تکالیف رایانه‌ای

Computer Assignments

3  Register yourself on the Watering Hole by getting yourself a username and password.  You should be able to immediately post a test message to the Watering Hole for fun.  Then, use that same username and password to give yourself a grade on the MyGrade program.  To do this, find today's date on the calendar on your syllabus and hit MyGrade and login and give yourself your grade.  You definitely deserve an A for the day if you've done all this!

1 Type out all the letters of the alphabet in order.  First type the letter once and hit space.  Then type the letter 3 times and hit Enter and go to the next line and repeat for the next letter and so on to Yeh which is the last letter.  Type in your own email over the place where it says, "YourE-mail@domain.com" and hit the "E-mail Instructor" button and email us Computer Assignment #2.

2  Buy a pack of 3 x 5 index cards and cut in half to make more portable.  Make yourself at least 10 flashcards of those letters (isolated or joined) which you yourself are having trouble remembering.  Rubber-band them together and bring them to class to get full credit for the assignment.

3  Give yourself a grade on the MyGrade program.  Click on MyGrade on today's date on the syllabus and go ahead and give yourself an A for today. You deserve it!

2  Listen to this Dictation  of 5 nonsensical words and write each down in Persian on a piece of paper.  For best results, create a folder on your hard drive for this and future dictation mp3's.  To download, just Right-click on the link (where it says Dictation in blue) and Save. (Mac users, Control-click and Save.)  This is important because you'll waste your allotment of UT bandwidth if you listen online. 

1 Copy out Lesson 1 on a piece of paper in your own handwriting. This is also available via your Audio and Handwriting page.

2  Listen to the audio recording for Lesson 1, Ghanoonparvar. This is also available via your Audio and Handwriting page.

3  Listen to the audio files for Windfuhr Chapter 1. These are available via your UT Direct >> My Classes >> PRS 506. Remember to download first, then listen so you save bandwidth.

4 Make your own flashcards for the words in Lesson 1, Ghanoonparvar. Be sure to run through them every day!

1 Copy out Lesson 2 on a piece of paper in your own handwriting. This is also available via your Audio and Handwriting page.

2  Listen to the audio recording for Lesson 2 , Ghanoonparvar. This is also available via your Audio and Handwriting page.

3  Go to FarsiDic Persian to English online dictionary. By default, you'll be in "exact word" mode.  Keep that.  (This dictionary works best on Windows with Internet Explorer. If the Persian results end up in LTR direction instead of RTL, you may be on something other than Windows with Internet Explorer. No matter, you can still do the assignment!). Look up these 3 words made up of letters which don't join on the left:

 در

راه

آز

Now look up these 3 words beginning with letters which do join on the left:

تا

یک

حق

On the same piece of paper on which you wrote down #1 above, write down exactly all the English meanings for each word.  It is not necessary to write the Persian or worry about the pronunciation.  Be sure to copy down all meanings given verbatim.  Use this dictionary only and do the assignment even if you already know all these words.

4 Make your own flashcards for the words in Lesson 2, Ghanoonparvar. Be sure to run through the Lesson 1 words you learned yesterday!

1 Copy out Lesson 3 on a piece of paper in your own handwriting. This is also available via your Audio and Handwriting page.

2  Listen to the audio recording for Lesson 3 , Ghanoonparvar. This is also available via your Audio and Handwriting page.

3 Make your own flashcards for the words in Lesson 3, Ghanoonparvar. Be sure to run through the Lesson 1 and Lesson 2 words since they will start appearing on your quizzes in English and you give the Persian!

1 Copy out Lesson 4 on a piece of paper in your own handwriting. This is also available via your Audio and Handwriting page.

2  Listen to the audio recording for Lesson 4 , Ghanoonparvar. This is also available via your Audio and Handwriting page.

3 Make your own flashcards for the words in Lesson 4, Ghanoonparvar. Be sure to run through the Lesson 1, 2 & 3 words so you can give the Persian equivalent of the English on your daily quizzes from now on.

4 Listen to your Windfuhr audio which has moved to this secure address. You'll need the same login and password you use for the Watering Hole and MyGrade.

5 Listen to Firoozeh's Lesson 2 Greetings and Goodbyes.

تکلیف رایانه‌ای ش. ۸

Computer Assignment #8

1 Copy out Lesson 5 on a piece of paper in your own handwriting. This is also available via your Audio and Handwriting page.

2  Listen to the audio recording for Lesson 5 , Ghanoonparvar. This is also available via your Audio and Handwriting page.

3 Make your own flashcards for the words in Lesson 5, Ghanoonparvar. Be sure to run through the Lesson 1, 2, 3 & 4 words because any are fair game for your daily quizzes!

4 For fun and NOT to turn in, listen to the Windfuhr Audio for Chapter 2 and try to write down the words you hear before you can buy your book and look at the answers.  Note that Windfuhr has used real words so in principle, there may be more than one way to spell them, especially for words containing, z, s, t, and h.  However, in the Windfuhr book, you will find only the proper spelling.

