Payame Noor University
HASSAN SOLEIMANI
Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics
Last update: June, 2024
Payame Noor University (PNU)
Department of Applied Linguistics
Iran
E-mail: h_soleimanis@pnu.ac.ir
arshia.soleimani@gmail.com
ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1461-1406
https://webgarden.academia.edu/HassanSoleimani
Cell Phone: (+98) 912 851 60 93
EDUCATION
2008 Ph.D. Applied Linguistics, Isfahan University
1996 M.A. Applied Linguistics, Isfahan Azad University
1993 B.A. English Translation, Qom Azad University
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
2017-2020
Editor-in-Chief of Applied Linguistics Research Journal
2014-December 2015
President of Qom Payame Noor University, Iran
2011-present
Member of PNU Applied Linguistics Committee of Experts
2012-present
Editorial Board member of International Journal of English Language
Education, USA
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2011-2022:
Head of the Faculty of Literature and Foreign Languages
2009-2022:
Head of the English Language Department
2008-2014
Research Office Manager at Qom PNU
Vice chancellor for research in Humanities Faculty
Faculty of Humanities, Qom Azad University
PUBLICATIONS
Books
Soleimani, H. (2020). Computer Assisted Language Learning: Theory and Practice.
Tehran: Payame Noor University Press.
Soleimani, H. & Mola Esmaili, M. (2016). Technology in materials development: A
CALL perspective. In M. Azarnoosh, M, Zeraatpishe, A. Faravani, and
Kargozari, H. R. (Eds.), Issues in materials development (135-145). The
Netherlands: Sense Publishers.
Soleimani, H. & Molla Esmaeili, M. (2013). Computer-mediated technology and
vocabulary learning: The effect of explicit instruction of clustering new words
through Power Point. Germany: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing.
Soleimani, H. (2009). Non-Parametric statistics for applied linguistics research: An
introduction. Tehran: Rahnama Press.
Soleimani, H. (2009). 2500 words: Teach yourself advanced vocabulary. Tehran:
Rahnama Press.
Soleimani, H. (2001). Language teaching methodology tests. 2nd ed., Qom: Nasr
Publication.
Soleimani, H. (1998). Language teaching methodology tests. Qom: Nasr Publication.
ترجمه/Translation to Persian
. انتشارات رهنما: تهران. نيكوليك و كبيج. معلم حرفه اي.)1388( . ز، & اميري. ح،سليماني
: تهران. لورانس پرين. صدا و معني، ساختار: ادبيات داستاني.)1378( . ف، & اسماعيل زاده. ح،سليماني
انتشارات رهنما
. نشر بخشايش: قم. لورانس پرين. شعر: ادبيات انگليسي.)1379( . م، & حسن زاده. ح،سليماني
. منصور كوشا. انگليسي براي دانشجويان پيش دبستاني و دبستاني.)1379( . م، & حسن زاده. ح،سليماني
انتشارات پيك زبان:تهران
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ARTICLES IN JOURNALS
ISI (Thomson Reuters JCR)
Shamsi, F., Soleimani, H., Jafarigihar, M., & Khoshsima, H. (2022). The effect of
constructive alignment on academic writing using a virtual flipped classroom:
Student learning and higher thinking. Innovations in Education and Teaching
International, DOI: 10.1080/14703297.2022.2161053
Gooran, M., Soleimani, H., Alavi, M, & Jafarigohar, M. (2022). EFL teachers’
immunity: A case of online language teaching. Journal of Multilingual and
Multicultural Development, DOI: 10.1080/01434632.2022.2044341
Soleimani, H. & Rahmanian, M. (2018). Effect of bilingualism and trilingualism on
metacognitive processing: Detrimental or beneficial? Journal of Psycholinguistic
Research, Vol. 47, Issue 4, 803-815.
Jafarigohar, M., Rahmanian, M. & Soleimani, H. (2018). Technique feature analysis
or involvement load hypothesis: Estimating their predictive power in vocabulary
learning, Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, Vol. 47, Issue 4, 859-869.
Sharifi, M., Soleimani, H., & Jafarigohar, M. (2017). E-portfolio evaluation and
vocabulary learning: Moving from pedagogy to andragogy, British Journal of
Educational Technology, 48, 6, 1441-1450.
