Flatter me, and I may not believe you.
Criticize me, and I may not like you.
Ignore me, and I may not forgive you.
Encourage me, and I will not forget you.

Parviz Mosallanejad enjoys teaching and has never been filled with its joys. He has tried his best to understand his students in a sincere and friendly atmosphere he usually establishes in his classrooms in order to fulfill the knowledge seeking learners' thirst. Parviz Mosallanejad believes that individual differences should be located by an efficacious teacher as a responsible agent to present the lessons in such a way that apparently everybody is satisfied at the end. In other words the teacher should artistically play a magic in the teaching situation and pave the way to facilitate the learning task.

Parviz Mosallanejad as a teacher believes that the methodology of teaching in a teacher is inspired from his/her studies of learning, i.e., the way a person learns determines his/her way of teaching. Teachers according to Parviz Mosallanejad are either lovers if they are not crazy. He exclaims that teaching is a very demanding job; nevertheless, he says he would make another teacher in case he were reborn!

"It's a good idea to begin at the bottom in everything except in learning to swim." Teaching according to Parviz Mosallanejad is a delicate responsibility. Teachers could be very influential and might act as a model for their students, so make an appropriate model!

Parviz Mosallanejad, has an M.A. in TEFL, and an experience of about 34 years of teaching mostly academic courses such as Methodology of Teaching Foreign Languages, Research Methodology, Testing, Translation Methodology, A Survey on Translation of Islamic Texts,… He is a faculty member at the School of Media and Islamic Azad University, the author of several books in Teaching Methodology, Testing and Assessment, Research Methodology, English through Media, and the translator of The Secrets of Children Language.

Parviz Mosallanejad is interested in surfing through the net. He sends at least two mails forwarded to about fifty friends and colleagues daily. The mails mainly include wise quotations, nice pictures and some anecdotes. He enjoys making the people think, learn, and find themselves!

"People are made to be loved and things are made to be used. There is much chaos in this world because things are being loved and people are being used." Parviz Mosallanejad has passed a hard and rough way to get here. Nevertheless he has practiced to get delighted when a friend, a colleague, a student, a relative, or a…..gets a promotion. "The quality of your attention determines the quality of other people's thinking"

He has been to many places inside the country and out. He takes a yearly plan of pilgrimage to Mecca for about 15 days. He enjoys this trip since 15 day incubation makes him peaceful through praying and remembrances. He is charged when back to continue another busy year of teachings.

Parviz Mosallanejad has studied electronics in college in the U.S.A. for about a year. After the Islamic Revolution he got back and studied English literature at Tehran University and later on continued his higher education at M.A level at Tarbiyat Modarres University and graduated as an outstanding student. Parviz Mosallanejad, besides being a teacher has had several positions including: the Director of Foreign Languages School at University of Science and Technology, the Head of English Department at the School of Media Studies (continued), Deputy for Research at the Faculty of Humanities at Islamic Azad University, Tehran South Branch.

"Admitting your mistakes is never a mistake."Parviz Mosallanejad wishes he could play a musical instrument. He believes that he has had the talent. Unfortunately he didn't ever find the opportunity although once he tired learning to play the piano and later on the organ without achieving any favorable mastery! Parviz Mosallanejad believes that he could make a thinker in case he way given the opportunity of; hence, he has always been busy with teaching.