Name & Bio: Nguyen Thi Hoang Bau is a Ph.D. candidate at Danang University of Foreign Language Studies. Through her doctorate, she examines the implementation of active learning in teaching English to non-English major students at Vietnamese universities. She also explores teachers’ and students’ perceptions, practices, and challenges, offering context-sensitive

Name & Bio: Melaku Hailemichael is a doctoral candidate at Arab-Minch University (A-MU) where he also received his MA in TEFL. He is an experienced university lecturer and researcher at the Department of English Language and Literature of A-MU. His doctoral work helps to address the urgent need for scalable,

Name & Bio: Mamadou Sawadogo is a Ph.D. student in Language Sciences at University Joseph KI-ZERBO, Burkina Faso, and is a certified English teacher of junior and senior high schools. His research aims to analyze teaching practices related to the introduction of English at the primary level and to assess

Name & Bio: Macarena Durán-Castro is an English teacher and Ph.D. candidate in Education at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Her dissertation examines teacher educators’ understandings of social justice in Chilean IELTE programs, drawing on decolonial perspectives, Testimonios, and arts-based inquiry. She teaches undergraduate English courses and collaborates as an

Name & Bio: Khawla Lamghari is a doctoral candidate at Mohammed V University in Rabat, Morocco, as well as an English teacher at the secondary level. Her doctoral research examines pragmatic competence through speech acts of apologizing among Moroccan high school baccalaureate students. Her TIRF-funded project explores AI’s role in

Name & Bio: Achraf Guaad is a doctoral candidate at Mohammed V University in Rabat, Morocco. His research focuses on CLIL in Moroccan high schools. As a Resident Coordinator at Middlebury College, he supports international students and teaches Moroccan Arabic, enriching his research on bilingual education, learner engagement, and intercultural