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Natural language processing, Apps for language learning, TEFL Curriculum, EFL Teacher education | Center for Research in Applied Linguistics, Open Center of Excellence for Leadership and Governance
Program Chair, Teaching English as a Foreign Language
Director, Center for Research in Applied Linguistics
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Short Bio:
Irshat Madyarov, Ph.D. is Associate professor and Program Chair in TEFL, and Director at the Center for Research in Applied Linguistics, American University of Armenia, where he has also chaired and served in administrative positions such as Faculty Senate, Academic Program Review Committees, and IRB. Previously, he worked at the University of South Florida and West Virginia University (USA), teaching ESL courses, ESL/ESOL teacher education courses, and coordinating instructional technology and academic curriculum units at an English Language Institute. Currently, he teaches and conducts research in areas such educational technology with specific strengths in mobile learning and natural language processing, curriculum design, teacher education, leadership. He has published and presented over 20 projects in international venues, and received grants of around $100,000. He's also a startup founder where he builds a mobile app - Spok - a speaking partner for English-language learners. He holds a Ph.D in Second Language Acquisition and Instructional Technology from the University of South Florida.
Publications:
Books
- Cirocki, A., Madyarov, I., & Baecher, L. (Eds.). (2020). International perspectives on the TESOL practicum: Cases from around the globe. Springer Publishing.
- Torosyan, D., Madyarov, I. (2020). One planet (a textbook for elementary level teenage learners of English with environmental topics). Yerevan, Armenia: AUA Press.
Chapters
- Torosyan, S., Madyarov, I., Grigorian, T. (2020). A new take on selecting teacher candidates. In W. Zoghbor, & T. Alexiou (Eds), Advancing English language education (pp. 26-46). Dubai: Zayed University Press.
- Cirocki, A., Madyarov, I., & Baecher, L. (2020). Contemporary Perspectives on Student Teacher Learning and the TESOL Practicum. In A. Cirocki, I. Madyarov, & L. Baecher (Eds), International perspectives on the TESOL practicum: Cases from around the globe (pp. 1-20). Springer Publishing.
- Grigorian, T., & Madyarov, I. (2020). TESOL Practicum in Armenia. In A. Cirocki, I. Madyarov, & L. Baecher (Eds), International perspectives on the TESOL practicum: Cases from around the globe (pp. 21-42). Springer Publishing.
- Cirocki, A., Madyarov, I., & Baecher, L. (2020). TESOL practicum: A diverse landscape. In A. Cirocki, I. Madyarov, & L. Baecher (Eds), International perspectives on the TESOL practicum: Cases from around the globe (pp. 289-297). Springer Publishing.
- Galoyan, T., & Madyarov, I. (2015). The relationship between the types of engagement with digital and social media and motivation to learn English. In I. H. Erten (Ed.), Research papers on teaching English as an additional language (pp. 103-124). Rijeka: University of Rijeka.
- Madyarov, I. (2014). Assessing Russian. In A. Kunnan (Ed.), The companion to language assessment (pp. 2057–2067). New-York, NY: Wiley-Blackwell.
Journal articles
- Madyarov, I., Galikyan, I., Gasparyan, R., Movsisyan, V., & Madoyan, H. (2021). New Validity Evidence on the TOEFL Junior® Standard Test as a Measure of Progress. Language Assessment Quarterly.
- Sargsyan, M., & Madyarov, I. (2020). English language learners reading interactive fiction: a case study. The European Journal of Applied Linguistics and TEFL, 9(1), 109-130.
- Galikyan, I., Madyarov, I., & Gasparyan, R. (2019). Student test takers’ and teachers’ perceptions of the TOEFL Junior® Standard test (TOEFL Research Report No. RR-88). Princeton, NJ: Educational Testing Service. https://doi.org/10.1002/ets2.12264
- Madyarov, I., et al. (2018). New evidence on English academic writing instruction for graduate EFL students. The European Journal of Applied Linguistics and TEFL, 7(1), 149-170.
- Madyarov, I., et al. (2016). Unethical purchase of academic papers in public universities of Armenia. Journal of Teaching and Education, 5(2), 371-400.
- Madyarov, I. & Taef, A. (2012). Contradictions in a distance course for a marginalized population at a Middle Eastern university, The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 13(2), available at http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/1180.
- Madyarov, I., & Tadevosyan, G. (2011). High-achieving learners in Armenia: Results of the 2011 English National Olympiad. The European Journal of Applied Linguistics and TEFL, 2(2), 67-79.
- Madyarov, I. (2009). Widening access to education: A case for bilingual distance curriculum. International Journal of Instructional Technology & Distance Education, 6(3): http://itdl.org/Journal/Mar_09/article02.htm.
- Madyarov, I. (2009). Designing a workable framework for evaluating distance language education. CALICO Journal, 26(2), 290-308.
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