Educational Background
2003 – PhD., Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), University of Leeds, Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK.
Thesis: ‘Communication Strategies in Second Language Teacher Talk with Special Reference to Iranian Teachers of English’
1991 – M.A., Applied Linguistics Programme in English as a Foreign Language, Allamah Tabatabai University, Tehran, IRAN.
Dissertation: ‘The Criterion Validity of C-Test as a Measure of Language Proficiency’
1980 – BA., English Language and Literature, Allamah Tabatabai University, Tehran, IRAN.
Relevant Skills and Experience
Teaching English as a Foreign Language
EFL Teacher, secondary schools 1983-1988
Curriculum Planning
Adviser in charge of the Department of Foreign Languages, Organisation of Research and Educational Planning, Tehran 1991-1998
Professional Activities
Coordinator and member of the curriculum committee formed to develop an English pre-university coursebook to be taught in secondary schools (1995)
Coordinator and member of the committee formed to develop the curriculum of the B.A. programme of TEFL teacher training (1993-1998).
Designed and contributed as a lecturer to the in-service EFL teacher training courses offered annually to delegate secondary teachers from provinces all over the country (1993-1998).
Organizer of the first post-graduate students’ conference on the role of culture in translation (2007, Shahid Beheshti Univeristy)
Conference Chair: 10th TELLSI International Conference, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran (2011)
Member of the Curriculum Committee Formed to Develop the Secondary Schools’ Curriculum Framework, Tehran 2010-2013
Member of the Materials Development Team formed to Develop English Language Teaching Materials for Secondary School Students based on the New Curriculum Framework (2013)
Professional qualifications
Certificate of Attendance in a Two-Week Course on Material Development for Language Teaching Held in Leeds Metropolitan University
Professional Membership
Editor-in-Chief of RHOSHD Foreign Language Teaching Journal
Member of Advisory Board of IJAL (Iranian Journal of Applied Linguistics)
Member of TELLSI (Teacher of English Language and Literature Society of Iran) Board of Directors (2009 to 2015)
Member of the Language Committee of the Bureau for Higher Education Curriculum Development and Expansion (2008-2011)