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Familiarity with internationalization, ranking and accreditation indicators

Intercultural Considerations

An Online Workshop on “keynote Speech’’ will be held on early August

Course Objectives:  How to organize your keynote speech?  What are the common key terms & phrases in a keynote speech?  What strategies do you need to pursue for an effective keynote speech?  What are the common mistakes the seasoned keynote speakers avoid?

TUMS International College is holding an English for Specific Purposes (ESP) course for nurses.

The aim of this ESP course is to develop nurses in effective communication with patients.

TUMS International College Registration for the Fall Semester of Foreign Languages Starts

These courses, which include Arabic, Spanish, Italian, Turkish, French, German & English, are special for stuff & faculty members of TUMS. Others can also register in these courses by paying tuition.

Prof. Widdowson's Webinar on the Subject of English and Applied Linguistics

10th Applied Linguistics Webinar Session Held at TUMS

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

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’.

6th Applied Linguistics Webinar Session Held at TUMS

The 6th session of TUMS Applied Linguistics Webinar Series I (2021) which was hosted by the Department of Foreign Languages of Tehran University of Medical Sciences on January 9, 2021 was attended by over 300 professors, researchers, and students of applied linguistics from several countries. The keynote speaker was Dr. James P. Lantolf, Greer Professor Emeritus at the Department of Applied Linguistics at the Pennsylvania State University, U.S.A., who delivered his talk on “Crisis in SLA: Cognitive ~ Social Divide and What to Do About It.” He expounded the crisis in terms of the relationship between cognitive orientation and the socio-cultural perspective, and proposed a potential solution grounded in Vygotsky’s theory of general psychology.

5th Applied Linguistics Webinar Session Held at TUMS

Dr. Neomy Storch, a professor of Applied Linguistics at the School of Languages and Linguistics, University of Melbourne, Australia was the keynote speaker of the 5th session of TUMS Applied Linguistics Webinar Series I on 5 December, 2020 who delivered her talk on “Collaborative writing: promoting learning opportunities for language learners.” Addressing the issue from various perspectives, the speaker primarily questioned the conventionally perceived and practiced separation of writing and speaking tasks in language classes, arguing that such a dichotomization could neither be realistic nor pedagogically beneficial. She also talked in favor of collaboration during entire writing process arguing that having a sense of collective ownership for the text under construction has a very positive impact on group dynamics and individuals’ motivation to contribute to the group’s collective objectives.