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Founders
Meet The Founders and Teachers of the Languistic.ca TEFL Program
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Degrees:
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Master of Applied Linguistics (Concordia University: Stingers Varsity soccer, Academic All Canadian)
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Bachelor of Commerce (McGill University: Graduate with distinction, Major in Accounting, Minor in Italian Studies, Redmen Varsity soccer, Quebec rookie of the year, 2-time Quebec all star, RSEQ student-athlete honour roll)
Teaching Experience:
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College ESL/English literature and Business English Professor at Collège Lasalle and Cégep de Granby
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Teaching Abroad in Italy: Shenker Institute, Università Bio-Medico (Rome), LUISS, WindTre Corporation
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Teacher training at Languistic.ca
Languages:
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English, Italian and French
Interests:
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soccer, bike touring (e.g., cycling across Canada), hockey, ball hockey, reading
Favourite Travelling Experience: Teaching abroad in Rome and Milan, Italy
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Degrees:
• Master of Applied Linguistics (Concordia University)
• Master of Teaching English as a Foreign Language (Payame Noor University)
• Bachelor of Water Resources Engineering (Shahrood University of Technology)
Work Experience:
• Researcher (Department of Education, Concordia University)
• Mentor (TESL Center Mentorship Program, Concordia University)
• Laboratory Instructor (Applied Linguistics Department, Concordia University)
• Educational Content and Teacher Training Coordinator (Institut Linguistique)
• Teacher Trainer (École de langues Languistic.ca)
• English as a Second Language Teacher (Collège Reine-Marie)
• Teaching ESL and Business English (Roxboro and ALFID)
• Teaching ESL and Business English Abroad in Iran: Shahrood University of Technology, Mayan Co., Abidi Pharmaceuticals Co., www.elearne.com
Publications:
• Learning the pronunciation of English regular past tense with the use of ASR and TTS. Master’s thesis, Concordia University, August 2021.
• Learning L2 pronunciation with Google Translate. Proceedings of the 2022 EUROCALL Conference, University of Iceland, August 2022.
• The relationship between emotional intelligence (EI) and speaking proficiency in e-learning. Proceedings of the 15th European Conference on e-Learning, Prague, Czech Republic, October 2016.
• Creating an implicit social network for university students based on affiliation network properties. Proceedings of the National Conference on Application of Intelligent Systems in Science and Technology, Ghochan, Iran, July 2016.
Languages: English, Persian, French
Interests: Fitness, Jazz, Nature, Reading
Favourite Travelling Experience: Teaching in Prague
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