Teaching English as a Second Language Quarterly (Formerly Journal of Teaching Language Skills)

Author = Ali Akbar Jabbari

Number of Articles: 2
The Adaptation of English Initial Clusters by Persian Learners
The Adaptation of English Initial Clusters by Persian Learners

Ali Akbar Jabbari; Parvin Safari; Farane Falaknaz; Jeroen van de Weijer

Volume 30, Issue 4 , March 2012, , Pages 59-76

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2011.371

Abstract
  This study presents an overview of the different strategies that Persian learners of English employ to deal with initial clusters. While vowel epenthesis appears to be the most widespread ...  Read More
The Acquisition of Definiteness Feature by Persian L2 Learners of English
The Acquisition of Definiteness Feature by Persian L2 Learners of English

Mohammad Javad Rezai; Ali Akbar Jabbari

Volume 29, Issue 2 , June 2010, , Pages 123-154

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2012.411

Abstract
  The definiteness feature in English is both LF and PF interpretable while Persian is a language in which this feature is LF-interpretable but PF-uninterpretable. Hence, there is no ...  Read More