This course extends from Introductory Persian A. Students will develop their skills in writing and conversation and undertake translation from and into Persian at higher introductory level.

At the conclusion of the course, students will have achieved language competency in the following skills:

Reading Proficiency:

(1) Demonstrate ability to read simple written material in a usual printing form or typescript

(2) Demonstrate ability to read simple language and passages containing frequent structural forms, patterns and vocabulary

(3) Demonstrate ability to read and understand known language elements that have

been recombined in new ways to achieve different meanings at a similar level

Speaking Proficiency:

(1) Articulate more developed courtesy requirements and maintain simple face-to-face conversations on familiar topics

(2) Formulate and respond to questions of basic communications and social demands

Writing Proficiency:

(1) Demonstrate sufficient control of the writing system to meet social demands

(2) Create sentences and short paragraphs related to social and cultural activities

(3) Express main tenses with fair accuracy.  

(4) Demonstrate good control of higher elementary vocabulary and syntactic patterns

(5) Write simple descriptive passages on matters of place, location, culture and history with fair accuracy

Listening Proficiency:

(1) Demonstrate sufficient comprehension to understand utterances about basic

familiar topics.

(2) Understand simple to medium questions and answers and non-complicated statements and simple face-to-face conversations in a standard dialect.

(3) Comprehend and engage in conversation about simple personal and social matters

General Homework (10%), quizzes (10%), attendance (10%), class participation (10%), mid-semester test (written 20%), final exam (oral 10% and written 30%)

Introductory Persian A (or equivalent prior knowledge, with permission of lecturer)

Learning Resources, Prescribed Texts and Readings:

Saffar-Moghaddam, Ahmad. Book 2, The Capital of Iran, Tehran: Council for Promotion of Persian Language and Literature, 2007

Rafiee, Abdi. Colloquial Persian: The Complete Course for Beginners, New York: Routledge, 2001, (Lessons 5-9)

On-Line Learning Resources

http://www.persian-language.org/

www.irib.ir/radio/adab/shaer.htm

http://www.iranianshouse.org/

http://www.farsidic.com/    on-line dictionary