Department:

English Preparatory Division

Education:

Master of English Language Translation

• University: Alborz University, Qazvin, Iran

(2008 - 2011)

Master of Political Communication in Europe

• University: Marmara University

(2020 - 2023)

Bachelor of English Language Translation

• University: Azad University, Hamadan, Iran

(2004 - 2008)

Other Diplomas & Certificates:

• TESOL Professional Certificate, Arizona State University, May 2020
• Cambridge Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults (CELTA), September 2012
• Train the Trainer, University of Cambridge, ESOL Examinations, August 2022
• Teaching Knowledge Test (TKT), December 2012
• TOEFL ETS Administrators' Certificate, September 2017
• IELTS Teacher Training, January 2020
• Python 3 Programming Specialization, April 2020
  

Abbreviated Curriculum Vitae:

Mohsen Askari is an award-winning English Language Instructor and AI Consultant with over 15 years of experience in language teaching, teacher training, and educational technology. Currently, he is teaching at Bogazici University in Istanbul. Previously, he served as the EdTech, Program, Professional Development Coordinator, and English instructor at Fatih Sultan Mehmet Foundation University in Istanbul and as an ELT faculty member at Alborz University in Iran. He holds a Master's in both English Language Translation and Political Communication in Europe. Mohsen specializes in AI integration into ELT and education, with multiple AI-related projects and publications in progress. Recipient of the Eaquals Teacher Award 2024 for excellence in language teaching. Fluent in Persian (native), Azerbaijani (native), Kurdish (Native), English (C2), and Turkish (B1).

Research Interests:

• Artificial Intelligence and its integration into English Language Teaching (ELT)
• AI’s transformative role in education and how it reshapes teaching methodologies
• Exploring the intersection of AI, pedagogy, and language learning
  

Research Projects:

Consultant for KatoAI.com, an AI project for English language teachers, funded by Dublin City University. The project focuses on how AI can support teachers in lesson creation, delivery, and feedback automation.

Publications :

• Thematic Organization in English Popular Psychology Texts and Their Corresponding Persian Translations," Journal of Academic and Applied Studies, 2014.
• "Evaluation of Juliane House’s Model of Quality Assessment," Journal of Social Sciences Research, May 2015.
• "IQ and Reading Comprehension in Translation Quality," International Journal of Comparative Literature & Translation Studies, June 2017.
• In-progress publications on AI’s role in transforming language teaching and educational practices.

Books:

• Top Notch Series Word Bank 1-6 (2017)
• Advanced Reading with the Economist (2014)
• Idioms in Translation (2014)
• Doing Applied Linguistics (translation) (2013)
• Chomsky For Beginners (translation) (2015)

Talks / Presentations:

• Eaquals Online Webinar: The Dawn of AI: A New Era in English Language Teaching, October 6, 2023.
• Eaquals Lisbon Conference: Boosting Student Engagement Through AI-Enabled Practices, April 13, 2024.
• Reassessing Bloom’s Taxonomy in the Era of AI-Driven English Teaching, November 5-7, 2023, Capadocia-Nevsehir.
• Literary Presentation on Shahnameh: The Epic of the Persian King at the Uluslararası Kültür ve Sanatta Şahname Sempozyumu, October 17-19, 2023.