In addition to teaching in the U.S., he has also offered summer courses at the HAU in Greece and at Vietnam National University in Hanoi, Vietnam. His research interest is in the application of discourse analysis in the teaching of reading and writing for academic purposes. Dr. Arani is a regular presenter at the international conventions of the Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL). He has been a teacher trainer for the past 18 years. From 1997 to 2000, Dr. Arani served as the director of the MATESL program at Saint Michael’s College.