NES 2322

Intermediate Persian II

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2014-2015 Catalog.

Course material is drawn entirely from authentic Persian printed and audio-video sources created for use by native Persian speakers. Besides the readings included in the textbook, we will draw material from modern Iranian mass-media and TV.  Exercises are developed with strong emphasis on communicative activities and address the 5 C's in accordance with the National Foreign Language Standards: Communication, Cultures, Connections, Comparisons and Communities. Readings and audio-video material assigned as homework are addressed in class through discussions and vocabulary reinforcement activities. Main objective of this course is to make the students independent users of the target language, i.e.to provide them with skills necessary to tackle unfamiliar authentic material independently rather than being able to simply recognize and reproduce previously memorized structures and vocabulary. The course is designed with the ACTFL and ILR criteria in mind. At the completion of the course students should be able to score at Advanced Low to Advanced Mid level (ACTFL, Speaking).

Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: one year (two semesters) elementary Persian or permission of instructor.

Language Requirement Satisfies Option 1.

Distribution Category (CA-AS)

When Offered Spring.

Breadth Requirement (GB)

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