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01

Free Learning/Studying Apps

4 RESOURCES
Memrise memrise.com

Memrise is a really fast, fun, and free language learning app/website that is sure to get you hooked. There is a visual flashcard component that also incorporates audio from a community of native speakers. Memrise uses spaced repetition and is really effective at drilling vocabulary and phrases into your memory.

Clozemaster clozemaster.com

This popular app uses gamification and is a great addition to your language learning regimen, no matter what your level. It is very effective for vocabulary acquisition and billed as a great app to use after Duolingo.

Internet Polyglot internetpolyglot.com

This free app uses lessons, games, and pictures to teach foreign languages to beginners. Although Internet Polyglot is far from a standalone language learning tool, it is a useful supplement to help you to learn and retain vocabulary.

Persian Language Online persianlanguageonline.com

These apps are brought to you by the Persian Language Foundation, a UK, based charity with the goal of promoting and teaching the Persian language to English speakers around the world. These fantastic learning apps are aimed at young children but could be useful for all ages.

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Free Persian Video Lessons

22 RESOURCES
Learn Persian with PersianPod101.com youtube.com

This is a fun and helpful set of videos to add to your regular Persian language learning regimen.

LangMedia langmedia.fivecolleges.edu

LangMedia provides language learning resources, including, etc. LangMedia is run by the Five College Center for the Study of World Languages and their mission is to share examples of linguistic and cultural diversity with language learners. In the “Language by Country” section of the LangMedia website they provide videos which focus on practical aspects of everyday life (For Ex, Basic Communication, Shopping, Transportation, Culture and Social Life). The conversations often include colloquial language and all videos are accompanied by translations and transcripts. The section of the LangMedia website features video interviews with people of different ages and backgrounds. The interviews are primarily conducted by students and translations and transcripts are provided.

videos langmedia.fivecolleges.edu

LangMedia provides language learning resources, including, etc. LangMedia is run by the Five College Center for the Study of World Languages and their mission is to share examples of linguistic and cultural diversity with language learners. In the “Language by Country” section of the LangMedia website they provide videos which focus on practical aspects of everyday life (For Ex, Basic Communication, Shopping, Transportation, Culture and Social Life). The conversations often include colloquial language and all videos are accompanied by translations and transcripts. The section of the LangMedia website features video interviews with people of different ages and backgrounds. The interviews are primarily conducted by students and translations and transcripts are provided.

LangMedia, LangMedia provides language learning resources, including videos youtube.com

LangMedia provides language learning resources, including, etc. LangMedia is run by the Five College Center for the Study of World Languages and their mission is to share examples of linguistic and cultural diversity with language learners. In the “Language by Country” section of the LangMedia website they provide videos which focus on practical aspects of everyday life (For Ex, Basic Communication, Shopping, Transportation, Culture and Social Life). The conversations often include colloquial language and all videos are accompanied by translations and transcripts. The section of the LangMedia website features video interviews with people of different ages and backgrounds. The interviews are primarily conducted by students and translations and transcripts are provided.

audio langmedia.fivecolleges.edu

LangMedia provides language learning resources, including, etc. LangMedia is run by the Five College Center for the Study of World Languages and their mission is to share examples of linguistic and cultural diversity with language learners. In the “Language by Country” section of the LangMedia website they provide videos which focus on practical aspects of everyday life (For Ex, Basic Communication, Shopping, Transportation, Culture and Social Life). The conversations often include colloquial language and all videos are accompanied by translations and transcripts. The section of the LangMedia website features video interviews with people of different ages and backgrounds. The interviews are primarily conducted by students and translations and transcripts are provided.

exercises langmedia.fivecolleges.edu

LangMedia provides language learning resources, including, etc. LangMedia is run by the Five College Center for the Study of World Languages and their mission is to share examples of linguistic and cultural diversity with language learners. In the “Language by Country” section of the LangMedia website they provide videos which focus on practical aspects of everyday life (For Ex, Basic Communication, Shopping, Transportation, Culture and Social Life). The conversations often include colloquial language and all videos are accompanied by translations and transcripts. The section of the LangMedia website features video interviews with people of different ages and backgrounds. The interviews are primarily conducted by students and translations and transcripts are provided.

CultureTalk Iran langmedia.fivecolleges.edu

LangMedia provides language learning resources, including, etc. LangMedia is run by the Five College Center for the Study of World Languages and their mission is to share examples of linguistic and cultural diversity with language learners. In the “Language by Country” section of the LangMedia website they provide videos which focus on practical aspects of everyday life (For Ex, Basic Communication, Shopping, Transportation, Culture and Social Life). The conversations often include colloquial language and all videos are accompanied by translations and transcripts. The section of the LangMedia website features video interviews with people of different ages and backgrounds. The interviews are primarily conducted by students and translations and transcripts are provided.

