Journal Paper

1. "Bridging General and Aviation English in EFL: Insights from Cockpit and Cabin"
   Sahar Hashemi, Mahdi Dahmardeh
   JOURNAL OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING AND LEARNING, Vol. 18, No 37, pp.65-88, 2026
2. "The Hybrid Model for ELT: Balancing Language Proficiency and Cultural Representation in Iranian Schools Abroad"
   Mahdi Dahmardeh, Abolfazl Mahdikhani
   Language, Identity and the Digital Realm, Vol. 1, No 1, 2025
3. "A comparative study of gender representation in EFL coursebooks in the Middle East"
   Mahdi Dahmardeh, Aveen Mohammed Hasan, Poune Muhammadi, Fathiya Al-Rashdi
   Journal for Multicultural Education, Vol. 19, No 1, pp.108-120, 2025
4. "Cultural representation in English language textbooks: A comparative study of local and international editions"
   Mahdi Dahmardeh, Abolfazl Mahdikhani
   International Journal of Language Studies, Vol. 19, No 1, 2025
5. "Home Cultural Attachment among Iranian Undergraduates of Foreign Languages"
   Mahdi Dahmardeh, Fateme Hejazian
   International Journal of Society, Culture & Language, Vol. 13, No 1, 2024
6. "An analysis of the representation of cultural content in English coursebooks"
   Mahdi Dahmardeh, Sung-Do Kim
   Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, Vol. 13, No 14, 2021
7. "Cultural Competence: Interculture, Transculture, and Metaculture"
   Mahdi Dahmardeh, Sung-Do Kim
   Episteme-A Journal of Individual and Social Epistemology, Vol. 23, No 2, pp.156-179, 2020
8. "Gender representation in Iranian English language coursebooks: Is sexism still alive?"
   Mahdi Dahmardeh, Sung-Do Kim
   English Today, Vol. 36, No 1, 2020
9. "What Shall We Talk about in Farsi? Content of Everyday Conversations in Iran"
   Mahdi Dahmardeh, Robin Dunbar
   HUMAN NATURE-AN INTERDISCIPLINARY BIOSOCIAL PERSPECTIVE, Vol. 28, No 4, 2017
10. "A diachronic analysis of the cultural aspect of local English coursebooks"
    Mahdi Dahmardeh, Abbas Parsazadeh, Hossein Parsazadeh
    Journal of Pedagogic Development, Vol. 7, No 2, pp.57-72, 2017
11. "The Role of Language and Historical Development of the Evolution of Foreign Languages in Persia"
    Mahdi Dahmardeh, Amir Nemati Limaee
    Interdisciplinary Studies in the Humanities, Vol. 9, No 1, pp.75-98, 2017
12. "Measuring the Written Performance Quality in terms of (CAF) Complexity, Accuracy and Fluency Constructs"
    Mahdi Dahmardeh, Niloofar Shahmirzadi
    Pertanika Journal of Social Science and Humanities, Vol. 24, No 2, 2016
13. "Culture Matters: the Question of Metaphor and Taarof in Translation"
    Mahdi Dahmardeh, Abbas Parsazadeh, Saman Rezaie
    Cultura-International Journal of Philosophy of Culture and Axiology, Vol. 1, No 13, 2016
14. "Language and Culture: Can we shape what the future holds?"
    Mahdi Dahmardeh, Hossein Parsazadeh
    Cultura-International Journal of Philosophy of Culture and Axiology, Vol. 2, No 12, pp.61-72, 2015
15. "Foreign Languages: A Gate from the Past to the Present"
    Mahdi Dahmardeh, Amir Nemati Limaee
    International Letters of Social and Humanistic Sciences, Vol. 63, No 94, pp.94-104, 2015
16. "On Ethics and Culture: A Matter of Variation or Deviation? A study on Top Notch Serie"
    Mahdi Dahmardeh, حسین تیمچه معمار, Abbas Timcheh Memar
    Cultura-International Journal of Philosophy of Culture and Axiology, Vol. 11, No 1, pp.113-126, 2014
17. "A bottom-up approach towards culture"
    Mahdi Dahmardeh, حسین تیمچه معمار, عباس تیمچه معمار
    Learning Culture and Social Interaction, Vol. 3, No 1, pp.15-20, 2014
18. "Communicative textbooks : English language textbooks in Iranian secondary schools"
    Mahdi Dahmardeh
    Linguistik Online, Vol. 40, No 4, 2012
19. "Motivation and English Language Teaching in Iran"
    Mahdi Dahmardeh
    Studies in Literature and Language, Vol. 5, No 2, pp.38-45, 2012
20. "Culture and English Language Teaching in Iran"
    Mahdi Dahmardeh
    Iranian EFL journal, Vol. 7, No 5, 2011
21. "Authentic or NOT Authentic A Case Study on the Role of Authenticity in English Language Teaching in Iran"
    Mahdi Dahmardeh
    JOURNAL OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING AND LEARNING, Vol. 5, No 7, pp.67-87, 2011
22. "Communicative textbooks : Iranian secondary schools English language textbooks"
    Mahdi Dahmardeh
    Linguistik Online, Vol. 40, No 4, 2009
23. "Vlog-Based Digital Learning and Cultural Intelligence among Iraqi EFL Undergraduates: A Quasi-Experimental Study"
    Mahdi Dahmardeh, Salih Al-Mamoory, فاطمه الخیکانی
    Journal of Foreign Language Research, Vol. 16, No 2, 2026
24. "Cultural Intelligence among Iranian Foreign Language Undergraduates: An Exploratory Study"
    Mahdi Dahmardeh, Fateme Hejazian
    Quarterly Journal of Research and Planning in Higher Education, Vol. 32, No 1, pp.115-135, 2026
25. "Analysis of Intercultural Competence and Gender Representation in Iranian EFL Coursebooks"
    Mahdi Dahmardeh, Pouneh Muhammadi
    Journal of Foreign Language Research, Vol. 13, No 2, 2023
26. "The Role of Education Culture on Students’ Willingness to Communicate in Online Persian Language Classes in Korea Based on Complex Dynamic Systems Theory"
    Mahdi Dahmardeh, Soodeh Eghtesad
    Journal of Foreign Language Research, Vol. 12, No 2, 2022
27. "Sociocultural Pathology of English Language Teaching: A Case Study of Home Culture Attachment, Cultural Intelligence, Politeness, and Cultural Adaptability"
    Mahshid Rezaeyan, Shima Ghahari, Mahdi Dahmardeh
    Language and Translation Studies, Vol. 50, No 4, pp.169-192, 2018

