Kourosh Lachini

Teacher's Day

2009-05-05T10:43:00.000+03:00

World Teachers' Day, held annually on October 5th since 1994, commemorates teachers’ organisations worldwide. Its aim is to mobilise support for teachers and to ensure that the needs of future generations will continue to be met by teachers.
According to UNESCO, World Teachers' Day represents a significant token of the awareness, understanding and appreciation displayed for the vital contribution that teachers make to education and development.
Education International (EI) (the global union federation that represents education professionals worldwide) strongly believes that World Teachers' Day should be internationally recognized and celebrated around the world. EI also believes that the principles of the 1966 and 1997 Recommendations should be considered for implementation in all nations.
Over 100 countries observe World Teachers' Day. The efforts of Education International and its 390 member organisations have contributed to this widely spread recognition. Every year, EI launches a public awareness campaign to highlight the contributions of the teaching profession.

Current Trends in ELT and Assessment Seminar Flyer

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Letter of Appointment

2009-04-06T16:58:00.002+03:00

Workhop at Qatar University

2009-01-02T10:11:00.002+03:00

Lachini, K. (November 2008) “A Spreadsheet Approach to Test Item Analysis” Workshop presented at the University of Qatar, Doha, Qatar.

Presentation in Tokyo, Japan (November 2008)

2009-01-02T10:10:00.002+03:00

Lachini, K. (November 2008) “Discoursal Staging and the EFLers’ Reading Comprehension Ability” JALT (Japan Association of Language Teaching) 2008 – 34th Annual International Conference on Language Teaching , Tokyo, Japan.

Presentation in New York city, the USA

2009-01-02T09:54:00.003+03:00

Lachini, K. (April 2008) “Error Correction Strategies and Conversational Accuracy” The 42nd Annual TESOL Convention & Exhibit (TESOL 2008), New York, USA.

Presentation in Dubai, the UAE

2009-01-02T09:52:00.001+03:00

Lachini, K. (March 2008) “Critical Issues in Teaching Vocabulary” TESOL Arabia 14th Annual International Conference, Dubai, UAE.

Presentation in Tokyo, Japan (November 2007)

2007-11-28T13:22:00.000+03:00

Lachini, K. (November 2007) “Vocabulary Learning Strategies and L2 Proficiency” JALT (Japan Association of Language Teaching) 2007 - 33rd Annual International Conference on Language Teaching, Tokyo, Japan.

Presentation at the American University of Paris

2007-10-10T17:55:00.000+03:00

Lachini, K. (October 2007) “Strategy Consciousness Raising and Reading Comprehension” English Language Learning and Teaching in Multilingual and Multicultural Contexts International Conference, American University of Paris, Paris, France.

Prensentation in Italy

2007-09-29T14:03:00.000+03:00

Lachini, K. (September 2007) “English Language Program at the Qatar University: Challenges and Solutions” The Bi- and Multilingual Universities International Conference, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Bozen, Italy.

5th Asia TEFL International Conference, Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA

2007-06-22T00:38:00.000+03:00

5th Asia TEFL conference, hosted by MELTA was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from the 8th to the 10th of June 2007. I had the privilage to present the results of my research in form of a paper titled 'Unknown Words Guessability Rate and the EFLers' Reading Comprehension' on the second day of the conference.

OCAL 2007 International Conference, Windsor, Ontario, CANADA

2007-06-22T00:33:00.000+03:00

On May 20, 2007, I presented my research paper titled 'Language Proficiency and Code-Switching' at the 4th Ontario Conference on Applied Linguistics (OCAL 2007) at the University of Windsor (Ontario, Canada).

TESOL Arabia 2007 - March 15-17, Dubai, UAE.

2007-03-29T23:03:00.000+03:00

On March 15, 2007 I presented my paper titled 'Textual Ellipsis Restoration and EFLers' Reading Comprehension Ability' at the 13th TESOL Arabia International Conference in Dubai, UAE.

Blackboard Workshop, again!!!

