Type of Work: MA Thesis

Author: Asadi, Rouhi.

Title: Teaching Complex Persian Sentences to Non-native

          Speakers

          /bærresi-ye jomle-ha-ye morakkab-e farsi væ šive-ye

          'amuzeš-e ’anha be qeyr-e farsizæbanan/.

Advisor: Dr. Seyyed Mohammad Ziahosseini.

University: Shahid Beheshti.

Faculty: Literature and Humanities.

Department: Persian Language and Literature.

Date: 1999.

Number of pages: 236, 3.

Language: Persian.

Subjects: Syntax, Sample Lessons.

Abstract:  Aims at finding out the necessity and ways of teaching complex Persian sentences.  It consists of six chapters dealing with research design, analysis of types of Persian complex sentences, changing trends in teaching syntax, and describing the necessity of presenting syntactic structures.  In Chapter 4, a classification of complex sentences along with some suggestions for Persian learners is provided.  Chapter 5 describes the methodology adopted and the results of the study.  There are 4 sample lessons for teaching complex sentences to non-native speakers of Persian in Chapter 6.  Lessons include a dialogue or a reading text together with some exercises.  The results of the study indicate that presenting, and making the students aware of such structures, repetition of such sentences have significantly increased  the learners’ ability in reading comprehension.  This can be done through dialogues, and reading materials that serve to teach a cultural point.