Academic Research Journals (Elmi-Pazhooheshi)
Hosseini, S. S., Soleimani, H., Hemmati, F., & Afshinfar, J. (2024). Development
and psychometrical validation of a computer-assisted language learning
evaluation scale: An ecolinguistic approach. Iranian Journal of Language
Teaching Research. Advance online publication.
Soleimani, H., Aerabi, M., & Sadeghi, H. (in press). Examining critical pedagogy in
Iranian high school English textbooks, Iranian Journal of English for Academic
Purposes,
امپرياليسم زبانی و جهانی شدن در محتوی آموزشی زبان.)1403( . ح، برجسته،. ح، سليمانی،. م،رفيعی
. تحليل ديدگاه آموزگاران زبان و اسناد باال دستی نظام جمهوری اسالمی ايران:انگليسی در ايران
30-15 و57 .فصلنامه تحقيقات سياسی و بين المللی
Hosseini, S., Soleimani, H., Hemmati, F., & Afshinfar, J. (2024). Revitalizing the
potential of CALL with an ecological twist: The impact of an ecolinguisticallybased task in fostering ecological sustainability perspectives among EFL
learners, Technology of Education Journal, 18/1, 167-190.
Bahadoran Fard, S., Jafarigohar, M., & Soleimani, H. (2024). TEFL master’s degree
students’ incorporation of peer feedback in academic writing, Language
Horizons, 1.19, 139-163.
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Soleimani, H., Rostami Abu Saeed, A., Kheiri, S., & Karami, M. (2024). The
effectiveness of web-based tools in learning idiomatic expressions: A CALL
study. Journal of Language and Translation, 2,14, 129-142.
Zeinali, M., Jafarigohar, M., Atai, M. R., & Soleimani, H. (2023). Practicum and
professional role identity (re)construction: A longitudinal mixed methods study
on Iranian EFL student teachers, Journal of Modern Research in English
Language Studies, 10,3, 39-69.
Shamsi, F., Soleimani, H., Khoshsima, H., & Jafarigohar, M. (2022). The effect of
constructive alignment in a flipped writing course on academic writing, selfefficacy, and attitude of EFL learners. Iranian Journal of English for Academic
Purposes, 11,4, 99-107.
Esnaashari, M. & Soleimani, H. (2022). Communication skills through digital
technology in language learners with autism: A systematic review and metaanalysis. Iranian Journal of Learning and Memory, 5, 18, 69-83.
بررسی و تعيين اولويت شاخص های مرتبط با مزايا و معايب.)1401( . ح، & سليمانی. م،شاه بندرزاده
پژوهش و يادگيری آموزشگاهی و. مطالعه موردی دانشجويان دانشگاه خليج فارس:آموزش مجازی
.46-35 ،39 پياپی،3/10 ،مجازی
Kheiri, S., Soleimani, H., Rostami Abu Saeed, A. A., & Jafarigohar, M. (2022).
Blended-learning strategies and EFL learners’ self-regulation in academic
writing, Journal of Language and Translation, 12,2, 85-98.
.)1401( . ع، & کريمی فيروزجايی. م، جعفری گوهر،. ا، عليپور،. ح، سليمانی،. م،اثنی عشری اميری
،تاثيرآموزش از طريق رايانه بر مهارت گفت و شنود انگليسی در دانش آموزان مبتال به اوتيسم
.129-144 ،2 شماره،22 سال،فصلنامه کودکان استثنايی
Soleimani, H. & Pourrasa, E. (2021). Iranian novice and experienced EFL teachers’
perspectives on challenges and the affordance of Mobile Assisted Language
Learning (MALL) in an EFL context. Iranian Distance Education Journal, 3,2,
85-101.
بررسی واژگان پايه در کتب آموزش زبان فارسی به.)1400 ( . ف، & رحمانی،. ح، سليمانی،. م،غياثيان
،31 ،16 ، زبان و زبان شناسی،غير فارسی زبانان و مقايسه آن با واژگان پايه فارسی آموزان ايرانی
.135-153
Khodabakhshi, M., Jafarigohar, M., & Soleimani, H. (2021). The effect of pre-class
content delivery techniques on inferential reading comprehension: The case of
flipped classrooms. Iranian Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 10, 3,
102-121.
