Week 5 Review – This past week I accomplished all of my goals. I learned basic clothes, present tense, possessives, and basic sentence structure. I also spent more time reviewing the alphabet and listening to BBC. We continued to plan the trip to Iran in May, and we already have found an American professor willing to take us there, and are now working out the prices, dates, etc.Resources - Resources - BBC Farsi, Farsi Textbook, Class notes, handouts, EasyPersian, language partner for speaking practice.Week 6 Goals – This week I would like to learn 5 more adjectives and 5 more verbs. I would then like to put those to use by attempting to construct simple sentences. I am also planning on continuing to listen and to practice writing Farsi script. Most importantly, I want to review the first five weeks of material, as I feel like we are going to fast without actually learning everything.Resources - Resources - BBC Farsi, Farsi Textbook, Class notes, handouts, EasyPersian, language partner for speaking practice.Week 6 Review – This week I think I did well accomplishing my objectives. I have realized that it is more important to go at a slower pace and really understand everything, rather than setting ambitious objectives that make one feel rushed and overwhelmed. I was able to learn 5 new adjectives and verbs, and constructed a few simple sentences.Resources - Resources - BBC Farsi, Farsi Textbook, Class notes, handouts, EasyPersian, language partner for speaking practice.Week 7 Objectives – My major goal for week 7 is to begin to look at past and future tenses. I would like to be able to construct sentences with adjectives and verbs I am already familiar with in the past, present, and future. I think this will give me a good understanding about how the different tenses work, and lay a foundation for delving further into the study of different tenses. I will continue to review weeks 1-6 as well.Resources - Resources - BBC Farsi, Farsi Textbook, Class notes, handouts, EasyPersian, language partner for speaking practice.Week 7 Review – This week went well, although it is certainly more challenging than I thought trying to figure out past and future. This is because the verb changes drastically depending on the tense – there is no simply way to think about it. However, I did manage to put together a few sentences and am beginning to understand how it works.Resources - Resources - BBC Farsi, Farsi Textbook, Class notes, handouts, EasyPersian, language partner for speaking practice.Week 8 objectives – This week I would like to learn 5 more verbs, but mainly focus on getting a better understanding and more practice with past and future tenses. I will also continue to focus on reviewing, something I believe I need to make more of a priority. One of the best lessons learned from studying Swahili was that it is essential to keep reviewing everything, otherwise as you learn more you end up forgetting the things you already learned.Resources - Resources - BBC Farsi, Farsi Textbook, Class notes, handouts, EasyPersian, language partner for speaking practice.Week 8 review – This week I definitely made progress on past and future tenses. However, my understanding is still limited and my array of verbs I can conjugate is small. I also found out that I got through the first round of a job interview process to work in Afghanistan. This has led me to the desire to switch my focus of study to Dari. I will be meeting with Muska, an Afghan student, for drill sessions now.Resources - Resources - BBC Farsi, Farsi Textbook, Class notes, handouts, EasyPersian, language partner for speaking practice.Week 9 goals – My goals for this week are simply to learn more about Dari, the differences between the two languages, and how best to go about the transition from studying Farsi to Dari. I will then adjust my lesson plans to go on from there.
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