LearnPersian.com learn-persian.com

This website and its Persian language were created by students of the KTH Royal Institute of Technology, a university in Stockholm, Sweden. The site is comprehensive and thorough, providing a wealth of information about Iran’s cuisine, history, geography and culture in addition to a ton of lessons.

LearnPersian.com learn-persian.com

This website and its Persian language were created by students of the KTH Royal Institute of Technology, a university in Stockholm, Sweden. The site is comprehensive and thorough, providing a wealth of information about Iran’s cuisine, history, geography and culture in addition to a ton of lessons.

video course learn-persian.com

This website and its Persian language were created by students of the KTH Royal Institute of Technology, a university in Stockholm, Sweden. The site is comprehensive and thorough, providing a wealth of information about Iran’s cuisine, history, geography and culture in addition to a ton of lessons.

Farsi Wizard Video Lessons farsiwizard.org

Tina, a native speaker of Persian from Iran, is the teacher behind the Farsi Wizard program. She provides useful lessons teaching conversational Farsi to English speakers.

Farsi Wizard Video Lessons youtube.com

Tina, a native speaker of Persian from Iran, is the teacher behind the Farsi Wizard program. She provides useful lessons teaching conversational Farsi to English speakers.

Persian Online Academy persianoa.com

This website offers video lessons that are organized into 3 levels, and . Students will learn how to speak and write Persian along with acquiring useful vocabulary.

Persian Online Academy youtube.com

This website offers video lessons that are organized into 3 levels, and . Students will learn how to speak and write Persian along with acquiring useful vocabulary.

Basic persianoa.com

This website offers video lessons that are organized into 3 levels, and . Students will learn how to speak and write Persian along with acquiring useful vocabulary.

Intermediate persianoa.com

This website offers video lessons that are organized into 3 levels, and . Students will learn how to speak and write Persian along with acquiring useful vocabulary.

Advanced persianoa.com

This website offers video lessons that are organized into 3 levels, and . Students will learn how to speak and write Persian along with acquiring useful vocabulary.

Talk Like A Persian Video Lessons youtube.com

Talk Like A Persian Video Lessons, This YouTube channel teaches Persian language lessons using clips from Persian films.

Learn Persian Online learnpersianonline.com

Persian language teacher and author Resa has created hundreds of videos to help his students learn Persian quickly and fluently.

Learn Persian Online youtube.com

Persian language teacher and author Resa has created hundreds of videos to help his students learn Persian quickly and fluently.

Learn Persian (Farsi) for Beginners by Mauwood Academy youtube.com

Learn Persian (Farsi) for Beginners by Mauwood Academy, This YouTube channel offers 55 concise Persian lessons for beginners.

Persianada youtube.com

Persianada, This YouTube channel features lots of information about Persian language and culture that will be interesting for Persian language learners.

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Free Persian Audio Lessons

10 RESOURCES
Learn Persian with PersianPod101.com persianpod101.com

This is a fun and informative podcast to add to your regular Persian language learning regimen. Every lesson is free for a period of time, each new audio and video lesson (3, 5 lessons are published per week) is free to access for 3 weeks before being locked into their library, which can be accessed only with paid membership.

Café Denj Video Series laits.utexas.edu

This series of 14 episodes was made to accompany the program by the University of Texas at Austin, to enhance the learning experience for Advanced level Persian students and to teach about Iranian culture.

Café Denj Video Series youtube.com

This series of 14 episodes was made to accompany the program by the University of Texas at Austin, to enhance the learning experience for Advanced level Persian students and to teach about Iranian culture.

Persian of Iran Today laits.utexas.edu

This series of 14 episodes was made to accompany the program by the University of Texas at Austin, to enhance the learning experience for Advanced level Persian students and to teach about Iranian culture.

Spotify open.spotify.com

Learn Persian by Complete Language Lessons, 10 free Persian lessons on Spotify.

Spotify open.spotify.com

Learn to Speak Persian for Beginners, This beginner Persian class has 22 lessons with over 2 hours and 15 minutes of instruction to introduce to you to the basics of Persian.

Persian Podcast by Hosein Pouriman persianpodcast.com

This podcast is far more than a language podcast. Persian language learners can expect to hear about Iran’s culture, history, lifestyle, cuisine and travel tips with Persian language tips sprinkled throughout.

Learn Persian with Chai and Conversation chaiandconversation.com

This podcast by Leyla Shams teaches conversational Persian over the course of 60 lessons, each of which is 15, 20 minutes in length. The lessons are fun and casual but effective.

