Learning would be done through a selection of audiovisual material, apps, and texts. Paraphrasing, summarizing, interpretation, discussion and/or close reading of the texts would be central. Exercises, activities, lesson plans and flash cards could be designed according to your learning priorities. Internalizing vocabulary, grammar and comprehension, furthermore, would be ensured through contextualizing, assessment and review of the material.

This course is open to different kinds of language teaching approaches, such as communicative teaching method, multi-media teaching method, content-based learning, tasked-focused teaching, and deliberate teaching, etc., as long as that would facilitate each individual’s learning. Believing that everyone has their own pattern and preference in learning a new language, this course will tailor each lesson in the interest of each learner’s unique needs and learning goals.

We start with verb conjugation and word combinations rules. Then comes basic vocabulary and sentence structure. Once you learn the basic rules (implicit grammar) and tricky exceptions you would be able to go forward pretty smoothly. Conversation simulation and otherwise activities and exercises too help managing real-life situations. The focus in speaking would be communication and conversational/colloquial use of the language rather than formal Farsi.

Through a combination of reading and troubleshooting, pre-recorded lectures, exercises, and online discussions, we can examine the key concepts, and intellectual and aesthetic movements shaping English literature and thinking of the Old and Middle Ages through the Restoration, Romantic, and Victorian eras, followed by 20th and 21st centuries. The course will develop your skills in literary and critical analysis, and research. No prior knowledge of literature required, though appreciated!