Shieva Ghassemi

Shieva is of America-Iranian descent. Growing up in a bilingual environment, she was drawn to study languages at university. She has a BA in French Language and Literature as well as a MA and PhD in French Didactics from two of the highest ranked universities in Tehran.

Shieva has been teaching French for over 15 years in language institutes such as Gotbe Ravandi, CLF (Language Center of the French Embassy in Iran) and also the University of Tehran.  

Other than the didactic training courses in the academic curricula, she has regularly attended training programs provided by the cultural section of the French Embassy in Tehran (CLF) and also at the Applied Linguistic Center in Besancon, France. Teaching at the CLF also allowed her to undergo the necessary training to become an examiner-scorer of DELF/DALF and TCF.

In addition to her teaching experience, she has had the opportunity to work for embassies of multiple francophone countries as a fulltime translator/interpreter and to gain a more comprehensive knowledge of the language and a deeper understanding of its interrelation with these cultures. 

Shieva enjoys good company, traveling, yoga and movies. In her spare time, she makes miniatures, colored pencil or pastel drawings.