Shooshtarizadeh, Gh., Jafarigihar, M., Khoshsima, H., & Soleimani, H. (2021).
Comparative effects of different situated-learning translation training practices
on students’ legal translation quality, critical thinking, and problem solving
activities. Journal of English Language Teaching and Learning, 13, 27, 359-388.
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Mohammadkhani, A. A., Jafarigohar, M., Atai, M. R., & Soleimani. H. (2021).
Evaluating global EFL coursebooks in the Iranian context: A multiliteracies
approach, Journal of Teaching Language Skills, 40, 2, 81-118.
Farrokh Alaee, F, Soleimani, H., Haghir, H., Aghayusefi, A., & Jafarigohar, M.
(2020). Multisensory teaching and Beta and SMR oscillatory activities in foreign
language vocabulary retention: A neurolinguistics study. Iranian Journal of
Learning and Memory, 3, 11, 7-25.
Jamalvandi, B., Jafarigohar, M., Jalilifar, A., & Soleimani, H. (2020). Mediation and
EFL learners’ willingness to communicate: A micro sociocultural study. Applied
Research on English Language, 9, 4, 449-476.
Soleimani, H., Jalilifar, A., Roohi, A., & Rahmanian, M. (2020). Augmented reality
and virtual reality in a collective scaffolding platform: Abstract genre structure in
a mobile-assisted language learning study, Journal of Modern Research in
English Language Studies, 7, 3, 1-22.
خودکنترلی و خودتنظيمی در يک: بازنگری فناوری در يادگيری.)1398( . م، و رحمانيان. ح،سليمانی
.1104-1085 ،4 ،9 ، پژوهش های زبانشناختی در زبان های خارجی،دوره تلفيقی
Kheiri, S., Soleimani, H., Jafarigohar, M., & Rostami Abu Saeedi, A. A. (2019). The
effect of Web-integrated instruction and feedback on self-regulated learning
ability of Iranian EFL learners, Iranian Journal of English for Academic
Purposes, 8,1, 35-48.
Soleimani, H., Jalilifar, A., Roohi, A., & Rahmanian, M. (2019). Augmented reality
and virtual reality scaffoldings in improving the abstract genre structure in a
collaborative learning environment: A CALL study, Journal of English
Language Teaching and Learning, 11,23, 327-356.
، نقش برون گرايی و ويژگی های آن.)1398( . ح، و سليمانی. م، جعفری گهر،. ف، همتی،. م،ايمانيان
فصلنامه، در عملکرد بيان شفاهی فراگيران ايرانی زبان انگليسی،جامعه پذيری و تعامل اجتماعی
.112-99 ،6 ، دوره اول،زبانشناسی اجتماعی
Shaqaqi, M. & Soleimani, H. (2019). Effects of asynchronous and conventional
paper-and-pen metalinguistic feedback on L2 learners’ use of verb tense, Journal
of Modern Research in English Language Studies, 5, 3, 55-72.
Jafarigohar, M., Zandieh, Z., Khoshsima, H., & Soleimani, H. (2018). Comparative
study of degree of bilingualism in lexical retrieval and language learning
strategies, Iranian Journal of Applied Language Studies, 10, 2, 59-82.
Soleimani, H. & Mirsayafi, Sh. (2018). The effect of multimedia technology on
improving listening achievement of Iranian secondary school students, Iranian
Distance Education Journal, 1,3, 59-71.
Kalanzadeh, Jafarigohar, M., Ghonsooli, & Soleimani, H. (2018). Mixed effects of
input enhancement, explicit instruction, corrective feedback and pushed output in
an input-output mapping practice, Journal of Research in Applied Linguistics,
9(1), 57-82.
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Soleimani, H., Rohani, M., & Jafarigohar, M. (2018). Computer, information, and
multimedia literacy among EFL teachers: Construction and validation of a scale,
Iranian Distance Education Journal, 1, 1, 43-54.
