Team
 | Asst. Prof. Semih Ekin Lead 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. |
 | Assist. Prof. Kübra Ekşi Researcher TED University Kübra Ekşi is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Foreign Language Education at TED University. Her research adopts a conversation analytic perspective and focuses on peer feedback conferences, study group interaction, L2 interactional competence, technology-mediated interaction, L2 paired speaking tasks, and transnational teacher interaction. Her publications have appeared in TESOL Quarterly, International Journal of Applied Linguistics, and Applied Linguistics Review.
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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. |
 | 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. |
 | Res. Asst. Hasan Felat Kocahal Researcher TED University Hasan Felat Kocahal works as a research assistant in the department of English Language Teaching at TED University. He holds a Master’s degree in English Language Education and pursues a PhD at TED University. His research focuses on video-mediated interaction and conversation analysis. |
 | Lecturer Fatma Melike Eşdur Researcher PhD Student at TED University & Lecturer at Social Sciences University of Ankara Fatma Melike Eşdur received her bachelor’s degree from the Department of Translation and Interpreting Studies at Boğaziçi University in 2013. Since then, she has worked at various institutions as a lecturer, translator, curriculum coordinator, and exam coordinator. In 2021, she completed her master’s degree in English Language Education at Ufuk University. She is currently pursuing her PhD in English Language Education at TED University. Her research interests include teacher education and conversation analysis. |
FOUNDING RESEARCHER | |
 | Prof. Dr. Ufuk Balaman Former Lead Researcher Bilkent University Ufuk Balaman is a Full Professor of Applied Linguistics in the Department of Teaching English as a Foreign Language at Bilkent University. His research draws on multimodal Conversation Analysis for L2 learning, teaching, and teacher education mainly in digital spaces and aims to contribute to the fields of multimodal Conversation Analysis, computer assisted language learning, task-based language teaching, and language teacher education among other relevant fields of inquiry. |