Curriculum and textbooks 2006 2009 this is a study to investigate english language teaching elt in iran as well as the extent of its compatibility with communicative pedagogy. Eslam shenasi part i ali mir fitros download free ebook pdf. Index terms prospect 1, textbook evaluation, practicality, teachers perspective i. The blind owl by sadegh hedayat it would be impossible to begin a. European teachers at this educational institution, with the help of their iranian students, published handbooks in persian, which laid the foundations of a modern persian prose in 1 akhtar published in istanbul, 187597, qan. This was because it could be claimed that the two series represented the structural syllabus and design. Pdf critical analysis and teachers perspectives on. This book is one of the first published works about the iranian womens roles during.
Critical analysis and teachers perspectives on prospect one iranian junior high school english book article pdf available january 2015 with 51 reads how we measure reads. Critical analysis of a new english textbook used in. Mohammadreza bayrami 1965iran is one of the most successful iranian authors of memoirs, fiction and war novels for young adults and adults. Secondary school iranian english language learners. New books archaeology, anthropology architecture art biographies, memoirs business, economy children crafts, rugs culture, society diaspora ethnicities, minorities film, video food foreign relations iranus relations geography, nature history ancient history modern history pahlavi era history qajar era humor, satire. The evaluation of the textbook was conducted quantitatively through a. All of the textbooks have been posted by the iranian government on the internet. Southeastern iran, western central asia, and the indus valley. Zahra ahmadi, evaluating iranian and non iranian english books in elt from a cultural point of view, international journal of language and linguistics. Afshar, 2018, with results generally showing that the textbooks. The iranian efl journal is a bimonthly journal from 2011. Censoring an iranian love story paperback june 1, 2010.
Iranian high school english textbooks were examined by ansary 2004 and the results of his. Abstract this study was an attempt to evaluate and analyze the teachers points of view toward the newly developed iranian junior high school english textbook prospect 2. Iranian society and politics during the period between the constitutional revolution 19051909 and the islamic revolution 19771979 iran at war irans wartime history from the safavid dynasty of the 16th and 17th century through to the 1979 revolution and beyond. Our global readership includes linguists, teachers, students of translation, literature and language acquisition and others with a.
Language teaching and learning key principles ltlkp. Learn to speak and understand english for persian farsi with pimsleur language programs 1 comprehensive pimsleur on. Irans earliest surviving literary traditions are that of avestan, the iranic sacred language of the avesta whose earliest literature is attested from the 6th century bc and is still preserved by the countrys zoroastrian communities in the observation of their religious rituals, and that of persian, the iranic language that originates from the old iranian dialect of the region of. The present study was an effort to compare the evaluation of middle school english books in iran prospect 1, 2, and 3. I second quora users opinion and highly recommend the cambridge history of iran series. Iranian new junior high school book prospect 1 weighted against. The books here are just a sample of iranian literature. The result of the study indicated that there were no significant differences between the two series. Program evaluation of the new english textbook prospect 1.
Pdf critical content analysis of english textbooks used in the. Textbook evaluation, tuckers model, prospect 2, right path to english, communicative language teaching 1. Results of this study have implications both for teaching and materials development. The researchers selected book one of prospect series prospect 1 and 2alavi. Persepolis 1 begins by introducing marji, the tenyearold. The iranian junior high school english textbook prospect. Rafiq ayatolah rafiqi ayat allahnaqshi sazmani amniyati shuravi dar inqilabi. Critical analysis of a new english textbook used in iranian.
Iran political developments, 19411946, volume set a. Iranian historyage of literary accomplishments wikibooks. The journal has had strong growth over the last few years with a monthly readership now exceeding 2000 readers. Following clt principles, the new series, among other objectives, is trying to promote learners. To this end, the study was done in two different phases. Materials the material for this study was the locally produced english language textbook used in iranian junior high school. He established what became one of the largest empires of the ancient world, the persian empire, in the sixth century b. Digging to america by anne tyler she is the late taghi moddaressis wife the rug merchant by meg. Iranain authors and even iranian characters in books are showing up more and more on the literary scene. They are entitled english book one, english book two.
