PUBLICATIONS
Books
Hatch, E. & Farhady, H. (1982). Research design and statistics for applied linguistics. Newbury House Publishers, USA.
Varzegar, M., Farhady, H. & Maftoon, P. (1991). Reading through Reading: A general language course for Iranian university students. Tehran: SAMT Press.
Farhady, H. Jafarpur, A. & Birjandi, P. (1994). Testing language skills: From theory to practice. Tehran: SAMT Press.
Farhady, H. (1995a). Research methods in applied linguistics. Tehran: Payame Noor University Press.
Farhady, H. & Gholampour, S. (1995b). Right path to English: Workbook 1. Tehran: Ministry of Education.
Farhady, H. & Gholampour, S. (1996a). Right path to English: Workbook 2. Tehran: Ministry of Education.
Farhady, H. (1996b). English for the students of statistics. Tehran: SAMT Press.
Farhady, H., Soheili, A., Vosoughi, H. & Varzegar, M. (1997). Teaching and testing English. Alavi Publications, Tehran, Iran.
Farhady, H. & Khadembashi, N. (1998). MA Tests in TEFL. Tehran: Farzanegan Press.
Farhady, H. & Moradian, M. (2001a). Vocabulary and tests for TOEFL. Tehran: Rahnema Publications.
Farhady, H. (2001b). A comprehensive guide to the MA entrance examinations in TEFL. Tehran: Rahnema Publications.
Farhady, H. (2002). MA entrance examinations in TEFL with explanatory answers.(2nd ed.) Tehran: Rahnema Publications.
Farhady, H. & Shahoumian, A. (2003a). English live: A communicative course for children: Text and workbook. (Volumes 1-10). Tehran: Saeed Publications.
Farhady, H. (2003b). English for the students of biology. Tehran: SAMT Press.
Farhady, H. Khanmohammad, H. & Yekta, N. (2004a). Dynamic English (Book 1) Tehran, Rahnema Publications.
Farhady, H. (2004b). MA entrance examinations in TEFL with explanatory answers. (3rd ed.). Tehran: Rahnema Publications.
Farhady, H. (2005a). English for the students of architecture. Tehran: SAMT Press.
Farhady, H. (2005b). Techniques for effective Reading. Tehran: Rahnema Publications.
Farhady, H. & Forouzandeh, E. (2005c) Reasrch methods in TEFL: An inquiry Approach. Tehran: Jangal Publications.
Farhady, H. (2005d). English for the students of urban planning. Tehran: SAMT Press.
Farhady, H., H. Khanmohammad, H. Hedayati, F. Sajadi. (2006a). Grammar for TOEFL. Rahnema Publications, Tehran, Iran.
Farhady, H. (2006b). Twenty five years with applied linguistics: A collection of articles. Tehran: Rahnema Publications.
Farhady, H. & Delshad, S. (2007). An Introduction to methodology for TEFL. Tehran: SAMT Press.
Farhady, H. (2014) General English, A textbook for non-English Major university students in Iran, SAMT publications, affiliated with the Ministry of Sciences, Research, and Technology, Iran, Tehran.
Farhady, H (forthcoming). Self assessment activities for Interchange Series.
Books Edited
Farhady, H., Varzegar, M. & Maftoon, P. (Eds.) (1991a). Issues in teaching foreign languages in Iran. APEI.
Farhady, H. & Mirhassani, S.A. (Eds.) (2001d). Reading through interaction (Vol. 1). Tehran: Ketabsara Publications.
_____________ (2001e). Reading through interaction (Vol. 2). Tehran: Ketabsara Publications.
_____________ (2002a). Reading Through interaction (Vol. 3). Tehran: Ketabsara Publications.
Chapters in Edited Books
Farhady, H. (1979). Test bias in language placement examinations. In C. Yorio & J. Schachter (Eds.), On TESOL '79. Washington, D.C.: TESOL Publications.
Farhady, H. (l983a). On the plausibility of unitary language proficiency factor. In W.J. Oller, Jr. (Ed.), Issues in language testing research. Newbury House Publishers.
Farhady, H. (1983b). New directions for ESL proficiency testing. In W.J. Oller, Jr. (Ed.), Issues in language testing research. Newbury House Publishers.
