Preface

This online textbook is created based on my experience in teaching and designing the Persian course at Michigan State University during the past 8 years.

This online interactive theme-based textbook is for intermediate students. By the end of this course, students will be at the Mid/High-Intermediate level on the ACFTL proficiency scales.

The layout of each chapter is either followed by three modes of communication (interpretative, interpersonal, and presentation mode) across the four skills or three stages of teaching reading/listening: pre-reading, reading, and post-reading. The vocabulary in the reading and listening portions is built into the conversation with the English translation so that learners can infer the meaning in the given context. Learning activities have been developed using H5P so that learners can get immediate constructive feedback.