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AATP Roundtable at MESA 2025 Conference

 

Increasing Student Engagement and Motivation in Persian Classrooms

 

Meeting in Conjunction at MESA 2025 

Saturday Nov 22, 2025

10:00 AM-12:00 PM

Westin Downtown Washington DC

Organized by Peyman Nojoumian
Chair: TBA

Presentations:

6 presentations will be announced in early April 2025

Past AATP Roundtables

 

AATP Roundtable at AIS 2024 Conference

 

Teaching Persian in the Changing World

 

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico City, Mexico

Thursday Aug 15, 2024 at 3:00 - 4:30 PM at Room 7

 

Preliminary Program


Organized by Peyman Nojoumian
Chair: Anousha Sedighi

Presentations:


Language Instructor
Nazila Khalkhali, UNAM od Canada

Innovative Technology in the Language Classroom: Utilizing Virtual Reality and Artificial Intelligence in Task-Based Language Teaching
Peyman Nojoumian, USC

Pragmatic and Interactional Competence at Advanced Level
Nahal Akbari, UMD

Is Persian to be Taught as a Modern Language or a Classical One: Perspectives and Methodologies
Hossein Samei, Emory University

Language Attitude and Language Use among Heritage Persian Learners at College Level
Anousha Sedighi, Portland State University

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