Defense Language Institute (DLI) Persian (Farsi) Language Basic Course livelingua.com

This Persian (Farsi) language course is part of the language learning program developed by U.S. Department of Defense as a means of training employees for foreign assignments. It was designed to train native English language speakers to use Persian proficiently when in a Persian speaking country. Includes 79 audio files in MP3 format with a running time of 23 hours and 46 minutes.

Colloquial Persian, The Complete Course for Beginners routledgetextbooks.com

This collection of audio files, each a few minutes in length, provides concise and clear Persian language instruction for beginners. These free audio lessons were made to accompany the Colloquial Persian, The Complete Course for Beginners textbook, which is a book aimed at teaching Persian to beginners in a practical way to prepare them to effectively communicate with confidence in everyday situations.

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Free Online Persian Courses

4 RESOURCES
Foreign Service Institute (FSI) Spoken Persian (Farsi) Course livelingua.com

The Foreign Service Institute (U.S. Department of State) originally created this and many other language learning courses to train government employees and members of the foreign service in preparation for a post abroad. This course was designed to train participants to speak Persian naturally and effectively. This course teaches Persian as a spoken language and focuses on pronunciation and conversations encountered in everyday life situations. The creators of this course believe that the student should be well grounded in spoken Persian before undertaking written Persian, so as not to hinder progress. This 12 unit course is accompanied by an e, textbook in PDF format with 398 pages and 24 audio files in MP3 format with a running time of 7 hours and 4 minutes.

Peace Corps Persian (Farsi) Language Lessons livelingua.com

This language learning material was developed by the to train their volunteers prior to sending them around the world on their missions. The Persian course consists of 12 lessons, each featuring a dialogue followed by various drills and practice exercises and includes an e, textbook in PDF format with 115 pages.

United States Peace Corps peacecorps.gov

This language learning material was developed by the to train their volunteers prior to sending them around the world on their missions. The Persian course consists of 12 lessons, each featuring a dialogue followed by various drills and practice exercises and includes an e, textbook in PDF format with 115 pages.

Defense Language Institute (DLI) Persian (Farsi) Language Refresher Course livelingua.com

This Persian language course is part of the language learning program developed by U.S. Department of Defense as a means of training employees for foreign assignments. This course is intended to be used as a refresher course for those who have completed a Persian language course and need to review. Includes 5 e, textbooks in PDF format with 502 pages and 4 audio files in MP3 format with a running time of 1 hour and 54 minutes.

05

Other Free Persian Resources and Services

66 RESOURCES
Persian Language Online persianlanguageonline.com

This online learning portal is brought to you by the Persian Language Foundation, a UK based charity with the goal of promoting and teaching the Persian language to English speakers around the world. This is a high, quality resource that provides thorough instruction which is entirely free. The foundation provides (Unit 1, 20), (Unit 21, 40) and (Unit 41, 60) level lessons, in addition to introductory units about the and . Video animations, audio recordings, glossaries, translations, transliterations, activities and more are available for every unit. The foundation has also created some fantastic learning apps aimed at young children, .

Persian Language Online youtube.com

This online learning portal is brought to you by the Persian Language Foundation, a UK based charity with the goal of promoting and teaching the Persian language to English speakers around the world. This is a high, quality resource that provides thorough instruction which is entirely free. The foundation provides (Unit 1, 20), (Unit 21, 40) and (Unit 41, 60) level lessons, in addition to introductory units about the and . Video animations, audio recordings, glossaries, translations, transliterations, activities and more are available for every unit. The foundation has also created some fantastic learning apps aimed at young children, .

Beginner persianlanguageonline.com

This online learning portal is brought to you by the Persian Language Foundation, a UK based charity with the goal of promoting and teaching the Persian language to English speakers around the world. This is a high, quality resource that provides thorough instruction which is entirely free. The foundation provides (Unit 1, 20), (Unit 21, 40) and (Unit 41, 60) level lessons, in addition to introductory units about the and . Video animations, audio recordings, glossaries, translations, transliterations, activities and more are available for every unit. The foundation has also created some fantastic learning apps aimed at young children, .

Elementary persianlanguageonline.com

This online learning portal is brought to you by the Persian Language Foundation, a UK based charity with the goal of promoting and teaching the Persian language to English speakers around the world. This is a high, quality resource that provides thorough instruction which is entirely free. The foundation provides (Unit 1, 20), (Unit 21, 40) and (Unit 41, 60) level lessons, in addition to introductory units about the and . Video animations, audio recordings, glossaries, translations, transliterations, activities and more are available for every unit. The foundation has also created some fantastic learning apps aimed at young children, .

