Cihat Atar works in Department of English Language Teaching, Faculty of Education at Sakarya University. Cihat does research in teaching English to learners with special needs, Sociolinguistic textbook analysis, WEs, EMI, Conversation Analysis, and 21st century skills. He earned his BA degree (ELT) from Boğaziçi University and his MA (TESOL and Applied Linguistics) and PhD (Educational and Applied Ling.) degrees from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, the UK in 2012 and 2016 respectively.