This study examines the state of the maintenance of Persian language among Iranians in the United States. This study is important for two reasons. First, this study is the first in its kind to examine the data from secondary sources such as U.S. Census data, Homeland Security, a…
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In the highly developed field of Persian-English lexicography a major gap exists in the area of colloquial, slang, and argot in Persian. To date, no Persian-English Dictionary of Persian colloquial slang, or argot language exists. This study fills this gap. The dissertation prop…
The main focus of this thesis is on spatial prepositions in contemporary standard colloquial Persian, but it may just as well be regarded as a study of the prepositional system since its scope extends well beyond the spatial domain. The analysis obtains observational and descrip…
The role of basic language processing components, in general, and that of lower-level phonological and orthographic processing skills, in particular, is not well understood in second language reading. Most research in second and foreign language (L2) reading has followed top-dow…
This study identifies and compares the language learning strategies and beliefs about language learning of 166 university students learning Persian (Farsi), a strategic less commonly taught language. The data were collected from three settings in the United States; the Universit…
The development of a general theory of spelling requires investigation across different orthographies and populations. However, research on early spelling development has teen mainly conducted in English, Spanish, and German, and has mostly focused on monolinguals. Thus, there i…
This study took a cultural and sociolinguistic approach to examine the role of one-on- one tutoring in helping culturally diverse students, focusing on ten Farsi-speaking students. I discussed the influential role culture plays by looking at the importance of pragmatic competenc…
The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of first language on one's performance on the Picture Memory Interference Test (PMIT). This casual-comparative study examined if Iranian American students whose 1st language is Farsi performed differently from 1 st language Eng…