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Curriculum Vitae

Tehran, Iran

First Name: Mahnaz

Last Name: Azad

Last Educational Qualification: PhD

Academic Rank: Assistant Professor

Field of Study: Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL)

Affiliation: Islamic Azad University, East Tehran Branch

Contact Number: 021-33594950-9

Mobile: 09360423001

Email Address: mahnaz.azad@yahoo.com

2008- 2014

PhD in English Language Teaching

Tehran-Islamic Azad University

Science and Research Branch

2000-2002

M.A. in English Teaching

Tehran-Islamic Azad University

Science and Research Branch

1996-1999

B.A. in English Language Translation

Tehran-Islamic Azad University

Central Branch

Educational Background

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PhD in Teaching English as a Foreign Lnaguage (TEFL): Dynamic Assessment of Listening

Comprehension in the Context of Iran. Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad

University, Tehran, Iran.

MA in Teaching English as a Foreign Lnaguage (TEFL): The Effect of Attitude on

Language Achievement of Iranian High school Students. Science and Research Branch,

Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

Dynamic Assessment

Virtual Education

MALL/CALL Assisted Language Learning

Technological/pedagogical Problems in Virtual Education

University Instruction

2016-………

Islamic Azad University, East Tehran Branch

English courses

2015- …….

Islamic Azad University, Tehran South Branch

Translation courses, MA

General English courses, BA

2019-……

Islamic Azad University, Electronic Branch

Translation and Teaching courses, MA/BA

2011- …..

Research Area of Interest

Thesis and Dissertation Topics

Work Experiences

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Islamic Azad University, Shahre-e- Ghods

Translation and Teaching courses, MA

2012- 2012

Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch,

Tehran

TEFL courses, BA

2018-2019

Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch,

Semnan

TEFL courses, MA

2010-2012

Islamic Azad University, Tehran North Branch

Translation and Teaching courses, MA/BA

2003-2009

Islamic Azad University, Karaj

Translation and Teaching courses, BA

2006-2009

Islamic Azad University, Shahre-e-Rey

Translation and Teaching courses, BA

2004-2010

Practical Science and Technology University, Branch 42

Translation and Teaching courses, BA

2004-2007

Practical Science and Technology University, Branch 16

Translation and Teaching courses, BA

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2013-2014

Practical Science and Technology University, Branch 12

University Instructor

2011-2012

Practical Science and Technology University, Branch 38

Translation and Teaching courses, BA

2012- …….

International University of Fire Fighting

Translation and Teaching courses, BA/MA

Institutes

2013-……..

Farhikhtegan Tehran University,

PhD/ MSRT/UTEPT/EPT Preparation Courses

2011-2012

Kalam Institute

Teaching T.T.C. courses

2011-2012

Meditreanean Broker Company

Training and Translation Purposes

Iran Institute

Responsible for administrating TOFEL IBT exams

English Teacher

2002-2005

Bonsa Company

Responsible For Translation and Edition

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A member of TELLSI Association.

A member of Roshd Center in Islamic Azad University, East Tehran Branch,

2018-2019.

A member of scientific committee in the 5th

international conference on school

psychology.

The Executive Manager of the Iranian Journal of Learning and Memory.

The Executive secretary of the 6th

International Conference on School Psychology.

Books

Translation

Azad, M., & Mirzaee, S. (2005). The role of internet in teaching English. Tehran: Fors

Publication.

sCompilation

Azad, M. (2016). Dynamic Assessment and Multi-Media Language Instruction. In D. Tafazoli &

M. Romero (Eds.), Multiculturalism and technology enhanced language learning

(pp.230-251). IGI Global.

and Translations sCompilation

Azad, M., & Jahansouz, M. (2008). Experience and life. Tehran: Ghasemloo Publication.

Azad, M., & Jahansouz, M. (2008). Love and happiness. Tehran: Ghasemloo Publication.

Azad, M., & Jahansouz, M. (2008). Self-confidence and belief. Tehran: Ghasemloo

Publication.

Azad, M., Rashvand, Sh., & Ghorbani, M. (2018). English for ESP students. Tehran:

Sepahan Publication.

Rashvand, Sh., Ghorbani, M., & Azad, M. (2018). Enhance your English Competence.

Tehran: Sepahan Publication.

Publications

Executive Resume

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Articles

Adel, M., Mahdavinia, M., & Azad, M. (2014). A comparative linguistic approach to

English translations of Nahjul-Balaqa and Hazrat Zahra’s Sermon (Fadak) (Equivalent

Effect Analysis). International Journal of Current Life Sciences, 4(12), 11606-11611.