Farhady, H. (1983c). The disjunctive fallacy between discrete-point and integrative tests. In J.W. Oller, Jr. (Ed.), Issues in language testing research. Newbury House Publishers.
Farhady, H. (1991). Testing ESL proficiency in an ESP context. In H. Farhady, M. Varzegar & P. Maftoon (Eds.), Issues in teaching foreign languages in Iran. Tehran, Iran.
Articles in Refereed Journals
Farhady, H. (1979). The disjunctive fallacy between discrete-point and integrative tests. TESOL Quarterly, 13 (3). Reprinted in J.W. Oller, Jr. (1983), Issues in language testing research. Newbury House Publishers.
Farhady, H. (1982a). Measures of language proficiency from the learner's perspective. TESOL Quarterly, l6 (1).
Farhady, H. (1984). Fundamental concepts in language testing: Functions of language tests. Roshd Foreign Language Journal, 1 (2). Tehran, Iran.
Farhady, H. (1985a). Fundamental concepts in language testing: Forms of language tests. Roshd Foreign Language Journal, 1 (3). Tehran, Iran.
Farhady, H. (l985b). English tests in the university entrance examination in Iran: A critique 1 (Persian). Roshd Foreign Language Journal, 1 (3). Tehran, Iran.
Farhady, H. (l985c). English tests in the university entrance examination in Iran: A critique 2 (Persian). Roshd Foreign Language Journal, 1 (4). Tehran, Iran.
Farhady, H. (1986a). Fundamental concepts in language testing: Item characteristics. Roshd Foreign Language Journal, 2 (2&3). Tehran, Iran.
Farhady, H. (1986b). Fundamental concepts in language testing: Test characteristics. Roshd Foreign Language Journal, 2 (2&3). Tehran, Iran.
Farhady, H. (1986c). Fundamental concepts in language testing: Theories. Roshd Foreign Language Journal, 2 (4). Tehran, Iran.
Farhady, H. (1995a). Areas of research in TEFL/TESL. Journal of the Faculty of Foreign Languages. Tehran University Press.
Farhady, H. (1995b). Language, linguistics, and communication. Journal of Humanities. University for Teacher Education.
Farhady, H. (1996a). Varieties of cloze procedure in EFL education. Roshd Foreign Language Journal.
Farhady, H. & Farzanehnejad, A.R. (1996b). An objective measure for evaluating EFL compositions. Iranian Journal of Applied Linguistics.
Farhady, H. & Malekpour, M. (1996c). Different methods of scoring and the psychometric characteristics of dictation tests. Journal of Social Sciences . Shiraz University Press.
Farhady, H. & Keramati, M.N. (1996d). A text-driven method for the deletion procedure in cloze passages. Language Testing, 13 (2).
Farhady, H. (1997). Dictation as a testing and a teaching device. Roshd Foreign Language Journal.
Farhady, H. (1998a). Constructing reading comprehension tests. Roshd Foreign Language Journal.
Farhady, H. & R. Moradi (1998b). Language proficiency and the construct validity of the rhetorical function of description. Journal of the Faculty of Foreign Languages, 1 (4). Tehran University Press.
Farhady, H. & F. Nikpoor. (1999a). Language proficiency in the contexts of norm and criterion-referenced tests. Roshd Foreign Language Journal, 14 (55).
Farhady, H. (1999b). Ethical aspects in language testing. Modarres Quarterly Journal, 3 (2). Special Issue: Languages. Tarbiat Modarres University.
Farhady, H. & Sajadi, F. (1999c). The location of the topic sentence, level of language proficiency, and reading comprehension. Journal of the Faculty of Foreign Languages. Allame Tabatabi University.
Farhady, H. & Jamali, F. (1999d). Varieties of C-test as measures of general language proficiency. Journal of the Faculty of Foreign Languages, 3 (2). Tehran University Press.
Farhady, H. & S. Shakeri. (2000a). Number of options and economy of multiple- choice tests. Roshd Foreign Language Journal, 14 (57).
Farhady, H. & Abbasian, G. (2000b). Test method, level of language proficiency, and the underlying structure of language ability. Alzahra Journal, 2 (1). Alzahra University Press.
Farhady, H. & Bita Sabeti (2000c). The construction and validation of a MC topic-based English language proficiency test. Roshd Foreign Language Journal.
