The Status of Curriculum Development Approaches in the Process of Policymaking and Planning of Teaching Persian as a Foreign Language

This article aims to draw attention from Persian language specialists to the importance of the curriculum in vision for teaching Persian as a foreign language، and the analysis of the process of planning and policy making for teaching Persian as a foreign language within the framework of curriculum approaches. Therefore، the question of this article is to what degree the process of teaching Persian as a foreign language follows a scientific framework of curriculum development. To this end، first، in the theoretical fundamentals’ section، the difference between teaching methodology and curriculum development is shown، and the teaching methods and curriculums are described based on linguistic theories. Next، the evolution of the curriculum studies is explained، and the dominant approaches are laid out. Stages for developing a standard curriculum are discussed subsequently. In the final section of the paper، while reviewing the factors influential in the development of a proper and proportionate curriculum، some practical suggestions are made in order to organize the process of compiling the resources for teaching Persian as a foreign language.