Adel, M., Mahdavinia, M., & Azad, M. (2015). Equivalent effect analysis and situational

Meaning in English translations of Nahjul- Balaqa and Hazrat Zahra’s Sermon (Fadak).

Journal of Multidisciplinary Engineering Science and Technology (JMEST), 2(2).

Azad, M. (2008). On the roles of memory, learner schematic knowledge and the teacher

orientation in facilitating language learning. ELT WEEKLY, 9.

Azad, M. (2009). The role of schemata in language learning, ELT WEEKLY.

Azad, M. (2009). Accommodation theory, ELT WEEKLY, 16.

Azad, M., & Abroshan, F. (2018). The impact of indirect written corrective feedback on the

writing skill of Iranian female intermediate field-dependent vs. field-independent EFL

learners [Conference session]. First National Conference on New Trends in English

Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics. Golestan University, Iran.

Azad, M., & Ahmadian, F. (2018). A comparative study on the impact of L1 translation, L2

equivalent and pictures on the acquisition of proverbs. South Asian Studies, 6(1), 11-

21.

Azad, M., Alipour, M., & Talebi, P. (2018). The Effect of using social networks on

developing EFL learners’ pragmatic competence through speaking fluency and

accuracy. Language Education Studies, 4(4), 15-24.

Azad, M., & Asgari, S. (2019). The Impact of speaking tasks on the listening

proficiency of Iranian Crew. International Journal of English language and

Translation Studies, 7(1), 162-172.

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Azad, M., & Nateghi, M. (2018). The effect of mobile learning for collaborative dialogues

on EFL Iranian learners’ speaking performance [Conference session]. First National

Conference on New Trends in English Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics.

Golestan University, Iran.

Azad, M., & Rashvand Semiyari, Sh. (2020). Effects of parents’ education and

academic involvement on ESP learners’ self-regulation and language

achievement: A Structural Equation Modelling. Research in English Language

Pedagogy, 8(1), 43-70.

Azad, M., & Rashvand Semiyari, Sh. (2020). An investigation on the perceived and

actual technological literacy of university instructors and students in Iran,

Iranian Journal of Learning and Memory, 3(9), 29-39.

Azad, M., & Sanianie, R. (2018). The impact of motivation strategies on EFL teachers'

motivation and reflective teaching in Iran. Iranian Journal of Learning and

Memory, 1(2), 37-43.

Birjandi, P., & Azad, M. (2014). A comparative exploration on the effectiveness of different

approaches to dynamic assessment of listening comprehension in the context of Iran,

International Journal of Language Learning and Applied Linguistics World, 5 (1), 419-

440.

Birjandi, P., & Azad, M. (2009). On the role of multiple assessments on EFL students'

overall English language achievement, TEFLL. Tehran: Islamic Azad University.

Rafiee, M., Fakhraee, L., & Azad, M. (2019). The Relationship between working

memory, speaking accuracy and length of utterances of Iranian EFL Learners.

Iranian Journal of Learning and Memory, 2(6), 59-67.

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Rashvand Semiyari, Sh., & Azad, M. (2020). The effect of the big five personality

traits and parental education levels on EFL learners’ achievement scores.

Journal of Language and Translation, 10(1), 81-92.

Rashvand Semiyari, Sh., & Azad, M. (2019). The effect of personality traits and self-

regulated learning strategies on students' learning of foreign language structure

and vocabulary. Critique of Foreign Language and Literature, 16(2), 153-178.

Azad, M., & Abroshan, F. (2018). The impact of indirect written corrective feedback on the

writing skill of Iranian female intermediate field-dependent vs. field-independent EFL

learners. First National Conference on New Trends in English Language Teaching

and Applied Linguistics, February 15. Golestan University, Iran.

Azad, M., & Alipour, M. (2017). The Effect of using social networks on developing

EFL learners’ pragmatic competence through speaking fluency and accuracy.

The 5th

International Conference on Applied Research in Language Studies,

December 21. Allame Tabatabaei University, Tehran, Iran.

Ahmadian, F., & Azad, M. (2017). A comparative study on the impact of L1

translation, L2 equivalent and pictures on the acquisition of proverbs. The 5th

International Conference on Applied Research in Language Studies, December

21. Allame Tabatabaei University, Tehran, Iran.

Azadi, M., & Azad, M. (2017). On the effect of mobile and electronic learning (ME)

on reading rate and reading comprehension of Iranian elementary EFL

learners. 15th

International TELLSI Conference on Applied Research in

Articles and Abstracts Published in National/International Conferences

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Language Studies, November, 21-23. Islamic Azad University, Roudehen

Branch, Tehran, Iran.

