Keyvan Karbasioun

Tuesday and Thursday 9:30-11:00 a.m.
Courses Taught
Background
Ed.D., University of Massachusetts (Applied Linguistics/Second Language Acquisition)
M.A., University of Kansas (International Relations)
B.A., University of Kansas (Romance Languages)
B.S., University of Massachusetts Amherst (Chemical Engineering)
D.E.L.F. (Diplôme d'Etude en Langue Française) Issued by Ministry of Education, Republic of France, 1998
C.E.L.I. (Esame di Certificato di Conoscenza della Lingua Italiana) Dilit, Rome, Italy
French Summer School (for Teachers of French): Lausanne, Switzerland, 1989/Universite Laval, Quebec, Canada 1986, 1998, 1999, 2000
Language immersion programs, including two-way immersion programs (worldwide, especially in the US & Canada)
Bilingualism and second language acquisition
Language policy
Applying high technology in language teaching/learning (including distance education & its application in language instruction)
International relations
Canadian studies
Language immersion programs, including two-way French immersion programs (United States vs. Canada)
Arabic-Free Persian-Persian Dictionary
Arabic Influence in Spanish and Persian Lexicon: A Comparative Study
Romanian: The Other Romance Language
Designing a distance education language course
Working on a world language website
Sabbatical Project: English Speakers Learning Spanish vs. Swedish Speakers Learning That Language: A Linguistic Comparison
Linguistic Research (Malmö, Sweden: Summers 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017)
Journals
Karbasioun, K. (2002). "The Future of Reform Movement in Iran." Journal of Iranian Research & Analysis, 18(2).
Karbasioun, K. & Monshipouri, M. (2003). "Shaping Cultural Politics in the Muslim World; Women's Empowerment as an Alternative to Militarism, Terror & War." International Politics, 40(3), pp. 341-364. doi: 10.1057/palgrave.ip.8800027
Presentations
Karbasioun, K. (2010). "The History and Development of the Persian Language." Los Angeles, CA: Time TV.
Karbasioun, K. (2010). "Second Language Acquisition in Children and Adults." Los Angeles, CA: Time TV.
Book Reviews
(2020). Review of Hershberger et al, Plazas. Cengage.
(2019). Review of B. Kerr, et al. (Eds.), Deux Mondes (8th ed.). McGraw-Hill.
(2011). Review of P. Bianco, Conversando con literatura. Panda Publications.
(2011). Review of P. Ladefoged et al, A Course in Phonetics (6th ed.). Wadsworth Cengage Learning.
(2008). Review of B. Hayes, Introductory Phonology. Wiley-Blackwell.
(2009). Review of J.I. Saeed, Semantics (3rd ed.). Wiley-Blackwell.
(2005). Review of M. Aronoff, What is Morphology? Blackwell Publishing.
(2006). Review of B. Vaux et al, Linguistic Field Methods. Wipf & Stock Publishers.
(2006). Review of L. Campbell, Historical Linguistics. The MIT Press.
(2010). Review of N. Schmitt, An Introduction to Applied Linguistics (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press, USA.
(1998). Review of J.K. Chambers et al, Dialectology (2nd ed.). Cambridge University Press.
(1981). Review of Puntos de partida. McGraw-Hill.
NABE - National Association for Bilingual Education
AAAL - American Association of Applied Linguistics
CALICO - Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium
ACTFL - American Council on Teaching of Foreign Languages
MaFLA - Massachusetts Foreign Language Association