Intermediate Persian-Farsi I

Catalog description

Intermediate Persian I (Reading & Discussion) builds on PERSN 1320 and PERSN 1321 and enables students to further expand their vocabulary as they actively develop more advanced comprehension, fluency, and communicative ability on more complex (compared to Elementary) topics pertaining to the modern world and life through the reading and discussion of engaging and diverse, authentic materials in modern Persian. Unlike the Elementary level, where students reproduce previously memorized words and phrases, Intermediate I aims to train more independent users of Persian as students learn to formulate their own, original, complex sentences and use more complex structures and phraseology closer to educated native speakers’ speech. To reflect the authentic use of Persian by native speakers, all speaking and listening activities are carried out in colloquial Persian, while the readings are presented in standard written Persian. In this course students speak, read and acquire about 300 vocabulary units and Persian phraseology while learning to understand and actively participate in conversations on a range of topics related to culture, society, storytelling, food, demography, the environment, and current events. The course guides students towards Intermediate Low to Intermediate Mid proficiency levels, based on the ACTFL proficiency scale, depending on individual progress and skill development.