Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
Course outline
Part 1
Topics
Countries, cities and nationalities
Places around town, transportation
The town centre: directions and locations
Family
Jobs, occupations, work places
Functions
Introducing yourself and others
Identifying and describing objects, people and places
Greeting others, responding to greetings
Providing simple information about yourself and others
Grammar
Subject and Object pronouns
Demonstrative adjectives
Definite and indefinite articles
Question words / presuppositions
There is / there are
The verb to have and possessive adjectives
Part 2
Topics
Talking about last weekend and holidays
Talking about people
Transport
Functions
Describing past events
Describing people and use simple adjectives
Asking and answering about someones age
Giving directions with the use of different prepositions
Grammar
The Past tense: the verb raft
Numbers 1-10
Numbers 11-100
Ordinal and cardinal numbers
Part 3
Topics
Daily routine and activities
Food and drink: Persian cuisine
Days of the week / the Iranian calendar
National festivals
Functions
Telling the time
Talking about daily routines and activities
Expressing regrets
Apologising
Offering
Requesting and declining things politely
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Grammar
The Present tense / negation
The Future tense
Comparative superlative forms of adjectives
The Imperative tense
Learning resources
Textbook and exercise book:
Abdie Rafiee (2011): Colloquial Persian: The Complete Course For Beginners, with CDs.
Routledge
Students are expected to purchase their own textbook. An exercise book may also be recommended. The
teacher will supply additional material, both tailor-made and taken from other sources (textbooks, newspapers,
and new media).
For a list of bookshops where you may be able to purchase text books please see our web page:
www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/mlc/about/facilities/shops.aspx
Independent Study
Research indicates that successful language learners revise new material and review their progress on a regular
basis. The Language Resources Centre (LRC), situated in room K-1.072 in level minus one of the Strand
Campus, houses a wide collection of learning material including text and grammar books, magazines and
newspapers, CDs, DVDs, and self-access e-learning language programmes.
For details on LRC opening times, please see our website:
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/mlc/lrc/LRCindex.aspx
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