From memoirs to history books, writing about iran, thinking in iranian. English is the most popular foreign language taught. English is the most popular foreign language taught in over 100 countries crystal, 1997. Table 4 illustrates the corpus examples of the words for lesson 3 in prospect 1. However, the present study tried to carry out an investigation english textbook for schools namely prospect 1. Books about iran score a books total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. This study aimed at conducting a program evaluation of the newly developed textbook prospect 1 in the iranian ministry of education by applying the cipp context, input, process, and product. Pages in category iranian books the following 48 pages are in this category, out of 48 total. Prospect 1 from the series english textbooks for schools is a part of six years program that is designed to help student in order to learn english for communicative purposes using all language skills listening, speaking reading, writing. It has been accepted that language is more than simple a system of rules. Evaluating iranian and noniranian english books in elt from.
The summary of the english editions of the novel is divided into two sections, one for each book. Critical analysis and teachers perspectives on prospect. The journal also welcomes researches related to these areas in iran and the middle east. Critical evaluation of iranian junior high school textbooks. The participants included90experienced english teachers 42 females and 48 males randomly selected from different junior high schools in different districts of gilan province, iran. To achieve the main goal, three objectives have been introduced and two researchermade questionnaires were used. International journal of english language and literature. Iranian new junior high school book journal of english language. Persepolis comics, lipstick jihad, all the shahs men, no god but god, reading lolita in tehran, shah of shahs, iran. A dictionary in persian and english, with the pronunciation of persian words in the roman character. International suppliers of iranian persian books, journals, conference proceedings, cdroms, and maps in print and electronic formats. Abstractthis study aimed at conducting a program evaluation of the newly developed textbook prospect 1 in the iranian ministry of education by applying the cipp context, input, process, and product program evaluation model.
Im thrilled that there are so many books remaining for me to explore. Persepolis 1 begins by introducing marji, the ten yearold. Learn to speak and understand english for persian farsi with pimsleur language programs 1. Iranian efl journal volume 7 issue 2 7 foreword welcome to the second edition of the year 2011. The aim of this study was to evaluate the new version of iranian efl junior high school textbook prospect1 from the teachers perspectives. Introduction english is used as a medium of communication by onethird of the worlds population. Top 10 books about iran nazanine hozar books the guardian. Titled made in denmark, it is one of the short stories in the. A belated but growing intellectual shift in iranian elt community 396 p a g e alongside such a presence, in postgraduate entrance examinations, english is the subject to be examined and even in some universities, passing english entrance exams is a prerequisite to being allowed to take the phd entrance exams. Critical analysis and teachers perspectives on prospect one. Persepolis 1 by marjane satrapi unite youth dublin. For example i just came across these 4 new books, 2 with iranian authors, 2 with iranian characters.
The place of culture in the iranian elt textbooks in. Jul 20, 2011 kamin mohammadis top 10 iranian books from 10thcentury epics to 21stcentury graphic novels, the author picks the books that best illuminate a country too little known in the west kamin mohammadi. A short story by iranian author, translator mohammad tolouei was published in the british newspaper guardian on february 14. Pdf on the practice of pedagogic corpus linguistics with. Mar 06, 2017 the books here are just a sample of iranian literature. Iranian efl journal english language education publishing. Four issues a year each one containing at least 6 articles periodical type.
After all, one of the best ways to understand another part of the world is to read works written by those who know it best, those who have lived it, those who have loved it, those who have shaped its histories. In recent years, significant attention has focused upon the islamic republic of irans nuclear ambitions, and the threat they pose to the united states and the west. Persian is also referred to by local regional names such as farsi in iran, dari in afghanistan, and tajiki in tajikistan and uzbekistan. The present study is an attempt to evaluate the seventh grade english language textbook for iranian junior high schools named prospect 1 which was introduced by the iranian ministry of education in 2014. Pimsleur english for persian farsi speakers level 1 cd. Evaluating iranian and noniranian english books in elt. The current study was designed to explore the importance of culture in teaching english and how well cultures and cultural related topics had been taken into account in iranian and noniranian english books in elt. Persepolis 2 new york times august 22, 2004 veiled threat the guardian december 12,2003. Molana jalaledin mohammad molavi rumi the bostan of saadi 596 kb, in english by.