تکلیف رایانه‌ای ش. ۹

Computer Assignment #9

1 Copy out Lesson 6  on a piece of paper in your own handwriting. This is also available via your Audio and Handwriting page.

2  Listen to the audio recording for Lesson 6 , Ghanoonparvar. This is also available via your Audio and Handwriting page.

3 Make your own flashcards for the words in Lesson 6, Ghanoonparvar. Be sure to run through the Lesson 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 words because anyone can learn the new ones, it's remembering the old ones that's the trick!

4 Continue listening to Windfuhr Audio for Chapter 2 just for fun, self-dictation practice.  Again, no need to turn anything in.  You can check your answers when you buy the book.

5 Take this dictation for vowels and diphthongs practice.  Write down what you hear and then check the answer key.  No need to turn it in, however, something similar will be on Friday's test.

تکلیف رایانه‌ای ش. ۱۰

Computer Assignment #10

تکلیف رایانه‌ای ش. ۱۱

Computer Assignment #11

2 Rubber-band your flashcards together and bring them to class to show your teacher tomorrow!

تکلیف رایانه‌ای ش. ۱۲

Computer Assignment #12

2 Download the Lame mp3 Encoder for your Windows or Mac.

3 Put your 2 files in the same folder and click on the one .exe file to install. Don't worry about the Lame mp3 Encoder for now.

4 Save the link to the FAQ in your Favorites for future reference.

5 Download this mp3 and see if you can open it and play it in Audacity.

6 Enjoy listening to your mp3 which is a poem by Rumi which we are going to learn by heart.  Find out more here on our Poetry page.

تکلیف رایانه‌ای ش. ۱۳

Computer Assignment #13

2 Take a look at Windfuhr, Appendix III, pp. 355-360 on the secrets of handwriting.

3 Take a look at Windfuhr, p. 83 and find out what is meant by اضافه ezāfeh.

4 Take a look at Windfuhr, p. 40 and find out exactly who  ایشون  ishun is.

5 Study Ghanoonparvar, Lesson 7, both textbook with normal audio and handwriting. Make flashcards.  Practice the handwriting on your own, no need to turn it in.

تکلیف رایانه‌ای ش. ۱۴

Computer Assignment #14

تکلیف رایانه‌ای ش. ۱۵

Computer Assignment #15

2   Listen to this dictation.  Write down the sentences in Persian at least double-spaced.  Watch this space HERE for the answer key.

تکلیف رایانه‌ای ش. ۱۶

Computer Assignment #16

2 Heritage Section: The first designated heritage student will record the first sentence of our chain story in mp3 format and email that to the next heritage student who will add another sentence.

تکلیف رایانه‌ای ش. ۱۷

Computer Assignment #17

2  Rewrite 3 times any mistakes you had in the dictation  in Computer Assignment #15 and re-submit along with your original.

3   Make sure your flashcards are in order. Next week we start giving grades for our daily vocabulary quizzes!

4   Take a virtual trip to the Language Lab so you know where it is!

تکلیف رایانه‌ای شمارهٔ ۱۸

1 Study Ghanoonparvar, Lesson 10, both textbook with normal audio and handwriting. Make flashcards.  Practice the handwriting on your own, no need to turn it in.

2  Seeing as how we're now big experts on Mehr and Mehrgān, please read up on the Iranian Solar Hijra calendar system, the  Lunar Hijra system and our own beloved Gregorian system.

3 Compare the Iranian months of the year and Western months of the year and also check out the  days of the week.

4 From now on, at the top of your homework, please always write your name, the Solar Hijra Date and the corresponding Gregorian Date, and Computer Assignment number n.  For example, Shirin's homework tonight will have this at the top:

5 Write down in English what is wrong with this picture and turn it in to the teacher tomorrow.

6 Reserve a 15-minute conversation practice slot at the Language Lab for some time in the next 2 weeks.

تکلیف رایانه‌ای ش. ۱۹

1 Study Ghanoonparvar, Lesson 11, both textbook with normal audio and handwriting. Make flashcards.  Practice the handwriting on your own, no need to turn it in.

2 Make sure all the words in the chart on Windfuhr p. 44 are in your flashcards and make sure you understand the function of the stressed  ی  or ئی suffix and when you should use ی and when to use ئی.  Can you think of a 3rd way to write this suffix?

3 Don't forget to spend a few moments with Jalāl al-Din!

تکلیف رایانه‌ای ش. ۲۰

1 Study Ghanoonparvar, Lesson 12, both textbook with normal audio and handwriting. Make flashcards.  Practice the handwriting on your own, no need to turn it in.

