عباس زارعی

Occupational Backgrounds

2014-now

Tenure Track Associate Professor in English and Applied Linguistics at the English Department of University of Kashan, Kashan, Iran, teaching a) MA material preparation, b) BA Academic Writing (Paragraphs and Essays), c) MA English language Teaching Methods and d) MA Teaching Language Skills, e) BA  Basic research methodology, f) MA Introduction to Research in Applied Linguistics

2004-2014

Tenure Track Assistant Professor in English and Applied Linguistics at the English Department of University of Kashan, Kashan, Iran, teaching a) MA material preparation, b) BA Academic Writing (Paragraphs and Essays), c) MA English language Teaching Methods and d) MA Teaching Language Skills, e) BA  Basic research methodology, f) MA Introduction to Research in Applied Linguistics

1998-2004

Tenure Track Lecturer in English and Applied Linguistics at the English Department of University of Kashan, Kashan, Iran, teaching a) BA English Grammar, b) BA Academic Writing (Paragraphs and Essays), c) MA English language Teaching Methods, and d) MA Introduction to Research in Applied Linguistics

1997-1998

Non-tenure Track Lecturer in English and Applied Linguistics at the English Department of University of Kashan, Kashan, Iran, teaching a) BA English Grammar, b) BA Academic Writing (Paragraphs and Essays), c) BA English language Teaching Methods, and d) BA Introduction to Linguistics

1996-1997

Lecturer in English and Applied Linguistics at the English Department of University of Kashan, Kashan, Iran, teaching a) BA English Grammar, b) BA Academic Writing (Paragraphs and Essays), c) BA English language Teaching Methods, and d) BA Introduction to Linguistics

1992-1996

English Teacher employed by the Ministry of Education in Iran, teaching Elementary English at public junior and senior high schools and English Language institutes In Iran.

1990-1992

Student teacher, teacher training program. Student teacher employed by the Ministry of Education in Iran, Kashan (Rasmi azmayeshi Ma’moor).

Honours/Distinctions

Distinguished teacher of Kashan Uiversity  2014

Distinguished teacher of Kashan Uiversity  2010

BC Chevning Scholarship 2003

Distinguished researcher of Kashan Uiversity, Isfahan Province Level  2009

Top 5%  student at BA, MA, and Ph.D levels

Courses I teach

2014-now

MA: Material preparation for language teachers (sources by Tomlinson & Mcalister)

2004-2014

BA: Basic Academic Writing (Paragraphs and Essays) for nonnative speakers of English

1998-2004

BA: Basic English Grammar,  (sources, Eng Grammar Digest, Modern English, etc)

1997-Now

BA and MA: English language Teaching Methods,

1996-1997

BA: Introduction to Linguistics

2014-now

BA: Introduction to research in applied linguistics

2014-now

MA: Theories of second language Acquisition

2014-now

MA: Teaching language skills

2014-now

MA: Research in applied linguistics

Administrative Experiences

2017-2019

Deputy dean for educational affairs at faculty of literature at the University of Kashan, Kashan, Iran 

2014-2016

           Head of the English Department, University of Kashan, Kashan, Iran

2009-2014  

Assessor at staff recruitment unit University of Kashan, Kashan, Iran 

2012—2014 

Deputy dean for educational affairs at faculty of literature at the University of Kashan, Kashan, Iran 

2006-2010

             Head of the English Department, University of Kashan, Kashan, Iran 

Areas of interest:

Research on language Learning Strategies and Writing in English as a foreign language

Language Teaching Methods and EFL teacher training and EFL skill teaching and learning

Translating in the humanities and conferencing