The advantage and unique feature of DLC in comparison to other English language institutes is that DLC was founded in 1985 and DLC’s founder and concessionaire, Ali Akbar Danesh, is professional in the field of Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) and has got many years of experience in Ministry of Education. Ali Akbar Danesh has got MA from the University of Tehran in TEFL and has published many books during all these years. DLC, with about four decades of teaching a foreign language to volunteers of different ages and language levels, has been working as a family business since 1985.
Dr Tina Danesh, a concessionaire and manager of females section of DLC, has got PhD in TEFL from the University of Tehran. She is one of the first English language teachers in Iran who received CELTA from the University of Cambridge, London in 2008. Having 9 years of experience in teaching general English and semi-ESP courses in the University of Tehran, participating in both national and international conferences around the world, and publishing some related books, Dr Tina Danesh has always been eager to find new and practical ways of teaching and learning a foreign language regarding the culture of our country, Iran. Because of special and academic familiarity of founder and concessionaires of DLC with TEFL, DLC has developed its specific model, ATBATM, in its methodology of teaching, learning and assessment and make learning English language easy, enjoyable and satisfying for volunteers.