The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and Pedagogy of Persian

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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. Cover Half Title Title Copyright Dedication Contents List of tables List of figures List of abbreviations List of contributors Acknowledgments 1 Introduction Part I Theory­driven research on second language acquisition of Persian 2 The acquisition of segmental and suprasegmental features in second language Persian: A focus on prosodic parameters of politeness 3 Heritage versus second language phonology 4 Linguistic competence of Persian heritage versus second language speakers 5 Negative forms of Persian progressive tenses: Evidence from monolingual, second language learners and heritage speakers of Persian 6 Second language morphology: Case of idiomatic expressions 7 Some unique semantic properties of Persian 8 Second language acquisition of the semantics of focus-sensitive operators in Persian Part II Language skills in second language acquisition of Persian 9 Second language vocabulary acquisition: Persian resources and teaching and learning strategies 10 Second language grammar: Challenges in grammar for English­speaking learners 11 Second language listening in Persian 12 Second language speaking in Persian 13 Second language reading in Persian 14 Second language writing in Persian Part III Classroom research in second language acquisition and pedagogy of Persian 15 Teaching Persian for proficiency in American colleges and universities 16 Communicative, task­based, and content­based approaches to Persian language teaching: Second language, mixed, and heritage classes at the university level 17 The Persian language educator’s role in developing effective blended language learning: From principles to practice 18 Using technology to develop instructional materials for Persian: Based on task­based language teaching 19 Teaching Persian through short stories with parallel elaboration 20 Teaching Persian literature in Persian: A content­based approach 21 Development of a standard Persian language proficiency test for speakers of other languages 22 Second language assessment in Persian Part IV Social aspects of second language acquisition and pedagogy of Persian 23 Persian as a national language, minority languages and multilingual education in Iran 24 Teaching Persian varieties and dialects: A Persian reference framework 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 (LOP) 26 Persian as an interlanguage 27 Interlanguage and beyond: Persian­English codeswitching 28 Language learning strategies and beliefs about language learning: A study of university students of Persian in the United States 29 Utilization of neologisms in teaching and assessment of advanced Persian: A sociolinguistic approach Index