I completed a PhD in Curriculum and Studies in Applied Linguistics at Western University under the supervision of Dr. Stuart Webb and Dr. Farahnaz Faez. My PhD project focused on measuring productive depth of vocabulary knowledge of the most frequent words. My interest lies mainly in language assessment, vocabulary knowledge, Teaching English as a Second/Foreign Language, and English for Academic Purposes.
I am a TESL certified teacher by TESL Canada and TESL Ontario, a certified CELPIP instructor by Paragon Testing Enterprises, and a certified IELTS teacher by British Council as language assessment and preparation for language tests have been my areas of interest and expertise.
PhD in Curriculum and Studies in Applied Linguistics at Western University, London, ON, Canada
MA & BA in TEFL, IAU, Iran
Measuring Depth of Vocabulary of Knowledge
Journal Articles
Measuring productive collocational knowledge of the most frequent words
International Journal of Applied Linguistics, July 2018, 1-14, DOI: 10.1111/ijal.12234
Measuring Productive Derivational Knowledge of the Most Frequent Words
International Journal of Applied Linguistics. (Submitted in January 2019)
Measuring Productive Associational Knowledge of the Most Frequent Words
Language Assessment Quarterly. (Under revision, October 2018)
Word knowledge: Aspects, viewpoints and performances
Asian EFL, 14(3) September 2012, 265-298
Aspects of word knowledge: Receptive versus productive performances
Iranian EFL Journal, 8(1), February 2012, 333-358
Perception and word recognition in listening and reading comprehension Research Week Proceedings of Islamic Azad University, Iran, October 2009
The design of the basic beginner course
Language Forum, 32(1-2), Jan-Dec 2006
English
Persian
Arabic (familiar)