Farhady, H. (2003). MA entrance examination tests in TEFL: A critique (Persian). Journal of the Faculty of Foreign Languages. Tehran University Press.
Farhady, H. & Sajadi, F. (2004). Evaluation of students English language ability in Iranian junior high-schools. Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities of Shiraz University, 21 (1).
Farhady, H. (2005). Language Assessment: A linguametric Perspective. Language Assessment Quarterly, 2 (1).
Farhady, H (2007a). Language education in Iran: Trends and dilemmas. TELLSI, Journal of Association of English Language and Literature in Iran.
Farhady, H., & Hessamy, G. (2007b). The construct validity of reading comprehension tests. IJAL, (5, 1).
Farhady, H (2007c). Language education in Iran: Trends and dilemmas. TELLSI, Journal of Association of English Language and Literature in Iran.
Downey, R., Farhady, H., Present-Thomas, R., Suzuki, M., & Van Moere, A. (2008). Evaluation of the usefulness of the Versant for English Test: A response. Language Assessment Quarterly, 5(2), 160–167.
Farhady, H. (2009). Language assessment policy in Iran. Annual Review of Applied Linguistics (2009) 29, 132–141.
Farhady, H. (2010). Language education in Iran. TESL-J.
Farhady, H. (2012) Principles of language assessment. In Coomb, C., Davidson, P., O’Sullivan, B, and Stoynoff, S. The Cambridge guide to second language assessment. Cambridge University Press.
Farhady, H. (2012). Quantitative research methods. In C. Chapell (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Appled Linguistics.
Farhady, H. (2013). L1 Assessment in Iran. In A. Kunnan (Ed.). Companion to Language Assessment.
Farhady, H. (2017) History of language Testing and Assessment, in Coomb, C. (ed.) An Encyclopedia of Language Assessment in the Middle East.
Farhady, H, Tavassoli, K, Haghighi Irani, F, (2018) Selecting Corpus-based Grammatical Structures for ESP/EAP Materials, in Kirgoz, Y. and Dikiltas, K (Eds.) Key Issues in English for Specific Purposes in Higher Education, Springer Publishers.
Articles in Refereed Conference Proceedings
Farhady, H. (1981). On the plausibility of second language acquisition models. Paper presented at the Second Language Acquisition Research Forum (SLRF Meeting). University of California, Los Angeles. ERIC Documents.
Farhady, H. (1990). Testing through translation. In K. Lotfipour, (Ed.), Proceedings of the conference on translation. Tabriz University Press. Tehran, Iran.
Farhady, H. (1995a). On the specificity of 'purpose' in ESP. In A. Miremadi, (Ed.), The Proceedings of the second international conference in linguistics and applied linguistics. Tehran: Allameh Tabatabai University Press.
Farhady, H. (1997c). Construct validity in language testing. In F. Sharifian (Ed.), The Proceedings of the conference on Language, Cognition, and Interpretation. Islamic Azad University. Khorasgan Branch Publications.
Farhady, H. (1998f). MA tests in TEFL: A critique (Persian). In The Proceedings of the conference on MA tests in Iran. Ministry of Culture and Higher Education, Center for Educational Evaluation.
Farhady, H. & Gholami, M. (1999a). Itralingual translation. In Lotfipour, K. (Ed.), Proceedings of the third international conference on Translation. Tabriz University, Iran.
Farhady, H. & Khany, R. (1999b). Justification, development, and validation of transdictation as a measure of language proficiency. In Lotfipour, K. (Ed.), Proceedings of the third international conference on Translation. Tabriz University, Iran.
Farhady, H. Edylian, L. and Gasparyan, S. (2010). Beyond PBT TOEFL: The Effectiveness of an Academic Skills Writing Course. In the proceeding of the 6th International ELT Research Conference (2010) Turkey Conference proceedings: “Current Trends in SLA Research and Language Teaching” p. 49.
Farhady, H. (2017) History of language Testing and Assessment, in Coomb, C. (ed.) An Encyclopedia of Language Assessment in the Middle East.
Farhady, H, Tavassoli, K, Haghighi Irani, F, (2018) Selecting Corpus-based Grammatical Structures for ESP/EAP Materials, in Kirgoz, Y. and Dikiltas, K (Eds.)Key Issues in English for Specific Purposes in Higher Education, Springer Publishers.
