He is also a Cambridge Centre Exams Manager at IR056 and a Cambridge Speaking Examiner. He has presented enormously both inside and outside the country and has published extensively in both accredited international journals (e.g., Reflective Practice, Thinking Skills and Creativity, Journal of English for Academic Purposes, Research Papers in Education, The Language Learning Journal, Issues in Educational Research, e-FLT, etc.), and various local journals. His research interests include reflective practice and critical pedagogy, academic writing, psychology of language education, ESP/EAP research, language learning strategies, oral language assessment and teacher education. E-mail: soodmand@basu.ac.ir, hassansoodmand@gmail.com