Amir Reza Rahimi is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Valencia, studying language, literatures, cultures and their applicatio

Amir Reza Rahimi is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Valencia, studying language, literatures, cultures and their applications. He has taught English at universities, high schools, and language institutes in Iran throughout his career. The research project in which he is participating is Fostering Outreach within European Regions, Transactional Higher Education and Mobility (FORTHEM), where he serves as a mentor researcher, and in which he serves as a researcher at a project with the title developing Socioemotional Skills Through Virtual Exchange (SOCIOMOVE). His specialty is developing theories in education, particularly in applied linguistics and Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL). The theories of Computational Thinking skills in Computer Assisted Language Learning (CTsCALL), Design Thinking skills in Artificial Intelligence Language Learning (DEAILL), Language Teachers’ Design Thinking Competency in Artificial Intelligence Language Teaching (LTDTAILT), and language teachers’ computational thinking competency in Computer Assisted Language Learning (LTCCTCALL) were among his top theories that were published in renowned journals. Alongside advancing the fields of education, CALL, and applied linguistics in both theoretical and practical aspects, he developed a new research design, namely, a bisymmetric research design, and expanded educational research in methodological aspects as well. He also conducted workshops for language teachers on how to use technology to teach English. As a result of his research, he has published several works in top-tier and 1% journals in educational research, including Smart Learning Environments, Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL), Education and Information Technologies (EAIT), Educational Technology, and Society (ETS), Computers in Human Behavior Reports, Computers in Education, Computers & Education: Artificial Intelligence, and The Qualitative Report (TQR). He has presented several of his research projects at international conferences, including the 25th TESOL International Convention on Language Learning and Expo (Pennsylvania, USA) and the 5th World CALL Conference. He received the Best Research Award in Innovation in Data Analysis from ScienceFather after introducing the bisymmetric research design. His research interests include psycholinguistics, CALL, Language Massive Open Online Courses (LMOOCs),