Undergraduate Course: Advanced Persian (IMES10081)
Course Outline
| School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | Advanced Persian aims to enable students to have mastery of all aspects of higher Persian and develop further reading, writing, speaking and listening skills. Students' command of the Persian Language is developed through a wide range of materials, that is, by study of different Persian texts, both prose and poetry, with use of films and other media as well. This course consists of work in translating English texts into Persian, and vice versa, and practicing oral and aural skills at advanced level. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | Coursebooks |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2013/14 Full Year, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Learn enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
| Course Start Date |
16/09/2013 |
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
200 )
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| Additional Notes |
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| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) |
Written Exam
80 %,
Coursework
0 %,
Practical Exam
20 %
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| No Exam Information |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this course students will have gained an advanced knowledge of the four language skills of reading, writing, speaking and listening in Persian. Students will be able understand and analyse written and aural materials of various types. The students will be able to translate and analyse different Persian media literature and to produce written Persian in summary form and to appreciate Modern Persian as a form of communication and a form of literature and Classical Persian literature.
Learning is based around discussion and translation of texts in modern Persian and English and writing essays in Persian. The teaching materials are taken from a variety of Persian and English sources on subjects relating to a general theme or some more specifically related to Iran and Iranian history and culture, politics, society and lifestyle. Each week the students will be presented with new discussion topics unraveling themes mentioned above. |
Assessment Information
| The assessment includes: One written examination, one aural examination and one oral examination. The Persian Oral constitutes 30% of the overall grade for Advanced Persian. Written and Aural exams constitute 70% of the overall grade for advanced Persian(80% written exam, 20% aural exam). The written examination will be three hours long. The aural exam takes one hour and Oral exam takes 20 minutes. No coursework (0%). |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
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| Syllabus |
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| Transferable skills |
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| Reading list |
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| Study Abroad |
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| Study Pattern |
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| Keywords | Persian, Language, Culture, Literature |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Azin Mostajer Haghighi
Tel: (0131 6)50 8433
Email: Azin.Haghighi@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mr Paulo Nunes De Moura
Tel: (0131 6)50 4182
Email: paulo.nunesdemoura@ed.ac.uk |
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