Intermediate persianlanguageonline.com

This online learning portal is brought to you by the Persian Language Foundation, a UK based charity with the goal of promoting and teaching the Persian language to English speakers around the world. This is a high, quality resource that provides thorough instruction which is entirely free. The foundation provides (Unit 1, 20), (Unit 21, 40) and (Unit 41, 60) level lessons, in addition to introductory units about the and . Video animations, audio recordings, glossaries, translations, transliterations, activities and more are available for every unit. The foundation has also created some fantastic learning apps aimed at young children, .

Alphabet persianlanguageonline.com

This online learning portal is brought to you by the Persian Language Foundation, a UK based charity with the goal of promoting and teaching the Persian language to English speakers around the world. This is a high, quality resource that provides thorough instruction which is entirely free. The foundation provides (Unit 1, 20), (Unit 21, 40) and (Unit 41, 60) level lessons, in addition to introductory units about the and . Video animations, audio recordings, glossaries, translations, transliterations, activities and more are available for every unit. The foundation has also created some fantastic learning apps aimed at young children, .

Numbers persianlanguageonline.com

This online learning portal is brought to you by the Persian Language Foundation, a UK based charity with the goal of promoting and teaching the Persian language to English speakers around the world. This is a high, quality resource that provides thorough instruction which is entirely free. The foundation provides (Unit 1, 20), (Unit 21, 40) and (Unit 41, 60) level lessons, in addition to introductory units about the and . Video animations, audio recordings, glossaries, translations, transliterations, activities and more are available for every unit. The foundation has also created some fantastic learning apps aimed at young children, .

Virtual Persian nyu.edu

This site was created by the New York University’s Department of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies to help students to develop Persian language skills, including conversation, listening, reading, and grammar skills, with high, quality lessons accompanied by text and audio. The learning portal contains lessons in various levels, The Alphabet, Elementary 1, Elementary 2, Intermediate to Advanced Advanced 1 and Advanced Advanced 2.

Persian Online sites.la.utexas.edu

This fantastic and free resource is brought to you by the University of Texas at Austin. It serves as an online Persian grammar reference for students to use as a supplemental resource. In addition to teaching the basics of the Persian language, like, and extensive grammar instruction, you will learn about the, and even how to . Students will find the section and quite useful and will learn about Iranian culture through informative .

transcription sites.la.utexas.edu

This fantastic and free resource is brought to you by the University of Texas at Austin. It serves as an online Persian grammar reference for students to use as a supplemental resource. In addition to teaching the basics of the Persian language, like, and extensive grammar instruction, you will learn about the, and even how to . Students will find the section and quite useful and will learn about Iranian culture through informative .

the writing system sites.la.utexas.edu

This fantastic and free resource is brought to you by the University of Texas at Austin. It serves as an online Persian grammar reference for students to use as a supplemental resource. In addition to teaching the basics of the Persian language, like, and extensive grammar instruction, you will learn about the, and even how to . Students will find the section and quite useful and will learn about Iranian culture through informative .

vocabulary sites.la.utexas.edu

This fantastic and free resource is brought to you by the University of Texas at Austin. It serves as an online Persian grammar reference for students to use as a supplemental resource. In addition to teaching the basics of the Persian language, like, and extensive grammar instruction, you will learn about the, and even how to . Students will find the section and quite useful and will learn about Iranian culture through informative .

history of the Persian language sites.la.utexas.edu

This fantastic and free resource is brought to you by the University of Texas at Austin. It serves as an online Persian grammar reference for students to use as a supplemental resource. In addition to teaching the basics of the Persian language, like, and extensive grammar instruction, you will learn about the, and even how to . Students will find the section and quite useful and will learn about Iranian culture through informative .

Persian proverbs sites.la.utexas.edu

This fantastic and free resource is brought to you by the University of Texas at Austin. It serves as an online Persian grammar reference for students to use as a supplemental resource. In addition to teaching the basics of the Persian language, like, and extensive grammar instruction, you will learn about the, and even how to . Students will find the section and quite useful and will learn about Iranian culture through informative .

type in Persian sites.la.utexas.edu

This fantastic and free resource is brought to you by the University of Texas at Austin. It serves as an online Persian grammar reference for students to use as a supplemental resource. In addition to teaching the basics of the Persian language, like, and extensive grammar instruction, you will learn about the, and even how to . Students will find the section and quite useful and will learn about Iranian culture through informative .

