Archive- News - May 2021

10th Applied Linguistics Webinar Session Held at TUMS

30 May 2021

Dr. Ken Hyland, a professor of Applied Linguistics at University of East Anglia, U.K. was the keynote speaker of the 4th session of TUMS Applied Linguistics Webinar Series II (2021) who delivered his talk on “Working with Writing: Understanding Texts, Writers, and Readers”. He gave an all-encompassing picture of writing and its predominant teaching approaches. Five types of knowledge essential to writing were enumerated: Content knowledge, System knowledge, process knowledge, Genre Knowledge and Reader Knowledge. Then three approaches to writing were expounded: Focus on Texts, Focus on Readers and Focus on Writers. Professor Hyland concluded his talk with some explications on mixed genre portfolios and audience analysis.

7th Applied Linguistics Webinar Session Held at TUMS

25 May 2021

The 1st session of TUMS Applied Linguistics Webinar Series II entitled “The Cognitive and the Social Gap in SLA: A Sociocognitive Way out of the Maze” was virtually held by the Department of Foreign Languages of Tehran University of Medical Sciences on 13 February, 2021. The keynote speaker was Dr. Mehdi Riazi , a Professor of Applied Linguistics in the Department of Linguistics, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia, who following up on Prof. Lantolf’s talk in the previous webinar expounded the sociocognitive theory / approach to Second Language Acquisition and Second Language Studies from various vantage points and proposed another way out of the ‘epistemological maze’.

Internationalization of Higher Education in Medical Sciences: Why and how?

23 May 2021

Dr. Ramin Kordi, Vice-Chancellor for Global Strategies and International Affairs at Tehran University of Medical Sciences, clarified a new educational model. “Internationalization needs well-organized training, knowledge and experience exchange with all universities cooperation’’ he explained.

Health Tourism: Opportunities and Threats

23 May 2021

The third day sought the notion of Health Tourism presented by Dr. Naili, Deputy Minister of Bilateral and International Economic Cooperation, Ministry of Health and Medical Education.

Day 2: Principles of International Marketing

23 May 2021

The second day focused on the principles of international marketing presented by Dr. Shabani and Dr. Hosseini Moghaddam.

Day 1: International Marketing in Higher Education: Procedures, Necessities, Strategies

23 May 2021

Introducing the principles of international marketing;procedures,necessities & strategies was presented by Dr. Shabani and Dr. Hosseini Moghaddam.

Opening Session

23 May 2021

Dr. Shabbidar Vice-Dean for Educational & Research Affairs at the International College and Executive Secretary of the meeting, explained necessity & the program of the course.

8th Applied Linguistics Webinar Session Held at TUMS

23 May 2021

Professor James P. Lantolf from the Department of Applied Linguistics at the Pennsylvania State University, U.S.A. was the keynote speaker of the 2nd session of TUMS Applied Linguistics Webinar Series II on 10 April, 2021. In his talk titled “The Theory ~ Practice Crisis: Second Language Acquisition versus Language Education” he gave a brief history of the origin and evolution of the crisis related to the gap between SLA theory/research and educational practice in the realm of general applied linguistics. Drawing upon Vygotsky and his initiative of unifying theory and practice in psychology, he suggested a similar path in SLA, reaffirming the resourcefulness and potentialities of the Vygotskian approach to SLA.

9th Applied Linguistics Webinar Session Held at TUMS

23 May 2021

Dr. Bronwyn T. Williams, a professor of English at Louisville University, U.S.A. was the keynote speaker of the 3rd session of TUMS Applied Linguistics Webinar Series II on 08 May, 2021. In his talk entitled “Constructing Literate Identities: Genre, Response, and Student Writers’ Perceptions of Agency,” the speaker extended the notion beyond the conventional conceptualization of Literacy (i.e., an ability to read and write) to include a perception of agency, which can crucially affect how people respond to writing situations. He also touched upon some strategies for addressing issues of genre across disciplines, including questions of audience, authorial position, and style.

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