2 Read Windfuhr pp. 39-40 and p. 46. Do we know a synonym for اهل ?

3 See if you like these picturesque flashcards.

4 See if you can locate the positive and negative Present Indicative tense of the verb "to be":  budan and بودن

تکلیف رایانه‌ای ش. ۲۱

1   Take this dictation.  When you're satisfied you've done the best job possible, check your answers PART A and PART B . You may keep that for your records but on a fresh sheet of paper, please write correctly 3 times each word, phrase or sentence you had mistakes in.  The only thing you need to turn in are these corrections.

تکلیف رایانه‌ای ش. ۲۲

1   Listen to Windfuhr Audio for Chapter 3 while following in your Windfuhr textbook.

2 Make flashcards for the vocabulary words on Windfuhr pp. 51-52.

3 Take this dictation as many times as needed until you're sure you've done your best possible. Write down the English translation for each sentence.  Then, listen to and read the answers.  Write down any corrections that were necessary 3 times each to turn in to the teacher.  You only need to turn in the corrections.  Everything else is for you!

4 Study Ghanoonparvar, Lesson 13, both textbook with normal audio and handwriting. Make flashcards. (The Handwriting is unfortunately under construction.  You'll have to IMAGINE the handwriting but the English translation may be helpful!)

5 Run through the picturesque flashcards.

6 See if you can locate the positive and negative Present Indicative tense of the verb "to have":  dāshtan and داشتن

تکلیف رایانه‌ای ش. ۲۳

1 Study Ghanoonparvar, Lesson 14, both textbook with normal audio and handwriting. Make flashcards. 

2 Run through the picturesque flashcards.

3 Scope out our Weblog. Look for the word نظر which means "comment" and click on that and then go to the bottom of the new page and find نظر بدهید  which means "give comment" and see if you can copy and paste something or other from Behdād's Editor (ignore what happens to the punctuation) into the given textbox and then see if you can post either as "anonymous" or "other".  Experiment all you like until you get the hang of it.

4 Make sure to reserve a spot for your one-on-one conversation with a native speaker. Why not be bold and go for Ziba or Navid or Atousa? They're all extremely nice and friendly and eager to talk to you!    You may drop in for them in addition to your reserved one-on-one conversation. 

تکلیف رایانه‌ای ش. ۲۴

1 Study Ghanoonparvar, Lesson 15, both textbook with normal audio and handwriting. Make flashcards.

2 Run through the picturesque flashcards.

3 Take this dictation as many times as needed until you're sure you've done your best possible. Write down the English translation for each sentence.  Then, listen to and read the answers.  Write down any corrections that were necessary 3 times each and turn in only these corrections to the teacher. 

تکلیف رایانه‌ای ش. ۲۵

1 Study for Test 2.

2 Get your flashcards in order for inspection tomorrow after the test!

تکلیف رایانه‌ای ش. ۲۶

1 Take this dictation as many times as needed until you're sure you've done your best possible. Write down the English translation for each sentence.  Then, read and the answers.  Write down any corrections that were necessary 3 times each and turn in only these corrections to the teacher. 

تکلیف رایانه‌ای ش. ۲۷

1 Take this dictation as many times as needed until you're sure you've done your best possible. Write down the English translation for each sentence.  Then, read the answers.  Write down any corrections that were necessary 3 times each and turn in only these corrections to the teacher. 

2  Go over your test and write out 3 times each any mistakes and hand in to your teacher.

3   Make up one sentence of your own using at least 2 vocabulary words from Windfuhr pp. 51-52.  Model your sentence on patterns we have practiced in class.  Hand this in to your teacher.

4   Look over and start listening to Windfuhr Chapter 4 so you have an idea of what grammar topics will be coming up this week.

5 Make sure to reserve a spot for your one-on-one conversation with a native speaker sometime in the next two weeks.  Why not pick a new person to chat with this time?  Warning: Last time you got full points just for showing up however, from now on, the Persian-only rule will be strictly enforced.  While occasional accidental slips into English will be tolerated, your grade will be lowered if you attempt to speak English. 

تکلیف رایانه‌ای ش. ۲۸

1 Study Ghanoonparvar, Lesson 16: normal audio, handwriting, picturesque flashcards.

2  Take this dictation as many times as needed until you're sure you've done your best possible. Then, read and listen to the answers. Rewrite the trouble spots according to your own needs.  Go back and listen and read along trying to keep up with the mp3.  This is for yourself; Nothing to turn in!

3  Drop in on Mawlānā Jalāl al-Din Rumi if it's been a while. 

تکلیف رایانه‌ای ش. ۲۹

1 Study Ghanoonparvar, Lesson 17: normal audio, handwriting, picturesque flashcards.

2  Take this dictation as many times as needed until you're sure you've done your best possible. Then, read the answers. Rewrite the trouble spots according to your own needs.  Go back and listen and read along trying to keep up with the mp3. This is for yourself; Nothing to turn in!