ظرفيت حافظه فعال و يادگيری ساختار های.)1396( . م، و جعفری گهر،. ح، سليمانی،. ک،جهانگيری
خرداد و،37 شماره. جستارهای زبانی. تاثير نوع ساختار بالغی:زبان دوم در محيطی ضمنی و صريح
.100-77 ،تير
تاثير آموزش خود نظم بخشی خواندن و.)1396( . م، و مرشديان،. ح، سليمانی،. ا، ستوده نما،. ف،همتی
درک مطلب به زبان آموزان سطوح پيشرفته و متوسط بر نگرش آنان به خواندن در انگليسی به عنوان زبان
.134-109 ،39 شماره، سال دهم، آموزش و ارزشيابی. اجرای يک مدل يادگيری خود نظم يافته:خارجی
Mortazavi, M., Jafarigohar, M., Rouhi, A., & Soleimani, H. (2016). The effect of
scaffolding through structuring and problematization on EFL learners’ writing
self-regulatory skills, essay writing skills, and global planning time, Research in
School and Virtual Learning, 3/15, 15-26.
مقايسه تاثير دو نوع برنامه ريزی.)1394( . ف، و همتی، م، جعفری گهر،. ح، سليمانی، . ح،کارگذاری
فصلنامه مطالعات زبان بر عملکرد. دقت و پيچيدگی نوشتار،نوشتاری زبان اموزان ايرانی از حيث روانی
.132-117 ،4 شماره،و ترجمه
Soleimani, H. & Rostami Abu Saeedi, A. A. (2016). The interaction between
involvement load hypothesis evaluation criterion and language proficiency: A
case in vocabulary retention, Iranian Journal of Applied Language Studies, 8/1,
173-194.
Morshedian, M., Hemmati, F., Sotoudehnama, E., & Soleimani, H. (2016). The
impact of training EFL learners in self-regulation of reading on their EFL literal
and critical reading comprehension: Implementing a model, Journal of
Teaching Language Skills, 35,2, 99-122.
Fakher Ajabshir, Z., Vahdany, F., Jafarigohar, M., & Soleimani, H. (2016). The
effect of mixed and matched level dyadic interaction on Iranian EFL learners'
comprehension and production of requests and apologies, Journal of Teaching
Language Skills, 35/1, 1-30.
afarigohar, M., Rouhi, A., Soleimani, H., & Ghelichi, M. (2015). Next or beyond
next: Effect of contrastive phrase-based treatment on stage again across selfpaced and more time-constrained tasks, Journal of Research in Applied
Linguistics, 6,2, 3-20.
Soleimani, H. & Rahmanian, M. (2015). Self-, peer-, and teacher assessment in
writing improvement: A study of complexity, accuracy, and fluency, Journal of
Research in Applied Linguistics, 5,2, 128-148.
Soleimani, H. & Rezazadeh, M. (2014). The effect of increase in task cognitive
complexity on Iranian EFL learners’ accuracy and linguistic complexity: A test
of Robinson’s cognition hypothesis, Applied Research on English Language, 3,
1, 41-54.
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Soleimani, H. & Alavi, S. M. (2013). A dynamical system approach to research in
second language acquisition, Journal of English Language Teaching and
Learning, 11, 127-143.
Soleimani, H. & Mahdavipour, M. (2014). The effect of variations in integrated
writing tasks and proficiency level on features of written discourse generated by
Iranian EFL learners, The Journal of Teaching Language Skills, 6, 2, 131-159.
Soleimani, H. & Mahmoodabadi, Z. (2014). The impact of interactive output tasks
on developing vocabulary knowledge of Iranian EFL learners, Iranian Journal of
Applied Linguistics, 17,2, 71-86.
Soleimani, H. Ketabi, S. , & Talebinejad, M. R. (2008). The effect of output fronted
activities to enhance noticing and acquisition of rhetorical structure of contrast
paragraphs. Iranian Journal of Applied Linguistics, Vol. 10, No. 2, 141-166.
Scopus and ISI Emerging Source Citation Index
Soleimani, H. & Moqimi, J. (2023). Teaching EFL/ESL writing skill website
evaluation: The Purdu Online Lab and Pro Writing Aid. Interdisciplinary Studies
in English Language Teaching, 2,1, 127-145.
راهبرد های مهارت گوش دادن در آموزش زبان فارسی به عنوان زبان.)1402( . ح، & سليمانی. ز،فرخ
.306-285 ،13 ،8 ، مطالعات آموزش زبان فارسی.دوم
Soleimani, H. & Arabloo, A. (2018). Phonological awareness of Persian
Monolingual children and Kurdish-Persian bilingual children, BRAIN-Broad
Research in Artificial Intelligence and Neuroscience, 9,2, 63-70.