quizzes sites.la.utexas.edu

This fantastic and free resource is brought to you by the University of Texas at Austin. It serves as an online Persian grammar reference for students to use as a supplemental resource. In addition to teaching the basics of the Persian language, like, and extensive grammar instruction, you will learn about the, and even how to . Students will find the section and quite useful and will learn about Iranian culture through informative .

vocabulary lists with audio sites.la.utexas.edu

This fantastic and free resource is brought to you by the University of Texas at Austin. It serves as an online Persian grammar reference for students to use as a supplemental resource. In addition to teaching the basics of the Persian language, like, and extensive grammar instruction, you will learn about the, and even how to . Students will find the section and quite useful and will learn about Iranian culture through informative .

videos sites.la.utexas.edu

This fantastic and free resource is brought to you by the University of Texas at Austin. It serves as an online Persian grammar reference for students to use as a supplemental resource. In addition to teaching the basics of the Persian language, like, and extensive grammar instruction, you will learn about the, and even how to . Students will find the section and quite useful and will learn about Iranian culture through informative .

Persian Dee persiandee.com

Mohsen Mahdavi Mazdeh began building this website in 2006 when he was 16 years old, and now over a decade later he is a Ph.D. student studying linguistics. The website is very well done and clearly a labor of love. Learners will find with tests to their track progress. In addition to the lessons, students can learn from the other great sections, and .

32 Interactive Lessons persiandee.com

Mohsen Mahdavi Mazdeh began building this website in 2006 when he was 16 years old, and now over a decade later he is a Ph.D. student studying linguistics. The website is very well done and clearly a labor of love. Learners will find with tests to their track progress. In addition to the lessons, students can learn from the other great sections, and .

Reading and Listening to Persian Texts persiandee.com

Mohsen Mahdavi Mazdeh began building this website in 2006 when he was 16 years old, and now over a decade later he is a Ph.D. student studying linguistics. The website is very well done and clearly a labor of love. Learners will find with tests to their track progress. In addition to the lessons, students can learn from the other great sections, and .

Visual Vocabulary Lessons persiandee.com

Mohsen Mahdavi Mazdeh began building this website in 2006 when he was 16 years old, and now over a decade later he is a Ph.D. student studying linguistics. The website is very well done and clearly a labor of love. Learners will find with tests to their track progress. In addition to the lessons, students can learn from the other great sections, and .

Colloquial Persian as spoken in Tehran persiandee.com

Mohsen Mahdavi Mazdeh began building this website in 2006 when he was 16 years old, and now over a decade later he is a Ph.D. student studying linguistics. The website is very well done and clearly a labor of love. Learners will find with tests to their track progress. In addition to the lessons, students can learn from the other great sections, and .

Alphabet Tutorial persiandee.com

Mohsen Mahdavi Mazdeh began building this website in 2006 when he was 16 years old, and now over a decade later he is a Ph.D. student studying linguistics. The website is very well done and clearly a labor of love. Learners will find with tests to their track progress. In addition to the lessons, students can learn from the other great sections, and .

Persian of Iran Today Program by the University of Texas at Austin laits.utexas.edu

This two, volume multimedia program by Anousha Shahsavari and Blake Atwood includes the first and second volume of The Persian of Iran Today textbook, as well as accompanying audio and video files.

Persian of Iran Today Volume 1 utexas.app.box.com

This PDF course book consists of 10 units and can be read online or downloaded. The corresponding audio and video files can be found . The book provides an overview of Persian, its writing system, and sounds. Each unit has corresponding listening exercises and drills and covers highly relevant vocabulary.

Persian of Iran Today Volume 1, This PDF course book consists of 10 units and can be read online or downloaded. The corresponding audio and video files can be found laits.utexas.edu

This PDF course book consists of 10 units and can be read online or downloaded. The corresponding audio and video files can be found . The book provides an overview of Persian, its writing system, and sounds. Each unit has corresponding listening exercises and drills and covers highly relevant vocabulary.

Persian of Iran today Volume 2 utexas.app.box.com

This PDF course book consists of 5 units and can be read online or downloaded. The corresponding audio and video files can be found . This book comprises five units, which cover more advanced and grammar lessons and listening exercises, building on the knowledge acquired in Volume 1., which feature characters from the, also accompany the units and aim to improve listening comprehension.

Persian of Iran today Volume 2, This PDF course book consists of 5 units and can be read online or downloaded. The corresponding audio and video files can be found laits.utexas.edu

This PDF course book consists of 5 units and can be read online or downloaded. The corresponding audio and video files can be found . This book comprises five units, which cover more advanced and grammar lessons and listening exercises, building on the knowledge acquired in Volume 1., which feature characters from the, also accompany the units and aim to improve listening comprehension.

