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ALI EBRAHIMPOURLIGHVANI

Graduate Student in Applied Linguistics and Technology

Highly motivated and multifaceted M.A student with experience in being

  • A Teaching Assistant at Iowa State University in Critical Thinking & Communication
  • Supervisor and Course Planner of over 150 EFL students during the last two years

FIELDS OF INTEREST

EDUCATION

August 2023 - Now

M.A. in TESL/Applied Linguistics, Iowa State University, Ames, USA

September 2015 – August 2019

B.A. in English Translation Studies, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran

SELECTED COURSES AND GRADES

EXPERIENCE

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

August 2023-present

Teaching Assistant

ENGL 150 and ENGL 250, English Department, Iowa State University, I

-Instructing Composition courses for undergraduate students.
-Designed course schedule.
August 2023-present
January 2019 – April 2019

Research Member

Azad University Educators’ Association, Department of English Language, Literature and Translation Studies.
Supervisor and Dean of the Faculty: Dr. Bahloul Salmani Associated in group research about faculty’s fresh students function and wrote an introductory guidence booklet to fulfill their needs through the courses.
January 2019 – April 2019
February 2018- April 2019

Teaching Assistant

Language Testing Method, Department of English Language, Literature and Translation Studies
Instructure: Dr. Saeideh Ahangari
-Helped analyze the students paperworks.
-Designed course schedule.
-Delivered lectures about Methods of Testing.
February 2018- April 2019
Septeber 2017- December 2018

Teaching Assistant

Interpretation I,II,III , Laboratory of English Language, Literature and Translation Studies Department.
Instructure: Dr. Masoud Shaghaghi
-Prepared audio files for students to use in lab sessions.
-Assisted professor in Discourse analysis questions during the laboratory.
-Supervised the prominent group in Lexicology and Contrastive Analysis of Sentence Structures.
Septeber 2017- December 2018
September 2016- April 2017

Teaching Assistant

Essay Writing, Department of English Language, Literature and Translation Studies.
Instructure: Dr. Masoud Shaghaghi
-Delivered lectures and tutorials.
-Represented introduction of research paper writing and operated several workshops about essay writing and organizing research paper at Azad University Educators’ Association.
-Assisted with student written activities.
September 2016- April 2017

WORK EXPERIENCE

February 2021- Present

Lecturer and Administrator of Online Workshops about Writing Skill and Speaking Skill

Self-Employed.
-Holding several online workshops during the pandemic and creating new teaching methods based on students talents and capabilities to cover online classes gap
-Creating different online meeting sessions in order to keep in touch with students to motivate them for their academical purposes
-Analyzing the needs of modern teaching method led to an experimental research about them and these online workshops provide the chance to pursue these needs and create active and useful teaching method
February 2021- Present
August 2017-present

Certified EFL Teacher & Instructor From Iran’s Ministery Of Education

, Tabriz, Iran
Presenting and Teaching Language Learning Based Courses for high school students in four different language skills
Setting testing system and Designing language testing method
August 2017-present
May 2017- May 2021

EFL Language Teacher, Supervisor and Course Planner

at Hamfekran Foreign Language Institute.
-Taught Language skills for upper-intermediate and advance level students
-Designed the distinct Testing method for each level
-Held Free Discussion courses for Advance Learners
May 2017- May 2021

SKILLS

PERSONAL SKILLS

COMPUTER SKILLS

PERSONAL SKILLS

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Actor
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Ui Design
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Logo Design
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Prototyping

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Sketch
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Adobe Creative Cloud
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WordPress
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LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY

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English
Band score 7.0
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Azerbaijani
Native
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Persian
Native
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Turkish
Intermediate
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French
Beginning
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Italian
Beginning
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German
Beginning

HONORS AND AWARDS

HONORS AND AWARDS

August 2020

Exempted from the entrance examination and tuition to pursue graduate studies (M.A. program) at Islamic Azad University of Tehran (in recognition of excellent academic performance).

September 2016 – April 2019

Ranked among the top 5 Undergraduate students of English Language, Literature and Translation Studies Department.

September 2017- April 2019

Awarded merit-based scholarship as Leader of Azad University Educators’ Association.

September 2018

Ranked among top 3 Research Assistants of the Faculty of Educational Sciences, Foreign language, Literature and Translation Studies.

EXTRA HONORS AND AWARDS

May 2019

Participated As Actor at “The 4th FRANCOPHONE THEATRE STUDENT FESTIVAL IN IRAN” with the support of The Cultural Cooperation and Action Department of the Embassy of France in Iran, at The House Of Research in Humanities-Ferdowsi, For Playing In The Play: Cafe Balkan By Hooman Djalali which were chosen as Top 3 plays in the festival.

February 2016

Ranked the 1st Team in Basketball Matches held among 8 teams including all Islamic Azad University Branches.

WORKSHOPS AND TRAINING COURSES

September 2022

Participant, Houston University Online Course in “Digital Storytelling” with Certificate of Attendance.
-Discussed the impacts of media on participation of students in class activities
-Discussed the history of the digital storytelling and its goal
-Represented the methods of writing scripts
-Provided the references of presented stories by students

October 2018

Participant, 2nd National TELLSI Workshop “ New Horizons in Language Studies”, Islamic Azad University,Tabriz, Iran.
Analyzing the Impacts of Online courses on students during Pandemic of COVID-19

September 2022

Participant, Cambridge University Live Exprience in “Using Tasks in Language Teaching” with Certificate of Attendance.
-Discussed about useful tasks in language learning

September 2022

Participant, Cambridge University Live Exprience in “A Sense of Purpose: How Exam Preparation Helps with Goal Setting, and Motivating Learners to Fulfill Their Potential” with Certificate of Attendance.
-Discussed Teaching and Testing Methods

September 2022

Participant, Cambridge University Live Exprience in “ 10 Rules for Encouraging Active Participation and Interaction Online with Certificate of Attendance.
-Analyzing the Impacts of Online courses on students during Pandemic of COVID-19

EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

Instructor & Educational Planner

of International Language Proficiency Test Candidates, Self-Employed.
-Consulting EFL learners and designing study plan
-Instructing Language skills and sub-skills
-Analyzing students results to identify their errors
September 2019- Present

Leader

Foreign Language Educators’ Association, Islamic Azad University.
-Operated conferences, seminars, festivals, scientific lectures, etc.
September 2017- April 2019

Administrator of educational tours and Talkshows

by the cooperation of Azad University Educators’ Association
-Provided visiting tours to historical places for Fresh students of the language Department
-Held Talkshow programs to challenge the students Speaking skill
September 2018- April 2019

Translator, Interpreter and Tour guide

with the cooperation of National Tourism Organization as summer camp tours.
-Operate visiting tours to historical places which is provided for Foreign Visitors
September 2021- Present

REFERENCES

Dr. Bahloul Salmani

Dean of Translation Studies Department

Department of English Language, Literature and Translation Studies, Faculty of Educational Sciences, Foreign language, Literature and Translation Studies, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran

Dr. Davud Kuhi

Assistant Professor in Linguistics 

Department of English Language, Literature and Translation Studies, Faculty of Educational Sciences, Foreign language, Literature and Translation Studies, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran

Dr. Nazila Raveshi

Assistant Professor in Translation Studies

Department of English Language, Literature and Translation Studies, Faculty of Educational Sciences, Foreign language, Literature and Translation Studies, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran

CONTACT ME

Phone

+989023382040

E-mail

ebrahimpourali21@yahoo.com