Dr. Entezar received his PhD from the University of Texas at Austin in applied linguistics, his MA from Columbia University Teachers College in teaching English as a foreign language and his BA fro...voir plusDr. Entezar received his PhD from the University of Texas at Austin in applied linguistics, his MA from Columbia University Teachers College in teaching English as a foreign language and his BA from Kabul University in English. He has taught at Kabul University; Ibn Saud Islamic University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; the University of Nebraska at Omaha; Arkansas State in Jonesboro, Arkansas; and Fayetteville Community College in Fayetteville, North Carolina.
He wrote the first Dari book, Farsi (Afghan Persian) for the US Peace Corps in 1964. Subsequently, he wrote Intermediate Dari (1965) and Dari (1969). Professor Entezar has written numerous articles on the nature of language, bilingualism, and language teaching methodology. He is the author of Afghanistan 101: Understanding Afghan Culture (2008) and Dari Grammar and Phrase Book (2010).voir moins