Pouneh Shabani Jadidi holds a PhD in Linguistics from the University of Ottawa. She has been a Faculty Lecturer, teaching Persian language and linguistics as well as Persian literature and translation at McGill, Oxford, Chicago and Azad universities since 1997. She is the co-author of The Routledge Introductory Persian Course, 2010 and The Routledge Intermediate Persian Course, 2012 (both with Dominic Brookshaw). Shabani-Jadidi is also a reviewer for the Journal of the International Society for Iranian Studies and the International Journal of Applied Linguistics since 2008.
What the Persian Media Says is innovative in its approach to advanced level Persian language learning. Not only does it introduce students to the vibrant lexicon of media Persian, it also familiarises them with its range of registers, and demystifies its grammatical particularities. Through active engagement with a carefully selected set of articles drawn from the full spectrum of Iranian newspapers, learners also gain insight into some of the key socio-political and cultural issues of contemporary Iran, and the manner in which these issues are debated. This course book will be indispensable for those who seek to engage fully with the form of Persian used by media outlets today. Dominic Parviz Brookshaw, Associate Professor of Persian Literature, University of Oxford, UK One more interesting type of activity in this textbook is the inclusion of paraphrasing exercises that require a more advanced command of Persian language. Such writing exercises are also helpful in boosting the learner's academic writing ability. This textbook is a valuable source for interested learners of Persian language especially those who are at advanced levels and would like to get acquainted with the newspaper discourse and genres in Persian. Saeed Rezaei, Iranian Studies Volume 49, 2016 - Issue 6