She has a B.A. in Teaching English as a Foreign Language from Marmara University and an M. A. in Teaching English as a Foreign Language from Yeditepe University. She holds the ICELT. Currently she is a teacher trainer and an educational consultant at Oxford University Press, Turkey, a material developer at the British Council Turkey, and a Cambridge ESOL examiner. She has written articles and given talks at local and international conferences. Her interests include learning styles, drama techniques, teaching young learners and teaching with movies. Blog: www.merveoflaz.net, E-mail: merveoflaz@hotmail.com, Twitter: @oflazmerve