Parviz Birjandi
Islamic Azad University, Tehran
Iran, Islamic Republic of

Parviz Birjandi is a full professor holding an M.A. in Applied Linguistics from the Colorado State University and a Ph.D. in English education; minor: Research methods and statistics from the University of Colorado. He is currently the Head of the Department of the English language teaching in the Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Tehran, Iran. He has published a large number of research articles and books. Moreover, he is the author of English textbooks for high school and pre-university levels, used nation-wide, and many university textbooks. 

Somayyeh Sabah
Islamic Azad University, Tehran
Iran, Islamic Republic of

Somayyeh Sabah is an instructor of TEFL at Islamic Azad University. She did her B.A. and M.A. at Shahid Chamran University, Ahvaz, Iran. Currently, she is a PhD candidate of TEFL at Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Tehran, Iran. She is active in teaching speaking and reading courses. Her areas of interest are Second Language Acquisition (SLA), Discourse Analysis, Critical Pedagogy, and Teaching Literature in TESOL.