Type of Work: MA thesis

Author: Ahmadi, Maryam.

Title: Development of a Textbook for Teaching Farsi as a

          Foreign Language―Beginners Level

          /tæhqiq dær bareye tæhiye væ tædvin-e ketab-e

          'amuzeš-e farsi be 'onvan-e zæban-e xareje− sæth-e

          mobtædi/.

Advisor: Dr. Parviz  Birjandi.

University, Faculty, Department: Islamic Azad University,

                   Tehran Central Branch, Post Graduate.

Date: 2001.

Pages: II, 82, 8.

Language: English.

Subjects: Culture, Internet, Textbooks.

Abstract: Investigates teaching Persian through cultural points and categories. Compares the present Persian teaching books with the most successful English language teaching books, and proposes lessons as sample. Consist of five chapters and two appendices. First and Second chapters are about generalities and theoretical issues. Third chapter deals with research method; forth and fifth chapters present the data analysis and the results. It counts the shortcomings of the present Persian teaching sources and recommends the use of internet.