3  Check out some more telling the time phrases here

4  After looking at the teacher's corrections to the sentence you wrote for taklif-e rāyāne-i, shomāre-ye 27, # 3 the day before yesterday, go to  Behdād's Editor and type this same sentence being very careful to make no typos and then post it on our  Weblog.  You want to post that on the top-most sohbat (conversation), sohbat shomāre-ye 12. Don't forget punctuation such as comma on the shift-7 key.  Post as  "Other" but be sure to include your name or code name so you get credit.  If you feel you need to practice a few more times first, go to the archives and post your test "nazar" (comment) to some old topic. Please check and re-check and check one more time for typos and please do not type any English on our beautiful Persian weblog!!

تکلیف رایانه‌ای ش. ۳۰

1 Study Ghanoonparvar, Lesson 18: normal audio, handwriting, picturesque flashcards. (Note that the handwriting again is only audio with English translation, sorry!)

2  Take this dictation as many times as needed until you're sure you've done your best possible. Then, read and listen to the answers. Rewrite the trouble spots according to your own needs.  Go back and listen and read along trying to keep up with the mp3.  This is for yourself; Nothing to turn in!

تکلیف رایانه‌ای ش. ۳۱

1 Farāgui Project #2: Non-Heritage students should record themselves reading Lesson 18 (with feeling and dramatic flourish since it's a dialogue!) and save as mp3 and email to their Heritage partner.  The Heritage partner will insert comments and email back to the first student.  The first student will re-record and email all parts to faragui1@gmail.com with both partners' names so everyone gets credit.

تکلیف رایانه‌ای ش. ۳۲

1 Find the simple past tense of the verbs we have learned so far.  Figure out which of the two verb stems this tense is built on and what the endings are for each person. Don't forget to look at the negative as well as positive!

2  Study Ghanoonparvar, Lesson 19: normal audio, handwriting, picturesque flashcards. (Note that the handwriting again is only audio with English translation, sorry!)

3  Take this dictation as many times as needed until you're sure you've done your best possible. Then, read the answers. Redo for yourself as needed.

4   Continue listening to Windfuhr Chapter 4, especially pp. 60-61. Make flashcards for the vocab on p. 62.

5   Admire your great collective Work in Progress on the Farāgui page. Great job, guys!

6   Enjoy this video! Practice all this in the shower!!

تکلیف رایانه‌ای ش. ۳۳

1 Study Ghanoonparvar, Lesson 20: normal audio, handwriting, picturesque flashcards. (Note that the handwriting again is only audio with English translation, sorry!)

2  Take this dictation as many times as needed until you're sure you've done your best possible. Then, read the answers. Redo as needed.

3  Write your own dialogue based very closely on that on Windfuhr p. 61.  Turn this in to your teacher.

تکلیف رایانه‌ای ش. ۳۴

1 Study Ghanoonparvar, Lesson 21: normal audio, handwriting, picturesque flashcards.

 2  Take this dictation as many times as needed until you're sure you've done your best possible. Then, read the answers. Redo as needed. 

تکلیف رایانه‌ای ش. ۳۵

1 Listen to this dictation and write down the spoken form that you hear.  Then write down its written counterpart and translate into English. Then,  listen to the answers. Redo as needed. 

2  Continue listening to Windfuhr Chapter 4, especially pp. 63-64.

3 Write out Windfuhr p. 65, exercise B in complete sentences and turn in to your teacher.

تکلیف رایانه‌ای ش. ۳۶

1  Write out Windfuhr p. 66, exercise D and turn in to your teacher.

2  Continue listening to Windfuhr Chapter 4, especially pp. 67. Make sure you have flashcards for new words on p. 67.

تکلیف رایانه‌ای ش. ۳۷

1 Find the Present Perfect tense of the verbs we have learned so far.  Kardam (Simple Past) = I did, i.e. I did it once and it's over and done with.  Karde-am (Present Perfect) = I have done, i.e. I did it once but the effect is still felt now.  Figure out which of the two verb stems this tense is built on and what the endings are for each person. Don't forget to look at the negative as well as positive!

2  Take this dictation as many times as needed until you're sure you've done your best possible. Then, read the answers. Redo as needed. 

3  Begin listening to Windfuhr Chapter 5. Study the map on p. 68.

4 Make flashcards for the basic colors.

5  Recite Mawlānā  a few times. 

6 Reserve a 15-minute conversation practice slot at the Language Lab for some time in the next 2 weeks. Be sure to review the game rules at the top of the sign-up page and know that your language lab grade is lowered for abusing the volunteers' generosity and being inconsiderate of others by not following the rules.

7   Check out Fared's new mp3's on the Farāgui page.

تکلیف رایانه‌ای ش. ۳۸

1 Study Ghanoonparvar, Lesson 22: normal audio, handwriting, picturesque flashcards. (Note that the handwriting again is only audio with English translation, sorry!)

2 Listen to this dictation as many times as needed until you're sure you've done your best possible.   Then,  read the answers. Redo as needed.

