This is the first week where I felt as if I were trying to put too much together too quickly. I have included an objective from week six and kept it on my objectives for week seven, as I don't feel comfortable in my competency to explain directions to someone. I felt as if there were too many filler words which I was not yet familiar with, despite my having learned how to say the third street on the left, I could not say phrases such as "then continue" or "as you are approaching".Other than this objective, I feel as if I am progressing. I am beginning to pick up more of the words and phrases while listening to the BBC Farsi, which makes the task far less frustrating. I was pleased with my artifact as one of my benchmarks, as it displays what I feel comfortable with up to this point. I have learned more vocabulary and tenses than I included, however, I do not know how they grammatically function in a sentences--which is why they are being left until later to be recorded.
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110 Farsi Week Seven Objectives.docxI will no longer be posting my teaching and learning sequences, as I am confident in my ability to properly execute my lessons and evaluations without having to write down step-by-step how the process will be accomplished.
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History of the Persian Language:The language is dated back to the 6th Century BCE. Since then it has been separated into three different overarching categories: Old Persian, Middle Persian and Modern Persian. Old Persian was written in a style of cuneiform. Persian was the most prominent language during the Achaemenid Era, the first Iranian Empire. This form of Persian is said to be exclusively inflective, with number and gender both existing within the language. It is believed the written and spoken Old Persian greatly differed from one another. Old Iranian is represented by Avestan, a scriptural language.The transition between Old Persian and Middle Persian is hard to determine. It can be dated as far back as the fall of the Achaemenid Empire to the middle of the Sassanid era (pre-Islamic Iranian Empire). The grammar of Middle Persian is far less complex than Old Persian. It’s use however, died out shortly after the Arab conquest in the 7th century.Modern Persian is a fusion of the older versions of Persian along with adopted words and saying from various other languages (such as Arabic and French). It developed during the 9th century and adopted a perso-arabic script (Arabic script with alterations—such as the inclusion of more letters). Its grammar is far simpler than either Old Persian or Middle Persian.Sources:http://www.history.com/encyclopedia.do?articleId=219007en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_language
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