- Pronouns:
- she/her
- Email:
- hozcan@iu.edu
- Department:
- Central Eurasian Studies, Linguistics
- Campus:
- IU Bloomington
Biography
Hale Ozcan completed her BA in Turkic Languages and Literature and her MA in L2 Turkish Instruction. Her master’s thesis, Turkish as a Second Language Learners’ Comprehension Levels of Universal, Cultural, and Linguistic Humor, examines how learners of Turkish understand different types of humor.
Since 2017, she has taught Turkish as a foreign/second language in a variety of classroom settings, including a year spent teaching Turkish at Indiana University (2022–2023) as part of the Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistantship (FLTA) program. Her experience as a language instructor has not only shaped her research on Turkish language pedagogy, but has also strengthened her skills as a researcher.
Currently pursuing a PhD in Central Eurasian Studies at IU Bloomington, Hale is a graduate assistant at CeLCAR, working on the Turkish: An Elementary Textbook, a truly communicative language learning textbook.
Education
PhD, Linguistics, Indiana University, In progress
PhD, Central Eurasian Studies, Indiana University Bloomington, In progress
MA, Teaching Turkish as a Foreign Language, Hacettepe University, 2022
BA, Modern Turkish Dialects and Literature Program, Istanbul University, 2015
Research Interests
Turkic Linguistics; Second Language Acquisition; Language Pedagogy; Morphosyntax; Humor in language
Teaching and Work Experience
Turkish Language Materials Developer, Center for Languages of the Central Asian Region, 2023-Current
Turkish Trainer, IU Summer Language Workshop, Summer 2025
Turkish FLTA, Indiana University, 2022-2023
Languages
Turkish (native), English (advanced), German (intermediate), Kyrgyz (beginner), Chuvash (beginner)