- YLC
Farsi Message Board
Communicate with your tutor and classmates
using the new audio/video friendly Message Board. The message board
also provides an easy way to do your portfolios. Check it out.
- Yamada
Language Center Holdings Find out what other materials are
available for Farsi by using the Yamada Online Catalog, including
satellite
TV offerings (recorded on weekends, password required).
- Language Resources Online
Wide selection of Farsi audio CD's, software
and books.
- Easy Persian -
Comprehensive Language Lessons
- An
Introduction --Alphabet Introduces the Persian Writing System
- Iran and Persian Language Origin
of Farsi's dialetical components, useful phrases and other resources.
- Worldwide
Repository of Persian/Iranian Websites - Language learning
software, lots of tools for learning Farsi.
- Iranian Languages and Scripts All
the resources you could imagine at your fingertips.
- Teachionary Beneficial
for the pronunciation of Farsi, Hindi/Urdu, Cantonese, Turkish and
many other languages.
- Farsi Easy to browse site,
which has sample lesson plans and other components for beginners.
- Farsi
Language Exchange Write or speak Farsi online to improve grammar or
conversation with a native speaker wanting to learn your language.
- Basic
Persian for the Whole World Basic and organized Farsi
Lessons.
- Farsi-Persian
Language For Farsi Speaking Persians
- Learn
Persian Online - Displays the Perso-Arabic version of
most words along with a concise Bi-directional English-Persian dictionary.
- English/Persian
Colloquial Dictionary - Displays formal translation as well and alphabet
rules.
- Farsi
Dictionary - English to Farsi / Farsi to English
- Iran Today - Check out the latest news
- RoozNameh - Iranian Newspapers
- Iran Access -
Web Directories for Business, Tourism and Culture
The American Institute of Iranian Studies offers ten two-month fellowships for advanced language study in Tehran available for Summer, Fall or Winter language training sessions at the Dehkhoda Institute for graduate students in the humanities or social sciences who have an approved research topic requiring the use of Persian. Applicants must have completed a full academic year of Persian.
Web: http://simorgh-aiis.org/smain.htm
Email: aiis@nyc.rr.com
Contact:
Dr. Erica Ehrenberg
Executive Director
American Institute of Iranian Studies
118 Riverside Drive
New York, NY 10024
(Adapted from NYU’s listing: http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/program/neareast/3_summer_language.html)
MERIP (Middle East Research and Information Project) has fall, spring and summer internships for the magazine Middle East Report. http://www.merip.org/misc/internships.html.
The National Security Archive (an independent, non-profit research institute and library) offers on-site internships to students interested in U.S. foreign policy and international affairs. Iran is currently an area of focus. http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/nsa/archive/intern.html.
The Monterey Institute of International Studies has added elementary Farsi to its SILP (Summer Intensive Language Program) http://www.miis.edu/lang-ilp-langs-farsi.html.
San Diego State University’s LARC (Language Acquisition Resource Center) and Center for the Advancement of Distinguished Language Proficiency are offering a month-long summer program (on site) for more advanced students of Farsi. Full and partial stipends are available for this program and for continued study in Tehran. http://larcnet.sdsu.edu.
The Middle East Institute (MEI) in Washington D.C. has multi-level courses in Farsi. http://www.mideasti.org/programs/programs_studies.html.
The Eastern Consortium in Persian and Turkish is an intensive summer language program at beginning or intermediate level. Located at Ohio State University. http://nelc.ohio-state.edu/programs/ptcn0406/announce.htm.
UCLA has summer programs in Modern and Classical Persian http://www.summer.ucla.edu/.
The Middle East Institute (MEI) works to promote understanding between people of different Middle Eastern countries and between the Middle East and America in part by publishing The Middle East Journal, teaching classes, and working with other like-minded organizations. http://www.mideasti.org/.
UC Berkeley’s Center for Middle Eastern Studies has information on a variety of programs which mostly benefit UC students, but also has a newsletter, information on scholarships, etc. http://ias.berkeley.edu/cmes/mission_files/index_mission.html.
Directory of graduate and undergraduate programs for Middle East Studies in U.S. and abroad. http://fp.arizona.edu/mesassoc/Directory/directory.htm.
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