Saeedeh Shamsaee

BA: English Literature, 2001-2005

Kashan University, English Department, Kashan, Iran

GPA: 17/60 (out of 20)

MA: TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language), 2006-2008

Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST), Faculty of Basic Sciences, Department of Foreign Languages, Tehran, Iran

GPA: 17/28 (out of 20)

Thesis Title: Investigating the Construct Validity of the Speaking Module of the IELTS and TOEFL iBT Exams

PhD: TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language), started in 2011, expected to be finished by 2014

Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Faculty of Letters and Humanities, Department of English, Mashhad, Iran

GPA: 17/54 (Up to now) (out of 20)

Thesis Title: Formal and Functional L1 and L2 Interactions in Implicit and Explicit Learning of Written Formulaic Sequences: Evidence from Bilingual Learner Corpora