currents in Language Learning: Frameworks for Focused Interventions by Zoltán Dörnyei.] TESOL Quarterly, 50(4), 1001-1003. https://doi.org/10.1002/tesq.353 (SSCI)
  • Yigitoglu, N. (2016). [Review of the book Power and Meaning Making in an EAP Classroom: Engaging with the Everyday by Christian W. Chun.] Journal of English for Specific Purposes, 42, 124-125. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esp.2015.12.001 (SSCI)
  • Yigitoglu, N. (2016). [Review of the book Effective curriculum for teaching L2 writing: Principles and techniques by Eli Hinkel] Journal of Second Language Writing, 32(1), 53-54.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jslw.2016.03.002(SSCI)
  • Yigitoglu, N. (2016). [Review of the book Teaching and Researching Writing by Ken Hyland] Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 22, 191-192. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeap.2016.04.003 (SSCI)
  • Yigitoglu, N. (2013). [Review of the book Voices, Identities, Negotiations, and Conflicts: Writing Academic English Across Cultures edited by Phan Le Ha and Bradley Baurain] Journal of English for Specific Purposes, 32(3),186-187. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esp.2013.02.001  (SSCI)
  • Yigitoglu, N. (2012). [Review of the book Academic Writing: At the interface of corpus and discourse edited by M. Charles, D. Pecorari, & S. Hunston]. Journal of Second Language Writing, 21(1), 81-83. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jslw.2011.10.001 (SSCI)
  • Yigitoglu, N. (2012).  [Review of Cambridge English for Scientists by Tamzer Armer] Journal of English for Specific Purposes,31 (2),147-148. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esp.2011.12.002  (SSCI)
  • Yigitoglu, N. (2012). [Review of the book A corpus-driven study of discourse intonation: The Hong Kong Corpus of Spoken English (prosodic) by Winnie Cheng, Chris Greaves, Martin Warren]. Corpora,7(1),113-115. (LLBA, ERIH, etc.)
  • Yigitoglu, N. (2012). [Review of the book Interrogating Privilege: Reflections of a Second Language Educator]. TESL-EJ. 15,4.
  • Yigitoglu, N. (2012). [Review of the book The Interactional Organization of Academic Talk: Office Hour Consultations by Holger Limberg]. Discourse Studies, 14(3), 364-366. (SSCI)
  • Yigitoglu, N. (2012). [Review of the book Academic Writing in a Global Context: The Politics and Practices of Publishing in English by Theresa Lillis, Mary Jane Curry]. TESOL Quarterly, 46(1), 216-217. https://doi.org/10.1002/tesq.14 (SSCI)
  • Yigitoglu, N. (2012). [Review of the book Mapping Academic Values in the Disciplines: A Corpus-Based Approach by Davide Simone Giannoni]. Discourse Studies,14 (4), 522-524. (SSCI)
  • Yigitoglu, N. (2012). [Review of the book Register, Genre, and Style by Doug Biber & Susan Conrad]. Canadian Journal of Linguistics, 57(1), 164-166. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0008413100002280 (SSCI)  
  • Yigitoglu, N. (2012). [Review of the book Intercultural Rhetoric in Second Language Classroom by Ulla Connor]. Discourse Studies, 14(6), 814-816.
  • Yigitoglu, N. (2011). [Review of the book Intercultural Language Activities by John Corbett]. TESOL Journal, 2(3), 540-542.
  • Yigitoglu, N. (2011). [Review of the book Building Genre Knowledge by Christine Tardy]. English for Specific Purposes, 30, 73-75. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esp.2010.04.004 (SSCI)
  • Yigitoglu, N. (2011). [Review of the book Teaching Academic Writing: An introduction for Teachers of Second Language Writers by Brian Paltridge, Lesley Harbon, David Hirsch, Huizhong Shen, Marie Stevenson, Aek Phakiti & Lindy Woodrow]. English for Specific Purposes, 30, 81-83. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esp.2010.01.002 (SSCI)
  • Yigitoglu, N. (2011). [Review of the book English for professional and academic purposes edited by Inmaculada Fortanet-Gómez, Juan C. Palmer-Silveira, Miguel F. Ruiz-Garrido]. Discourse and Society, 22(3),371-372.
  • Yigitoglu, N. (2011). [Review of the book Nonnative Speaker English Teachers: Research, Pedagogy, and Professional Growth by George Braine]. System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics, 39(2), 275-276. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.system.2011.04.009 (SSCI)
  • Yigitoglu, N. (2011). [Review of Developing Courses in English for Specific Purposes by Helen Basturkmen]. System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics, 39(4), 565-566. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.system.2011.06.007 (SSCI)
  • Yigitoglu, N. (2011). [Review of the book Values, Philosophies, and Beliefs in TESOL: Making a statement by Graham Crookes]. Language Teaching Research, 15(4),  534-535. (MLA International Bibliography, Social Science Abstracts, etc.)
  • Yigitoglu, N. (2011). [Review of the book Writing an Applied Linguistics Thesis or Dissertation: A Guide to Presenting Empirical Research by John Bitchener]. Journal of English for Academic Purpose, 10(4), 281-282. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeap.2010.11.002 (SSCI)
  • Yigitoglu, N. (2011). [Review of Academic vocabulary in learner writing: From extraction to analysis by Magali Paquot]. Discourse Studies, 13(6),  824-826. (SSCI)
  • Yigitoglu, N. (2011). [Review of the book Journal Writing in Second Language Education by Christine Pearson Casanave]. Journal of Second Language Writing, 20(4), 312-313. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jslw.2011.09.002 (SSCI)
  • Yigitoglu, N. (2010). [Book annotation for the book A Synthesis of Research on Second Language Writing in English by Ilona Leki, Alister Cumming & Tony Silva]. In Glau, G. & Duttagupta, C. (Eds.) The Bedford Bibliography for Teachers of Basic Writing (3rd edition). Bedford/st Martins: USA.
  • Yigitoglu, N. (2010). [Review of the book Academic Writing and Plagiarism: A linguistic analysis by Diane Pecorari]. Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 9, 223-225. (SSCI)
  • Yigitoglu, N. (2010). [Review of the book Using Corpora in the language learning classroom: Corpus linguistics for teachers by G. R. Bennett]. Language Value, 2. (ISOC)
  • Yigitoglu, N. (2009). [Review of the book What every ESL student should know: A Guide to College and University Academic Success by Kathy Ochoa Flores]. TESL-EJ, 13(3).