1. Personal Information

Name: Esmaeil

Surname: Safaei Asl

Academic Position: a faculty member, Department of English Language Teaching, Farhangian University, Tabriz, Iran

Google Scholar homepage:

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=o-MIfd0AAAAJ&hl=fa

E- Mail: e.safaei@cfu.ac.ir / safai.atu@gmail.com

 

2. Education

1999, B.A, Tabriz University, Department of English Language and Literature

2004, M.A, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Department of Linguistics

2016, Ph.D, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Department of Linguistics

 

3. Publications

3.1. Journal Articles

      1. Safaei Asl, E. (2013).  Multilingualism in Iran; Unity or Pluralism? (A Case Study in East Azerbaijan Province). Research on Humanities and Social Sciences, Vol. 3 (18), pp. 83-88.

 

2. Safaei Asl, E., Safaei Asl, N. and Safaei Asl, A. (2014). The Erosion of EFL Teachers’ Content and Pedagogical-content Knowledge Throughout the Years of Teaching Experience. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences Volume 98, 6 May 2014, Pages 1599-1605.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.03.583

 

      3. Safaei Asl, E. (2015). Word Order Typology in Azerbaijani. Journal of Comparative Linguistic Research, Vol. 5 (9), pp. 165-186. [in Persian]

 

     4. Safaei Asl, E. (2017). Word Order Typology of Turkish. The Journal of International Social Research, Vol 10 (48), pp. 106-114.

 

     5. Safaei Asl, E. and Aram, Y. (2017). The Maintenance or Shift of Local languages in Iran. Journal of Iranian Regional Languages and Literature, Vol. 7 (1), pp. 75-90. [in Persian]

 

     6. Safaei Asl, E. and Safaei Asl, N. (2017). A Case Study on Needs Assessment of English Language Teachers’ In-Service Training Courses. Journal of Applied Linguistics and Applied Literature: Dynamics and Advances, Vol 2 (2), pp. 99-106. 

 https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2017.13653

 

      7. Safaei Asl, E. and Sahraei, R. M. (2018). THEME in Persian and English: A Typological Study. Journal of Linguistics and Khorasan Dialects, Vol. 10 (18), pp. 21-53. [in Persian]

 

      8. Farshbafian A., Safaei Asl E., Ghasemzadeh Alishahi, A. & Aram,Y. (2018). Investigating the Motivation Level and the Orientations of Turkish-Speaking Learners of Persian. JTPSOL, Vo. 7 (16), pp. 3-22. [in Persian]

 

      9.  Safaei Asl E. (2019). Typology of Material Clauses in Persian. Language Related Research, 10 (3), pp. 27-46. [in Persian]

 

      10. Safaei Asl E., Tusi Nasrabadi, M. & Razinejad S. M. (2019). Studying the Effect of Gender on Azeri-Speaking Students' Attitudes toward Persian Language in Marand. JTPSOL, Vo. 8 (18), pp. 195-213. [in Persian]

 

     11. Farshbafian A., Safaei Asl E., & Aram, Y.  (2019). Typology of Theme System in Persian and Azeri Turkish. Language Related Research, 9 (6), pp. 157-186. [in Persian]

 

      12. Farshbafian A., Safaei Asl E. (2021). A Metafunctional Approach to Word Order in Persian Language.  Journal of Language and Linguistics Studies, Vol. 17 (2), pp. 773- 793.

 

      13. Safaei Asl, E. and Sahraei, R. M. (2023). Language Typology from the Perspective of Systemic Functional Grammar. Language science. [in Persian]

 https://doi.org/10.22054/ls.2017.17347.1062

 

      14.  Safaei Asl, E. (2025). A Typological Perspective on the System of MOOD TYPE in Azeri Turkic. Language science Vol 12 (21), pp 9-44. [in Persian]  

https://doi.org/10.22054/ls.2020.43643.1235

 

15.  Majidi, A. and Safaei Asl, E.  (2025). A Bibliometric Analysis of Linguistics and Education Interface (From 1970 to 2024). Journal of Knowledge-Research Studies, 4 (1): 146-165.

Doi: 10.22034/jkrs.2025.19838

 

16. Safaei Asl, E. and Alavimoghaddam, S.B. (accepted). A Look at the Concept of "Language in Education" in Iran's National Curriculum: Focusing on the Language Domains of Arabic, Persian, and English. Journal of Linguistic and Rhetorical Studies. [in Persian]   

 

 

3.2. Refereed Presentations (published)

1. Safaei Asl, E. (2012). Teaching Persian as a Second Language: Processes, Challenges, and Perspectives. Proceedings of the 1^st National Conference on Language and Linguistics, Vol. 1, pp. 261-275. Azad University, Karaj, Iran. [in Persian]

 

2. Safaei Asl, E. (2014). Word Order Typology in Persian and Azerbaijani. Proceedings of the 9th Iranian Conference on Linguistics, Vol. 2, pp. 807-828. Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran. [in Persian]

3. Safaei Asl, E. and Aram. Y. (2018). MOOD TYPE System in Persian and English: A Typological Perspective. Proceedings of the 10th International Iranian Conference on Linguistics. Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran. [in Persian]

4. Ghasemzadeh, A., Safaei Asl, E., Esmaeili, E. (2018). Encouraging Feedback-Seeking Behavior: An Effective Strategy for Language Learning. Proceedings of 2nd National Conference on English Language Studies: Applied Linguistics Perspectives on EFL. Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University. pp. 614- 620.