Undergraduate Course: Intensive Persian (IMES10070)

Course Outline
School	School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures	College	College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate)	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	40	ECTS Credits	20
Summary	The course is an intermediate level Persian language course for Honours students pursing a single or joint honours degree in Persian. It is worth 40 credits.
Course description	Not entered

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites		Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	None

Course Delivery Information
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to: Read and understand texts from newspapers and news websites with familiar topics and texts on subjects of personal interests. Translate a paragraph (around 100 words) from and into Persian on familiar topics related to lifestyle, social issues and culture. Understand information about everyday related topics, follow clear speech directed at them, and follow some TV programmes on familiar topics. Write text to explain the main points relating to an idea, social issue, or form a reasonable argument. Describe social situations, personal experiences, opinions and can develop an argument. They can prepare presentations and answer questions. Understand and acquire sufficient range of vocabulary to describe a variety of situations and to express opinions and thoughts on abstract, social and cultural topics. Obtain a deeper understanding of Persian civilization and culture through their reading, aural and oral class material.