3  Continue listening to Windfuhr Chapter 5.  Make flashcards for any new vocab on pp. 75 and 79.

تکلیف رایانه‌ای ش. ۳۹

1 Study Ghanoonparvar, Lesson 23: normal audio, handwriting, picturesque flashcards. (Note that the handwriting again is only audio with English translation, sorry!)

2  Take this dictation as many times as needed until you're sure you've done your best possible. Then, read the answers. Redo as needed.

3  Continue listening to Windfuhr Chapter 5. 

4  Using any three (3) words from Windfuhr pp. 59 and/or 62, write one sentence based ONLY on a pattern given way back in Windfuhr Chapter 4.  Please write it in written style, not spoken. Turn in to your teacher.

تکلیف رایانه‌ای ش. ۴۰

1 Study Ghanoonparvar, Lesson 24: normal audio, handwriting, picturesque flashcards.

2  Continue listening to Windfuhr Chapter 5.  Write your own paragraph based extremely closely on the bottom of Windfuhr p. 82, Reading 2. Turn this in to your teacher.

تکلیف رایانه‌ای ش. ۴۱

1 Listen to this dictation as many times as needed until you're sure you've done your best possible. Then,  read the answers. Redo as needed.

2  Persian, as opposed to Arabic, is a Unicode-only language.  You cannot type correct Persian without using the Unicode UTF-8 encoding system.  Visit the Unicode Consortium and find out What is Unicode?  See what Roozbeh Pournader and his hard-working team at FarsiWeb are up to; they represent Persian and Iran  at the Unicode Consortium.  Read a little more about the history of Unicode on Wikipedia. Do not take for granted the pioneering work of others.  Start thinking about issues in Persian computing and your own future contributions to Persian.

3  After looking at the teacher's corrections to the sentence you wrote for taklif-e rāyāne-i, shomāre-ye 39, # 3 the day before yesterday, go to  Behdād's Editor and type this same sentence being very careful to make no typos and then post it on our  Weblog.  You want to post that on the top-most sohbat (conversation), sohbat shomāre-ye 13. If you have verbs with mi- prefix or any other prefix or plurals with -hā, be sure to use the ZWNJ on shift-b to override the normal joining of Persian letters and leave a little space.  Please check and re-check and check one more time for typos and please do not type any English on our beautiful Persian weblog!!

تکلیف رایانه‌ای ش. ۴۲

1  Continue listening to Windfuhr Chapter 5.

2 Listen to this dictation as many times as needed until you're sure you've done your best possible. Then,  read the answers. Redo as needed.

3 Do Windfuhr, p. 76, exercise C and turn in to your teacher.

تکلیف رایانه‌ای ش. ۴۳

1 Study Ghanoonparvar, Lesson 25: normal audio, handwriting,  picturesque flashcards. (Note that the handwriting again is only audio with English translation, sorry!)

2  Take this dictation as many times as needed until you're sure you've done your best possible. Then, read the answers. Redo as needed.

تکلیف رایانه‌ای ش. ۴۴

1 Study Ghanoonparvar, Lesson 26: normal audio, handwriting, picturesque flashcards. (Note that the handwriting again is only audio with English translation, sorry!)

2  Do Windfuhr, p. 81, exercise E and turn in to your teacher.

3  Review the present and past stems of the verbs we've studied.

4  Practice the taf`il sighe (pattern) which takes arabic roots and puts them into action. This exercise asks you to figure out the 3-letter root of words in this pattern.

تکلیف رایانه‌ای ش. ۴۵

1 Study Ghanoonparvar, Lesson 27: normal audio, handwriting, picturesque flashcards. (Note that the handwriting again is only audio with English translation, sorry!)

2 Take this dictation as many times as needed until you're sure you've done your best possible. Then, read the answers. Redo as needed.

تکلیف رایانه‌ای ش. ۴۶

1 Listen to this dictation which consists of some questions.  Write down the questions and answer them.  Some example answers are given in the answer key but you may give your own. Please turn this in to your teacher.

2 Do Windfuhr, p. 81, exercise F and turn in to your teacher.

تکلیف رایانه‌ای ش. ۴۷

1 Go to the ISACO Performing Arts Show, Saturday, Nov. 4, 8:00 pm, Texas Union Theatre. When purchasing your ticket, be sure to mention PRS 506 and get your worksheet to fill out during the show. Turn that in at the show.  In case you have trouble with any of the questions, be sure to ask the person sitting next to you.  Chances are, he or she will be a native speaker and only too happy to lend a hand!

تکلیف رایانه‌ای ش. ۴۸

1 Study Ghanoonparvar, Lesson 28: normal audio, handwriting, picturesque flashcards. (Note that the handwriting again is only audio with English translation, sorry!)

2 Read and listen to Windfuhr Chapter 6. Make flashcards for p. 88.

3 Listen to this dictation as many times as needed until you're sure you've done your best possible. Then,  read the answers. Redo as needed.

