Assistant Professor, Department of Persian Literature and English Language, Center for Public Education, K. N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.
Given the importance of university textbooks, especially at Payame Noor University, where resources for all disciplines are developed centrally by the university system for uniform distribution across all its units nationwide, and considering the widespread presence of university branches and consequently the large number of students, it is imperative that these texts be prepared with greater academic rigor. They should be authored by experienced specialists in each field and reviewed with the assistance of experts to ensure that these resources are as scholarly, precise, and free from flaws as possible.
The General Persian textbook is a mandatory book that all students of Payame Noor University, except Persian Language and Literature students, must study and be tested on to complete three course units. However, this book has significant structural, rhetorical, grammatical, semantic, content-related, and even typographical problems, as well as issues related to the exams based on it. These shortcomings necessitate either a complete revision or the writing of a new textbook that addresses these flaws.
This article not only gathers and categorizes the mentioned flaws but also discusses the objectives of this three-unit course, evaluates the alignment of the textbook’s content with its intended goals, examines the level of student satisfaction with the book, and assesses its practical relevance for students’ needs.
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Aligholizade,H. (2024). The General Persian Textbook of Payame Noor University: The Necessity of Rewriting or Fundamental Revision. University Textbooks; Research and Writting, 28(54), 109-137. doi: 10.30487/rwab.2025.721041
MLA
Aligholizade,H. . "The General Persian Textbook of Payame Noor University: The Necessity of Rewriting or Fundamental Revision", University Textbooks; Research and Writting, 28, 54, 2024, 109-137. doi: 10.30487/rwab.2025.721041
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Aligholizade H. (2024). 'The General Persian Textbook of Payame Noor University: The Necessity of Rewriting or Fundamental Revision', University Textbooks; Research and Writting, 28(54), pp. 109-137. doi: 10.30487/rwab.2025.721041
CHICAGO
H. Aligholizade, "The General Persian Textbook of Payame Noor University: The Necessity of Rewriting or Fundamental Revision," University Textbooks; Research and Writting, 28 54 (2024): 109-137, doi: 10.30487/rwab.2025.721041
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Aligholizade H. The General Persian Textbook of Payame Noor University: The Necessity of Rewriting or Fundamental Revision. University Textbooks; Research and Writting, 2024; 28(54): 109-137. doi: 10.30487/rwab.2025.721041