Didem Koban Koç

Didem Koban Koç is currently working as an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education/Department of Foreign Languages Education at İzmir Democracy University, İzmir, Türkiye. She is also the Department Chair. She received a Ph.D. degree in Linguistics from the City University of New York, USA, an M.A. degree in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) from New York University, USA, and a B.A. degree in Teaching English as a Foreign Language (EFL) from Middle East Technical University, Türkiye. She taught in a variety of institutions such as the City University of New York, Pace University, the College of New Rochelle in the United States and Hacettepe University in Türkiye. She gave lectures in Denmark, Germany, Italy and Poland via the Erasmus+ staff mobility program. Her research interests are bilingualism/multilingualism, sociolinguistics and teacher education. She has numerous publications in these areas.

Publications

Turkish Heritage Speakers' Reasons for Code-Switching in the United States
Turkish Heritage Speakers' Reasons for Code-Switching in the United States
Didem Koban Koç. © 2024. 17 pages.
The present study explores first- and second-generation Turkish speakers' reasons for code-switching in the United States (U.S.) as well as the effects of social variables...
Gender and Language: A Sociolinguistic Analysis of Second Language Writing
Gender and Language: A Sociolinguistic Analysis of Second Language Writing
Didem Koban Koç. © 2022. 17 pages.
The present study investigated gender differences in the use of linguistic features as well as the social meanings attached to those differences. Academic essays, written by 44...
Gender and Language: A Sociolinguistic Analysis of Second Language Writing
Gender and Language: A Sociolinguistic Analysis of Second Language Writing
Didem Koban Koç. © 2021. 17 pages.
The present study investigated gender differences in the use of linguistic features as well as the social meanings attached to those differences. Academic essays, written by 44...