Farhady, H. (Forthcoming). EFL in Iran: Focus on the Tertiary Level. In Gargash, G. In Proceedings of the 10th Asia TEFL conference, Delhi, India.
Scholarly Presentations
a) At Refereed Professional Conferences:
Farhady, H. (1979). Discrete-point and integrative tests. Paper presented at the 13th annual TESOL Convention, Boston, MA.
Farhady, H. (1980). Rationalization and development of functional tests. Paper presented at the 14th annual TESOL Convention, San Francisco, California.
Farhady, H. (1981). Testing functional competence. Paper presented at the Research Symposium on Testing, University of California, Los Angeles.
Farhady, H. (l981). On the reliability and validity of cloze and dictation type tests. Paper presented at the 15th annual TESOL Convention, Detroit, Michigan.
Farhady, H. & Z. Zaferani (1994a). Transfer of learning and comprehension of idioms. Paper presented at the conference on Translation, Tabriz, Iran.
Farhady, H. (1997). On the validity of the universality of the academic language. Paper presented at OISE, Toronto, Canada.
Farhady, H. (1997). The language proficiency monster. Paper presented at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada.
Farhady, H. (1997). Language testing in ESP context. Paper presented at the University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.
Farhady, H. (1998e). On the scope of applied linguistics. Paper presented at the 4th international conference on Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, Allame Tabatabai University, Tehran.
Farhady, H. (1998g). Sociopolitical aspects of ethics in language testing. Paper presented at the Summer Institute “On the Social Responsibility of Language Testers”, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada.
Farhady, H. (1999). Creativity in language teaching. Paper presented at the meeting of the university instructors, Tehran, Iran.
Farhady, H. (1999). New trends in language assessment. Paper presented at the national meeting of the instructors of Payame Noor University.
Farhady, H. (1999f). Coaching and the consequential validity of TOEFL vs. task based assessment. Paper presented at the 21st LTRC, Tsukuba, Japan.
Farhady, H. (2000b). Evaluation of students’ English language achievement in Iranian junior high schools. Paper presented at the conference on “Foreign language teaching issues in Iran”, Ministry of Education (Nov. 2000, Tehran).
Farhady, H. (2000c). A new perspective on language assessment. Paper presented at the 22nd LTRC, Vancouver, Canada.
Farhady, H (2001a). Intralingual translation in ESP contexts. Paper presented at the American Association of Applied Linguistics Annual Conference (Feb.24-27), Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.
Farhady, H. & Daftari Fard, P. (2001b). On the scalability of the components of the reading comprehension ability. Paper presented at the 4th conference of the Southern California Association of Language Assessment Research (SCALAR 4).
Farhady, H. (2001c). Intralingual translation of technical texts: Paper presented at the 26th Annual conference of the Association of Applied Linguistics (Feb. 22-24):
Saint Louis, USA.
Farhady, H. (2002a). New trends in language assessment. Series of papers and workshops presented to the faculty members of Kuwait University, Kuwait.
Farhady, H. (2002b). Classroom assessment. Paper presented to faculty members of the School of linguistics and applied sciences, Carleton University, Ottawa.
Farhady, H. (2003a). Classroom assessment: A plea for change. Paper presented at Tehran University Conference.
Farhady, H. (2003b). Globalization and localization in language assessment. Paper presented at American University of Armenia. Yervan.
Farhady, H. (2004). On the scope of applied linguistics and linguistics applied. Paper presented at the second conference on "TEFL in Iran", Tarbiat Moddarss University, Tehran.
Frahady, H. (2005a). Construct validation of L2 reading comprehension ability. Paper presented at LTRC. Ottawa, Canada 2005
Farhady, H. (2005b). Language education in Iran: Trends and dilemmas. Paper presented at the conference "Issues in TEFL in Iran" Tehran University, Tehran.
Farhady, H. (2005c) Language testing and assessment: a reform. Plenary talk at the Conference on "Challenges of TEFL in Iran" Lahijan Azad University, Iran.
Farhady, H. (2005d). Trends and developments in materials development at SAMT. Paper presented as a plenary talk at the conference on "Materials development in SAMT, Tehran.
