Burhansyah was born in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, in 1976. He completed his Bachelor’s degree in the Study Program of English Education of Syiah Kuala University in 2001. He then continued his Master’s degree in Applied Linguistics at the University of Liverpool in the UK in 2007, and he was awarded the degree of Master of Arts from the university in 2008. He is a teaching staff member at the Study Program of the English Education in the Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Syiah Kuala University Indonesia. He has been teaching at the university since 2006. His main research interest is in second/foreign language learning and teaching, particularly English as an SL/FL.
His publications can be found at: https://fsd.unsyiah.ac.id/burhansyah/
