This page contains archived class material for past courses in the Persian Studies Program at the University of Texas at Austin.
These are provided for historic interest and no longer reflect current courses or teaching methods in use at UT.
If you are interested in current
courses taught in the UT Persian program, please visit the
department site.
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This page
contains archived class pages for past courses in the
Persian Studies Program at the University of Texas at Austin.
These are provided for historic interest and no longer reflect teaching methods
in use at UT. If you are interested in current courses taught in the UT Persian
program, please visit the
department site.
Class Overview and Text-Based Syllabus:
Week 1, Aug 31-Sept 2 | Lesson 1 and Alphabet instruction |
Week 2, Sep 6-9 | Lessons 2, 3 and Alphabet instruction |
Week 3, Sep 12-16 | Lessons 4, 5, 6 |
Sep 16 REVIEW TEST 1 | |
Week 4, Sep 19-23 | Lessons 7, 8, 9 |
Week 5, Sep 26-30 | Lessons 10, 11, 12 |
Week 6, Oct 3-Oct 7 | Lessons 13, 14, 15 |
Oct 6 REVIEW TEST 2 | |
Week 7, Oct 10-14 | Lessons 16, 17, 18 |
Week 8, Oct 17-21 | Lessons 19, 20, 21 |
Week 9, Oct 24-28 | Lessons 22, 23, 24 |
Week 10, Oct 31-Nov 4 | Lessons 25, 26, 27 |
Nov 4 REVIEW TEST 3 | |
Week 11, Nov 7-11 | Lessons 28, 29, 30 |
Week 12, Nov 14-18 | Lessons 31, 32, 33 |
Week 13, Nov 21-23 | Lessons 34, 35, 36 |
Week 14, Nov 28-Dec 2 | Lessons 37, 38, 39 |
Week 15, Dec 5-9 | Lessons 40, 41, 42 |
Dec 9 REVIEW |
Week | Day | Date | Assignment |
1 | 1 | Aug 31 | Copy the alphabet; CA#1 |
2 | Sept 1 | Copy the alphabet; CA#2 | |
3 | Sept 2 | Copy Lesson 1 (p. 1); CA#3 | |
2 | 4 | Sept 6 | Copy Lesson 1 (p. 2); CA#4 |
5 | Sept 7 | Copy Lesson 2 (p. 3); CA#5 | |
6 | Sept 8 | Copy Lesson 2 (p. 4); CA#6 | |
7 | Sept 9 | Copy Lesson 3 (pp. 5, 6) | |
3 | 8 | Sept 12 | Copy Lesson 4 |
9 | Sept 13 | Copy Lesson 5 | |
10 | Sept 14 | CA#7 | |
11 | Sept 15 | Copy Lesson 6 | |
12 | Sept 16 | TEST 1 | |
4 | 13 | Sept 19 | Copy Lesson 7: pdf jpeg |
14 | Sept 20 | Copy Lesson 8: pdf | |
15 | Sept 21 | Copy Lesson 9: pdf | |
16 | Sept 22 | CA#8 | |
17 | Sept 23 | Answer in Persian (p. 18) | |
5 | 18 | Sept 26 | Answer questions (Lesson 10, p. 20); CA9 |
19 | Sept 27 | Dialogue assignment; CA10 | |
20 | Sept 28 | Complete blanks (p. 22) | |
21 | Sept 29 | CA11 | |
22 | Sept 30 | Answer questions (p. 24) | |
6 | 23 | Oct 3 | Write conjugations (p. 26); CA12 |
24 | Oct 4 | Memorize conjugations (p. 26); CA13 | |
25 | Oct 5 | Fill in blanks (p. 28) | |
26 | Oct 6 | TEST 2; CA14 | |
27 | Oct 7 | Learning to tell time | |
7 | 28 | Oct 10 | Answer questions (p. 31); CA15 |
29 | Oct 11 | Answer questions 1-10 (p. 34); CA16 | |
30 | Oct 12 | Answer questions 11-20 (p. 34); CA17 | |
31 | Oct 13 | Dialogue; CA18 | |
32 | Oct 14 | Dialogue | |
8 | 33 | Oct 17 | Answer questions (p. 38); CA19 |
34 | Oct 18 | Learn Persian calendar; CA20 | |
35 | Oct 19 | Complete sentences (p. 40); CA21 | |
36 | Oct 20 | Practice reading Lesson 21 | |
37 | Oct 21 | Answer questions (pp. 41-42) | |
9 | 38 | Oct 24 | Complete sentences (p. 44); CA22 |
39 | Oct 25 | Answer questions (pp. 45-46) | |
40 | Oct 26 | Translate reading (Lesson 23) | |
41 | Oct 27 | To be assigned; CA23 | |
42 | Oct 28 | ||
10 | 43 | Oct 31 | Answer questions (p. 49 & 50); CA24 |
44 | Nov 1 | Practice conjugations (Lesson 26); CA25 | |
45 | Nov 2 | To be assigned | |
46 | Nov 3 | TEST 3 | |
47 | Nov 4 | Answer questions (pp. 53-54) | |
11 | 48 | Nov 7 | Practice imperative (p. 56); CA26 |
49 | Nov 8 | Directions to library (draft) | |
50 | Nov 9 | Directions to library; CA27 | |
51 | Nov 10 | Fill in blanks | |
52 | Nov 11 | Answer questions (pp. 61-62) | |
12 | 53 | Nov 14 | Write out numbers (p. 64); CA28 |
54 | Nov 15 | Questions (pp. 65-66); CA29 | |
55 | Nov 16 | Write sentences with words (p. 66) | |
56 | Nov 17 | Fill in the blanks (p. 68); CA30 | |
57 | Nov 18 | Memorize dialogue (Lesson 35) | |
13 | 58 | Nov 21 | CA31 |
59 | Nov 22 | CA32 | |
60 | Nov 23 | CA33 | |
14 | 61 | Nov 28 | Fill in blanks (p. 72) |
62 | Nov 28 | To be assigned | |
63 | Nov 28 | Practice Lesson 36 (tenses) | |
64 | Nov 28 | Answer questions (Lesson 37) | |
65 | Nov 28 | Prepare vocabulary: dream (p. 74) | |
15 | 66 | Dec 5 | Telling a dream; CA34 |
67 | Dec 6 | Answer questions (p. 80) | |
68 | Dec 7 | Answer questions (p. 83-84); CA35 | |
69 | Dec 8 | Study for test; CA35 | |
70 | Dec 9 | Review |
This page
contains archived class material for past courses in the
Persian Studies Program at the University of Texas at Austin.
These are provided for historic interest and no longer reflect current courses or teaching methods in use at UT.
If you are interested in current courses taught in the UT Persian program, please visit the department site.