FSI Persian Language Material

Course Details

What is the FSI Spoken Persian course?

FSI Spoken Persian is designed to give beginners a basic grounding in the language. It consists of 12 units which start by presenting new language in the form of dialogs. This is followed by explanations of any new grammar, structures or vocabulary, after which the new language is reinforced through drills.

The course is supposed to be accompanied by audio, but unfortunately, the recordings are not available at this time. At present, only the text from the course is available for study, although if the recordings are found, I will upload them to my site to go with the text.

How was FSI Spoken Persian originally used?

The FSI Spoken Persian course was originally designed to give US diplomatic staff a grounding in the language before being sent to postings in areas where Persian is spoken.

Students would have spent a certain amount of time studying the lessons alone, and they would also have attended classes, where an instructor would have been able to check their understanding and progress as well as answering any questions they had.

They would also have been encouraged to use Persian as much as possible, both in and out of class. This meant that, even after a relatively short period of time, they were able to obtain a functional level of Persian before being sent abroad.

How can you use FSI Spoken Persian?

Unfortunately, in its current form without the audio recordings, this course will be of limited value to most students.

Perhaps if you have another coursebook and already have some knowledge of the language, the texts from this free spoken Persian course may provide some extra language input that may aid your studies.

In the future, if the recordings for this course become available, I will upload them to the site. If and when that happens, this course will be of much more use to anyone hoping to learn spoken Persian.

Taking it further?

However good your study materials, you’ll never be able to master Persian if you don’t practice. This means that once you start studying the language, you need to take what you learn and try it out in the real world.

Look for Persian speakers to talk to and take every opportunity to use your Persian. Above all, try to make speaking Persian a part of your daily life, because when you do, you will see how quickly you begin making progress in this fascinating and ancient language.

Spoken Persian
A Reader In Modern Persian

#	Audio
01	Tape 1a
02	Tape 1b
03	Tape 2a
04	Tape 2b
05	Tape 3a
06	Tape 3b
07	Tape 4a
08	Tape 4b
09	Tape 5a
10	Tape 5b
11	Tape 6a
12	Tape 6b
13	Tape 7a
14	Tape 7b
15	Tape 8a
16	Tape 8b
17	Tape 9a
18	Tape 9b
19	Tape 10a
20	Tape 10b
21	Tape 11a
22	Tape 11b
23	Tape 12a
24	Tape 12b