Minoo Varzegar, Ph.D.

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Program in American Language Studies
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PUBLICATIONS


Books

English for Medical  Students (co-author).   Edited by JR Cowan.  Tehran:  University of Illinois-University of Tehran Publication, 1974.

English for the Students of Medicine I (editor).  Tehran:  SAMT Publishing Co., 1989.

Issues in Teaching English as a Foreign Language (co-author).  Tehran:  Publishing Co., 1990.

Reading Through Reading (co-author).  SAMT Publishing Co., 1991.  (Reprinted 13 times)  (The Winner of the BEST Academic Book)

Yadvareh Persian-English Dictionary (coeditor).  (Volume I, Volume II and Volume III).  Tehran:  Yadvareh Publishing Co., 1991.

Yadvareh English-Persian Dictionary (co-editor).  (Volume I and Volume II).  Tehran:  Yadvareh Publishing Co., 1991.

Testing and Measurement (co-author).  Tehran:  Alavi Publishing Co., 1992.  (The Winner of the BEST Academic Book)

English for the Students of Medicine II (editor).  Tehran:  SAMT Publishing Co., 1993.

Novin English-Persian Dictionary (editor).  (Volume I and Volume II).  Tehran:  Novin Publishing Co., 1993.

Yadvareh Unabridged English-Persian Dictionary (co-editor).  Tehran:  Yadvareh Publishing Co., 1993.

Yadvareh Pocketbook Dictionary (co-editor).  Tehran:  Yadvareh Publishing Co., 1993.

TOEFL Preparation Tests.  Tehran:  Bayan Publication, 1994.

Testing TEFL (co-author).  Tehran:  Fatemi Publishing Co., 1996.

Testing  Grammar, Vocabulary and Reading (co-author).  Tehran:  Fatemi Publishing Co., 1997.

A Comprehensive Grammar of English Tehran:  Yadvareh Publishing Co., 1997.

Children’s English Series, Writing Workbooks and Audio-tapes.  (1-12).  Tehran:  Arzhang  Publishing  Co., 1990-1997.

The Dimensions of Lexicon.  Tehran:  Fatemi Publishing Co.

Academic Writing.  (forthcoming)

 

Articles

“The Acquisition of Language in Children.”  Journal of the College of Letters and Human Sciences, 1975.

“Language Acquisition.”  Iranian Almanac, 1975.

“Bilingualism.”  Journal of the College of Letters and Human Sciences, 1976.

“The Psycholinguistic Dimensions of Bilingualism.”  Iranian Almanac.

“The Psycholinguistic Aspects of Reading Comprehension.”  Journal of College of Letters and Human Sciences, 1977.

“The Linguistic Aspects of Reading Comprehension.”  Journal of the English Department,  1978.

“Psychology and Reading.”  Tamasha, 1978.

“The Perceptual Processes of Iranian Students Reading in English.”  Fairleigh Dickinson University Publication, USA, 1978.

“Iranian Students Reading Comprehension Problems.”  Fairleigh Dickinson University Publication, 1979.

“Linguistics and Reading.”  Tamasha, 1979.

“Reading and Thought.”  Journal of the College of Letters and Human Sciences, 1980.

“Critical Reading.”  Literature and Translation,  Jawaher Laal Nehru University, New Delhi, India, 1981.

“Attitude and Motivation.”  Monograph.  1985.

“The Rudiments of Teaching Literature in TEFL.” Proceedings of the Association of the Professors of English in Iran, 1991.

“The Role of Translation in TEFL.”  Journal of the University of Tabriz, 1992.

“The Reliability and the Readability Formulas and Graphs.”  (Co-author).  TESOL Proceedings, 1992.

“The Factors Involved in Foreign Languages Learning.”  Journal of College of Letters and Human Sciences, 1993.

“The Componential Features of Reading Comprehension.”  Journal of the University of Tabriz, 1993.

“The Dimensions of Listening Comprehension.”  Journal of the College of Foreign Languages, 1994.

“The Neuropsychological Aspects of the Critical Period.”  Journal of Tabatabaee University, 1994.

“The Discoursal Aspects of Reading Comprehension.”  Journal of The College of Foreign Languages, 1994.

“Attitudinal Factors and Reading Comprehension.”  (Co-author). Journal of the University of Ibrik, Jordan, 1996.

“The History of Translation.”  The College of Letters and Human Sciences, 1997.

“Extroversion-Introversion and EFL Reading Comprehension.” Journal of College of Foreign Languages, Tehran University Press, 1997.

“My Notion of DEIL.”  Division of  English as an International Language, University of Illinois, 1997.

“The Impact of Deictic Expressions on EFL Reading Comprehension.”  Journal of Foreign Languages, 1999.

“Socio-cultural Aspects of the Communicative Approach. “  LOH.  March 2001.

“Deixis and EFL Reading Comprehension.”  Academic Exchange Quarterly.  NY, Summer 2004.

“The Origin of Translation.”  Persian Heritage.  NJ,   August  2004.

“The Role of Women in the Iranian Constitutional Revolution of 1906 (1). Iran Heritage.  New Jersey, January 2007.

“The Role of Women in the Iranian Constitutional Revolution of 1906 (2).  Iran Heritage.  New Jersey, February 2007.

“The Role of Women in the Iranian Constitutional Revolution of 1906 (3).  Iran Heritage.  New Jersey, March 2007.

“The Role of Women in the Iranian Constitutional Revolution of 1906 (4).  Iran Heritage.  New Jersey.  April 2007.

“Iranian Women Poets: From Rabe'a Ghozdari to Tehereh Saffarzadeh, Shabanhang, Pittsburg. March 2009