Intensive Intermediate Persian (Dari, Farsi, Tajik)
This course picks up where CLI Elementary Persian leaves off. Students complete their study of Tajik grammar and intensify their study of Farsi. Students are expected by the end of the course to be roughly equally familiar with the two dialects. The emphasis on communicative competency is maintained, with students expected to reach a proficiency level of ILR 2 in reading and comprehension of both Farsi and Tajik, a level of 1+ in speaking and in writing Tajik, and a level of 1 in writing Farsi.
Students who complete this course should be familiar with all of the three major Persian dialects and prepared to specialize in any one of them.
Surayyo Tokhirzoda holds an MA in Oriental Languages from Tajik State National University. She currently teaches Persian and Tajik in the University’s department of Iranian Philology. She has been teaching Persian and Tajik for Foreigners since 2000, most recently in the Eurasian Regional and Persian Flagship Program of American Councils/ACCELS. This is her first year at the CLI.
Instructor details reflect CLI 2009. CLI 2010 data may differ.