Certified by the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, Teaching English Language and Literature Society of Iran (TELLSI)was officially recognized in Farvardin 8, 1383 (March 2007) through the considerable efforts of the late Dr. Seyed Ali Akbar Mirhassani and other TEFL academics in Iran. TELLSI aims at developing and promoting TEFL learners' knowledge base, improving the quality of experts’ practice and advancing teaching and research.
The members of TELLSI's first board of directors included the late Dr. Seyed Ali Akbar Mirhassani, Dr. Abdolmehdi Riazi, Dr. Seyed Mohammad Alavi, Dr. Reza Ghafarsamar, Dr. Mahmoud Reza Ataee and Dr. Ali Asghar Eftekhari. In the general assembly held in the society's 6th annual conference in Guilan, the second board of directors' election was conducted, leading to the election of the late Dr. Riazi, Dr. Mirhassani, Dr. Ghafarsamar, Dr. Alavi, Dr. Marandi, Dr. Hassasskhah, Dr. Mahdavi, Dr. Kiani and, Dr. Eftekhari. After Dr. Mirhasani's demise and Dr. Riazi's traveling to Canada, another election was held in the 7th TELLSI conference in Yazd University in Mehr, 1388 (October 2009), resulting in the election of Dr. Anani and Dr. Tajeddin as reserve members.
The previous members of the TELLSI board of directors were elected in the general assembly of TELLSI 13 at Khoram abad University, as follow: Prof. Alireza Jalilifar from Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz (president), Dr. Reza Khani from Ilam University (vice-president & editor-in-chief of TEL journal), Dr. Hassan Soodmand Afshar from Bu-alisina University, Dr. Mahmoodreza Moradian from Khoramabad University (treasurer), and Dr. Ramin Akbari from Tarbiat Modarres, with Dr. Abbas Ali Rezaie from Tehran University and Dr. Zari Saeedi from Allameh Tabatabai University as reserve members, as well as Dr. Zohreh Nafissi from Alzahra University as inspector.
The current members of the TELLSI board of directors are:
The current members of the TELLSI board of directors are:
Prof. Alireza Jalilifar, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Khuzestan, Iran (Head of TELLSI)
Prof. Hassan Soodmand Afshar, Bu-Ali Sina University (Vice-head & Chair of TELLSI conferences)
Dr. Minoo Alemi, IAU, West Tehran Branch, Iran
Dr. Gholamreza Abbasian, Imam Ali University, Tehran, Iran
Dr. Mojtaba Mohammadi, IAU, West Tehran Branch, Iran
Dr. Nooraldin Yousefi, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran (Inspector)
Dr. Hamid Allami, Tarbiat Modaress University
Dr. Bahlool Salmani, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz Branch, Iran (Treasurer)
TELLSI holds annual conferences, publishes TEL Journal (http://teljournal.ir), and has lately established a few Special Interest Groups (SIGs). The society is active both nationally and internationally, and currently has a rapidly growing number of members from among Iranian TEFL and English Literature scholars, professors and students from all over Iran. While the society has come a long way, we believe we can still do much better, and we depend on your help and ideas to do so. So please contact us!We look forward to hearing from you! :)