Persian Language Pedagogy - New Trends and Innovations

This edited volume brings together the most recent trends and innovations in teaching Persian as a second language. The focus of the nine chapters within the volume ranges from theoretical to applied frameworks, and each of the chapters lies somewhere on this spectrum of purely theoretical discussions to mostly applied implications.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Notes on Contributors
List of Figures
Chapters

1. Introduction

Azita H. Taleghani and Pouneh Shabani-Jadidi

1. Linguistic data-driven approach to Persian language pedagogy: Practical application to compound verbs

Karine Megerdoomian

1. Grammaticalisation of "d¿shtan" in Persian

Mahbod Ghaffari

1. Teaching Persian as an Additional Language in Plural Societies: Towards Critically Engaged Practices in the Classroom

Nahal Akbari
5. Leaky Grammars in Instructured Second-Language Acquisition
Masoud Jasbi and Fatemeh Samavati
6. Acquisition of Persian Differential Object Marker 'r¿': A Challenge for the Second Language Learners and Heritage Speakers
Azita H. Taleghani
7. Discourse Markers in Persian: Description and Instructional Options
Ali Abbasi
8. Relative Difficulty in the L2 Acquisition of the Persian Uvular Stop
Reza Falahati Ardestani
9. Innovative Technology in Language Classroom: Using Virtual Reality in Task-Based Language Teaching
Peyman Nojoumian
10. ABC or BCA: What to Teach First: A Psycholinguistic Approach to Teaching Persian as a Second Language
Pouneh Shabani-Jadidi
Name Index
Subject Index

About the author

Azita H. Taleghani is Associate Professor, Teaching Stream in Persian language, literature, and linguistics at the University of Toronto.
Pouneh Shabani-Jadidi is Instructional Professor of Persian at the University of Chicago.

Product details

• Authors: Azita Shabani-Jadidi Hojatollah Taleghani
• Assisted by: Azita Hojatollah Taleghani (Editor), Pouneh Shabani-Jadidi (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 29.09.2025
• EAN: 9781041010524
• ISBN: 978-1-0-4101052-4
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Iranian Studies
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Iran, Linguistics, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Study & Teaching, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Language teaching and learning, Language teaching & learning (other than ELT), Persian (Farsi), Persian;Iran;Linguistics;Language learning, LANGUAGE STUDY / Persian