Monologue videos laits.utexas.edu

This PDF course book consists of 5 units and can be read online or downloaded. The corresponding audio and video files can be found . This book comprises five units, which cover more advanced and grammar lessons and listening exercises, building on the knowledge acquired in Volume 1., which feature characters from the, also accompany the units and aim to improve listening comprehension.

Café Denj video series laits.utexas.edu

This PDF course book consists of 5 units and can be read online or downloaded. The corresponding audio and video files can be found . This book comprises five units, which cover more advanced and grammar lessons and listening exercises, building on the knowledge acquired in Volume 1., which feature characters from the, also accompany the units and aim to improve listening comprehension.

Persian Catch Up@the Café Program sites.la.utexas.edu

This is another Persian learning gem brought to you by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. It is for intermediate and above students who need to improve their reading and listening skills before moving on to advanced level Persian classes.

Easy Persian Lessons easypersian.com

Learn how to read, and speak Persian with hundreds of free . Students can learn from, a, and a list of . More information on how to get started with the free program and navigate the website can be found .

write easypersian.com

Learn how to read, and speak Persian with hundreds of free . Students can learn from, a, and a list of . More information on how to get started with the free program and navigate the website can be found .

lessons easypersian.com

Learn how to read, and speak Persian with hundreds of free . Students can learn from, a, and a list of . More information on how to get started with the free program and navigate the website can be found .

writing drills easypersian.com

Learn how to read, and speak Persian with hundreds of free . Students can learn from, a, and a list of . More information on how to get started with the free program and navigate the website can be found .

concise dictionary easypersian.com

Learn how to read, and speak Persian with hundreds of free . Students can learn from, a, and a list of . More information on how to get started with the free program and navigate the website can be found .

common phrases easypersian.com

Learn how to read, and speak Persian with hundreds of free . Students can learn from, a, and a list of . More information on how to get started with the free program and navigate the website can be found .

Easy Persian Lessons, Learn how to read, write and speak Persian with hundreds of free lessons . Students can learn from writing drills, a concise dictionary, and a list of common phrases . More information on how to get started with the free program and navigate the website can be found easypersian.com

Learn how to read, and speak Persian with hundreds of free . Students can learn from, a, and a list of . More information on how to get started with the free program and navigate the website can be found .

BBC Languages, Persian bbc.co.uk

The BBC Persian Language learning website offers some helpful resources and information like and a, as well as a general guide with . All BBC language learning pages were “archived” a few years back due to cost, cutting measures, which means they are no longer adding new information or updating the pages. However, you should have no problem accessing the existing information.

Key Phrases with Audio bbc.co.uk

The BBC Persian Language learning website offers some helpful resources and information like and a, as well as a general guide with . All BBC language learning pages were “archived” a few years back due to cost, cutting measures, which means they are no longer adding new information or updating the pages. However, you should have no problem accessing the existing information.

Persian Alphabet Tutorial bbc.co.uk

The BBC Persian Language learning website offers some helpful resources and information like and a, as well as a general guide with . All BBC language learning pages were “archived” a few years back due to cost, cutting measures, which means they are no longer adding new information or updating the pages. However, you should have no problem accessing the existing information.

Facts about the Persian language bbc.co.uk

The BBC Persian Language learning website offers some helpful resources and information like and a, as well as a general guide with . All BBC language learning pages were “archived” a few years back due to cost, cutting measures, which means they are no longer adding new information or updating the pages. However, you should have no problem accessing the existing information.

Learn101 learn101.org

This website features free beginner lessons to guide you through learning Persian (Farsi), step by step, starting with the Alphabet, moving on to grammar, vocabulary, and phrases, and finally offering simple quizzes to test your progress. These lessons are a basic introduction to the language and have images, text, and audio.

CoolJugator cooljugator.com

CoolJugator is a verb conjugator website that makes conjugation easy and straightforward.

Ilanguages ilanguages.org

This site is designed to teach Persian with free vocabulary, phrases, grammar, and flashcards while focusing on highly used words and phrases necessary for everyday living.

Omniglot omniglot.com

This site specializes in providing information about languages and their alphabets and writing systems.

Digital Dialects digitaldialects.com

This website makes learning vocabulary fun with interactive games.

Hello World hello-world.com

Hello World has created hundreds of free language learning games and activities that cater to the way children learn best. The goal is to teach languages using cognitive immersion and to keep the process fun in order to increase learning potential. Approximately 1, 300 vocabulary words are introduced over 70 different categories.

Goethe Verlag goethe-verlag.com

This website offers 100 Persian lessons for beginners, each with words, phrases and corresponding audio files.

