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Curriculum Vitae

Shahrzad Parvaresh

shahrzad_parvaresh@yahoo.com

Shahrzad Parvaresh started her teaching career in 2003. Since 2008, she has been a full-time instructor at Sobh-e Sadegh Institute of Higher Education. Her interest in teaching includes such courses as writing, reading, speaking, and translation-oriented ones. As a part-time translator/editor, she has also had cooperation with some newspaper/magazine offices and research centers. As a co-author, she has published a book and a number of articles in the area of translation teaching and training.

International Certificate

Certificate Institute Started – Ended

CELTA British Side Language School, Istanbul July – August, 2018

Teaching Experience

Title Institute Started – Ended

Full time instructor Sobh-e Sadegh Institute of Higher Education, Isfahan June, 2008 – Present

Courses taught:

Grammar

Advanced Writing

Essay Writing

Reading Comprehension

Simple Prose Texts

Principles of Translation

Translation Theories

English Idioms and Expressions

Translating Simple Texts

Advanced Translation

Translation Workshop

Individual Translation

Literary Translation

Reading Journalistic Materials

Translating Journalistic Materials

Translating Political Texts

Writing Academic Articles

Survey of Language Teaching in Iran

English teacher Ofogh Language Institute, Isfahan June, 2004 – Feb., 2010

Levels taught: Elementary, intermediate, and advanced

English teacher Pooyesh Language Institute, Isfahan June, 2003 – May, 2004

Levels taught: Elementary

Executive Responsibilities

Title Institute Started – Ended

Head of the Translation Committee Sobh-e Sadegh Institute of Higher Education, Isfahan

Sept., 2013 – Present

Duties:

Planning course redesign plans, including course syllabi and materials, for translation-related courses.

Holding meeting sessions with translation instructors to discuss and analyze designed syllabi and materials.

Coordinating marking schemes and mentoring examinations and assessment procedures.

Conducting translation and reading workshops for translation trainees.

Head of the English group Sobh-e Sadegh Institute of Higher Education, Isfahan

Dec., 2010 – Aug., 2012

Duties:

Planning semester schedules for the English students at the institutes.

Providing guidance to the English students on how to register for courses each semester.

Forming and supervising different committees where instructors work together in their specialized subjects.

Forming productive relationships with members of the committees.

Attending weekly meetings where instructional issues are discussed within the whole institute.

Holding regular meetings with instructors and with student representatives.

Enriching and up-dating library resources.

Articles

Parvaresh, S. & Gharaei, Z. (2018). Planning and implementing a social-constructivist undergraduate translator training program: An SWOT analysis. Interpretive-comparative journal of language and literature, 3, 95-120.

Parvaresh, S., Pirnajmuddin, H., & Hesabi, A. (2018). Creating significant learning experiences in Literary Translation: A course redesign plan. XLinguae, 11(2), 303-319.

Parvaresh, S., Pirnajmuddin, H., & Hesabi, A. (2016). The necessity of modifying teaching methods in practical courses of translation: A proposal for teaching literary translation. University Textbooks; Writing and Research, 39, 1-25.

Parvaresh, S., Pirnajmuddin, H., & Ouliaeinia, H. (2009). Persian translation of adjectives in the impressionist style of Joseph Conrad: The case of Heart of Darkness. Translation Studies, 7(26), 47-56.

Gharaei, Z., Parvaresh, S., & Ketabi, S. (2018). Advanced translation 1. Tehran: SAMT Publications.

A stylistic approach to translating fiction: An experience (The case of Meeniator-ha by Abū Turāb Khusravī), International Conference of Translation Studies as an Interdisciplinary Field, Imam Reza University, Mashhad, Iran, 1^st of May, 2013.