Ali Derakhshan

Ali Derakhshan is Professor of Applied Linguistics at the English Language and Literature Department, Golestan University, Gorgan, Iran. He has been a member of the Iranian Elites Foundation since 2015. He has also been selected as a distinguished researcher by the Teaching English Language and Literature Society of Iran in 2021. His name appeared in Stanford University’s list of world’s top 2% of most influential scientists in 2022 and 2023. He has published in accredited international journals, including Computers and Education, Review of Educational Research, Language Teaching Research, System, Assessing Writing, Applied Linguistics Review, Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, ELT Journal, English for Specific Purposes, International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, International Journal of Applied Linguistics, Thinking Skills and Creativity, Current Psychology, Asia Pacific Education Researcher, European Journal of Education, Educational Studies, Pragmatics and Society, Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, Porta Linguarum, Revista Ibérica, etc. His monograph The “5Cs” positive teacher interpersonal behaviors: Implications for learner empowerment and learning in an L2 context was published by Springer in 2022. His co-authored book Instructed second language pragmatics for the speech acts of request, apology, and refusal: A meta-analysis has been recently published by Springer. His research interests are positive psychology, teacher education, learner individual differences, cross-cultural interpersonal factors in educational psychology, interlanguage pragmatics, and intercultural communication.

Professor in Applied Linguistics,

Department of English Language and Literature,

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences,

Golestan University, Gorgan, Iran

Email: a.derakhshan@gu.ac.ir; aderakhshanh@gmail.com

Researcher ID: AAJ-4592-2020

Scopus Author ID: 56167404800

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6639-9339

Listed among the Top 2% of Scientists in the World in 2023

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Personal Page: http://www.professoraliderakhshan.com/