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Dr. Zahra Shahsavar
She is an assistant professor who has a lot of experience in teaching English to EFL and ESL students. Her areas of interests include scientific and academic writing, writing assessment, critical thinking in education, and the use of technology for teaching and learning.
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About me

I, Dr. Zahra Shahsavar is an assistant professor at Shiraz University of Medical Sciences. I obtained my PhD in English Language from University Putra Malaysia (UPM). My research interests include scientific and academic writing, writing assessment, critical thinking in education, and the use of technology for teaching and learning.

My PhD thesis was on “Developing Critical Thinking Skills in the Argumentative Writing of Tertiary Level Students in a Blended Learning Environment”, I examined the relationship between using critical thinking skills in students’ writing and some variables such as students’ cognitive style, filed dependency, and attitude towards blogs.

I have been the member of foundation for critical thinking since 2014. I successfully passed the online course on “Critical Thinking for Instruction & Learning” and got the certificate in teaching critical thinking skills from, California, USA. As a result, I have brought excellent knowledge in teaching academic writing to students by applying a unique method in which I can merge writing skills with critical thinking skills. I can also bring this method in teaching other language skills namely, reading, speaking, & listening.

I have more than 17-year experience in teaching English to undergraduate and graduate students focused on improving students’ general and academic English language skills. I am the author of many articles as well as books, and chapter books. I have also presented a lot of papers in international conferences worldwide. Furthermore, I have contributed as a reviewer for different scientific journals. For more information, please take a look at my resume posted below. If you are interested in my articles, you can visit my academic page available at https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=uqZydbsAAAAJ&hl=en

Publication

Shahsavar, Z., & Kourepaz, Haniyeh. (2020). Postgraduate students’ difficulties in writing their theses literature review, Cogent Education, 7(1), 1-11.

Khakpour Nia, S., & Shahsavar, Z.(2019). Comparing the use of different prewriting strategies on medical students’ l2 Writing. The Asian ESP Journal. 15(2). 228-255.

Shahsavar, Z. (2019). Diagnosing English learners’ writing skills: A cognitive diagnostic modeling study. Cogent Education, 6(1), 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1080/2331186X.2019.1608007

Shahsavar, Z., Jafari, P. (2018). Examining gender differences in students’ attitude toward blogs using measurement invariance. The International Journal of Diversity in Education, 18(2), 13-25.

Kashefiyan Naeini, S., Khojasteh, L., Shahsavar., Z,Shokrpour, N. (2017). English for the students of nursing. Shiraz: Shiraz University of Medical Sciences.

Kashefiyan Naeini, S., Khojasteh, L., Mahboudi, A.,Shahsavar., Z, Shokrpour, N. (2017). English for the students of nursing. Shiraz: Shiraz University of Medical Sciences.

Zekri, A., & Shahsavar, Z. (2016). Quality Assessment of Persian translation of English pharmaceutical leaflets based on House’s model. International Journal of English Language & Translation Studies.

Aryadoust, V., & Shahsavar, Z. (2016). Investigating the validity of the Persian blog attitude questionnaire: An evidence-based approach. Journal of Modern Applied Statistical Methods, 15(1), 417-451.

Shahsavar, Z. & Jamalzadeh, M. (2016). Iranian English novice and expert teachers’ contextual beliefs and their classroom performance. The Iranian EFL Journal, 12(3), 6-25.

Jamalzadeh, M., & Shahsavar, Z. (2015). The effects of contextual factors on teacher’s beliefs and practices. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 192, 166 – 171.

Shahsavar, Z. & Naderi, M. S. (2015). Investigating the influence of ideology on translation: A critical discourse analysis of “A Tale of Two Cities” and its Persian translations. International Journal of English Language & Translation Studies. 3(1), 35-48.

Shahsavar,Z. (2014). The impact of culture on using CT skills through the blog. Journal of international Scientific publications, 3, 99-105.

Shahsavani, S, Shahsavar, Z., & Sahragard, R. (2014). On the relationship between willingness to communicate and identity processing styles of the Iranian advanced EFL learners. International Journal of Language Learning and Applied Linguistics World, 5(1), 57-67.

