About me
My name is Seyed Abdollah Shahrokni. I work in the exciting world of teaching and learning. I am currently the Managing Editor of TESL-EJ and will join the Department of Teaching and Learning at Washington State University, my alma mater, as a Teaching Assistant Professor in August 2026. I research computer-assisted language learning (CALL), second language socialization (SLS) in online social spaces, especially massively multiplayer online games (MMOG), and Task Engagement.
If you'd like to learn more about my work, check out my CV. If a content you are interested in is not accessible, let me know and I will do my best to provide it to you. Also, check out my Flickr page to see my photos. You are welcome to use them - all images are published under a Creative Commons CC BY license.
If you'd like to learn more about my work, check out my CV. If a content you are interested in is not accessible, let me know and I will do my best to provide it to you. Also, check out my Flickr page to see my photos. You are welcome to use them - all images are published under a Creative Commons CC BY license.
CV
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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Articles
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Articles
- Egbert, J., & Shahrokni, S. A. (2026, March). Language teacher education through engagement in an educational escape room. Second Language Research and Practice, 6(1), 106-122.
- Shahrokni, S. A. (2025, September). Game-inspired autonomy in language teaching and learning. The FLTMAG.
- Shahrokni, S. A. (2024, May). Games, fun, and learning: An educational escape room on campus. The FLTMAG.
- Shahrokni, S. A. (2024, January). Sprinkling enchanting pixie dust on teaching and learning with gamification. The FLTMAG.
- Shahrokni, S. A. & Reis, M. (2022, January). Flipping back to campus. Faculty Focus.
- Egbert, J. & Shahrokni, S.A. (2021, March). Six things about digital social reading for language learning. CALICO Infobytes.
- Egbert, J., Shahrokni, S.A., Abobaker, R., Borysenko, N. (2021). “It's a chance to make mistakes”: Processes and outcomes of coding in 2nd grade classrooms. Computers and Education, 168, 104173.
- Shahrokni, S. A. (2021). Evidence for second language socialization in multiplayer online game play. TESL-EJ, 24(4).
- Egbert, L. E., Shahrokni., S. A., Zhang, X., Abobaker, R., Bantawtook, P., He, H., Bekar, M., Roe, M. F., & Huh, K. (2021). Language task engagement: An evidence-based model. TESL-EJ, 24(4).
- Shahrokni, S. A., Salsbury, T., Bettis, P., Newcomer, S., & McMahon, D. (2020). Second language socialization in Stronghold Kingdoms: A narrative inquiry. CALL-EJ, 21(1), 42-63.
- Egbert, J., Shahrokni, S. A. (2019). Balancing old and new: Integrating competency learning into CALL teacher education. The JALT CALL Journal, 15(1), 3-18.
- Egbert, J. L., Shahrokni, S. A., Zhang, X., Yahia, I., Borysenko, N. et al. (2018). Planning for future inquiry: Gaps in the CALL research. IJCALLT, 8(2), 39-59.
- Shahrokni, S. A. (2018, October 16). Reviewing an adaptive online language test. Modern English Teacher, 27(4), 71-73.
- Shahrokni, S. A., & Egbert, J. (2018, November). VITaL-izing CALL teacher education. FLTMAG.
- Shahrokni, S. A. (2018). Playposit: Using interactive videos in language education. Teaching English with Technology, 18(1), 105-115.
- Shahrokni, S. A. (2017). Nearpod. TESL-EJ, 20(4).
- Shahrokni, S. A. & Sadeqjoola, L. (2015). Iranian EFL teachers’ perception, familiarity and use of Web 2.0 tools in TEFL. Teaching English with Technology, 15(3), 31-46.
- Shahrokni, S. A., & Talaeizadeh, A. (2013). Learning processes in blended language learning: A mixed-methods approach. TESL-EJ, 17(3).
- Shahrokni, S. A. (2009). Second language incidental vocabulary learning: The effect of textual, pictorial, and textual pictorial glosses. TESL-EJ, 13(3).
- Shahrokni, S. A., & Pate, J. (2025). Open digital publishing guidelines. TAMU Libraries Open Digital Publishing.
- Egbert, J., & Shahrokni, S. A. (2018). CALL principles and practices. OER.
- Shahrokni, S. A. (2014). CALLing on MOODLE: Theory and practice. Dezful: Seyed Abdollah Shahrokni.
- Shahrokni, S. A. (2024). Facilitating task engagement through social interaction. In J. Egbert & P. Panday-Shukla (Eds). Task engagement across disciplines: Research and practical strategies to increase student achievement (pp. 55-68). Routledge.
- Shahrokni, S. A. (2021). Multiplayer online game research: Navigating an unreal-yet-real terrain. In El Shaban, A. (Ed.), Overcoming fieldwork challenges in social science and higher education research (pp. 243-266). IGI Global.
- Egbert, J., Shahrokni, S.A., Zhang, X., Herman, D., Yahia, I., Mohamed, A., Aljarih, F. M., Ezeh, C., Borysenko, N., & Lopez-Lopez, S. (2019). Revisiting gaps in the CALL literature. In B. Zou & M. Thomas (Eds.), Recent developments in technology-enhanced and computer-assisted language learning (pp. 1-28). Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
- Egbert, J. L., Shahrokni, S. A., Zhang, X., Yahia, I. A., Borysenko, N., Mohamed, A. F., Herman, D., Lopez-Lopez, S., Ezeh, C., & Aljarih, F. (2020). Planning for future inquiry: Gaps in the CALL research. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Language learning and literacy: Breakthroughs in research and practice (pp. 1-23). IGI Global.
- Shahrokni, S. A. (2018). Second language socialization in Stronghold Kingdoms: An ethnographic case study [Doctoral dissertation, Washington State University].
