Whether you long to read Shahname in its original language, converse with a native in Azadi Square or travel around Iran learning Persian can be rewarding. With Persian’s increasing importance on the world stage and over 110 million speakers worldwide, there’s never been a better time to learn. While Persian itself may not be as difficult as say, Japanese or Arabic, the Persian alphabet can be a major roadblock to learning this fascinating language and culture.
Talk Like a Persian makes learning Persian super fun, easy, and convenient with a fully interactive Persian course. The course material is divided into small blocks.
Persian Alphabet Course intends to help you learn Persian letters and sounds and to begin reading and writing Persian in 15 sessions. This course serves as a reference to guide you to the writing system of Persian. The course is accompanied by Leila's Alphabet Journey E-book and free membership to Persian Language Blogon Talk Like a Persian website.
In this fun, interactive and effective online Persian language course, students will learn basic facts about Persian language, basic features of Persian language and Persian alphabet. The students will also learn how to install Persian font on their computer and how to type in Persian.
At the end of this course, students will be able to recognize Persian letters in various written contexts and they will be able to pronounce letter sounds and read, write and type in Persian fluently.
Online Course Components
The course consists of 18lectures and each lecture is between 2-7 minutes to keep students interested and help them study in short bursts.
E-Book Components
"Leila's Alphabet Journey"E-book consists of Facts about Persian Language, Features of Persian Language and reading and writing units. Facts about Persian language gives an overview of Persian Language history and basic facts. Features of the Persian Alphabet introduces Persian language writing system. The units present the alphabet in groups and through high frequency meaningful words that consist of acquired letters. Each unit contains a number of reading, writing and spelling exercises as well as authentic samples of Persian language from online newspapers and advertisements.
