Type of Work: MA Thesis.

Author: Salmanizadeh, Maryam.

Title: Classroom Activities for Teaching Conversation: A Survey on

          Elementary Learners.

         /fæ''aliyæt-ha-ye kelasi bæraye ’amuzeš-e  mæharæt-e

         goftogu be farsi'amuzan (ba tækiye bar kar-e meydani dær

         xosus-e zæban'amuzan-e mobtædi/.  

Advisor: Dr. Seyyed Mohammad Ziahosseini.

University: Shahid Beheshti.

Faculty: Literature and Humanities.

Department: Persian Language and Literature.

Date: 2002.

Number of pages:  111.

Language: Persian.

Subjects:  Activities and strategies for teaching conversation.

Abstract: Attempts to answer the following question, “What activities and strategies promote conversational skills in learners of Persian?”  Consists of 4 chapters.  Chapter 1 introduces the topic, and chapter 2 deals with the review of literature on strategies for teaching conversation, and several theories on classroom activities in this area.  Chapter 3 describes practical strategies for teaching conversation.  Chapter 4 deals with a summary of previous chapters, as well as several suggestions for further research.