» Farsi Course Outlines

The Cactus Course Outlines provide a learning framework for the Cactus Foreign Language Evening Courses. They are designed to provide you with a good idea of what you might cover over a 10-week period, and include typical themes, grammar and vocabulary fields. They are flexible rather than prescriptive, in that our teachers may decide to adapt their learning plans to the specific level, aims and interests of their classes.

• Farsi Beginner 1 ﻔﺎﺮﺴﻲ

Topics & Vocabulary:

• Greetings and introductions – including where you’re from
• The home and the family
• Rooms, common objects
• Expressing thanks and making requests
• Daily routines: work, shopping, leisure
• Clothes
• Food
• Key adjectives/adverbs including size, shape, age, colours
• Hobbies, likes & dislikes
• Eating & drinking – restaurants, bars
• Travel – buying a ticket at the train station, asking for directions
• Learning Arabic numbers and how to count
• Time – hours, days, months
• The weather

Grammar:

• Key verbs - ﻤﻴﺭﻮﻢ, ﺧﻮﺍﻫﻢ, ﻤﻴﻜﻨﻢ, ﻫﺴﺘﻢ, ﺪﺍﺮﻢ, etc. (present, subjunctive/imperative, negative : -ﻤﻴ, -ﺒ, -ﻨﻤﻴ, -ﻨ).
• Pronouns – independent and suffixed (ﻤﻦ / ﻴﻢ-[ ], etc.)
• Singular and plural
• Nouns and adjectives, definite abject ﺮﺍ
• Prepositions (ﺪﺮ, ﺒﻪ, ﺍﺯ, ﺒﺮﺍﻰ,ﺑﺮ, ﻤﺎﻨﻨﺪ, etc.)
• Affirmative, negative and interrogative forms
• Word order and sentence structure

Cultural content:

• Etiquette in private and public places
• Iran and other Farsi speaking areas
• Common idiomatic expressions

Skills Work:

• The Persian alphabet, reading and writing, with special emphasis on unfamiliar sounds
• Joining letters to make up words and phrases
• Practical drills to learn reading and writing
• Listening comprehension
• Writing and speaking drills
• Role play