Skill-Based Persian Courses

Types of Skill-Based Persian Courses

These courses, depending on the learner’s needs, may include the following:

Speaking Skills Courses

• Goal: Develop conversation skills and fluency in communication in Persian.
• Content: Practicing daily conversations, colloquial expressions, and dialogues in various contexts (e.g., travel, shopping, work environments).
• Methods: Group discussions, role-playing, watching videos, and practicing conversations with native Persian speakers.

Listening Skills Courses

• Goal: Improve comprehension of spoken Persian in different contexts.
• Content: Listening to audio files, news broadcasts, podcasts, movies, and interviews.
• Methods: Practice identifying key vocabulary, note-taking while listening, and responding to listening comprehension questions.

Reading Skills Courses

• Goal: Develop the ability to read and understand Persian texts at various levels.
• Content: Reading news articles, short stories, scientific and academic texts, and essays.
• Methods: Text analysis, summarizing, and discussion through questions and answers about the content.

Writing Skills Courses

• Goal: Improve the ability to write Persian texts accurately and fluently.
• Content: Writing simple to advanced sentences and paragraphs, formal letter writing, essay writing, and report writing.
• Methods: Writing exercises, receiving feedback from instructors, correcting grammatical and spelling errors.

Features of Skill-Based Persian Courses

• Goal-Oriented: Focus on a specific skill (e.g., writing or listening).
• Practical: Use of real-life examples and hands-on exercises.
• Interactive: Group activities and simulation of real-world scenarios.

These skill-based courses are ideal for learners who want to improve their proficiency in a specific area. By focusing on one skill, these courses make learning Persian more purposeful and applicable. The courses are divided into four skills: “Listening: Listening Comprehension”, “Writing: Grammar and Composition”, “Speaking: Vocabulary and Expressions”, and “Reading: Text Comprehension”.  The content of these courses provides Persian learners with an opportunity to strengthen their language skills while focusing on their specific interests, especially at intermediate and advanced levels.