The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and Pedagogy of Persian

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.

CONTENTSAcknowledgmentsList of Figures and TablesList of AbbreviationsThe ContributorsChapter 1 IntroductionPOUNEH SHABANI-JADIDIPART 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 PolitenessREZA FALAHATIChapter 3 Heritage versus Second Language Phonology YASAMAN RAFATChapter 4 Linguistics Competence of Persian Heritage versus Second Language SpeakersKARINE MEGERDOOMIANChapter 5 Negative Forms of Persian Progressive Tenses: Evidence from Monolingual, Second Language Learners and Heritage Speakers of PersianAZITA TALEGHANIChapter 6 Second Language Morphology: Case of Idiomatic Expressions POUNEH SHABANI-JADIDIChapter 7 Some Unique Semantic Properties of PersianMASOUD JASBIChapter 8 Second Language Acquisition of the Semantics of Focus-Sensitive Operators in Persian MARZIEH MORTAZAVINIAPART II: Language Skills in Second Language Acquisition of Persian Chapter 9 Second Language Vocabulary Acquisition: Persian Resources and Teaching and Learning StrategiesMICHAEL CRAIG HILLMANNChapter 10 Second Language Grammar: Challenges in Grammar for English-Speaking LearnersBEHROOZ MAHMOODI-BAKHTIARIChapter 11 Second Language Listening in PersianYASS ALIZADEHChapter 12 Second Language Speaking in PersianMUSA NUSHIChapter 13 Second Language Reading in PersianNAHAL AKBARI AND ALI REZA ABASIChapter 14 Second Language Writing in PersianALI REZA ABASIPart III: Classroom Research in Second Language Acquisition and Pedagogy of Persian Chapter 15 Teaching Persian for Proficiency in American Colleges and UniversitiesMEHDI MARASHIChapter 16 Communicative, Task-Based, and Content-Based Approaches to Persian Language Teaching: Second Language, Mixed and Heritage Classes at the University LevelLATIFEH HAGIGI AND MICHELLE QUAYChapter 17 The Persian Language Educator’s Role in Developing Effective Blended Language Learning: From Principles to PracticeDARIA MIZZA AND MOHAMAD ESMAILI-SARDARIChapter 18 Using Technology to Develop Instructional Materials for Persian Based on Task-Based Language TeachingPEYMAN NOJOUMIANChapter 19 Teaching Persian through Short Stories with Parallel ElaborationANOUSHA SHAHSAVARIChapter 20 Teaching Persian Literature in Persian: A Content-Based ApproachASGHAR SEYED GOHRABChapter 21 Development of a Standard Persian Language Proficiency Test for Speakers of Other LanguagesAMIR REZA VAKILIFARDChapter 22 Second Language Assessment in PersianNAHAL AKBARIPart IV: Social Aspects of Second Language Acquisition and Pedagogy of Persian Chapter 23 Persian as a National Language, Minority Languages and Multilingual Education in IranNEGAR DAVARI ARDAKANIChapter 24 Teaching Persian Varieties and Dialects: Persian Reference FrameworkMAHINNAZ MIRDEHGHAN AND SAEED REZA YOUSEFIChapter 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 LanguageZAHRA HAMEDI SHIRVANChapter 26 Persian as an Interlanguage MAHBOD GHAFFARIChapter 27 Interlanguage and Beyond: Persian-English Codeswitching SHAHRZAD MAHOOTIAN AND LEWIS GEBHARDTChapter 28 Language Learning Strategies and Beliefs about Language Learning: A Study of University Students of Persian in the United StatesAZITA MOKHTARIChapter 29 Utilization of Neologisms in Teaching and Assessment of Advanced Persian: A Sociolinguistic ApproachRAMIN SARRAF

Pouneh Shabani-Jadidi is Senior FacultyLecturer 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.