Persian Without Petrification: A Communicative, Task-Based Approach to Teaching Persian to Non-Native Speakers (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9783838221243)

Vendor: Amir Karimipour
Product type: Books
Format: Paperback
$37.00
$37.00
$37.00
Subtotal: $37.00
WR Book House

Persian Without Petrification: A Communicative, Task-Based Approach to Teaching Persian to Non-Native Speakers

$37.00

Persian Without Petrification: A Communicative, Task-Based Approach to Teaching Persian to Non-Native Speakers

$37.00
Format: Paperback
Description
Description
x
Persian Without Petrification addresses a critical gap in Persian language pedagogy: the widespread fossilization of errors among learners, particularly Arabic speakers who rely on structural similarities and cognates. Drawing on longitudinal data from 312 Iraqi Arabic-speaking learners at Ilam University's AZFA Center (2023-2025), this book presents a comprehensive, research-informed approach to teaching Persian that prevents fossilization through task-based language teaching (TBLT) principles. The book fundamentally challenges traditional grammar-translation methodologies that have dominated Persian instruction for decades. Instead, it demonstrates how meaning-focused communication from day one, combined with structured input flooding, consciousness-raising tasks, and pushed output activities, produces learners who achieve native-like accuracy without explicit rule memorization. The empirical foundation rests on 847,000 words of learner corpus data, systematic pre- and post-intervention assessments, and longitudinal tracking of developmental trajectories. Each of the six chapters addresses a critical domain of Persian acquisition: fossilization prevention (Chapter 1), pronunciation and phonology (Chapter 2), script and initial vocabulary (Chapter 3), implicit grammar acquisition focusing on ezafe and verb morphology (Chapter 4), advanced oral skills with authentic materials (Chapter 5), and literacy development with learner autonomy (Chapter 6). The book provides theoretical foundations grounded in second language acquisition research, detailed empirical findings from the AZFA Center study, and immediately applicable pedagogical materials including 50 ready-to-use task cards, self-monitoring templates, and assessment rubrics.

Author: Amir Karimipour
ISBN-10: 3838221249
ISBN-13: 9783838221243
Publisher: Ibidem Press
Language: English
Published: 01/26/2027
Pages: 302
Format: Paperback
By Amir Karimipour
By Amir Karimipour
x

Dr. Amir Karimipour is a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Linguistics at Ferdowsi University of Mashhad and an adjunct lecturer at Ilam University's AZFA Center, where he specializes in teaching Persian to foreign learners. He completed his PhD in Linguistics at the University of Isfahan (2015-2019) using the brilliant talents quota, with research focusing on cognitive-typological approaches to Kurdish and Persian linguistics. His postdoctoral research (2019-2020) advanced his expertise in second language acquisition, bilingualism, and task-based language teaching. Dr. Karimipour has published extensively in international peer-reviewed journals including Onomázein, Voprosy Jazykoznanija, STUF - Language Typology and Universals, Dialectologia, LenguasModernas, and Studia Linguistica Universitatis Iagellonicae Cracoviensis, with research spanning cognitive semantics, morphosyntax, phonetics, and bilingual education. Between 2023 and 2025, he directed the longitudinal Persian acquisition study at AZFA Center that forms the empirical foundation of this book, tracking 312 Iraqi Arabic-speaking learners across 24 months with comprehensive linguistic assessment. His teaching experience spans over a decade, including instruction in Teaching Persian as a Foreign Language (TPFL) at both Ferdowsi University of Mashhad (2011-2012) and Ilam University (2024-present), alongside extensive work teaching English as a foreign language. He serves on the advisory board of the International Journal of Kurdish Studies and as a reviewer for the Journal of Linguistics & Khorasan Dialects. Dr. Karimipour is a native speaker of Southern Kurdish and Persian with professional proficiency in English, bringing multilingual insight to his pedagogical approach.

Recently Viewed Products