Azad, M., & Nateghi, M. (2018). The effect of mobile learning for collaborative dialogues

on EFL Iranian learners’ speaking performance. First National Conference on New

Trends in English Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics, February 15. Golestan

University, Iran.

Farhangian, S., Fakhraee, L., & Azad, M. (2019). The Effect of task repetition on

resilience of introvert and extrovert EFL learners. First international conference

on English Language Studies (ICELS), December 11-13. Isfahan University,

Iran.

Ghanbari, A., Fatahi, M., & Azad, M. (2019). Analysis of language systems of

Iranian EFL course books. 6th

international conference on Applied Linguistics

in Language Studies, January 24-25. Allame Tabatabaei University, Tehran,

Iran.

Ghanbari, A., Fatahi, M., & Azad, M. (2019). Are our high school classes taught and

tested based on CLT? The 16th

international TELLSI conference, November 14-

16. Shiraz University.

Momenzadeh, Z., & Azad, M. (2017). On the relationship between teachers’ self-

actualization and second language achievement of EFL learners. The 5th

International conference on Applied research in language studies, December 21.

Allame Tabatabaei University, Tehran, Iran.

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Rashvand, Sh., & Azad, M. (2018). The Effect of the big five personality traits and

parental education levels on Iranian EFL learners’ achievement scores. The

16th

international TELLSI conference, November, 14-16, Shiraz University.

Saniani, R., & Azad, M. (2018). The effect of using motivational strategies on EFL

Teachers’ motivation and reflective teaching In Iran. The 5th

National

Conference on School Psychology, February 16. Tehran, Iran.

ردیف

عنوان پروژه ، پایان نامه ورساله

نام

دانشجو

نقش مقطع

:استاد

/ راهنما

داور

تاریخ دفاع

1 The Effect of Classroom Discourse on

the Speaking Fluency and

Accuracy of Iranian High school EFL

Learners

نرگس نقش

بندي

کارشناسی

ارشد

99.10.29 راهنما

2 The effect of collaborative dialogue on

grammar learning of Iranian Female

intermediate EFL learners

کارشناسی عاکفی نسرین

ارشد

راهنما

6/98

3 The effect of group presentation on self-

efficacy and anxiety of Intermediate

Iranian EFL learners

اسلامی الهه

پناه

رشناسی کا

ارشد

راهنما

6/98

4 The impact of prompts on Iranian EFL

field dependent vs. field independent

knowledge of segmental and

suprasegmental features

کارشناسی نصیری امین

ارشد

راهنما

6/98

5 The effect of repeated storytelling on

Iranian EFL learners’ rapport and

willingness to communicate

کارشناسی داور ندا

ارشد

راهنما

6/98

6 The effect of inferential and referential

story reading on Iranian EFL learners’

critical thinking and incidental vocabulary

learning

کارشناسی یرمضان سارا

ارشد

راهنما

6/98

7 The Effect of Using Social Networks موسی علی

پور

کارشناسی

ارشد

راهنما96.6.20

Theses/MA Projects Having Been Supervised/ Refereed

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on Developing EFL Learners'