Censoring an iranian love story is one of the most unusual books i have read recently and is very difficult to classify. Sassanian era, to year 2000, expansion, preservation and modernization. He has written more or less 40 novels, story collections and novelettes for children, teenagers and adults. Pdf authenticity of iranian english textbooks for schools. Iranian new junior high school book prospect 1 weighted. Pdf iranian new junior high school book prospect 1. Kamin mohammadis top 10 iranian books from 10thcentury epics to 21stcentury graphic novels, the author picks the books that best illuminate a country too. Iranian journal of english for academic purposes ijeap is a practitioneroriented journal based on current theory and research in the field of eap, esp, efl and esl. Iranian new junior high school book prospect 1 weighted against material evaluation checklist from teachers perspective touran ahour 1, farhad golpour2 1,2 department of english, tabriz branch, islamic azad university, tabriz, iran corresponding author.
In order to do compare these three books, evaluation checklist adapted from. Sheikh mosleh aldin saadi shirazi the golestan of saadi. Far less well understood, however, has been the phenomenon of irans regional advance in americas own hemispherean intrusion that has both foreign policy and national security implications for the united states and its. The current study aimed at investigating iranian english teachers attitudes towards prospect 1, prospect 2, and prospect 3 books and. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Language, persian, english, arabic, urdo, german, french.
Moreover, iranian or noniranian books, had appreciated cultural subjects in terms of sport, place, religion, tradition, drink and job in content of the books as it was expected. Nazli is the middleman of the second handed goods of the rich. Iranian textbooks, content and context 2 executive summary the study assesses 85 textbooks of the islamic republic of iran for grade school, middle school and high school students. May 15, 2015 i second quora users opinion and highly recommend the cambridge history of iran series. They cost a lot though in both ebook and hardcopy formats. The current study aimed at investigating iranian english teachers attitudes towards prospect 1, prospect 2, and prospect 3 books and to figure out if there were. The iranian efl journal is a unique and major forum devoted to discussions on english as an international language, literature and translation studies. Representations of privacy in literature and film by. Persian belongs to the indoeuropean family of languages, specifically to the iranian iranic branch. Lifting the veil on an iranian sex and the city telegraph june 19, 2005 an interview with marjane satrapi bookslut october 2004 a child of the iranian revolution gets graphic with bush village voice september 16, 2004 she cant go home again. However in english the historic name for the language has always been persian. As a result, iranian literature was for a long time essentially of oral nature as far as composition, performance, and transmission are concerned. Opars books iranian persian book, journal, map, conference.
Critical content analysis of english textbooks used in the. For this purpose, eighteen male and female teachers teaching junior high. This week in the magazine, laura secor, who is a contributor and is working on a book about iran, wrote a comment about mirhossein moussavi and ayatollah. Kamin mohammadis top 10 iranian books books the guardian.
Short story by iranian author published in guardian. The arrest of hoveyda stories of the iranian revolution by saideh pakravan 1998 mazda publishers see feature in the iranian. The books appear in the original persian or farsi and have. The shop on westwood boulevard held roughly 85% persian titles as well as books in english about iran, said owner bijan khalili, who in a phone call described his customer base as persians and those americans that are interested in persian culture in a phone call. These include 35 books on astronomy, 4 on astrolabes, 23 on astrology, 5 on chronology, 2 on time measurement, 9 on geography, 10 on geodesy and mapping theory, 15 on mathematics 8 on arithmetic, 5 on geometry, 2 on trigonometry, 2 on mechanics, 2 on medicine and pharmacology, 1 on meteorology, 2 on mineralogy and gems, 4 on history, 2 on. A love story is contained within it, but solely as a vehicle for the author to write an extended set of stories and personal accounts about life in iran, and particularly the censorship of artistic works.
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