Loecsen loecsen.com

Loecson offers a free mini, course consisting of fun lessons that provide a basic introduction to Persian with the help of text, audio, simple illustrations, and quizzes to test your progress. You will learn high, frequency vocabulary words and commonly used phrases relating to 17 themes which are relevant to everyday life.

Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center Persian Tutorial fieldsupport.dliflc.edu

This Language Survival Kit Module for Persian (Farsi) contains basic vocabulary with audio. Both the audio files and the PDF text can be downloaded. An interactive, a and country profiles for both and are informative.

Pronunciation Guide fieldsupport.dliflc.edu

This Language Survival Kit Module for Persian (Farsi) contains basic vocabulary with audio. Both the audio files and the PDF text can be downloaded. An interactive, a and country profiles for both and are informative.

Culture Orientation Video Series fieldsupport.dliflc.edu

This Language Survival Kit Module for Persian (Farsi) contains basic vocabulary with audio. Both the audio files and the PDF text can be downloaded. An interactive, a and country profiles for both and are informative.

Iran fieldsupport.dliflc.edu

This Language Survival Kit Module for Persian (Farsi) contains basic vocabulary with audio. Both the audio files and the PDF text can be downloaded. An interactive, a and country profiles for both and are informative.

Afghanistan fieldsupport.dliflc.edu

This Language Survival Kit Module for Persian (Farsi) contains basic vocabulary with audio. Both the audio files and the PDF text can be downloaded. An interactive, a and country profiles for both and are informative.

I Love Languages Persian Lessons ilovelanguages.org

This site provides 17 beginner Persian (Farsi) lessons designed to help you improve your speaking, reading, and writing skills. Supplementary resources include, and .

vocabulary ilovelanguages.org

This site provides 17 beginner Persian (Farsi) lessons designed to help you improve your speaking, reading, and writing skills. Supplementary resources include, and .

grammar tips ilovelanguages.org

This site provides 17 beginner Persian (Farsi) lessons designed to help you improve your speaking, reading, and writing skills. Supplementary resources include, and .

phrases ilovelanguages.org

This site provides 17 beginner Persian (Farsi) lessons designed to help you improve your speaking, reading, and writing skills. Supplementary resources include, and .

Perslang Lessons perslang.com

This website is relatively new and features a small collection of free introductory lessons teaching spoken Persian.

LingvoSoft Persian Phrasebook lingvozone.com

This site offers a basic phrasebook format with text and audio to help you learn essential Persian / Farsi vocabulary. It also offers a version of the phrasebook that uses .

the Romanized script lingvozone.com

This site offers a basic phrasebook format with text and audio to help you learn essential Persian / Farsi vocabulary. It also offers a version of the phrasebook that uses .

Linguanaut, Persian Vocabulary linguanaut.com

This free website offers a very basic introduction to Persian / Farsi vocabulary, phrases, and grammar. Although it does not provide audio to accompany the vocabulary, it can be a handy resource list.

Learn The Persian Alphabet with UCLA Heritage Language Lessons bolca.international.ucla.edu

This Persian Alphabet program was created by The National Heritage Language Resource Center, at the University of California, Los Angeles, with funding by the U.S. Department of Education to foster language learning for heritage speakers (those who speak a language other than English at home).

Listen & Learn Program by The UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies listentolearn.international.ucla.edu

This program provides listening and practice exercises for Egyptian Arabic, Modern Standard Arabic, Moroccan Arabic, Lebanese, Persian, Iraqi and Turkish language students. Each video is accompanied by a translation, transliteration, glossary, and quiz.

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Practice Persian with Native Speakers

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Lang, 8 lang-8.com

This free network is a nice tool to support your language learning. Native speakers are available to make corrections to your text and provide feedback. In return, you provide help to others.

HiNative hinative.com

HiNative is an app brought to you by the creators of Lang, 8 that allows you to ask questions to native speakers from around the world using your smartphone. HiNative was created to be used alongside Lang, 8 and is different from Lang, 8 in that it focuses on a Q&A type of learning while Lang, 8 is a journal writing experience.

RhinoSpike rhinospike.com

RhinoSpike is an interesting website that connects language learners from all over the world allowing them to exchange audio files to help improve pronunciation skills. It allows you to submit text that you would like to hear read aloud by a native speaker, and in turn, you receive the audio file. In exchange, and to speed up the process you can, in turn, provide audio files in your native language for other learners.

MyLanguageExchange.com mylanguageexchange.com

This online language learning community connects you with other learners so that you can practice speaking in your second language with a native speaker and vice, versa.