4 Check out this famous poem by Sa`di which we are going to memorize next!

5 Reserve a 15-minute conversation practice slot at the Language Lab for some time in the next 2 weeks. Be sure to review the game rules at the top of the sign-up page and know that your language lab grade is lowered for abusing the volunteers' generosity and being inconsiderate of others by not following the rules. Please do not bring your grammar questions along!

تکلیف رایانه‌ای ش. ۴۹

1 Study Ghanoonparvar, Lesson 29: normal audio, handwriting, picturesque flashcards. (Note that the handwriting again is only audio with English translation, sorry!)

2 Take this dictation as many times as needed until you're sure you've done your best possible. Then, read the answers. Redo as needed.

3 Do Windfuhr, p. 88, B. Turn in to your teacher.

4 Write your own sentence with 2 words from Windfuhr p. 88. Include at least one ezāfe construction and at least 2 kinds of plural suffixes in your sentence.

تکلیف رایانه‌ای ش. ۵۰

1 Study Ghanoonparvar, Lesson 30: normal audio, handwriting, picturesque flashcards.

2 Take this dictation as many times as needed until you're sure you've done your best possible. Then, read the answers. Redo as needed.

3 Take this fun, exciting multiple-choice quiz based on YOUR questions you wrote for Windfuhr, chapter 3. At the end, you'll be prompted to send the results to your teacher so you get credit.

تکلیف رایانه‌ای ش. ۵۱

1 Study for Test 3! Hopefully your flashcards situation is in good shape by now.  No need to bring them in for inspection!

تکلیف رایانه‌ای ش. ۵۲

1 Write a paragraph exceedingly closely based on Windfuhr p. 90.  Instead of Tehran, make it about Austin.  Turn it in to your teacher.

2  After looking at the teacher's corrections to the sentence you wrote for taklif-e rāyāne-i, shomāre-ye 49, # 4 the day before yesterday, go to  Behdād's Editor and type this same sentence being very careful to make no typos and then post it on our  Weblog.  You want to post that on the top-most sohbat (conversation), sohbat shomāre-ye 14. If you have commas, make sure to use the Persian comma on shift-y, not the English comma!  Please check and re-check and check one more time for typos and please do not type any English on our beautiful Persian weblog!!

3 Start memorizing  Bani Ādam by Sa`di.

4   Check out Fared's new additions on the Farāgui page.

تکلیف رایانه‌ای ش. ۵۳

1 Study Ghanoonparvar, Lesson 31: normal audio, handwriting, picturesque flashcards.

2 Take this dictation as many times as needed until you're sure you've done your best possible. Then, read the answers. Redo as needed.

3 Start reading and listening to  Windfuhr Chapter 7. Make flashcards for any new words on pp. 96 and 99.

تکلیف رایانه‌ای ش. ۵۴

1 Study Ghanoonparvar, Lesson 32: normal audio, handwriting, picturesque flashcards. (Note that the handwriting again is only audio with English translation, sorry!)

2 Watch this video and discover why the chicken crossed the road!

3 Take a dictation of this video (or if you prefer, the audio-only version) as many times as needed until you're sure you've done your best possible. Then, read the answers. Redo as needed. (The longer audios and videos especially need to be downloaded first, then watched or you risk having an unpleasant experience.)

تکلیف رایانه‌ای ش. ۵۵

1 Study Ghanoonparvar, Lesson 33: normal audio, handwriting, picturesque flashcards.

2 Take this dictation as many times as needed until you're sure you've done your best possible. Then, read the answers. Redo as needed.

3 Write your own sentence in written style Persian with 3 words from Windfuhr p. 96 and/or p. 99 (Lesson 7). Include at least one verb in the Present Tense and another verb in the Simple Past Tense in your sentence.

تکلیف رایانه‌ای ش. ۵۶

1 Listen to this dictation (which is also available without background muzak) as many times as needed until you're sure you've done your best possible. Then,  read the answers. Redo as needed.

2 Write your own paragraph based very closely on Windfuhr, p. 99 and turn in to your teacher.

3 Get a chisel-tipped felt pen at the Co-op (upstairs in the calligraphy section) and cut the tip into a slant with a razor blade.  Bring your pen to class tomorrow.   Read up a little on Perso-Arabic Calligraphy and see  the websites of Mamoun Sakkal and Ali Rouhfar.

تکلیف رایانه‌ای ش. ۵۷

1 Listen to this story and then read it.  This story is really hard and will truly take everyone working together to figure it out so use your dictionary and give and get help on the ābeshkhor.  Be ready to tell the class a few things that happened in the story from what you've understood. 

2 Study Ghanoonparvar, Lesson 34: normal audio and handwriting (Note that the handwriting again is only audio with English translation, sorry!)

3 Have prepared any questions you have on Lesson 34 because we will not be reading it in class.

4 Take this fun, exciting multiple-choice quiz based on YOUR questions you wrote for Windfuhr, chapter 4. At the end, you'll be prompted to send the results to your teacher so you get credit.

