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Full Name: Vahid Ghahraman

Assistant Professor

Department of Humanities, Faculty of Encyclopedia Studies

Danesh close, Rashidi street, Farhang boulevard, Saa’dat Abad, PO Box 14155-6419, Tehran, Iran

Fax: +98 21 22129840

vghahraman [at] ihcs.ac.ir , vghahraman [at] gmail.com

Education

• 2003, PhD in Applied Linguistics/TESOL, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

Supervisor: Professor Mohammad Hossein Keshavarz

Thesis title: Iranian EFL Learners’ Pragmatic Strategies: A Socioprgmatic Cross-cultural Perspective

• 1996, MA in TESOL, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran

Supervisor: Professor Mohammad Hossein Keshavarz

Thesis title: Language Attitudes and Achievement in EFL

• 1992, BA in TESOL, Ferdowsi University of Mashahd, Mashahd, Iran

Research Interests

• Intercultural Pragmatics in TESOL

• Intercultural Sociolinguistics in TESOL

• Pragmatics in English Translation Studies

• English Legal Translation

• English Audio-visual translation

Selected Articles

• GHAHRAMAN, V., & NAKHLE, M. (2013). A Contrastive Study on the Complaint Behavior among Canadian Native. The Iranian EFL Journal, 20(21.67), 313.

• KERAMATI, A., IRAVANI, H., & GHAHRAMAN, V. (2014). Short term memory and the role of background music. International Journal of Language Learning and Applied Linguistics World, 5(4), 161-167.

• FIROOZJAHANTIGH, M., & GHAHRAMAN, V. (2016). Explicit Instruction of Cognitive Strategies: The case of Iranian EFL Learners’ Listening Achievement. International Journal of Language Learning and Applied Linguistics World, 11(3), 1-21.

• GHAHRAMAN, V., & TAMIMY, M. (2017). The role of culture in cooperative learning. International Journal of Language Studies, 11(2).

• AZARBAD, E., & GHAHRAMAN, V. (2018). A comparative study on the English to Persian translation of hedges in the abstracts of MA Theses in English translation studies. Journal of Language and Translation, 8(3), 57-67.

• TALEGHANI, M., PAZOUKI, E., & GHAHRAMAN, V. (2019). The Correlation of Machine Translation Evaluation Metrics with Human Judgment on Persian Language. Journal of Language and Translation, 9(3), 43-55.

• GHAHRAMAN, V., & SHABANI, M. (2021). The effects of word games on Iranian elementary EFL learners' vocabulary achievement. International Journal of Language Studies, 15(1).

Books

• KESHAVARZ, H., & ESLAMI RASESKH, Z. GHAHRAMAN, VAHID. 2006. Pragmatic transfer and Iranian EFL Refusals: A Cross-Cultural Perspective. in BARDOVI-HARLIG, K., FELIX-BRASDEFER, J. C., & OMARR, A. S. (Eds.). (2006). Pragmatics & Language Learning (Book Chapter)

• IELTS Speaking Tests CD Preparation in Collaboration with Dr. Hassan Iravani (2006) Zabankadeh , Tehran.

Courses Taught or Developed

• English Teaching Methodology (BA)

• Reading Comprehension 1 (BA)

• Reading Comprehension 2 (BA)

• Reading Comprehension 3 (BA)

• Study Skills (BA)

• General English (BA)

• Translating Economic Texts (BA)

• Translating Political Texts (BA)

• Translating Literary Texts (BA)

• English Interpreting 1 (BA)

• English Interpreting 2 (BA)

• English Interpreting 3 (BA)

• Essay Writing (BA)

• Langauage Testing (BA)

• Translating Audio and Video Tapes (BA)

• English for PhD students (PhD)

• English for Students of Medicine (MS)

• English for Students of Electronics (BS)

• IELTS Preparation Courses

• TOEFL Preparation Courses

• Language Testing (MA)

• Psychology for Language Teachers (MA)

• Translating Islamic Texts (MA)

• Reading Simple English Poetry (BA)

• Advanced Grammar 1 (BA)

• Research Methods 1 (BA)

• Research Methods 2 (BA)

• Practice Teaching (MA)

• Oral Reproduction of Stories I (BA)

• Reading Journalistic Texts (BA)

• Advanced Writing (BA)

• Translating Idioms and Expressions (BA)

• English for Students of Industrial Engineering (BS)

• Letter Writing in English (BA)

• Translating Documents and Deeds I (BA)

• Translating Documents and Deeds II (BA)

• Translating Journalistic Texts (BA)

• Etymology (BA)

• Advanced Testing for Translation Studies (MA)

• A Review of Translated Works (MA)

• Teaching Language Skills (MA)

• Sociolinguistics (MA)

• Research Methods (MA)

• Material Development (MA)

• Theories of Learning (PhD)

• Research Methods in Translation Studies (MA)

• Research Methods in Applied Linguistics (MA)

• Discourse Analysis (MA)

• Essay Writing (MA)

• Applied Linguistics (MA)

• Educational Phonology (MA)

• Linguistics in Translation Studies (MA)

• Seminar for Translation Studies (MA)

• Seminar for TEFL Students (MA)