Undergraduate Module Descriptor

ARA1020: Elementary Persian 2

This module descriptor refers to the 2019/0 academic year.

Module Content

Syllabus Plan

Elementary Persian Grammar (oral, and text-based study)

Midterm exam

Elementary Persian Grammar (oral, and text-based study)

Review of entire class

Learning and Teaching

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

...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	Teaching varies between lectures and commentary on the main textbook Safar Moghaddam and Yadollah Samarehs Persian Language Teaching: Elementary Course, Book I, and II, 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. Handouts 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	Independent Study Time
Guided Independent study	1hour per week, total of 22 hours	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	1hour per week, total of 22 hours	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.

Online Resources

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

ELE – http://vle.exeter.ac.uk/

How this Module is Assessed

In the tables below, you will see reference to 'ILO's. An ILO is an Intended Learning Outcome - see Aims and Learning Outcomes for details of the ILOs for this module.

Formative Assessment

A formative assessment is designed to give you feedback on your understanding of the module content but it will not count towards your mark for the module.

Form of assessment	Size of the assessment (eg length / duration)	ILOs assessed	Feedback method
One mid-term quiz of 90 minutes and two take-home assignments which are graded; graded dictation exercises, exercises in class and take-home homework; one oral quiz	Quiz 90 minutes assignments one hour per week	1-6	Oral and written

Summative Assessment

A summative assessment counts towards your mark for the module. The table below tells you what percentage of your mark will come from which type of assessment.

Coursework	Written exams	Practical exams
15	65	20

...and this table provides further details on the summative assessments for this module.

Form of assessment	% of credit	Size of the assessment (eg length / duration)	ILOs assessed	Feedback method
Various assignments: including dictation, homework, composition writing, take-home quizzes	15	30 minutes of class time and 2-3 hours of homework time	1,2	Written and oral feedback
Midterm quiz	15	90 minutes	1-6	Written feedback
Oral Examination	20	15 minutes	1-6	Written and verbal
Final Examination	50	2 hours	1-6	Written feedback

Re-assessment

Re-assessment takes place when the summative assessment has not been completed by the original deadline, and the student has been allowed to refer or defer it to a later date (this only happens following certain criteria and is always subject to exam board approval). For obvious reasons, re-assessments cannot be the same as the original assessment and so these alternatives are set. In cases where the form of assessment is the same, the content will nevertheless be different.

Original form of assessment	Form of re-assessment	ILOs re-assessed	Timescale for re-assessment
Oral Examination	Oral	1-6	August/September assessment period
Examination	Examination	1-6	August/September assessment period

Indicative Reading List

This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.

Safar Moghaddam and Yadollah Samareh’s Persian Language Teaching: Elementary Course, Books I & II

Wheeler Thackston, An Introduction to Persian (Ibex Publications)

Anne Lambton, Persian Grammar (Cambridge University Press)

L. Elwell-Sutton, Elementary Persian Grammar (Cambridge University Press)