B9061 - Persian Language and Linguistic Exercises 2

Course contents

Important note

1. The ‘Persian Language and Linguistics 2 Exercises’ (one-year course), taught by a native speaker, ARE an INTEGRATIVE PART of the ‘Persian Language and Linguistics 2’ course, taught by Prof. Nahid Norozi. See the relevant website: https://www.unibo.it/sitoweb/nahid.norozi2/didattica/programma/2025/439944

2. For the examinations of Persian Language and Literature 2 (ARCO), Persian Language and Literature 2 (MA), students are required to attend ONLY the second semester (february-march) of the ‘Exercises ...’ course, while attendance in the first semester is optional.

 

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS TO BE ACQUIRED

Oral production: At the end of the lessons of the Persian Language and Linguistics Exercises 2 (integrated into the Persian Language and Linguistics 2 course), the student will be able to use the most complex pleasantries, idiomatic expressions, produce a speech of medium complexity on various topics, describe various living or working conditions, everyday situations, making use of expressions based on the learned structures, of medium complexity.

Written Production: the student will be able to write a series of sentences of medium complexity, using the structures and expressions learnt.

Listening comprehension: the student will be able to understand and interact in different situations (intermediate level), to satisfy needs of a concrete type.

Written comprehension: the student will be able to understand texts of medium complexity, of social content and of a concrete type, formulated in articulated language at an intermediate level.

The course will focus more on the Persian language (Farsi) spoken in Iran and will include numerous exercises in writing and reading of medium complexity passages, as well as listening.

 

See also the programme for ‘Persian Language and Linguistics 2’: https://www.unibo.it/sitoweb/nahid.norozi2/didattica/programma/2025/439944

Readings/Bibliography

See the bibliography for “Persian Language and Linguistics 2”, taught by Prof. Nahid Norozi: https://www.unibo.it/sitoweb/nahid.norozi2/didattica/programma/2025/439944

Teaching methods

Lectures including interactive lectures, group and pair work (for exercises including conversation)

Assessment methods

See ‘Modalities of assessment and evaluation of learning’ on the webpage of ‘Persian Language and Linguistics 2’, taught by Prof. Nahid Norozi: https://www.unibo.it/sitoweb/nahid.norozi2/didattica/programma/2025/439944

Teaching tools

Books, handouts, audio-visual media, magazine websites and other useful materials.

 

Students with DSA or temporary or permanent disabilities: it is advisable to get in touch immediately with the University office responsible (https://site.unibo.it/studenti-con-disabilita-e-dsa/it ) and with the lecturer, in order to seek together the most effective strategies for following the lessons and/or preparing for the exam. Any requests for adaptations must be made within 15 days of the date of the exam, by sending an email to the lecturer and entering the email address disabilita@unibo.it [mailto:disabilita@unibo.it] (in the case of a disabling condition) or dsa@unibo.it [mailto:dsa@unibo.it] (for students with DSA)."

Office hours

See the website of Nahid Norozi