{"id":1865,"date":"2025-12-15T10:52:22","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T18:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/mdes\/?page_id=1865"},"modified":"2026-04-17T08:47:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T15:47:22","slug":"in-persian","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/mdes\/in-persian\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Projects: Persian"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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1. Restaurant Project<\/strong><\/p>\n

Project Description: ordering food and writing a food critique
\nApproach: communicative and task-based language learning, community-based learning experience, development of critical thinking skills
\nTask Types: writing a food critique for a blog
\nPedagogical Tasks: describing locations, objects, and people; writing a report; comparing objects and cultures; finding similarities and differences; expressing opinions
\nSetting: a Persian restaurant in Los Angeles
\nProficiency Level: Intermediate High to Advanced Low
\nCourse: Persian IV (IRAN-250)
\nSample Report: a written\/typed food critique in Persian<\/p>\n

Restaurant Student Project:<\/em><\/p>\n

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2. Role-play Project<\/strong><\/p>\n

Project Description: play the role of a student who is looking for an Iranian roommate.
\nApproach: communicative and task-based language learning; interpersonal mode of communication
\nTask Types: oral communication to solve a problem (finding a roommate); interview
\nPedagogical Tasks: self-introduction; asking and answering questions; handling a situation with a complication; problem-solving; expressing opinions
\nSetting: an interview on the phone (via Zoom)
\nProficiency Level: Intermediate Low to Intermediate High
\nCourse: Persian I and II (IRAN-120 and IRAN-150)
\nSample Role-Play: a phone conversation between two students based on a scenario<\/p>\n

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Role-play Student Project:<\/em><\/p>\n