Undergraduate Module Descriptor

ARA1013: Elementary Persian

This module descriptor refers to the 2024/5 academic year.

Whilst the module’s precise content may vary from year to year, the syllabus will cover the following topics:

Introduction to vocabulary enabling students to talk about themselves, their families, what they do, and their immediate surroundings.

This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:

Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities	Guided independent study	Placement / study abroad
44	106	0

...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:

Category	Hours of study time	Description
Scheduled Learning and Teaching activity	44	11x 4 teaching hours Teaching varies between lectures and commentary on the main textbook, in-class readings, translation and discussion of Persian texts; translation (Persian->English) exercises done collectively by the whole class; regular vocabulary reviews; the reading of poetic and prose texts aloud together. Study materials are provided regularly, including sheets that discuss difficult points of grammar, and literary texts (prose and poetry) to illustrate aspects of Persian language
Guided Independent study	62	In addition to the weekly grammar, reading and pronunciation assignments, students will be given short readings from Persian Literature texts to study and translate at home that are later discussed by the whole class.
Guided Independent study	44	Translation exercises and reading aloud practices (audio files sent to students by email) are regularly given as homework, which is later discussed and analysed by the whole class

This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).