Farhad Roodi

About the Candidate

Teaching & Research Experience 

CELPIP Rater | Paragon Testing Enterprises Inc, May 2021 – Present  (Assessing test takers’ speaking competence for the Celpip language test.)

ESL Teaching Assistant | University of Ottawa, Sep. 19 – Dec. 2020

Responsible to enhance learners’ skills in all four areas of speaking, writing, reading and listening based on CLB, and to make the class with a multicultural background engaging.

Research Assistant | University of Ottawa Sep. 19 – Dec. 2020 

Engaged in Linguistic Risk-taking Initiative as a project to promote French and English Language learning experience.

Test-prep Tutor | The Princeton Review, Istanbul, Turkey 2017 – 2019 

Tutoring and training students for English proficiency tests such as SAT, TOEFL, IELTS…

Saraye-Danesh School (Primary & Secondary), Tehran, Iran 2015-2017 

Teaching English to teenagers provided me a great opportunity to develop and sharpen my class management skills and tailor my teaching techniques to the needs of school children.

Baran Institute for International Communication, Tehran, Iran 2013-2017 

ESP and Corporate English Instructor, teaching CEO’s in large-scale companies in Iran. The most crucial expertise for this position was understanding the learner’s situation and needs to, consequently, present the most useful and practical English for their professional position and rank. Producing teaching content for the Instagram and Telegram pages of Baran.

Iran Language Institute (ILI), Tehran, Iran 2009-2015 

Teacher and Interviewer in a nationwide and renowned language institute in Iran.

Education

Master of Art in Bilingualism| University of Ottawa, ON, Canada 2019 – 2020

While broadening my knowledge in the field, I focused on Linguistic Risk-taking Initiative at the university.

Master of Art in TESOL/TEFL| Sharif University of Technology, Iran 2011-2013

Ranked 22nd in a nationwide graduate entrance exam. I investigated the role of culture in language classrooms and surveyed learners on their views about intercultural competence as my thesis topic.

Bachelor of Art in English Translation Studies | Islamic Azad University, 2007 – 2011

During the 4 years of studying, I became familiar with teaching methodologies, linguistics theories, and testing methodologies. In addition, it was the onset of teaching as a career for me.