Publications

Refereed Journal Articles

Gokturk, N. (2025). Evaluating the suitability of AI-generated spoken texts for academic listening assessments. Manuscript in preparation.

Gokturk, N., & Celik Uzun, E. (2025). Language proficiency frameworks used in foreign language education. Manuscript under review.

Gokturk, N., & Saricaoglu, A. (2024). Examining teacher-written conference abstracts: Rhetorical functions and syntactic complexity features. Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 72, 101454. 

Gokturk, N., & Chukharev, E. (2024). Exploring the potential of a spoken dialog system-delivered paired discussion task for assessing interactional competence. Language Assessment Quarterly, 21(1), 60-99. 

Gokturk, N., & Chukharev-Hudilainen, E. (2023). Strategy use in a spoken dialog system-delivered paired discussion task: A stimulated recall study. Language Testing, 40(3), 630-657.

Celik, S., Kırkgoz, Y., Irgin, P., Salli-Copur, D., Cetinkaya, S., Kurt, M., Makaroglu, B., Karaca, B., Kavgaci, H., Ozturk, A., & Gokturk, N. (2022). Translating the CEFR Companion Volume (2020) into Turkish: The real experience unraveled. Educational Policy Analysis and Strategic Research, 17(4), 274–293. 

Gokturk, N. (2018). Test Review: Test of English Language Learning (TELL) (Pearson). Language Assessment Quarterly, 15(2), 204–211. 

Gokturk, N. (2016). Examining the effectiveness of digital video recordings on oral performance of EFL learners. Teaching English with Technology, 16(2), 71–96. 

Gokturk, N., & Altay, A. (2015). The relationship between EFL learners’ learning styles and their scores in audio and video-mediated L2 listening tests. Journal of Theory and Practice in Education, 11(3), 971–988. 

Gokturk, N. (2015). The acquisition of verb inflections by adult Turkish learners of English. Linguistics Journal, 9(1), 67–81. 

Book Chapter

Ockey, G., & Gokturk, N. (2019). Standardized language proficiency tests in higher education. In A. Gao, C. Davison, & C. Leung (Eds.), The Springer International Handbook of English Language Teaching. Springer. 

Technical Papers

Ökten, C. E., Demir, T., Sayın, A., Boylu, E., Kantarcioglu, E., Gokturk, N., Saka, D., & Duran, M. (2024). Selection and validation of a set of CEFR descriptors for the Turkish Proficiency Test for Immigrant Kids. General Directorate of Lifelong Learning, Republic of Türkiye Ministry of National Education. [Available upon request].

Gokturk, N., Cuhadar, I., Ulku, S., Saka, D., Duran, M., & Dundar, S. (2023). A systematic review of foreign language tests developed for K-12 students. General Directorate of Lifelong Learning, Republic of Türkiye Ministry of National Education. [Available upon request].

Gokturk, N., Tertemiz Arat, E., Sagdic, A., & Celik-Uzun, E. (2022). Best Practices in Language Education Conference: Abstract evaluation guidelines for reviewers. Board of Education, Republic of Türkiye Ministry of National Education. 

Chukharev-Hudilainen, E., & Gokturk, N. (2020). Computers as conversation partners? Custom spoken dialog systems in applied linguistics. [Unpublished manuscript]. 

Proceedings

Gokturk, N., Celik Uzun, E., Tertemiz Arat, E., & Guner, O. (Eds). (2023). Proceedings of the Best Practices in Language Education Conference. Board of Education, Republic of Türkiye Ministry of National Education. 

Gokturk, N. (2016). Review for Mondly Learning Languages. In M. O’Brien & J. Levis (Eds.), Proceedings of the 8th Annual Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching Conference, 241–247. 

Gokturk, N. (2015). The impact of contextual clues on oral performance of EFL learners. Proceedings of the 12th METU ELT Convention, 13–38.