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DESCRIPTION:\nWhen and Where: \nSaturday, December 06, 2025 1:00 am to 2:
 30 pm \n Online via Zoom \n\nSpeakers \nTaraneh Sanei, McGill University 
 \n\nDescription: \nWhen Literature Is Accessible: ‘Authentic’ Materials, 
 Language Awareness, and Teaching Persian in the Era of Internet and Socia
 l MediaThe Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies in colla
 boration with the Department of Middle Eastern Studies and the Center for 
 Middle Eastern Studies, University of Chicago jointly present 'When Liter
 ature is Accessible' on Saturday, December 6, 2025, 1 p.m. (Eastern Tim
 e: Canada and US).Abstract: This chapter addresses a niche area in languag
 e teaching through teaching literature by looking at what I call 'accessib
 le' literature and its pedagogical potential. In the age of the Internet,
  Persian literature-classical and modern-has become publicly accessible in
  ways not possible before (e.g., weblogs, Instagram posts, etc.). I inv
 estigate how 'lay people', and not necessarily 'literary experts', share
  these literary texts, previously accessible only through published books
 /essays, online, and have dialogues with other users about them. I demon
 strate how these interactions, one click away from students, create an i
 nvaluable body of 'authentic' materials. Drawing on my sociolinguistic res
 earch and background in applied linguistics, I first illustrate different
  ways technological and communicative affordances of online space (e.g., 
 multimodality, connectivity, polynormativity, etc.) in interactions aro
 und Persian literature positively affect language learning. I then focus o
 n challenging what constitutes 'authentic' materials for language teaching
 , especially in the era of online communication, by looking at data that
  use non-standard forms (e.g. non-standard orthography) while reciting and
 /or discussing Persian poetry, and the audience's uptake of these, and d
 iscuss the potential of this type of material to teach learners both at th
 e linguistic and the metalinguistic level. Thus, lying at the intersectio
 n of Online Sociolinguistics and Language Pedagogy with Persian literary t
 exts at its core, the chapter offers insight for developing engaging and 
 relatable literature-based educational materials.Zoom Meeting Registration
 : https://utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/register/rJS6O8qgTkqDnOa-scg49A After r
 egistering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information 
 about joining the meeting. \n\nCategories \n LecturesThe Elahé Omidyar Mir
 -Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies \n\nAudiences \n Alumni and FriendsC
 ommunityFacultyGraduate StudentsProspective StudentsStaffUndergraduate Stu
 dentsGeneral Public
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SUMMARY:Literature in Persian Language Pedagogy: Taraneh Sanei
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