
Certified English Language Teacher with 16 years of experience
Last Updated: 1st December 2020 (over 2 years ago)
Summary
• I am PhD holder, an assistant professor and a university faculty member in English language department at Zanjan Azad University, Iran.
• I have taught various English language related courses for both BA and MA students. This list of the instructed courses is available in my CV.
• I have supervised numerous MA theses for MA students of applied linguistics.
• I manage to publish two books and several ISI and Scientific-Research articles in valid and reputable English language teaching journals.
• I have got considerable research impact through having my research papers been cited more than 26 times in other researchers’ published papers and books.
• I managed to serve as an external reviewer for a number of reputable publishers including Sage, Taylor & Francis, Routledge, and Qazvin International University.
• I was appointed as Iran’s top provincial researcher in 2019.
• I have got full mastery over statistical software including SPSS, AMOS, LISREL, R, MPlus, Winstep and STATA which are highly essential for research projects, statistical data analysis and classroom evaluation and course assessment.
• I have been a very successful English language teacher and class Educational supervisor for over 16 years at Iran Language Institute (ILI) which is the most well-known language teaching center in Iran. I have also served as a supervisor responsible for teacher recruitment at the ILI as well.
• I have years of experience teaching children, young adult and adult classes for various levels of proficiency.
• I have attended numerous workshops dealing with educational and behavioral development related to English language teaching, teaching and learning psychology, the use of advanced technology in instruction and class management.
• I am a TKT and CELTA (Pass B) holder from Cambridge University. (Certificate No. 501/1891/2)
• I am a TEFL holder (120 hours) from Teacher Record in Oct. 2020. (Certificate No. TR5119119721)
• Certified IELTS Teacher Trainer awarded by idp IELTS Australia in 2020.
• My experience has taught me how to build strong relationships with all departments in an organization. I have the ability to work within a team as well as cross-team.
• My IELTS Academic score is 7.5 (C1 CERF)
Education
Doctorate in Applied Linguistics (TESOL)
Jan 2011
— Jan 2018
Experience
University assistant professor
Sep 2012
— Current
English language teacher and educational supervisor
Jun 2004
— Current