I'm

Utku Zobarlar

Turkish Linguist, English Teacher, Natural Language Processing, Text Mining

About

About Me

Turkish Linguist & English Teacher

I got my BA in Foreign Language Education at Boğaziçi University. I got my MA in Linguistics from Syracuse Unviversity. I am currently a Linguistics PhD student at Rutgers University.

Name: Utku Zobarlar
Teaching Experience: 3 Years
Address: 12 Seminary Place, New Brunswick NJ, USA

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Education & Expericence

My Education

PhD in Linguistics

Rutgers University | 2023 - present

I am currently continuing my PhD in linguistics at Rutgers University working mainly with Adam McCollum. My research interests are Phonology of Turkic languages and interface. I am currently working on exceptional stress placement in Modern Standard Turkish.

MA in Linguistics

Syracuse University | 2020 - 2022

I received my MA in Linguistics at Syracuse University with double concentration in Theoretical Linguistics and Natural Language Processing. I particularly worked on liquid phonology and morphophonological irregularities in Modern Standard Turkish.

BA in Foreign Language Education

Boğaziçi University | 2015 - 2020

I graduated from Boğaziçi University in 2020 majoring in Foreign Language Education.

Teaching Expericence

Teaching Assistant

Rutgers University | 2025 - 2026

TBD

Teaching Assistant

Kapadokya University | 2022 - 2023

I worked as an EFL Instuctor and taught English to beginner and intermediate students.

Skills: Higher Education · Educational Technology · Teaching · University Teaching

Teaching Assistant

Syracuse University | 2020 - 2022

I taught the recitation sections of an introductory linguistics course, LIN - 201 Nature and Study of Language with my mentor teachers Christopher Green and Kenji Oda. The course included topics from sociological, political, theoretical and applied linguistics.

Skills: Higher Education · Educational Technology · Linguistics · Teaching · University Teaching

ISTEK Schools Atanur Oğuz

K12 Education | 2019 - 2020

I completed my mandadory MEB internship at ISTEK Atanur Oğuz in Balmumcu, Istanbul. I taught English to 2nd, 5th, 7th, and 10th graders. I worked with several mentor teachers to evaluate and assess students' performance and observed classes from elementary to high school level. I taught several grammar lessons at the high school level.

Skills: K-12 Education · Educational Technology · Teaching · Classroom Management·

Volunteer Assistant Teacher

Kindergarten Education | 2016 - 2017

I collaborated with experienced preschool teachers to create interactive English learning materials, games and activities using TPR and communicative language teaching methodologies

Skills: Young Learners · Teaching English as a Second Language

Languages

Languages

Turkish - Native
100%
English - C1
90%
German - B1
65%
Russian - A1
20%

Research

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