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Find-a-Linguist - Dr Abdorreza RAFIEE

Name: Dr Abdorreza RAFIEE MCIL CL
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Native language(s): FARSI, ENGLISH
Language(s) of qualification: ENGLISH, FARSI
CIOL number: 25974
Membership number (pre-Autumn 2016): 017654
Membership grade: Member
Membership status: Current
Chartered?: Yes
Chartered Linguist section(s): CL (Language Specialist)
Telephone number: +44(0)7906 321 555
abdirafiee@hotmail.com
Subject Area: General, Business, Legal, Translation, Interpreting
Levels: GCSE, A-Level, Degree, Can teach children
Statement: My bilingual status in English and Farsi was confirmed by the Institute in 2003, thus allowing ‎me to translate in both directions: Farsi ↔ English.‎ PUBLICATIONS Colloquial Persian, Routledge, London and New York, 2001, 2010.‎ The 100 Word Exercise Book: Persian, (with Jane Wightwick), g-and-w Publishing, 2003.‎ ‎‘Cross-cultural communication’ is my principal research area. This is reflected in my PhD ‎thesis entitled 'VARIABLES OF COMMUNICATIVE INCOMPETENCE IN THE ‎PERFORMANCE OF IRANIAN LEARNERS OF ENGLISH AND ENGLISH LEARNERS ‎OF PERSIAN' (SOAS, 1992). It highlights some of the major differences between English ‎and Persian, accountable for miscommunication between Iranians and English speakers.‎