Secretariat
Editor-in-Chief
Igballe Miftari-Fetishi, is Associate professor of English and Linguistics at International Balkan University, Skopje, North Macedonia. She earned her MA and PhD in English Language teaching (ELT) at South East European University (SEEU), Tetovo North Macedonia. Her work experience includes 17 years of teaching ELT to university students, research, published papers, a chapter in an edited book and a published book. She is Editor-in-chief of The International Journal of Education and Philology, a bi-annual journal of the Faculty of Education at IBU and Self-evaluation committee member at IBU as well. Her research interests include: contemporary teaching, teacher professional development, language and assessment, planning and instruction, as well as second language acquisition.
Secretariat
Besart Fejzullahu holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in English Language Teaching from International Balkan University (IBU), Skopje, North Macedonia. He is currently enrolled in the PhD programme in English Language and Literature at IBU and serves as a Teaching Assistant at the university. Prior to his current role, he served as a lecturer at IBU’s English Language School for three years. His academic interests include English language teaching, educational technology, artificial intelligence in education, and EFL instruction. His master’s research examined high school teacher and student perceptions and use of artificial intelligence in EFL classrooms, with particular attention to its benefits, risks, and ethical considerations. He is also a co-author of two English language coursebooks for elementary- and intermediate-level learners.
Editorial Board
Ana Kechan (1978) was born in Tetovo, where she completed her primary and part of her secondary education. She completed the latter in the United States, graduating with honors. She got her BA in English Language and Literature, her MA in English Literature and her PhD in Comparative Literature from the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, North Macedonia. She is also a holder of both the Certificate and Diploma in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (CELTA and DELTA) from Cambridge University and is a teacher trainer approved by Cambridge Assessment English. She is the Head of the CELTA centre at International Balkan University, where she works as a full professor of English, teaching subjects ranging from literature to ELT methodology. Her interests include the areas of literary theory and criticism, literary hermeneutics, the psychological in literature, as well as the training of English teachers. Finally, she is a certified Gestalt counsellor, trying to find ways to put to practice the knowledge of psychology to help teachers grow. She is the author of the following books: The Dark Side of Otherness (2019), Jungian Hermeneutic Model (2021), Day, Night (2021), Dusk, Dawn (2021), Tolkienian Essays (2022) and Reimagining the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien (as editor, 2022).
Daniel Xerri is an Associate Professor in Applied Linguistics and TESOL at the University of Malta, and the Chairperson of the ELT Council. He has published widely on different areas of English language education. He has co-edited eleven books and authored over 250 publications. His work has appeared in research anthologies, scholarly journals, magazines, and newspapers. His publications have generated a substantial number of citations. He has delivered plenary talks and keynotes in 20 countries and his research has been awarded international prizes. His main research interests are teacher research and professional learning.
Dr. Gokhan Ilgaz is Associate professor at the Faculty of Education, Department of Educational Sciences at Trakya University, Turkiye. His area of expertise is in the field of science education, educational programs and instruction and areas of scientific interest are self-regulated learning strategies and student thought processes
Prof.Dr. Brikena Xhaferi is a full professor of English Applied linguistics and she teaches at South East European University (SEEU) in Tetovo, North Macedonia. Her field of expertise include: Innovative teaching methods, Multilingualism, Digital teaching of EFL, ESP, etc. She has published in different international journals indexed in Web of Science and Scopus and is a member of different scientific boards in applied linguistics. As a faculty member at South East European University (SEEU), Pr. Dr.Xhaferi has demonstrated exceptional dedication to her students and colleagues. Her commitment to excellence in teaching and research has earned her widespread respect and admiration within the academic community. Beyond her academic pursuits, she is deeply engaged in initiatives promoting innovative teaching methodologies, both in local and international conferences and other discussion forums and webinars.
Enisa Mede is an Associate Professor at the Department of English Language Teaching (ELT) of Bahçeşehir University (BAU), Istanbul, Turkey. She is also the Chair of the ELT Department, Faculty of Educational Sciences. She has been in the field of language education for 16 years. She is offering Teaching Language Skills to Young Learners, School Experience, and Practicum courses at the undergraduate level along with Syllabus Design and Evaluation and Second Language Acquisition courses at the graduate level. She has authored numerous articles in indexed journals and published chapters in national and international books. She also collaborated on international projects on Content Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) and Tasked Based Learning (TBL) among Children and national projects on Sustainability among Young Learners. Her research interests lie in curriculum design and evaluation and early childhood education.