Soleimani, H., Rostami Abu Saeedi, A. A., & Rahmanian, M. (2016). Security
challenges in Mobile Assisted Language Learning in the millennium for
education, Advanced Education, 6, 4-10.
Soleimani, H., Rahmanian, M., & Jafarigohar, M. (2016). The Effect of caretakers’
frequency and positional saliency on noun bias in Persian children: A study on
child language development, BRAIN. Broad Research in Artificial Intelligence
and Neuroscience, 7, 2, 59-68.
Soleimani, H. & Sharifi, F. (2012). On the relationship between right-brain and leftbrain dominance and reading comprehension test performance of Iranian EFL
learners, BRAIN, Research in Artificial Intelligence and Neuroscience, Vol. 3,
Issue 2, 43-58.
Zununi Vahed, F., & Soleimani, H. (2020). Meta-communication devices used in
multilingual EFL telecollaboration for secondary school students, Applied
Linguistics Research Journal, 4,3, 24-38.
Heidari, J., Khodabandeh, F., & Soleimani, H. (2018). A comparative analysis of
face to face instruction vs. Telegram mobile instruction in terms of narrative
writing. JaltcallJournal, 14,2, 143-156.
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Khodabandeh, F., Alian, J. & Soleimani, H. (2017). The effect of MALL-based tasks
on EFL learners’ grammar learning, Teaching English with Technology, 17,2,
29-41.
Kamalian, B., Soleimani, H. & Safari, M. (2017). The effect of task-based reading
activities on vocabulary learning and retention of Iranian EFL learners, Journal
of Asia TEFL, 14, 1, 32-64.
Soleimani, H. & Nouraei Yeganeh, M. (2016). The study of politeness and face in
2013 presidential election candidates of Iran, Theory and Practice in Language
Studies, 6,5, 978-987.
Soleimani, H. & Nouraei Yeganeh, M. (2016). An analysis of pragmatic competence
in 2013 presidential election candidates of Iran: A comparison of speech acts
with poll outcomes, Theory and Practice in Language Studies, 6,4, 706-715.
Eskandari, M. & Soleimani, H. (2016). The effect of collaborative discovery
learning using MOODLE on the learning of conditional sentences by Iranian
EFL learners, Theory and Practice in Language Studies, 6, 1, 153-163.
Sadeghi, N. & Soleimani, H. (2015). A description and evaluation of Hot Potatoes
web-authoring software in educational setting, Theory and Practice in Language
Studies, 5, 11, 2407-2415.
Soleimani, H. & Kheiri, S. (2016). An evaluation of EFL postgraduates’ testing
classroom activities and assignments based on Bloom’s revised taxonomy,
Theory and Practice in Language Studies, 6, 4, 861-869.
Soleimani, H., & Rahmanian, M. (2015). Visiting involvement load hypothesis and
vocabulary acquisition in similar task types, Theory and Practice in Language
Studies, 5, 9, 1883-1889.
Soleimani, H. & Raeesi, A. (2015). Hot Potatoes: Merits and demerits, Theory and
Practice in Language Studies, 5, 6, 1291-1295.
Soleimani, H. & Ghelichi, M. (2014). Language curriculum development from a
complex nonlinear system perspective, Jurnal Pendidikan Malaysia (Malaysian
Journal of Education), 39, 2, 125-131.
Khodabandeh, F., Jafarigohar, M., Soleimani, H., & Hemmati, F. (2014).
Investigating Iranian EFL learners’ writing problems and examining back
transfer, Asian EFL Journal, 16 (1), 225-268.
Soleimani, H. & Mohajernia, R. (2013). Different strategies of compliment
responses used by Iranian EFL students and Australian English speakers, Studies
in Applied Linguistics, 3,1, 1-19.
Soleimani, H. & Zanganeh, H. (2013). Disposition in teacher education: A case of
Iranian EFL teachers in pre-service training programs, The Iranian EFL Journal,
9 (5), 228-249.
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Khodabandeh, F., Jafarigohar, M., Soleimani, H. & Hemmati, F. (2013). The impact
of explicit, implicit, and no-formal genre-based instruction on argumentative
essay writing, The Linguistics Journal, Vol. 7, Issue 1, 134-166.