Shahsavar, Z., Tan, B. H., Yap, N. T., & Abu Samah, B. (2013). Promoting tertiary level students’ critical thinking through the use of Socratic questioning on the blog. Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, 21(S), 57-70. ISSN: 0128-7702.

Shahsavar, Z. (2013). Practicing Socratic questioning in a blended learning environment: An innovative strategy to promote critical thinking. Int. J. of Social Media and Interactive Learning Environments, 1(2), 184-198.

Shahsavar, Z., & Tan, B. H. (2013). Pedagogical blogging: Promoting tertiary students’ critical thinking by using Socratic questions. English Language Teaching World Online, 5, Retrieved from

http://blog.nus.edu.sg/eltwo/2013/01/14/pedagogical-blogging-promoting-tertiary-level-students-critical-thinking-by-using-socratic-questions/

Shahsavar, Z., & Tan, B. H. (2012). Developing a questionnaire to measure students’ attitudes toward the course blog. Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 13(1), 200-210. Retrieved from https://tojde.anadolu.edu.tr/tojde46/pdf/article_13.pdf

Shahsavar, Z., & Tan, B. H. (2011). Does cognitive style affect bloggers’ attitude in an online learning environment? GEMA Online TM Journal of Language Studies,11(1), 159-171. Retrieved from http://journalarticle.ukm.my/996/

Shahsavar, Z., & Tan, B. H. (2010). Effects of different strategies on the quality of thinking of tertiary ESL students in online discussions. In B. H. Tan, M. F., Yong & N. T, Yap, Language learning: Challenges, approaches and collaboration (pp. 277-302). Germany: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller GmbH & Co. KG.

Shahsavar, Z., Tan, B. H., & Aryadoust, S.V. (2010). Investigating the Factor Structure of the Blog Attitude Scale.Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 11(4),12-24.

Shahsavar, Z., & Tan, B. H. (2010). Using weblog to promoting critical thinking through the asynchronous online discussion. The journal of Asia TEFL, 7(1), 309-331.

Shahsavar, Z. (2008). The effect of Mozart music on silent reading. ILI Language Teaching Journal, 4(1), 45-52.

Conference Presentation

Shahsavar, Z. (2019, July). How can M.A. students write their theses literature review section effectively? Paper presented at International Conference on Language, Literature and Culture (ICLLC), Canada, Toronto.

Shahsavar, Z. (2018, September). Postgraduates' problems in writing their theses literature review section. Paper presented at the International Conference on Education and Social Science, Turkey, Istanbul.

Shahsavar, Z., Jafari, P. (2017, July). Investigating gender differences in students’ attitudes toward blogs. Paper presented at the 17th International Conference on Diversity in Organizations, Communities & Nations, Canada, Toronto.

Shahsavar, Z. (2016, April). How to assess tertiary level students’ critical thinking. Paper presented at the 6th International Conference on Business, Economics, Social Science & Humanities, Hong Kong: Hong Kong. http://academicfora.com/bessh-hongkong-4-5-april-2016/


Shahsavar, Z. (2016, February). The effects of applying critical thinking skills on EFL medical students’ argumentative writing. Paper presented at the first International Conference on Educational Theory and Research, Izmir: Turkey. http://www.ieu.edu.tr/icetr2016/


Zekri, A., & Shahsavar, Z. (2016, December). Quality assessment of Persian translation of English pharmaceutical leaflets. Paper presented at the 2nd national Conference on Innovations in English Language Teaching, Learning, and Assessment, Iran: Shiraz.

Korehpaz, H. ,& Shahsavar, Z. (2016, December). Comparing the extent of criticalness of the literature review chapter of M.A. students’ theses. Paper presented at the 2nd national Conference on Innovations in English Language Teaching, Learning, and Assessment, Iran: Shiraz.

Shahsavar, S. ,& Shahsavar, Z. (2016, December). The use of critical thinking skills in students' argumentative writing. Paper presented at the 2nd national Conference on Innovations in English Language Teaching, Learning, and Assessment, Iran: Shiraz.

Khapour, S. ,& Shahsavar, Z. (2016, December). The role of gender in using prewriting on EFL students’ L2 writing. Paper presented at the 2nd national Conference on Innovations in English Language Teaching, Learning, and Assessment, Iran: Shiraz.

