Online Course Format
Faculty: Joshua Hall
Tuition: $200 (tuition discounts available; only 20 positions will be available).
In this 12-week course students will be introduced to the Persian alphabet, basic grammar, spelling, pronunciation, and some rudimentary aspects of spoken Persian. We will be using The Routledge Introductory Persian Course: Farsi Shirin Ast (2nd edition) as our textbook (students should purchase a copy; https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-Introductory-Persian-Course-Farsi-Shirin-Ast/Shabani-Jadidi-Brookshaw/p/book/9781138496798). Classes will be held online via Zoom in two 90-minute sessions: Tuesdays, 5:00 – 6:30 PM PST (8 – 9:30 Eastern) and Saturdays, 9:30 – 11:00 AM PST (12:30-2 Eastern). Attendance is mandatory and students will be asked to complete assignments, which will be submitted to the instructor for review via email. The reading of shorter Bahá’í texts, such as prayers or The Hidden Words, will be incorporated into the course as a means to help students with their language acquisition skills.
