Ebru Atak-Damar works as both a researcher and an instructor at the department of English Language Teaching in Bursa Uludag University, Turkey. She received her B.A. and M.A. in English Language Teaching from the same university and her PhD in English Language Teaching from COMU. Her PhD dissertation focused on foreign language prospective teachers' motivation to become teachers and beliefs about teaching and learning languages. As an instructor and a teacher trainer, she teaches courses on second/foreign language teaching and language teacher education. Her core areas of interests include language teaching methodology, classroom interaction, critical reflection and language teacher education/training, teacher beliefs and motivation.