Yeganeh Jo, M., & Shahsavar, Z. (2015, Jan). L1 transfer and production of L2 idioms. Paper presented at the 2nd national Conference on Innovations in English Language Teaching, Learning, and Assessment, Iran: Shiraz.

Shahsavar, Z., & Yeganeh jo, M. (2015, Jan). Critical analysis of the literature review chapter in postgraduate theses. Paper presented at the 2nd national Conference on Innovations in English Language Teaching, Learning, and Assessment, Iran: Shiraz.

Jamalzadeh, M., & Shahsavar, Z. (2014, Dec). The effects of contextual factors on teachers’ beliefs and practices. Paper presented at 2nd Global Conference on Linguistics and Foreign Language Teaching: United Arab Emirates.

Shahsavar, Z. (2014, Sep). The influence of culture on teaching critical thinking skills to students through the blog. Paper Presented at the Media & Mass Communication Conference, Elenite: Bulgaria. http://www.sciencebg.net/

Shahsavar, Z. (2013, October). The effect of blogging on field-dependent and field independent students’ critical thinking. Paper Presented at TeL Conference, Singapore: Singapore. Retrieved from http://cdtl.nus.edu.sg/tel2013/programme-tracks.htm

Shahsavar, Z., & Tan, B. H. (2012, July). Applying Socratic questioning on blog: Does it enhance students’ critical thinking? Proceedings of the 7th Malaysia International Conference on Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, MICOLLAC. (pp. 1-5). Malaysia: Kula Lumpur.

Shahsavar, Z., & Tan, B. H. (2011, October). Questioning Socratic questioning: Does it improve students’ critical thinking and their attitudes toward blogs? Paper Presented at LANCOMM Conference, Kula Lumpur, Malaysia.

Tan, B. H., & Shahsavar, Z. (2011). Using Socratic questioning to improve tertiary students' argumentative writing through blogs. The Proceedings of 20th MELTA International Conference on English Language Education and Global Learning: Policy, Practice, Performance. (pp.58-62). Malaysia: Kuala Terengganu.

Tan, B. H., & Shahsavar, Z. (2010, December). Comparing two argumentative topics in eliciting critical thinking on weblog discussions. Paper Presented at My_CASELT Conference, Kula Lumpur, Malaysia.

Shahsavar, Z. & Tan, B.H. (2010). The influence of students’ cognitive styles on their attitudes toward using blogs. In J. Sanchez & K. Zhang (Eds.), Proceedings of E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2010 (pp. 2158-2164). Chesapeake, VA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).

Shahsavar, Z. & Tan, B.H. (2010). The Influence of Students’ Cognitive Styles on their Attitudes toward Using Blogs. In J. Sanchez & K. Zhang (Eds.), The Proceedings of World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education, AACE. (pp. 2158-2164). USA: Florida Retrieved from http://www.editlib.org/p/35869.

Shahsavar, Z. & Tan, B.H. (2010). Promoting Critical Thinking through Asynchronous Weblog Forum. In Z. Abas et al. (Eds.), The Proceedings of Global Learn Asia Pacific, AACE. (pp. 361-367). Malaysia: Penang. Retrieved from http://www.editlib.org/p/34199.

Shahsavar, Z., & Tan, B. H. (2010, May). Investigating the quality of thinking in an online discussion environment. Paper Presented at the LSP Conference, Kula Lumpur, Malaysia.

Shahsavar, Z., & Tan, B. H. (2009, November). The Impact of different blogging strategies on students’ critical thinking. Paper Presented at the ICELT Conference, Melaka, Malaysia.

Shahsavar, Z. & Tan, B.H. (2009). The role of weblogs in tertiary EFL learners' writing improvement. The Proceedings of 6th International Conference on Languages, Literatures, and Cultures (pp. 887-896). MICOLLAC. Malaysia: KL.

Aryadoust, S.V., & Shahsavar, Z. (2007, September). Validation of the writing section of TOEFL iBT: Task 2. Paper Presented at the IELTI Conference, Tehran, Iran.


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