Profile
Biography
Before my current role, I worked as a tutor and material developer for Pre-sessional, Pre-Master’s, and Pre-PhD courses at Oxford International Education Group (HE Department). Previously, I was an associate lecturer and lecturer at the University of Sussex, where I taught undergraduate and postgraduate Applied Linguistics modules, including Fundamentals of Linguistics, Discourse Analysis and Pragmatics, Contemporary Stylistics, and Principles and Practice in English Language Teaching (lectures and seminars).
I have extensive experience teaching English for Academic Purposes (EAP), Business English, General English, and Cambridge Exams in international contexts. Additionally, I served as an official TEFL examiner at the Oxford International Test Centre (OITC).
I hold a PhD (Applied Linguistics, 2018) and an MA (Applied Linguistics, 2010) from the University of Sussex. My further professional qualifications include CELTA and the English Lecture Training Program (University of Sussex).
University roles
Finance Suite and Accounting and Management Academic Skills Advisor
Research
Overview
My research interests include discourse analysis of spoken and written educational discourse, contemporary stylistics, cognitive stylistics and linguistic pragmatics, English language teaching methodology, and material development for EAP and ESP. More recently, I have been researching feedback processes in higher education and strategies to engage postgraduate students in the feedback process. Currently, I am working on a research project exploring how critical thinking can be effectively embedded in postgraduate learning through module-specific tasks designed to enhance students’ critical thinking skills.
Teaching
Other teaching
I am the Academic and Communication Skills Development Lead for MSc Finance programmes and the Accounting and Management programme, providing embedded academic skills support to all students in these areas. I work closely with module and programme leaders to design, plan, and deliver programme-specific skills lectures, lead module-specific seminars and workshops, and offer additional support through academic skills tutorials, written feedback, and drop-in sessions.
Publications
Selected publications
Taheri, S. (2019) A Multimodal Approach to Character Construction. In Character Building: A Conference on Constructing Character and Identity in Real and Fictional Worlds Conference Proceeding Book. University of Nottingham. May 2019.
Piazza, R. and Taheri, S. (2018) Through the Nocturnal Animal's eye or a Text World Theory approach to narrative film analysis. In PALA (Poetics and Linguistics Association) Annual Conference Proceeding Book. University of Birmingham. July 2018. PALA Publication.
Taheri, S. Karimi, B. (2017) On Terrence Malick’s Song to Song: An Aesthetic-Poetic Journey, in Film and Literature Journal 63, 30-38.
Taheri, S., Karimi, B. (2016) Ho Hsiao Hsien According to Ho Hsiao Hsien (2017). Tehran: Shourafarin Publication.
Taheri, S. (2015) When All Responses Are Dispreffered: The Structure of Characters’ Exchange in Angela Schalenc’s Afternoon (2007), in Film and Literature Journal 47, 37-40.
Taheri, S. (2014) Voice and Image in Marguerite Duras’s le mains negatives: A Case of Semiotic Disconnection, in Film and Literature Journal 41, 31-35.
Taheri, S. (2014) A Cognitive Stylistic Approach to Narrative Comprehension in Abbas Kiarostami’s Ten. in ILA (International Linguistic Association) 59 Conference. Université de Paris II (Panthéon-Assas) Proceeding Book. May 2014. PALA Publication.
Taheri, S. (2014) Speech Act Schema and Characters’ Identity Construal in Ingmar Bergman’s Autumn Sonata PALA (Poetics and Linguistics Association) Annual conference Proceeding Book. University of Maribor, Slovenia. July 2014. PALA Publication.
Taheri, S. (2013) A Cognitive Stylistic Approach to Character Construal in The Piano Teacher (Haneke, 2001)
PALA (Poetics and Linguistics Association) Annual Conference Proceeding Book. University of Heidelberg, Germany. July 2013. PALA Publication.
