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The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and Pedagogy of Persian offers a detailed overview of the field of Persian second language acquisition and pedagogy. The Handbook discusses its development and captures critical accounts of cutting edge research within the major subfields of Persian second language acquisition and pedagogy, as well as current debates and problems, and goes on to suggest productive lines of future research. The book is divided into the following four parts: I) Theory-driven research on second language acquisition of Persian, II) Language skills in second language acquisition of Persian, III) Classroom research in second language acquisition and pedagogy of Persian, and IV) Social aspects of second language acquisition and pedagogy of Persian. The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and Pedagogy of Persian is an essential reference for scholars and students of Persian SLA and pedagogy as well as those researching in related areas.

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Author:   Pouneh Shabani-Jadidi
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   1.301kg
ISBN:  

9781138333055

ISBN 10:   1138333050
Pages:   660
Publication Date:   17 July 2020
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

CONTENTS Acknowledgments List of Figures and Tables List of Abbreviations The Contributors Chapter 1 Introduction POUNEH SHABANI-JADIDI PART I: Theory-Driven Research on Second Language Acquisition of Persian Chapter 2 The Acquisition of Segmental and Suprasegmental Features in Second Language Persian: A Focus on Prosodic Parameters of Politeness REZA FALAHATI Chapter 3 Heritage versus Second Language Phonology YASAMAN RAFAT Chapter 4 Linguistics Competence of Persian Heritage versus Second Language Speakers KARINE MEGERDOOMIAN Chapter 5 Negative Forms of Persian Progressive Tenses: Evidence from Monolingual, Second Language Learners and Heritage Speakers of Persian AZITA TALEGHANI Chapter 6 Second Language Morphology: Case of Idiomatic Expressions POUNEH SHABANI-JADIDI Chapter 7 Some Unique Semantic Properties of Persian MASOUD JASBI Chapter 8 Second Language Acquisition of the Semantics of Focus-Sensitive Operators in Persian MARZIEH MORTAZAVINIA PART II: Language Skills in Second Language Acquisition of Persian Chapter 9 Second Language Vocabulary Acquisition: Persian Resources and Teaching and Learning Strategies MICHAEL CRAIG HILLMANN Chapter 10 Second Language Grammar: Challenges in Grammar for English-Speaking Learners BEHROOZ MAHMOODI-BAKHTIARI Chapter 11 Second Language Listening in Persian YASS ALIZADEH Chapter 12 Second Language Speaking in Persian MUSA NUSHI Chapter 13 Second Language Reading in Persian NAHAL AKBARI AND ALI REZA ABASI Chapter 14 Second Language Writing in Persian ALI REZA ABASI Part III: Classroom Research in Second Language Acquisition and Pedagogy of Persian Chapter 15 Teaching Persian for Proficiency in American Colleges and Universities MEHDI MARASHI Chapter 16 Communicative, Task-Based, and Content-Based Approaches to Persian Language Teaching: Second Language, Mixed and Heritage Classes at the University Level LATIFEH HAGIGI AND MICHELLE QUAY Chapter 17 The Persian Language Educator’s Role in Developing Effective Blended Language Learning: From Principles to Practice DARIA MIZZA AND MOHAMAD ESMAILI-SARDARI Chapter 18 Using Technology to Develop Instructional Materials for Persian Based on Task-Based Language Teaching PEYMAN NOJOUMIAN Chapter 19 Teaching Persian through Short Stories with Parallel Elaboration ANOUSHA SHAHSAVARI Chapter 20 Teaching Persian Literature in Persian: A Content-Based Approach ASGHAR SEYED GOHRAB Chapter 21 Development of a Standard Persian Language Proficiency Test for Speakers of Other Languages AMIR REZA VAKILIFARD Chapter 22 Second Language Assessment in Persian NAHAL AKBARI Part IV: Social Aspects of Second Language Acquisition and Pedagogy of Persian Chapter 23 Persian as a National Language, Minority Languages and Multilingual Education in Iran NEGAR DAVARI ARDAKANI Chapter 24 Teaching Persian Varieties and Dialects: Persian Reference Framework MAHINNAZ MIRDEHGHAN AND SAEED REZA YOUSEFI Chapter 25 The Acquisition of Persian Pragmatic Competence: A Case Study about the Comprehension of Conversational Implicature and Presupposition in the Learners of Persian as a Second/Foreign Language ZAHRA HAMEDI SHIRVAN Chapter 26 Persian as an Interlanguage MAHBOD GHAFFARI Chapter 27 Interlanguage and Beyond: Persian-English Codeswitching SHAHRZAD MAHOOTIAN AND LEWIS GEBHARDT Chapter 28 Language Learning Strategies and Beliefs about Language Learning: A Study of University Students of Persian in the United States AZITA MOKHTARI Chapter 29 Utilization of Neologisms in Teaching and Assessment of Advanced Persian: A Sociolinguistic Approach RAMIN SARRAF

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Pouneh Shabani-Jadidi is Senior Faculty Lecturer in Persian Language and Linguistics and Head of the Persian Language Program at the Institute of Islamic Studies, McGill University. She holds a PhD in linguistics from the University of Ottawa (2012) and a PhD in applied linguistics from Tehran Azad University (2004). She has taught Persian language and linguistics as well as Persian literature and translation at McGill University, the University of Oxford, the University of Chicago, and Tehran Azad University since 1997. She served as President of the American Association of Teachers of Persian in 2018–2020.

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