Department of Linguistics
Associate Professor Mehdi Riazi
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Formal name: Abdol Mehdi Riazi Position: Associate Professor Personal Title: Associate Professor Qualifications: BA and MA Shiraz University; Ph.D. University of Toronto Telephone: +61 2 9850 7951 Fax: +61 2 9850 9352 Email: Mehdi.Riazi@mq.edu.au Location: C5A 575 Web Pages: |
Profile
Mehdi Riazi began his career as an English language instructor at Shiraz University, Iran and then as assistant and associate professor of Applied Linguistics upon obtaining his Ph.D. from University of Toronto, Canada. In July 2009 he joined the Department of Linguistics at Macquarie University. He currently convenes two postgraduate units of language testing and evaluation (LING906) and research methods (LING905) and supervises both postgraduate certificate in research and doctoral dissertations. He is also Director of Higher Degree Research (HDR) in the department of linguistics.
He has successfully supervised 14 doctoral students, and currently has 8 under his supervision. He has supervised the theses of over 40 MA students.
His publications include authored and co-authored books on research, writing, and ESP courses. He has also written journal papers and book chapters and have presented extensively at conferences. He is on the editorial board of some journals including The Journal of Asian TEFL and was guest editor for the March 2010 Special Issue of TESL-EJ.
His current research focus is on the validity of the writing section of the large-scale English language proficiency tests (IELTS & TOEFL-iBT) which include two joint research projects with colleagues (Dr. John Knox and Dr. Jill Murray) in the department of linguistics.
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Language Testing and Assessment
Academic Writing
Literacy in a Second Language
Research Methods
Language Teaching Methodology
Materials Development and Evaluation
Language Learning Strategies
Program Evaluation
Text Analysis
Teacher Education
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