Our language center was founded by Dr MJ Ahmadian and Dr Daniel Latifi, two experienced specialists in language education with decades of combined experience in English language teaching, higher education, academic leadership, research, teacher education, and digital language learning.
Together, they bring extensive international academic and teaching experience to the center, supported by a global team of highly qualified English teachers.
Dr Ahmadian has more than 15 years of experience in English language teaching and higher education in the United Kingdom.
From 2015 to 2025, he worked at the University of Leeds, where he held a range of academic and leadership positions, including Assistant Professor, Deputy Director of Student Education in the School of Education, Programme Leader for undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, and Academic Integrity Lead.
Dr Ahmadian is an internationally published researcher in Applied Linguistics, Second Language Acquisition, and Task Based Language Teaching, with more than 30 academic publications, including peer reviewed journal articles, book chapters, encyclopedia entries, and major edited volumes.
His research has appeared in internationally recognised academic journals including TESOL Quarterly, Language Teaching Research, System, The Language Learning Journal, and the International Journal of Applied Linguistics.
He has coedited three major academic books:
The Cambridge Handbook of Task Based Language Teaching
Coedited with Professor Michael H. Long and published by Cambridge University Press.
Researching L2 Task Performance and Pedagogy: In Honour of Peter Skehan
Coedited with Zhisheng Wen and published by John Benjamins.
Recent Perspectives on Task Based Language Learning and Teaching
Coedited with María del Pilar García Mayo and published by De Gruyter Mouton.
Dr Ahmadian has also served as a guest editor for The Language Learning Journal, published by Routledge.
He has been invited to speak at universities and academic events internationally, with academic engagements in Spain, Hong Kong, and the United Kingdom, including institutions such as University College London, the University of Nottingham, the University of Murcia, and the University of Vitoria.
Alongside his academic career, Dr Ahmadian has built a substantial international presence in digital language education. He is the founder of the Dr Ahmadian YouTube channel, with more than 300,000 subscribers, and cofounder of English Unleashed, an English learning podcast and educational platform with more than 1.5 million subscribers.
Dr Latifi is an experienced language educator and academic with an extensive international background in English language teaching and language education.
He holds two PhDs in Language Education, completed in Iran and Melbourne, Australia, giving him a broad academic perspective shaped by different educational systems and approaches to language teaching.
Dr Latifi has more than 20 years of experience teaching English at different levels across several countries, including Australia, Canada, and Singapore. Throughout his career, he has worked with learners from a wide range of educational, cultural, and linguistic backgrounds.
He has also taught at universities in Canada and Australia for more than a decade, combining university teaching with extensive practical experience in English language education.
Dr Latifi also specialises in English language exam preparation, particularly IELTS and PTE, and has extensive experience helping learners develop the language skills, strategies, and exam techniques required for success in these international proficiency tests.
His professional experience covers English language teaching, exam preparation, teacher education, curriculum design, academic instruction, course development, and supporting learners at different stages of language development.
Dr Latifi is also the founder of ApplyVisa, bringing additional experience in international education and services alongside his academic and teaching career.
Our center brings together the academic expertise and international teaching experience of its founders with a carefully selected team of highly qualified teachers from around the world.
This allows us to combine expertise from different countries, educational systems, teaching traditions, and professional backgrounds within one learning environment.
Our courses are designed around a simple principle: language education should be academically informed, clearly structured, practical, engaging, and focused on real learner progress.
We combine research informed teaching with practical communication, structured progression, regular practice, and experienced instruction.
Our aim is not simply to teach English, but to create an international learning environment where students can develop the knowledge, confidence, and practical language skills they need to communicate effectively in the real world.