PERSONAL DETAILS
Name: Siamak Issaczadeh
E-mail Address: Siamak.issac@gmail.com
Date of Birth: 1980
Place of Birth: Khalkhal, Iran
EDUCATION
2015: Received M.A in TEFL from Guilan University. (With distinction)
Thesis: The Impact of self-selected reading topic on Motivation and Comprehension ability of Iranian Students
2005: Received B.A in English Language and Literature from University of Ardebil. (With distinction)
Professional teaching Experience
Teacher, Executive Manager at
Navy Specialties Training Department /English Language Academy (2004-Present)
Teacher at
Parsian Language Academy (2009-2014)
Iranian Language Academy ( 2010-2012)
Kadous Higher Education Academy (2013-prersent)
Guilan University (Free Education English Department 2015- present)
Responsibilities
Arranging periodic performance evaluation tests and providing detailed feedbacks about areas of improvement
Accomplishing regular classroom debates to raise the students interests and understandings of the subject
Assisting the school administration in arranging special functions / celebrations
Preparing various programs for teaching English as well as setting up the papers for the students
Delivering scheduled lectures to the assigned classes
Organizing the workshop for teaching English language
Chunking the material and providing it to the different level of students
Special Achievements
Awarded best teacher of the years (2006, 2007, 2009, and 2013) in NSTD/English School
Awarded as top researcher in Navy Academic Research in 2013
Awarded for best performer in Quality Management Survey certified by ISO
Technical skills
Received ICDL Certificate in 1998
Received ISO 9002 Quality Management Certificate in 2007
Teaching Experience
Tremendous teaching experience and wide exposure to different aspects of the job profile
Highly skilled in using the different course books and material for teaching English
Book series: 1100, 1200, 1300, 1400 (American Language Defense Pub)
Interchange course
American English File course
English Result course
New Headway course
Speak Now course
TOEFL, MSRT, MCHE, GRE, TKT courses
Paragraph developing and Essay writing course
Technical courses in Management, Visual art, Contract law, Criminal law, Psychology
BOOKS
Developed English lesson plans in line with the national curriculum: Planned English lessons to meet curriculum standards
Modified assignments and activities to meet the learning needs of individual students Identified and sorted into small, similarly skilled groups
Prepared English classroom and coursework materials, books
Supply course in English (2006)
Electronic course for navy recruits (2008)
Technical English for Computer students (2008)
General Reading for Helicopter Mechanics (2009)
Technical Reading for Helicopter Mechanics (2010)
English for Radar Electronics students(2010)
An ESP course for Submarine Recruits (2011)
Working with Helicopters (1) (2011)
Working with Helicopters (2) (2011)
An ESP course for Diving Recruits (2012)
Seaman ship English (Technical course) (2013)
English for Radio Electronics students (2013)
Fire Control Technical Texts (2014)
An Introductory Course in Navigation (2014)
Telecommunication in English ( in press)
ARTICLES
The Effect of Self-selected Reading Topic on Comprehension Ability of Iranian Students (Published in Journal of Applied Linguistics and Language Research Volume 3, Issue 1, 2016)
How to overcome the barriers to effective academic reading (unpublished)
The Role of Working Memory in Successful Learning (unpublished)
A Paper Review on: Attribution Theory (unpublished)
A Book Review: Computational Linguistics Models, Resources, Applications By: Igor Bolshakov and Alexander Gelbukh
Evaluation of ESP Teachers in Different Contexts of Iranian Universities
An account of ESP with possible future directions (unpublished)
A Curriculum analysis on: ESP course for submarine recruits Conducted in Iran’s Navy Specialties Training Department
A Book Review: Social Intelligence By: John F. Kihlstrom University of California, Berkeley Nancy Cantor University of Michigan
WORKSHOPS/SEMINARS/CONFRENCES
The Effect of Self-selected Reading Topic on the Motivation of Iranian Intermediate Learners (Guilan University National Conference 2016)
The relationship between thought and language (Tabriz Azad University Conference 2015)
The effect of peer correction on writing skill of students (Accepted in Singapore International conference of Education 2016)
The Significance of Validity in Developing Research Questionnaires ( Accepted in Lancaster University UK International Conference 2016)
References: Will be available on request
