Name & Bio: Ahmed Mekete Ali is an Ethiopian English language educator, university lecturer, and Ph.D. researcher in TEFL at Wollo University. His research focuses on AI in language education, particularly the development, validation, and evaluation of a pedagogically grounded AI-Supported Extensive Reading Framework (AI-SERF) to enhance EFL learners’ reading engagement and comprehension in resource-constrained contexts.

Home Country: Ethiopia

Dissertation Title: Developing, Validating, and Evaluating an Artificial Intelligence-Supported Extensive Reading Framework for Enhancing Reading Engagement and Reading Comprehension Among EFL Learners

TIRF Research Topics Investigated: (1) Artificial Intelligence; (2) Individual Learner Difference
and Effective Language Education; (3) Teaching Second and Foreign Language to Young
Learners