Farhady, H. (2006) TEFL in Iranian universities: Challenges and remedies. A paper presented at the 3rd TELLSI Conference, Kermanshah (2-3 Feb, 2006).
Farhady, H. (2007). Language assessment: Theoretical realization and practical Considerations. Keynote Address delivered at the 4th TELLSI Conference, Shiraz, Iran (March, 2007).
Farhady, H. & Tavassoli, K. (2007). The relationship between listening comprehension subskills and learner variables. Paper presented at the ECOLT conference. George Washington University, Washington, DC. (Nov.2-3, 2007)
Farhady, H., Haghighi, F., and Harati, H. (2008). A Corpus Based Vocabulary Selection for the Development of EAP Materials for Iranian University Students. A paper presented at the 6th TELLSI Conference, University of Guilan (8-9 October 2008).
Farhady, H. (2008). Language Assessment: Theory and practice. A plenary talk presented at 12th annual conference on Current Trends in English Language Testing, Dubai Men’s College (Nov. 12-14).
Farhady, H. and Abednia, A. (2008) Workplace needs analysis: A construct validation study. A paper presented at the 6th TELLSI Conference, University of Guilan (8&9 October 2008).
Farhady, H. and Abedina, A. (2009 a). Construct validation of three needs analysis questionnaires. A paper presented at AAAL conference, Denver Co. (March 2009).
Farhady, H. and Harati, H. (2009 b). Levels of specificity in selecting vocabulary for ESP/EP materials. Paper presented at TESOL Convention, Denver, Co. (March 2009).
Farhady, H. (2009 c) New Horizons in Teaching and assessing English in Iran. A plenary lecture delivered at the 7th TELLSI International Conference, Yazd University, Iran (November 20-22).
Farhady, H. Edylian, L. and Gasparyan, S. (2010a). Beyond PBT TOEFL: The Effectiveness of an Academic Skills Writing Course. In the proceeding of the 6th International ELT Research Conference, Turkey (2010).
Farhady, H. & Manukyan, G. (2010b). The impact of portfolio assessment on learners’ achievement. Paper presented at the 6th annual KELTA conference. Professionalism in the Policy Making of English Language Tests: Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea (August 28, 2010).
Farhady, H. (2010c) Quantitative and qualitative Research:Confrontation or complementation. Keynote address, 8th TELLSI International Conference, Al Zahra University, Tehran, Iran (October 13-15, 2010).
Frahady, H. (2010d) Beyond Language Proficiency: Academic Language Skills for Students of Applied Linguistics. Keynote address at The First Conference on ELT in the Islamic World, Iran Language Institute, Tehran (December 1-3, 2010).
Farhady H. (2011a) Language Proficiency assessment: Localizing global standards. Keynote address, 9th TELLSI International conference, Ilam University, Iran (October 12-14, 2011).
Farhady, H. (2011b). Reflections on Applied Linguistics Research in Iran. Keynote address, First TESOL Persia International conference, Tehran, Iran (October 30-Nov 1)
Farhady, H (2012). EFL in Iran: Focus on the Tertiary level. Keynote address, 10th Asia TEFL Conference, Delhi, India (November 3-6, 2012).
Farhady Hossein (2012). Language assessment: Policy, research, and Practice. Keynote address, 10th TELLSI Conference, Tehran, Iran (November 12-15, 2012).
Farhady Hossein (2013). Language assessment Literacy. Keynote address, TELLSI 11 October 30-November 1, 2013 Mashhad, Iran.
Farhady Hossein (2013). Teachers Assessment Literacy of EFL Teachers: An Emerging Issue. Keynote address, ICELT 2013 (November 18-20). Melaka, Malaysia.
Farhady, H. (2014). Assessment Literacy of EFL Teachers: A Call on Teacher Education Programs. A paper presented at “ELT Research Conference”, Canakkale, Turkey (May 15-17, 2014).
Farhady, H. (2015). EFL Teachers’ Professional Knowledge of Assessment. A paper presented at LTRC 2015, Toronto, Canada (March 16-20, 2015).
Farhady, H. (2015). Teachers in Front: Professional Development of Assessment Knowledge of EFL Teachers. A plenary talk at an International Conference on “Challenges in ELT and English Literature: Facing the Current Issues”, at Islamic Azad University, Ahar Branch (May 20-21, 2015).