5 Enjoy Fared's musical rendition of our Bani Ādam by Sa`di.  Sing along and learn it! (New Version, Friday, 8 pm added)

6   Check out Fared's new additions on the Farāgui page.

تکلیف رایانه‌ای ش. ۵۸

1 Study Ghanoonparvar, Lesson 35: normal audio and handwriting (Note that the handwriting again is only audio with English translation, sorry!)

2 Prepare Lesson 35  carefully so you can have more fun reading it with your partner in class.

3 Continue to Listen to and read our story. 

4 Reserve a 15-minute conversation practice slot at the Language Lab for some time in the next 2 weeks.

تکلیف رایانه‌ای ش. ۵۹

1 Study Ghanoonparvar, Lesson 36: normal audio and handwriting (Note that the handwriting again is only audio with English translation, sorry!)

2 Have prepared any questions you have on Lesson 34 because we will not be reading it in class.

3 Continue to Listen to and read our story. 

تکلیف رایانه‌ای ش. ۶۰

1  Explore your inner Vahsh and Ons with Khatt-e Nasta`liq by means of your newly cut felt pen and Habib Allāh Fazāeli. NEW!!

تکلیف رایانه‌ای ش. ۶۱

1 Study Ghanoonparvar, Lesson 37: normal audio and handwriting (Note that the handwriting again is only audio with English translation, sorry!)

2  Get your calculator and go to the Tomb of Hāfez and 1) perform the necessary arithmetic and 2) Google that as required and 3) find out which is the "he-ye hotti" and which is the "he-ye havvaz" and 4) figure out what those mini alef's are doing hanging over the final letter ye in two words of the poem. Turn this in to your teacher.

3  Write one sentence about the first half of the film. For best results, stick to vocab and constructions we have covered but try to be creative and make it as complex as you can.  Check your spelling in the farhang and turn this in to your teacher.

4  If you made any Nasta`liq creations over break you don't mind parting with, turn them in for extra credit and we'll put them on display in the dept!

5  Find out what a Peykān is. 

5  Find out about Adams.

تکلیف رایانه‌ای ش. ۶۲

1 Study Ghanoonparvar, Lesson 38: normal audio and handwriting (Note that the handwriting again is only audio with English translation, sorry!)

2  After looking at the teacher's corrections to the sentence you wrote for taklif-e rāyāne-i, shomāre-ye 55 above, go to  Behdād's Editor and type this same sentence being very careful to make no typos and then post it on our  Weblog.  You want to post that on the top-most sohbat (conversation), sohbat shomāre-ye 15. Please make sure you don't confuse the "n" & "b" or the "r" and "d"!

3  Sometime in the next two weeks, email an mp3 of yourself reading Ghanoonparvar Lesson 35 (for Non-Heritage students only) or Ghanoonparvar Lesson 37 (for Heritage students only) and mail that directly to faragui1@gmail.com where Fared will be standing by to give you some friendly pointers. (There is no need to find a partner for this round!)

تکلیف رایانه‌ای ش. ۶۳

1 Study Ghanoonparvar, Lesson 39: normal audio and handwriting (Note that the handwriting again is only audio with English translation, sorry!)

2  Relive Hurricane Rita and 1) make a list of US cities and states mentioned and 2) make a list of all verbs mentioned and say which tense each one is.  You may need to consult your Persian Verb Conjugator. Turn this in to your teacher.

تکلیف رایانه‌ای ش. ۶۴

1 Take this fun, exciting multiple-choice quiz based on YOUR questions you wrote for Windfuhr, chapter 5. At the end, you'll be prompted to send the results to your teacher so you get credit.

2   Check out Fared's new additions on the Farāgui and learn from the mistakes of your friends before making your own.

تکلیف رایانه‌ای ش. ۶۵

1 Write one sentence about the second half of the film. For best results, stick to vocab and constructions we have covered but try to be creative and make it as complex as you can.  Check your spelling in the farhang and turn this in to your teacher.

2   Prepare a 1-2 minute oral presentation to perform alone, without notes in front of the class any time during the last week of class, whenever the teacher should happen to call on you to go.  Tell us about yourself, your dreams, your roommate, an interesting book or movie, a trip...anything you like at all.  Grading will be on delivery and presentation skills especially on speaking loudly and clearly and maintaining eye contact with the audience, variety of vocabulary and verb tenses,  effort and preparation and lack of English.  Do not use random phrases or expressions you have copied from a book or the dictionary which neither you nor your classmates understand.  You will be severely penalized if it appears someone else "helped" you a lot or you copied your speech from another source.

3   Polish up your Beshnaw az Nay and Bani Ādam so you can recite them both nicely whenever you may be called on!

4 If you are interested in additional practice, Reserve a 15-minute conversation practice slot at the Language Lab for this last week of classes.  This is completely optional but please follow the usual ground rules for the Language Lab sessions.

