Dr Hassan Nejadghanbar

Postdoctoral Fellow

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+852 3400 2062
hassan.nejadghanbar@polyu.edu.hk

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Research Overview

I have mainly worked on reflective practice in language teacher education and English for academic purposes. In my research, I have tried to find ways to promote and facilitate reflection among language teachers and devise models that could be used to this end. Also, inspired by my own journey of acquiring the rules and regulations of the academic discourse communities and the struggles and hurdles that I faced along the way, I have conducted research on academic literacy development and academic integrity in higher education. I am particularly interested in understanding and studying the challenges, strategies and life stories of new comers or novice researchers who are attempting to gain membership into their academic discourse communities.

Education and Academic Qualifications

PhD in Applied Linguistics, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran (2019).
MA in Applied Linguistics, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran (2013).

Academic and Professional Experiences

Lecturer, Department of English and Translation studies, Science and Research University (Olom Tahghighat University), Tehran, Iran (2020 – 2021).
Visiting Research Scholar, Harvard University, Cambridge, United States of America (Jan 2018 – Aug 2018)
Lecturer, Department of Foreign Languages, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran (2014-2018).
Running Workshops
- How to write a scholarly research for publication, the Center for Free and Virtual Education, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran (2019-2021).
- Running English teacher preparation workshops (TESOL), the Center for Free and Virtual Education, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran (2019-2021).
- How to use learning theories in language classrooms, the Center for Free and Virtual Education, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran (2018- 2018).

Teaching Areas

English language teaching methodology
Academic writing and publishing
English for Academic Purposes

Research Interests

Research Output

Ebadi, S., & Nejadghanbar, H. (2019), TOEFL preparation course for Iranian PhD students. Ava Publications, Tehran, Iran.

Nejadghanbar, H. (2021). Using critical incidents for professional development with novice teachers. TESOL Journal. 12(1), 1-17. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/tesj.521
Atai, M. R., Hashemi, M. R., & Nejadghanbar, H. (2018). Exploring the conceptions of academic reading comprehension by Iranian graduate students of applied linguistics. TESL Quarterly, 37(2), 1-32. DOI:10.22099/jtls.2019.32055.2628
Henning, M. A., Nejadghanbar, H., & Ukachukwu, A. (2018). Developing a revision of a Cross-Cultural Academic Integrity Questionnaire (CCAIQ-2). Journal of Academic Ethics. 16(3), 241-255. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10805-018-9306-5
Shafiee, Z., Nejadghanbar, H., & Parsaiyan, S. F. (2018). Transformation of an EFL Teacher's Cognition Underlying Oral Corrective Feedback: A Case of Reflective Inquiry. English Language Teaching Journal (TELL Journal). 12(1), 1-30. DOI: 10.22132/TEL.2018.58510
Atai, M, R., & Nejadghanbar, H. (2017). Exploring Iranian ESP Teachers’ Subject-Related Critical Incidents. Journal of English for Academic Purposes. 29, 43-54.DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeap.2017.08.001
Babaii, E., & Nejadghanbar, H. (2017). Plagiarism among Iranian language students: perspectives and causes. Ethics and Behaviour. 27(3), 40-258. DOI:10.1080/10508422.2016.1138864
Karimi, M. N., & Nejadghanbar, H. (2016). The Interface between Second Language Acquisition Research and Second Language Pedagogy: Iranian EFL Teachers’ Perspectives. English Language Teaching Journal (TELL journal). 10(1), 1-37. DOI: 10.22132/TEL.2016.53611
Atai, M. R., & Nejadghanbar, H. (2016). Unpacking in-service EFL teachers’ critical incidents (CIs): the case of Iran. RELC. 47(1), 97–110. DOI: 10.1177/0033688216631177
Farangi, M. R., Nejadghanbar, H., Askary, F., & Ghorbani, A. (2015). On the effects of podcasting on EFL upper-intermediate learners’ speaking ability. CALL-EJ. 16(2), 1-18.
Karimi, M. N., & Nejadghanbar, H. (2013). Class-wide peer tutoring and students’ reading comprehension achievement. Iranian EFL journal, 9(5), 19-28.

Nejadghanbar, H., & Atai, M. R. (2021). EFL teachers’ reflection on their critical incidents: Promoting reflectivity in blog environment. In K. Paesani & M. Bigelow (Eds.), Juried proceedings of the tenth (2017) and eleventh (2019) International Language Teacher Education Conferences. University of Minnesota.

Nejadghanbar, H., & Asadpour, E. (2018). EFL teachers’ perceptions of individual and group reflection in facilitating their professional development. 6^th international conference on applied research in language studies. Allame Tabatabaii University, Tehran, Iran.
Nejadghanbar, H., & Asadpour, E. (2018). Need analysis in ESP: A case study of Yasouj EAP Students of Mechanical Engineering. 6^th international conference on applied research in language studies. Allame Tabatabaii University, Tehran, Iran.
Nejadghanbar, H., & Atai, M, R. (2017). EFL teachers’ reflection on their critical incidents: promoting reflectivity in blog environment. The 10th International Conference on Language Teacher Education. 2-4 February, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), USA.
Farangi, M. R., Nejadghanbar, H., Askary, F., & Ghorbani, A. (2015). On the Effects of Podcasting on EFL Upper-Intermediate Learners’ speaking ability. The 13th TELLSI international conference, University of Lorestan, Lorestan, Iran.
Nejadghanbar, H., & Taghaddomi, M. Sh. (2015). The effect of pre-service teachers’ group reflection on critical incidents on their professional development. The 12th TELLSI international conference, University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Zahedan, Iran.
Shafiee, Z., & Nejadghanbar, H. (2015). Contribution of reflective inquiry to transformation of teachers’ cognition underlying oral corrective feedback: A case study of an Iranian EFL teacher. The 12th TELLSI International Conference, University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Zahedan, Iran.
Sharifi, M. M., & Nejadghanbar, H. (2013). Gender performance on STAD and IOSTSAD cooperative learning techniques. islPAL Middle East 1st International Conference on TESOL, Tehran. Iran.

Esteem Measures

Teaching English Language and Literature Society of Iran (TELLSI), Tehran, Iran (Since 2018).

Top student researcher of Iran; selected by the Teaching English Language and Literature Society of Iran (TELLSI), (2018).

Outstanding student of the year, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran (2018).