Farhady, H. (2015) Significance of Professional Development of EFL Teachers in Language Assessment: A plenary talk at an International Conference TELLSI 13
Lorestan University, Iran, (November 17-19, 2015).
Farhady, H. (2015) Classroom Assessment. A lecture delivered at Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas (August 13, 2015).
Farhady, H. (2016) Classroom Assessment Construct: EFL Teachers’ Perceptions and Practices: Paper presented at 13th EALTA annual conference 3 – 8 May 2016 - Valencia –Spain
Farhady, H. & Selcuk, Merve (2016) Classroom-based Diagnostic Assessment Practices of EFL Instructors: Paper presented at 13th EALTA annual conference SIG on classroom assessment, 3 – 8 May 2016 - Valencia –Spain
Farhady, H. (2017) Developing a Professional Knowledge of Language Assessment Test for EFL Teachers. Paper presented at LTRC Bogota, Colombia, (July 17-21).
Farhady, H. (2017) Learning Oriented Assessment from Teachers’ Perspective. A Plenary talk at IELTA 2017: An International Conference, Tehran, February 8-10
Farhady, H. (2017) Application of Learning Oriented Assessment in Class. An invited Speech at Islamic Azad University, Karaj, Iran, February 7, 2017.
Farhady, H. (2017) Developing a Language Assessment Literacy Test for EFL Teachers: A Data Driven Approach. A Plenary talk at TELLSI international Conference, Roudehen, Iran.
Farhady, H, (2017) Developing Assessment Knowledge Test for EFL Teachers, A Plenary talk at NTELT conference, Dubai (November 27-28)
Farhady, H. (2017) EFL Teachers’ Professional Knowledge of Assessment: a new approach. A Plenary talk at NTELT conference Istanbul, Turkey, November 13, 2017
b) To other academic bodies
- Invited Lectures
I have presented over 100 academic lectures to English teachers’ community either as part of their in-service training or independents talks.
- Workshops
I have conducted more than 50 workshops on test design, item development, item analysis, and other technical issues related to language assessment in different universities and organizations in Iran. I have also conducted workshops on the similar topics in Carleton University, Ben’s International school in Canada, Kuwait University, and American University in Armenia. The recent ones were the following:
Farhady, H. (2015) Conducting Research in Applied Linguistics. A lecture-workshop conducted at Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas (August 6, 2015).
Farhady, H. (2015) Conducting Research in Applied Linguistics. A lecture-workshop conducted at Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas (August 6, 2015).
Farhady, H. (2015) Using Statistics in Applied Linguistics Research. A workshop conducted at Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas (August 17, 2015).
Farhady, H. (2017) New Approaches to Assessment development, NTELT Conference, Ardebil, Iran (November 30).
Farhady, H. (2018) Classroom Test development. Karaj Azad University, Iran, January 4-5.
Farhady, H. (2018) Assessment testing Paradigms. Uludag University, Bursa, Turkey
Farhady, H. (2018) Implementing assessment in Practice. Uludag University, Bursa, Turkey
Research Grants
Government or university
A nationwide project on the evaluation of the teaching of English in Junior high schools in Iran: Sponsored by the Ministry of Education, Tehran, Iran.
Evaluation of students' achievement in General English Courses at Iran University of Science and Technology: Sponsored by the Office of Research and Development of IUST.
Evaluation of Engineering Students' Achievement in English 1 at IUST: Sponsored by the IUST Office of Research and Development.
Validating Versant (an automatic test of spoken English) against TOEFL iBT and IELTS: Sponsored by Ordinate Corporation, Menlo Park, California
Developing ESP/EAP Materials for Iranian University Students: Sponsored by the Iran Ministry of Sciences, Research, and Technology (In progress).
Needs Analysis of the American University of Armenia students: Sponsored by AUA curriculum Committee (2009).
Ordinate Research grant for validating Versant test against TOEFL iBT and IELTS, 2006-2007, $ 35,000.00 USD
ILTA Award 2009: $3,000.00
ILTA Award 2010: $3,000.00
TOEFL Board Grant 2010: $15,000.00
Pearson Grant 2015-2016: $10,000.00
ETS Research Grant 2015-2016: $ 7000