Team
Assoc. Prof. Ufuk Balaman Lead Researcher TED University Ufuk Balaman is an Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics at the Department of English Language Teaching at TED University, the coordinator of the recent DIGITASK4IC project, and the author of the recent book “Conversation Analytic Language Teacher Education in Digital Spaces” published by Palgrave/Springer. Balaman's research draws on multimodal Conversation Analysis for L2 learning, teaching, and teacher education mainly in digital spaces. |
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Assist. Prof. Semih Ekin Researcher TED University Semih Ekin is an Assistant Professor in the department of English Language Education at TED University. His research areas are virtual exchanges, conversation analysis, language teacher education and teacher professional development.
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Res. Asst. İlayda Şahin Researcher TED University İlayda Şahin is a research assistant in the department of English Language Education at TED University. She holds a master’s degree in English Language Teaching from Hacettepe University. She is currently a PhD student in English Language Teaching program at Middle East Technical University. Her research focuses on social interaction, L2 classroom interaction, conversation analysis and L2 teacher education. |
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Res. Asst. Şükran Buse Tatar Researcher TED University Şükran Buse Tatar works as a research assistant in the department of English Language Teaching at TED University. She holds a Master’s degree in English Language Teaching from Hacettepe University and pursues a PhD at Middle East Technical University. Her research focuses on classroom interaction, synchronous online teaching, and conversation analysis. |
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Res.Asst. Esra Spahi Researcher PhD Student at TED University & Research Assistant at Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University Esra Spahi has completed her undergraduate and master's degrees in English Language Teaching at Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University. Her master's thesis addresses the dynamics of proposal structures as social actions within task-based discourses in technology-supported environments, through the lens of Conversation Analysis. Currently pursuing her PhD at TED University, Spahi's research interests are focused on Technology-Enhanced Language Learning, Technology in Teacher Education, and the pragmatic aspects of discourse. |