Italki italki.com

A community of over 2 million language learners that facilitates free language practice with native speakers. You simply exchange time teaching your native language for time learning a foreign language, making it mutually beneficial and free.

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Persian Language News and Media

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EuroNews fa.euronews.com

EuroNews is a news media company that features news from a European perspective and offers content in 12 different languages online.

BBC bbc.com

The British Broadcasting Company provides news in Persian.

Deutsche Welle dw.com

German broadcasting company DW provides news in Persian.

NHK World News Japan www3.nhk.or.jp

Japanese public broadcaster NHK provides news in Persian via this podcast.

VOA News ir.voanews.com

Voice of America is an American broadcasting company that creates radio and television news in Persian.

SBS Radio Persian Program sbs.com.au

SBS is an Australian broadcasting company that targets non, native English speakers and creates programming in many languages. This podcast allows you to listen to interviews, features and community stories from the SBS Radio Persian program, including Australian and world news.

Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty rferl.org

RFE / RL is dedicated to providing reliable and responsible news reporting for countries that do not currently have a free press. They offer or, news for, and news for .

Iranian news in Persian radiofarda.com

RFE / RL is dedicated to providing reliable and responsible news reporting for countries that do not currently have a free press. They offer or, news for, and news for .

English en.radiofarda.com

RFE / RL is dedicated to providing reliable and responsible news reporting for countries that do not currently have a free press. They offer or, news for, and news for .

Afghanistan in Dari da.azadiradio.com

RFE / RL is dedicated to providing reliable and responsible news reporting for countries that do not currently have a free press. They offer or, news for, and news for .

Tajikstan in Tajik ozodi.org

RFE / RL is dedicated to providing reliable and responsible news reporting for countries that do not currently have a free press. They offer or, news for, and news for .

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Persian Dictionaries and Pronunciation Guides

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Farsi Dictionary farsidic.com

Known as the first online English Farsi dictionary, this website also provides, and other dictionaries like, and .

learning games farsidic.com

Known as the first online English Farsi dictionary, this website also provides, and other dictionaries like, and .

German To Farsi farsidic.com

Known as the first online English Farsi dictionary, this website also provides, and other dictionaries like, and .

Italian to Farsi farsidic.com

Known as the first online English Farsi dictionary, this website also provides, and other dictionaries like, and .

Arabic to Farsi farsidic.com

Known as the first online English Farsi dictionary, this website also provides, and other dictionaries like, and .

Aryanpour aryanpour.com

A comprehensive English to Persian dictionary and which also features a and other dictionaries like, and .

translator aryanpour.com

A comprehensive English to Persian dictionary and which also features a and other dictionaries like, and .

Persian Keyboard aryanpour.com

A comprehensive English to Persian dictionary and which also features a and other dictionaries like, and .

German To Farsi aryanpour.com

A comprehensive English to Persian dictionary and which also features a and other dictionaries like, and .

Italian to Farsi aryanpour.com

A comprehensive English to Persian dictionary and which also features a and other dictionaries like, and .

Swedish to Persian aryanpour.com

A comprehensive English to Persian dictionary and which also features a and other dictionaries like, and .

Spanish to Persian aryanpour.com

A comprehensive English to Persian dictionary and which also features a and other dictionaries like, and .

French to Farsi aryanpour.com

A comprehensive English to Persian dictionary and which also features a and other dictionaries like, and .

Forvo forvo.com

This crowd, sourced site is a great tool to help with pronunciation as it allows you to listen to words and phrases spoken by native speakers.

Tatoeba tatoeba.org

Tatoeba is a large, crowdsourced database of sentences and translations. This free resource allows you to search for a word and get results showing that word in sentences with translations.

Talkify talkify.net

This free, multilingual website is a very interesting and valuable resource that allows you to listen to text in foreign languages. Simply insert a URL into the search field on Talkify and it will automatically detect the language and read the text of that website aloud in a natural sounding voice.

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Free Persian Language Textbooks

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A Vocabulary Persian, Arabic and English archive.org

This book is by David Hopkins and abridged from the Quarto Edition of Richardson’s Dictionary by Charles Wilkins.

Modern Persian Conversation, Grammar archive.org

With reading lessons, English, Persian vocabulary and Persian letters by William St. Clair Towers Tisdall.

Persian Grammar archive.org

This book by Fritz Rosen consists of a short grammar, dialogues, and extracts from Nasir, Eddin Shah’s diaries, tales etc and a vocabulary.

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Free Persian Language Tests

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17 Minute Languages 17-minute-languages.com

At only three minutes in length, this Persian language level test is very brief but will determine your CEFR level (A1, C2).