تکلیف رایانه‌ای ش. ۶۶

1 Study Ghanoonparvar, Lesson 40: normal audio and handwriting (Note that the handwriting again is only audio with English translation, sorry!)

2 Make sure you can take a dictation or translate Lesson 40 in case the daily quizzes are more comprehensive this week!

3  Visit this bumper sticker and write down 1) at least three ways you think we could translate kāsh into English and 2) write your own sentence replacing dande-aqab with anything you wish! Turn this in!

4 Take this fun, exciting multiple-choice quiz based on YOUR questions you wrote for Windfuhr, chapter 6. At the end, you'll be prompted to send the results to your teacher so you get credit.

تکلیف رایانه‌ای ش. ۶۷

1 Study Ghanoonparvar, Lesson 41: normal audio and handwriting (Note that the handwriting again is only audio with English translation, sorry!)

2 Make sure you can take a dictation or translate Lesson 41 in case the daily quizzes are more comprehensive this week!

3  Visit this song and 1) listen to it and 2) copy down the lyrics from the handwritten version given as a PDF file and 3) circle or highlight every single he-ye havvaz (ha-e havvaz) you see. Turn this in. However, the teacher reserves the right to keep the especially nice ones for our dept bulletin board!  So, only put your first name on the heading with date, etc and don't recycle it for your quiz tomorrow!

تکلیف رایانه‌ای ش. ۶۸

1 Study Ghanoonparvar, Lesson 42: normal audio and handwriting (Note that the handwriting again is only audio with English translation, sorry!)

2 Make sure you can take a dictation or translate Lesson 42 in case the daily quizzes are more comprehensive this week!

3  Visit this song and 1) listen to  it and 2) copy down the lyrics from the handwritten version given as a PDF file and explicitly mark each instance of ezāfe  by 1) circling or highlighting the ones already marked (i.e., the ones Persian requires to always be marked and 2) writing in and then highlighting the necessary marks on the ones not marked (i.e., the ones Persian thinks are optional to write). Turn this in! However, the teacher reserves the right to keep the especially nice ones for our dept bulletin board!  So, only put your first name on the heading with date, etc and don't recycle it for your quiz tomorrow!

4 Check your current courses on UT Direct and make sure you know which teacher you are officially registered under for Fall so you can fill out the right evaluation form.

تکلیف رایانه‌ای ش. ۶۹

1 Take another look at The Way to RLM which you first watched at the beginning of the semester and see if you haven't learned a thing or two in your 69 days in RLM.

1 Take a look at the daily grades you've been giving yourself on the Arzyābi-ye Khish and the index of your posts on the Ābeshkhor and look at your folder with all your classwork and make sure you're in touch with your own progress.

تکلیف رایانه‌ای ش. ۷۰

Take Home Final

Due by WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 12:00  Noon

Rezā Khān, commanding a Russian-trained Cossack Brigade,  marched on Tehran and staged a coup d'état on February 21, 1921 overthrowing the Qājār Dynasty. He changed his name to Reza Shah Pahlavi and reigned as shāh from 1925-1941.  He is known for his modernizing and Westernizing policies aimed at helping Iran catch up with the West and at the same time for trying to restore the glory and splendor of the ancient Persian Empire.  One reason he was able to rise to power was that he was a very strong leader and many Iranians believed that what Iran needed most at the time was a dictator.  They were willing (at least in the beginning) to overlook some of the tyranny and stomping on individual rights for the sake of progress.  He thought of the country as an army and each citizen as a soldier.  Military discipline was the rule.  No slacking in the ranks could be tolerated.

Now, as you will have noticed, your experience in PRS 506 has not been unlike living under a tyrannical despot and the class could very well be likened to some sort of boot camp.  Your assignment is to go to Behdād's Editor and type up your personal account of the harrowing adventure in Persian.  Let us hear how much you suffered. List all the things you were forced to do, how many hours you had to spend on each activity, what time you went to bed every night (if at all) and all the terrible things the teachers said and did.  Report on any conversations among your fellow soldiers and how you all had to rely on one another and pick each other up when the going got too rough.  Specific anecdotes and war stories are most welcome! Don't spare any gory details of this long, black night.  You might also give tips on how you managed to survive for the benefit of next year's unfortunates. 

Please write this in standard, written style Persian but include somewhere at least 2 lines of reported conversation in spoken style.  The minimum should be about one-two paragraphs but you can go on as long as you like if you feel like you need the extra credit or you want the practice.  These will be posted on the website and also on the dept bulletin board with your first name although as usual, you may specify that we not post either of them if you are uncomfortable with the idea.

One nice thing about Behdād's Editor is that you may save your work-in-progress as a text file (file.txt) and retrieve it repeatedly whenever you want to work on it.  You could also save it in a Word .doc and copy it into Behdād's Editor each time.  When you are done, just hit the "Email Instructor" button and you'll get a confirmation it's been received.