Khodabandeh, F. Jafarigohar, M., Soleimani, H. & Hemati, F. (2013). Overall
rhetorical structure of students’ English and Persian argumentative essays,
Theory and Practice in Language Studies, Vol. 3, No. 4, 684-690.
Soleimani, H. & Khalilian, M. (2012). Professional development in Iranian distance
education PNU EFL university teachers and traditional non-PNU EFL university
teachers, TOJDE, Vol. 13, No.3, 362-374.
Soleimani, H., Ketabi, S. & Talebinejad, M. R. (2008). The noticing function of
output in acquisition of rhetorical structure of comparison paragraphs of Iranian
EFL students. Linguistik Online, Vol. 34, No. 2, 34-74.
Soleimani, H. (2005). EAP in Iran: SAMT EAP textbooks drawbacks. In Gh. R.
Kiany & M. Khayamdar (Eds.), Proceedings of the first national ESP/EAP
conference. Vol. 3. Tehran: SAMT Publication.
RESEARCH GRANTS
Soleimani, H. (in process). A study on Payame Noor University faculties’ selfassessment of technological, pedagogical, and content knowledge (TPACK). A
grant-based project for PNU.
Soleimani, H. (2017). Application of technology in language learning: Selfregulation and self-control in blended learning. A grant-based project for PNU.
Soleimani, H. & Rostami Abu Saeedi, A. A. (2016). CALL or traditional learning:
Investigating language acquisition in Iranian EFL learners. A grant-based
research project for PNU.
Soleimani, H. & Rostami Abu Saeed, A. A. (2016). Involvement load hypothesis and
language proficiency: A case in vocabulary retention. A grant-based research
project for PNU.
Soleimani, H. (2015). The effect of types of evaluation feedback on writing
proficiency of Iranian EFL learners. A grant-based research project for PNU.
Soleimani, H. (2014). Using integrating writing testing to measure proficiency of
Iranian EFL learners. A grant-based research project for PNU.
Soleimani, H. (2013). The effect of complexity of EFL tasks on the improvement of
oral proficiency of language learners. A grant-based research for PNU.
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Soleimani, H. (2012). The correlation between Interpersonal Intelligence and
vocabulary learning of Iranian male/female EFL learners through cooperative
reading tasks. A grant-based research for PNU.
Soleimani, H. (2010). Different strategies of compliment responses used by Iranian
EFL students and Australian English speakers: A cross-cultural study. A grantbased research for PNU.
CONFERENCES
Soleimani, H. & Shohreh Gholami, L. (November 14-16, 2018). Academic
procrastination among Iranian EFL learners: Low flow-experience or low
motivation. The 16th International TELSI Conference, Shiraz University, Iran.
Soleimani, H. (October 22-23, 2018). Central issues in language and thought. The 5th
International Conference on Applied Linguistics Issues, Istanbul Ramada
Encore, Turkey.
چالش های امنيتی در اموزش زبان به کمک موبايل در.)1395( . خ، و ساجدی،. م، رحمانيان،. ح،سليمانی
، نخستين همايش ملی برنامه ريزی و تحول نظام اموزشی. دانشگاه پيام نور:اموزش از راه دور
. آذر3 ،دانشگاه پيام نور استان قم
و تدريس قياسی در، خالصه نويسی، تاثير مدلينگ.)1395 آذز3( . ح، و سليمانی. ل،شهره غالمی
، نخستين همايش ملی برنامه ريزی و تحول نظام اموزشی.افزايش مهارت چکيده نويسی مقاالت علمی
. آذر3 ،دانشگاه پيام نور استان قم
Soleimani, H., Jamalvandi, B., & Gooran, M. (October 6, 2016). An Epistemological
overview of innateness and language. International congress on Language and
Literature, Imam Reza International University by Farhangian University,
Mashad, Iran.
Soleimani, H. & Rahmanian, M. (2016). An account of authentic and teacher-made
materials in learning right to left scripted languages. Learning and teaching for
right to left scripted languages: Realities and possibilities. Leeds Metropolitan
University, Leeds. BAAL (British Association for Applied Linguistics)
Cambridge Applied Linguistics Seminar.