Claudia E. STOIAN, PhD, is associate professor at Politehnica University Timisoara, Romania, where she teaches Translation, Discourse Analysis, Communication Mediation, Business and Intercultural Communication and English as a Foreign Language. She is assistant editor for two academic journals, member of the scientific board of a prestigious publishing house from abroad, translator and interpreter. Claudia E. Stoian is also the Head of the Erasmus+ Office at her university. She authored or co-authored three books, four dictionaries, five chapters in edited volumes, numerous scientific articles in national and international academic journals and several translations. Her research interests include applied linguistics, translation, communication, interculturality, tourism and didactics.
Dr. Katerina Mitevska Petrusheva is Associate Professor at the Faculty of Education, International Balkan University. She is Head of the Department of Psychological Counseling and Guidance. Her research interest is in the field of Education Sciences/ Pedagogy, Theory of Education, Teacher Education and Education Policy.
Dr. Biljana Popeska – is a full professor at the Faculty of Education, University GoceDelcev – Stip and a Postdoctoral researcher at the Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences at the University of Luxembourg. She is also a member of the executive board of EUPEA (European Physical Education Association) and board member of the Federation of Sport Pedagogues of Macedonia. She serves as a national representative of FIEPS Europe, Global Community Health Association and World Alliance of Physical Education. Her scientific interest is in the field of methodics of physical education, sport pedagogy, PE teacher education, PE curriculum, holistic learning in PE and healthy and active style.
PROF. DR. MEHMET SAMSAKÇI
He was born in 1981 in Mustafa Kemal Paşa district of Bursa. He studied at 14 Eylül Primary School and completed his secondary and high school education at Sedat Karan Anatolian High School, which he entered in 1992-1993 academic year and graduated in 1999. In the same year, he entered Istanbul University, Faculty of Literature, Department of Turkish Language and Literature and graduated in 2003. In the same year, he enrolled in the Master's program and completed his thesis entitled "Fine Arts in Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar's Works" under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Kâzım Yetiş.(2005) Again in 2005, he started his doctoral studies in the previous mentioned department. Between 2003 and 2006, he worked as an archive and museum officer at the Yahya Kemal Institute. In December 2006, he was appointed as a Research Assistant in the New Turkish Literature Chair in the department where he graduated and continued his doctoral studies. In December 2010, he received the title of Dr. with his thesis entitled "The Other Side of the Perception of Party/Partisanship in the Transition to Multi-Party Life in the Turkish Novel (1909-1980)". In November 2012, he was appointed as Assistant Prof. Dr. at Istanbul University Faculty of Literature, Department of Turkish Language and Literature, Department of New Turkish Literature, and as Assoc. Prof. Dr. in April 2016 and Prof. Dr. as of October 2021. Samsakçı gave lectures at the Department of Turcology, Faculty of Philology, Pristina University within the scope of the Yunus Emre InstituteTurcology Project in the 2012-2013 Academic Year, and was appointed as the Director of the Skopje Yunus Emre Turkish Cultural Center in 2015.
Mr. Samsakçı continues to work at Istanbul University, Faculty of Literature, Department of Turkish Language and Literature, Department of New Turkish Literature and has been assigned as a guest lecturer to the International Balkan University, Faculty of Education, Department of Turkish Education in the 2024-2025 Academic Year.
Özlem Kurt is an assistant professor in the area of learning foreign languages and language methodology. She was born in Radovish, North Macedonia. She teaches in the first cycles of studies within the Faculty of Education. She has completed her bachelor's degree at “St.Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, North Macedonia. She received a Ph.D. in Educational Sciences from the Gazi University, Graduated School of Education, Ankara, Türkiye, and a Master of Turkish Language and Literature from Trakya University, Edirne, Türkiye. Her current research interests include teaching Turkish as a mother and foreign language, second language teaching, interactive listening in language teaching, translanguaging, taxonomy in teaching, and teaching Turkish to students with learning difficulties. She has published her scientific book İlhami Emin’in Hayatı Eserleri ve Edebî Kişiliği, book chapters in the field of Teaching Turkish as a foreign language, the literary book Menzile Koşan Süvariler and she has several international conference contributions. In addition to her scientific studies, she has also written literary and column articles for various magazines and newspapers.