:Higher Education

• 2014-2019: Ph.D. in Teaching English as Foreign Language, University of Arak, Iran Ph.D. Thesis: Developing a Genre and Discipline-specific Academic Idiom List: A Comparative and Diachronic Corpus-driven Study
• 2008-2011: M.A. in Teaching English as Foreign Language, University of Arak, Iran

M.A. Thesis: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Los Angeles Times and Tehran Time on the Representation of Iran’s Nuclear Program and the Pedagogical Implications.

• 2003-2007: B.A. in English Language and Literature, University of Qom, Iran.

Publications:

Farahani, E., Firoozalizadeh, M., & Panahi, S. (2017). The most common errors in English abstracts in MA theses: The case of Knowledge and Information Science. Sciences and Techniques of Information Management, 2 (4), 103-126.

Ahmadian, M., Poulaki, S., & Farahani, E. (2016). Reading strategies used by high scoring and low scoring IELTS candidates: A think-aloud study. Theory and Practice in Language Studies, 6(2),408-416.

Ahmadian, M. & Farahani. E. (2014). A CDA of Los Angeles Times and Tehran Times on the representation of Iran’s nuclear program. Theory and Practice in Language Studies, 4(10), 114-122.

Farahani, E., & Ahmadian, M. (2014). What is the truth? A demonstration of language manipulation in two newspapers and the pedagogical implications, International Journal of Research Studies in Language Learning, 3(7), 89-100.

Attarzadeh, S. & Farahani, E. (2013). The effect of task complexity on Iranian EFL learners’ listening comprehension across aptitude. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 9, 314- 323.

Farahani, E. (2013). The ticking mind and beating heart: Speaking, imagination, and emphatic intelligence, Theory and Practice in Language Studies,4(10), 123-134.

Conference Presentations:

• 2017: “Shedding Light on a the Use of Idiom in Applied Linguistics Research Articles”, 3rd International Conference on New Trends in English Language Teaching and Testing, Istanbul, Turkey.

• 2008: “A CDA of Los Angeles Times and Tehran Times on the Representation of Iran’s Nuclear Program”, the 9th International TELLSI Conference: Global Perspective, Local Practice, Ilam University, Ilam, Iran .
• 2012: “Russia Lashes out at or Agrees with Iran? A Demonstration of Language Manipulation in Two Newspapers and the Pedagogical Implications in ELT”, the 10th International TELLSI Conference: Bridging the Gap between Research, Policy, and Practice, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran.

• 2012: “A CDA of Los Angeles Times and Tehran Times on the Representation of America's Financial Problems and the Pedagogical Implications”, the 10th International TELLSI Conference: Bridging the Gap between Research, Policy, and Practice, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran.
  • 2012: "The Effect of Task Complexity on Iranian EFL Learners’ Listening comprehension across Aptitude", International Conference on Current Trends in ELT: Putting the Learner in the Spotlight, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran .

Teaching Experiences:

• 2015-present: Faculty member, English Language Department, Mofid University, Qom, Iran (Idioms and Metaphorical Expressions in Translation, English Grammar 1 &2 Language Teaching Methodology, teaching Methodology, Advanced writing, Essay Writing, Reading Comprehension 2 & 3)
  • 2014-present: Lecturer, Department of English language and literature, University of Arak, Iran (Speaking and Listening Comprehension 1 & 2, Grammar 1 & 2, Oral

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