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College / Department

College of Arts and Sciences

Department of English

Teaching areas

SLA, Phonology & Phonetics, Academic Writing

Research areas

Second Language Acquisition, L2 phonology and phonetics

Education

PhD, Linguistics, Lancaster University, United Kingdom

MA, Teaching English as a Second Language, Northern Arizona University, United States

BA, American Culture and Literature, Hacettepe University, Turkey

Professional experience

Assistant Professor at American University of Sharjah(2019 - Present)

Senior Instructor at American University of Sharjah(2018 - 2019)

Instructor at American University of Sharjah(2014 - 2018)

Memberships

American Association for Applied Linguistics, USA, 2015 - present

Association Internationale de Linguistique Appliquée, 2015 - present

TESOL International, USA, 2008 - present

Contact

[email protected]

+971 6 515 2684

Dr. Özgür Parlak

Assistant Professor

PhD in Linguistics, Lancaster University, United Kingdom

Özgür Parlak has served in various capacities as an educator in Thailand, the USA, Qatar, and the UAE. He holds an MA in TESL from Northern Arizona University and a PhD in Linguistics from Lancaster University. His current research agenda focuses on the relationship between communicative interaction and the development of L2 phonology. When he has free time, he enjoys sailing and doing travel photography.

Publications

Özgür Parlak, Effects of Corrective Feedback on Arab Learners’ Production of Lexical Stress in L2 English, Submitted, Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2020

Alison Mackey, Lara Bryfonski, Özgür Parlak, Ashleigh Pipes, Ayşenur Sağdıç, Bo-Ram Suh, Tools to measure the effectiveness of feedback , Accepted, 2020

Özgür Parlak, Nicole Ziegler, The impact of recasts on the development of primary stress in a synchronous computer-mediated environment, Published, Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 39, 2, pp. 257-285, 2016

Grants and sponsorships

Faculty Research Grant 2019, American University of Sharjah, 2021

Awards and Honors

, Faculty-nominated Distinguished Student Award, Graduate Student Association of Applied Linguistics, 2010

, The Cheryl Walsh Professional Growth Award, Arizona TESOL, 2010

, The Jean Zukowski/Faust Memorial TESOL Fund, Department of English, Northern Arizona University, 2010

, Tuition Waiver Scholarship, Northern Arizona University, 2008