Conference Paper

1. "Gender Representation in Secondary School Coursebooks in the Middle East"
   Mahdi Dahmardeh
   The 58th International IATEFL Conference and Exhibition, 2025
2. "Identity and the Iranian English Language Coursebooks"
   Mahdi Dahmardeh
   International Conference on Gender Studies "Que(e)rying Gender", 2024
3. "Intercultural Competence and Gender Representation"
   Mahdi Dahmardeh
   The 21st AsiaTEFL International Conference, 2023
4. "The Role of Culture in Teaching Foreign Languages"
   Mahdi Dahmardeh
   The Communication of Culture in Language and Literature, 2022
5. "Why is Culture So Important?"
   Mahdi Dahmardeh
   «THE SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE OF AKHMET BAITURSYNULY AND THE INTELLECTUAL CONTINUITY OF NEW KAZAKHSTAN, 2022
6. "Gender and Coursebooks"
   Mahdi Dahmardeh
   International Conference on Gender Studies: “Que(e)rying Gender”, 2022
7. "Cultural Elements within the Iranian Coursebooks since the Beginning"
   Mahdi Dahmardeh, Hossein Parsazadeh, Abbas Parsazadeh
   18th AILA World Congress of Applied Linguistics, 2017
8. "Culture, Language and Applied Linguistics: Language Teaching and Cultural Awareness"
   Mahdi Dahmardeh
   The Third European Conference on Cultural Studies 2016 (ECCS2016), 2016
9. "The Introduction of English Language Teaching in Persia (Iran) and Role of Culture"
   Mahdi Dahmardeh
   2015 International Education Conference, 2015
10. "Evaluating Written Performance in terms of CAF (Complexity, Accuracy, Fluency) Constructs and in line with CEFR (Common European Framework Reference) over Time"
    Mahdi Dahmardeh, Niloofar Shahmirzadi
    EAPRIL 2013, 2013
11. "English Language Teaching Textbooks in Iran: A Critical Analysis from Cultural Perspective"
    Mahdi Dahmardeh
    4th Annual Asian Conference on Education (ACE, 2012
12. "Culture and English Language Teaching in Iran"
    Mahdi Dahmardeh
    46th Annual International IATEFL Conference and Exhibition, 2012
13. "Cultural Studies: Language Teaching in Iran"
    Mahdi Dahmardeh
    The Asian Conference on Cultural Studies, 2011
14. "Critical Analysis of TopNotch Series from Cultural Perspective"
    Mahdi Dahmardeh, عباس تیمچه معمار, حسین تیمچه معمار
    Annual Conference of Challenges and Necessities Regarding Culture in the Quality of Teaching Foreign Languages, 2011