Pragmatic Competence through

Speaking Accuracy and Fluency

8 On The Effect of ME Learning on

Reading Rate and Reading

Comprehension of Iranian Elementary

EFL Learners

معصومه

آزادی

کارشناسی

ارشد

96.6.19 راهنما

9 The Impact of L1 Translation, L2

Equivalent and Pictures on the Acquisition

of Proverbs

فرحناز

انیاحمد

کارشناسی

ارشد

96.5.7 راهنما

یاستنباط سیتدر یا سهیمقا ریتاث 10

یداریت شنبر درک مهار ییو استقرا

یرانیزبان آموزان ا

مهدی

محمدنژاد

یکارشناس

ارشد

96.5.28 راهنما

کاربرد ریتأث یا سهیمطالعه مقا 11

و ثبت واژگان در یارجاع مفهوم

رانیآن در فراگ یآموزش و ماندگار

امكیس

قادري

کارشناسی

ارشد

95.7.14 راهنما

قدرت ت،یخلاق نیارتباط ب یبررس 12

تفکر منتقدانه و ،یریپذ سکیر

نگارش زبان آموزان زبان ینحوه

یسیانگل

یکبر

کمال

زاده

یکارشناس

ارشد

96.2.25 راهنما

چون محتوا و زبان یابزار ریتاث 13

لغات زبان آموزان یریادگیدر

یرانیجوان ا

مهرنوش

انینیمع

یشناسکار

ارشد

96.2.23 راهنما

یفراشناخت یاستراتژ ریتاث یبررس 14

یکنترلر ها یداریبر مهارت شن

رانیا ییهوا کیتراف

یکارشناس مجتبی یزدانی

ارشد

96.1.19 راهنما

15 The Effect of Formulaic Sequences on

Improving Iranian EFL Students’ Speaking

Skill

فاطمه سلطانی

فرد

یارشناسک

ارشد

95.11.30 راهنما

16 The Role of Cooperative Cloze-Test

Practice in Enhancing EFL Learners

Grammatical Accuracy

یکارشناس سرور حیدری

ارشد

95.6.30 راهنما

17 On the relationship between teacher’s self-

actualization and second language

achievement of EFL

زهرا مومن

زاده

یکارشناس

ارشد 95.11.25 راهنما

18 The impact of oral presentation as an

alternative assessment technique on

enhancing reading comprehension ability of

Iranian intermediate learners

یکارشناس عبدالکریم ایمر

ارشد 93.6.30 راهنما

19

Equivalent effect analysis and situational

Meaning in English translations of Nahjul-

Balaqa and Hazrat Zahra’s Sermon

(Fadak .(

یکارشناس محسن عادل

ارشد 93.6.18 راهنما

20 بررسی ارتباط بین پنج ویژگی اصلی شخصیتی و تمایل به

فراگیران ایرانیبرقراری ارتباط به زبان خارجی در بین

شاهدخت

شمس

یکارشناس

ارشد 94.11.27 راهنما

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21

The comparative study of EFL teachers

and learners perceptions on the importance

of teaching culture

یکارشناس امین منتظری

ارشد داور

95.11.25

22

ر بررسی تفاوت ایدئولوژی بین دو ترجمه مختلف از اث

ویرجینیا ولف در کتاب به سوی فانوس دریایی از دیدگاه

تحلیل انتقادی گفتمان

یکارشناس علیرضا زمانی

ارشد 93.6.18 داور

23

The effect of humor on EFL learners

vocabulary and retention

یکارشناس نیلوفر رستمی

ارشد 95.11.25 داور

24

حت روانی و پیچیدگی تاثیر برنامه ریزی کاربردی بر ص

عملکرد نوشتاری دانشجویان ایرانی با توجه به بیرونی و

درونی بودن انگیزه انها

حمیده تقی

زاده

یکارشناس

ارشد 93.6.30 داور

25 The relationship between EFL teachers

brain dominance and their teaching

strategy

زینب شرف

الدین

یکارشناس

ارشد 95.11.25 داور

26

The effect of consciousness raising tasks on

EFL learners grammatical proficiency

یکارشناس آلاله بای

ارشد 93.6.30 داور

27

The effect of EFL learners use of podcast

on vocabulary and writing

کارشناسی نورا مفتاح

ارشد

94.11.27 داور

28 The impact of instructing direct and

translation writing on EFL learners

paragraph writing and writing strategy use

سمیه کیشانی

فراهانی

کارشناسی

ارشد

93.6.30 داور

29

Dynamic assessment: an indication of

diagnostic approach in reading

نرگس زرین

کمر

کارشناسی

رشدا

93.6.30 داور

30

The effect of corpus-based instruction on

learning non-congruent collocations

کارشناسی حسنا رسویار

ارشد

94.11.27 داور

شهر/کشور نام سازمان اهدا کننده عنوان جایزهسال

اخذ

1396 تهران دانشگاه ازاد اسلامی مسابقات قرآنی

ام و سیره احک مسابقات

پیامبر

1395 تهران اسلامی ازاد دانشگاه

Religious Accomplishments

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عنوان طرحهمکاران

طرح مبلغ طرح

نام

سازمان/موسسه

آموزشی حمایت

کننده

تاریخ

اختتام

An Investigation on the

Perceived and Actual

Technological Literacy of

University Instructors and

Students in Iran

مه مجري :

ناز آزاد

همكار:

شكوه

رشوند

سمیاري

دانشگاه ازاد ر50000000

اسلامي99.10.10

Development and

Validation of KOLB 4.0

Learning Style

Questionnaire

مجري:

شكوه

رشوند

سمیاري

همكار: مه

ناز آزاد

دانشگاه ازاد ر5000000

اسلامي

عنوان

عضو هیئت داوری مجله

Revista Científica Internacional de Educación parael Siglo XXI

عضو هیئت داوری مجله

International Journal of Language and Applied Linguistics (IJLAL(

The Iranian Journal of Learning and Memory عضو هیئت داوری مجله

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