Mehmet Emrah Kuru is currently doing his Ph.D. in elementary education at Canakkale
Onsekiz Mart University, Turkey and he is an English language teacher in a state school in
Biga district of Çanakkale. He has a M.A degree in English Language Teaching (ELT) from
Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, and holds a B.A degree in ELT from Kocaeli University.
His research focuses on language education, teacher education, qualitative research methods.
He also conducts research on English as an International Language, English as a Lingua
Franca, Pragmatics and Sociolinguistics. He is an editorial board member of Educational
Policy Analysis and Strategic Research.