2007-03-29T22:50:00.000+03:00

Qatar TESOL Mini-Conference

2007-02-01T11:46:00.000+03:00

Electronic Information Resources on the Internet

2006-12-09T20:25:00.000+03:00

Spring of the academic year 2005/2006 I attended a workshop on Electronic Information Resources on the Internet

E-Learning Strategies

2006-12-09T20:24:00.000+03:00

During the Fall semester of the academic year 2005/2006, I attended a workshop on the E-Learning Strategies at the Qatar University

Online Blackboard Training

2006-12-09T19:58:00.000+03:00

The completion of online Blackboard Training for On-line Course Management

TOEFL iBT

2006-12-09T19:53:00.000+03:00

Participation in live Digital Video Conference from the Unites States

Qatar TESOL 2nd International Conference

2006-12-04T10:36:00.000+03:00

The Second Qatar TESOL International Conference will be held on Friday April 13th and Saturday April 14th, 2007 at the College of the North Atlantic - Qatar. The Call for Papers deadline has been extended to January 15th 2007: don't miss the chance to present!
Send your proposals as an attachment to Kourosh Lachini (the coordinator of the proposals vetting committee) at klachini@gmail.com
http://www.qatartesol.org/call.html

Presentation at the CTELT Conference 2006, UAE

2006-12-03T10:20:00.000+03:00

on November 17, I presented my paper titled “Test Type Factor Clashes with the Accessiblity Hierarchy”, at the 10^th annual conference of CTELT (Current Trends in English Language Testing) on organized by the SIG group of Testing of the TESOL Arabia at Dubai Men’s College, Dubai, the UAE.

Presentation in Paris, France 2006

2006-09-14T17:30:00.000+03:00

7-9 September,. “The Impact of Meta-discourse Markers Consciousness-raising on Writing Skill.” Research on Second and Foreign Language Acquisition and Teaching (DILTEC)
Université of Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris, France.
http://www.groupelca.org/h/comms/comm003.html

Authentic English Texts

2006-08-31T10:43:00.000+03:00

Author: Dr. Kourosh Lachini
Publisher: Nashre Sarafraz Publication Company, Tehran, Iran.
ISBN: 964-95281-0-5

Authentic English Texts is a university text book intended for the General English Course taught at Karaj Azad University (www.kiau.ac.ir). 25,000 students of this university are supposed to enrol in this 3 credit hour course and study this book from cover to cover.

Basic English Reading

2006-08-18T16:58:00.000+03:00

Author: Dr. Kourosh Lachini
Published by: Sarafraz Publication Company, Karaj, Iran.
ISBN: 964-95281-2-1

This university text-book (ordered by Azad University at Karaj) is authored to meet the needs of the university students who come directly from high-school to university. It intends to bridge the gap between high-school and university reading skill. This book contains 25 reading comprehension passagages followed by a number of exercises and grammar quizzes. It is a sister companion to "Basic English Grammar" by the same author.

Basic English Grammar

2006-08-18T16:34:00.000+03:00

Author: Dr. Kourosh Lachini
Published by: Azad University at Karaj, Iran.
ISBN: 964-8634-04-1

General Linguistics Assessment

2006-08-18T16:04:00.000+03:00

Author: Dr. Kourosh Lachini
Published by: Azad University at Karaj, Iran.
ISBN: 964-8634-05-X

The purpose of this book is to familiarize the undergraduate students of English as well as the MA entrance examination candidates with the Multiple-Choice Items on General Linguistics. Explanatory answers are provided to help the readers grasp the concepts in a better way.
http://www.kiau.ac.ir/english/

TESOL Qatar 2006

2006-08-18T11:34:00.000+03:00

I presented my research paper titled "Measuring Critic-o-Analytical Thinking via Reading" at the 1st International Conference of TESOL Qatar held at the College of the North Atalantic, on April 15, 2006 - Doha, Qatar.

Presentation at the University of Turku, Finland

2006-08-18T10:50:00.000+03:00

I presented my research paper titled "The Impact of Language Proficiency on Flouting the Grice's Implicatures" in OID III (Organization in Discourse Conference 3) at the University of Turku, Finland (August 10, 2006).
http://www.hum.utu.fi/engfil/oid3.html

ELT International Conference, Oman 2005

2006-08-06T15:03:00.000+03:00

I presented my research paper titled "Which Text type does it better?: the impact of text type on the readability of the texts by the language learners." at the Sultan Qaboos University, Oman EFL International Conference, Oman 2005.

http://www.squ.edu.om/lan/conf05/index.html

TESOL Arabia 2005

2006-08-06T14:27:00.000+03:00

TESOL Arabia 2005, Dubai, UAE
The title of my presentation was "the Impact of Language Proficiency on Critcal Analytical Thinking while Reading". This research paper won the BEST of TESOL Arabia 2005.

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Asian EFL International Conference, Pusan, South Korea, 2006

http://www.asian-efl-journal.com/

BEST of TESOL Arabia 2005

2006-08-06T09:38:00.000+03:00

www.tesolarabia.org

TESOL Arabia 2006, Dubai, the UAE

2006-06-03T13:23:00.000+03:00

www.tesolarabia.org

My CV is available upon request

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