#  Ferda İlerten 

HGSE Visiting scholar (2024-2025; 2019)

Lecturer, Yildiz Technical University/Istanbul 

 

 

 



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Ferda Ilerten is a researcher and lecturer specializing in bilingualism and foreign language education. Currently a visiting researcher at the HGSE under the TÜBİTAK (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye) postdoctoral research fellowship, she focuses on the development of reading comprehension skills in Turkish-English bilingual children. With over 14 years of teaching experience at Yıldız Technical University in İstanbul, Dr. Ilerten holds a PhD from Boğaziçi University. Passionate about promoting multilingualism, she authored *Nurturing Multilingualism: A Practical Bilingual Guide for Immigrant Families to Support Heritage Languages*. Her research also explores literacy acquisition in Turkish-Arabic bilingual children, language attrition among immigrant populations, and the preservation of heritage languages.



 

 

 





 

 

- ## Role
    
     [HGSE Visiting Scholar](/role/hgse-visiting-scholar)