Intensive Summer Farsi & Tajik in Dushanbe
CLI's 4-week summer program in Dushanbe helps students extend and solidify the language and culture skills they develop during intensive Farsi or Tajik classes on the ASU campus.
The Dushanbe program offers instruction in: Elementary Persian (Tajik and Farsi), Intermediate Farsi, Third-Year Farsi, Intermediate Tajik, and Third-Year Tajik.
Students in all levels share a common set of activities and excursions.
Students receive 3 ASU credits at the 400 level (SLC 494) for successfully completing the program.
Since Tajik is the variant of Persian used in Dushanbe, all students are required to have a reading knowledge of the language. Students of Farsi with no background in Tajik must attend 10 hours of training in Tajik before departing for Dushanbe. This training will familiarize them with the Tajik alphabet and the most important differences between the two variants.
This program is open only to students who complete one of the 7-week courses below.
Classes meet 3 hours a day on weekdays. Cultural activities take place most afternoons and on weekends.
Books and materials are the same as those for the intensive Elementary Persian (Farsi/Tajik), intensive Intermediate Farsi, intensive Third-Year Farsi , intensive 2nd-year Tajik, and intensive 3rd-year Tajik
Students live with host families, with 1 or 2 students per family. Host families provide breakfast and dinner. Students purchase their own lunch.
Dushanbe is the capital and largest city in the mountainous Republic of Tajikistan. The city is trilingual, with the Tajik dialect of Persian, Uzbek, and Russian being the most common languages. With a population of almost 700,000, Dushanbe is the economic, administrative, and educational hub of the country. The city is home to the Tajik Academy of Sciences and seven universities, including the Tajik State National University. Dushanbe is a popular starting point for trekkers traveling to the Pamir mountains, which form the western extreme of the "Rooftop of the World."
Dushanbe, which means "Monday" in Persian, derives its name from the city's former Monday bazaar.
The 2012 Dushanbe summer study-abroad fee is estimated at $2,400 (subject to change). This fee covers:
- instruction
- housing
- breakfast and dinner
- excursions (including entry and guide fees)
- insurance
It does not include:
- airfare / travel expenses
- lunch
- personal expenses
- visa
(Disclaimer: All tuition and fees set forth herein or in other University publications or web pages are subject to change.)