Pary
Fassihi

Senior Lecturer

Education

• ABD (Doctoral Candidate) in Language Education, Boston University
• MEd in TESOL, Boston University
• B.A. in English Literature and Linguistics (Dual Major), Northeastern University

Teaching Experience

• CELOP-Boston University, Senior Lecturer, 2004-Present
• Showa Women's University, Senior Lecturer, 2007-Present
• Bunker Hill Community College, Adjunct Faculty, 2006-2008
• Tehran University, Visiting Lecturer, Sep.2006-Jan. 2007
• Allameh University, Tehran, Iran, Visiting Lecturer, Sep. 2006-Jan. 2007
• Intergenarational Literacy Project (ILP) Chelsea, MA, Literacy/ESL Instructor, 2004-2006
• EF Education/Corporate Language Department, Boston, MA May 2004-Aug. 2004
• Boston Academy of English, ESL Instructor, May 2004-Aug. 2004
• Teragram Corporation, Boston, MA, Lexicographer/Linguist, 2003-2004
• Northeastern University Peer Tutor, Boston, MA, 2002-2003
• Northeastern University, Infant Cognition Lab, Research Assistant, 2002-2003
• The YMCA of Greater Boston, ESL Teacher, Jan. 2002-June 2002
• Gooyesh/Bayan English Institutes, Tehran, Iran,EFL Teacher, June 2002-Sep.2002
• Bayan English Institute,Tehran, Iran, EFL Teacher, 1998-2001
• Friend's English Institute, Tehran, Iran, EFL Teacher, 1997-1999
• UNICEF, Tehran, Iran, Peaceworker, Translator, 1998-2001

Publications/Presentations

• TESOL 2008 Convention Presentation, "Clickers: Student Response Systems in the Adult ESL Classroom"
• Third IELTI Conference Presentation and published paper, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran, "Teaching Pronunciation to EFL Learners"

Experience Abroad

• Travel to many different countries around the world
• Taught ESL/EFL both as a teacher and as a visiting lecturer at the University level in Tehran, Iran.

Languages

• Extensive Study: Farsi (Fluent in all skills)
• Formal Study: Arabic (Fluent in Reading and Writing)

Office room number: EOP 256

Phone: (617) 353-4870

E-mail: pfassihi@bu.edu