Soleimani, H., Rahmanian, M. (November 17-19, 2015). Task induced involvement
and vocabulary learning across proficiency and evaluation. The 13th International
TELLSI Conference, Lorestan University, Iran.
Soleimani, H., Rahmanian, M., & Sajedi, Kh. (Dec. 11-13, 2014). A revisit to
vocabulary acquisition in involvement load hypothesis. 2nd Global Conference
on Linguistics and Foreign Language Teaching, Dubai, UAE.
Soleimani, H. & Molla Esmaili, M. (20-22 May, 2013). Explicit instruction of
context embedded hyperlinked thematic words and vocabulary recall.
International Conference on Current Trends in EFL. Iran: Urmia University.
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Soleimani, H. & Zanganeh, H. (20-22 May, 2013). A survey on knowledge,
disposition, and performance pre-service EFL teacher training programs in Iran.
International Conference on Current Trends in EFL. Iran: Urmia University.
Kalanzadeh, Gh. A., Soleimani, H. & Bakhtiarvand, M. (20-22 May, 2013).
Exploring the influence of using technology on EFL Iranian students’
motivation. International Conference on Current Trends in EFL. Iran: Urmia
University
Soleimani, H., Yazdani, O. B. (March 5-6, 2013). The Effect of Studying Translation
of the Technical Text as a Cognitive Strategy on the Achievement and Recall of
Iranian High –intermediate EFL Learners. Thailand: First Hotel Bangkok.
Soleimani, H. (May 19, 2012). ELT in Iran: Globalization or Localization? Lecture,
Qom Islamic Azad University.
Soleimani, H. (2011). Output-fronted Writing Tasks, Noticing, and Acquisition of
Text Structure by Iranian EFL Learners. ICT for Language Learning. Italy (Florence,
2011).
Soleimani, H. (November, 2011). Noticing and Acquisition of Text Structure of
Comparison Paragraphs by Iranian EFL Learners. TALiA4, Penang, Malaysia.
Sharifi Matin, F. & Soleimani, H. (November, 2011). On the Relationship between
Right- brain and Left- brain Dominance and Reading Comprehension
Performance of Iranian EFL Learners. International Conference on Teaching and
Learning English in Asia. Penang, Malaysia.
Soleimani, H. (January, 2010). Noticing and Acquisition of Text Structure of
Comparison Paragraphs by Iranian EFL Learners. First National Conference on
Language, Discourse, and Pragmatics (LPD, 20-22 January, Ahvaz, Iran)
Soleimani, H. (2005). EAP in Iran: Drawbacks of SAMT Books. The 1st National
ESP/EAP Conference, Tehran: SAMT.
AWARDS
Distinguished researcher at Qom PNU, 2018
Distinguished researcher at Qom PNU, 2015
Distinguished researcher at Qom PNU, 2014
Selected researcher at Qom PNU, 2013
MANUSCRIPTS
Soleimani, H. (2004). Practice with Vocabulary in Context: A Preparatory Course in
TOEFL/IELTS.
Soleimani, H. (2006). Brush up Your Vocabulary for TOEFL.
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PHD DISSERTATIONS
Supervisor
Yaghubi, Mohammad Reza. (in process)
Critical Pedagogy in the Iranian EFL Teacher Education Curriculum: Scale
Development and Document Analysis
Sharafodin, Maryam. (in process)
The Interaction between EFL Teachers’ Professional Identity, Interpersonal Identity,
Emotioncy, and their Students’ Cognitive Emotion Regulation, and Investment
within the Framework of Complex System Theory
Shamsi, Fatemeh (in process)
The role of Implementing Constructive Alignment Principles in a Virtual Flipped
Classroom in the Paragraph Writing Ability, Writing Self-efficacy and WritingAttitudes of EFL Learners
Hosseini, Zahra. (in process)
Scale Development and Validation and Task-Oriented Assessment in CALL: An
Ecolinguistic Perspective
Gooran, Mozhgan. (in process)
Iranian EFL Teachers’ Immunity and Possible Selves in Blended Contexts
Esnaashari, Mohadeseh. (2022)
The Effect of Computer-Mediated Instruction on Autistic Students’ English
Conversation Skill: Sentence Imitation, Diagnosis of Characters’ Roles and Setting
Farokh Alaee, F. (2021)
The effect of multidisciplinary teaching on short- and long-term EFL vocabulary
retention: A QEEG study at pre-school level
Kheiri, Saeed. (2020)
A Putative Model of Web-Based and Blended-Learning Strategies for Iranian EFL
Learners Conducive to the Self-Regulation of the Academic Writing Skill
Kargozari, Hamid Reza. (2017)
The Effect of Online and Pre-task planning on the EFL learners’ written
performance on narrative, descriptive, and expository modes: Issues on accuracy,
complexity, and fluency
Jahangiri Aghdam, Karim. (2017)
Effects of Working Memory Capacity and Implicit and Explicit Instruction on
Implicit Second Language Knowledge.
Mahmoodabadi, Zahra. (2015)
The role of mode and sequence of output presentation in enhancing productive
vocabulary noticing and vocabulary knowledge of Iranian EFL learners.
Khodabandeh, Farzaneh. (2012)
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A Comparative Analysis of Students' English and Persian Argumentative Essays
based on Toulmin’s Argumentation Framework: The Effect of Genre-based
Approach
Advisor
Morshedian, Mahboobeh (2017)
The Impact of Training EFL Learners in the Latest Version of Zimmerman’s (2000)
SRL Model on their Self-regulation of EFL Reading, EFL Literal and Critical Reading
Comprehension, and Motivation for and Attitude to EFL Reading.
Mortazavi, Mahboobeh (2017)
Scaffolding the Writing Process: The Impact of Two Scaffolding Mechanisms on
Essay Writing Skill, Writing Self-regulatory Skill, and Individual as well as
Socially-shared Metacognition
Fakher Ajabshir, Zahra (2016)
The Effect of Mixed and Matched Level Dyadic Interaction on Iranian EFL Learners'
Comprehension and Production of Requests and Apologies
Ghelichi, Majid (2015)
The Effect of Contrastive Meta-linguistic Teaching of Universal -Grammar's
Concept, Boundary and Structure of Phrase on L2 Accuracy: A Teachability
Hypothesis Perspective
Jalali, Mehri (2015)
A Comparative Study of the Effects of Processing Instruction and Input
Enhancement on EFL Learners’ Intake and Acquisition of Two Meaningful
Grammatical Structures
Ganjabi, Mahyar. (2013), Advisor
Teachers’ sense of efficacy in teaching English, perceived English language
proficiency, attitudes towards the English language and high school English
language textbooks: a case of Iranian high school teachers.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
PNU Ph.D. Campus
Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL)
Curriculum Design in EFL
First Language Acquisition
MA courses
Research in SLA, Issues in Linguistics, Computer Assisted Language Learning
(CALL), Seminar 2, Language Teaching Methodology, Curriculum Design, English
for Specific Purposes
BA Courses
Methodology in Language Teaching, Language Testing, Research 1, Research 2,
Essay Writing, Paragraph Writing, Reading Comprehension, Grammar 1 & 2.
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Preparatory Programs
Preparatory Programs in MA in applied linguistics (Teaching Methodology and
Testing courses)
Preparatory Programs in TOEFL: Teaching Reading Skills, Vocabulary, and
Advanced Grammar
Preparatory Programs in IELTS: Teaching Reading Skills and Writing.
WORKSHOPS
Soleimani (2022). How to Distinguish Predatory and Hijacked Journals
Qom University, Qom, Iran
Soleimani, H. (September, 2018). Teacher Education: Teaching EAP Reading Skills.
IKI Higher Education, Qom, Iran.
Soleimani, H. (August, 2016). Writing Research Articles: A Move Analysis
Approach. Islamic Azad University, Qom.
Soleimani, H. (December, 2015). SPSS for Applied Linguistics Research. Qom
PNU.
Soleimani, H. (July, 2013). Research Methods and Paradigms. Qom PNU.
Soleimani, H. (2012). 10 Strategies for Success in TOEFL Reading. Qom: Vetus
Conference Hall.
Soleimani, H. (2011). Essay Writing in English for Faculty Members. Qom: The
University of World Religions.
Soleimani, H. (2010). Test Design, Test Score Analysis, and Decision-making: A
one-day workshop for PNU faculty members. Qom PNU.
Soleimani, H. (2009). Essay Writing and Research Writing for faculty members in
medicine and sciences. Qom: Faculty of Medicine.
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