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This 42 or 21 days summer school offers participants to master skills in written and oral modern Farsi, reading and interpreting Persian texts from different periods as well as rapidly deepening their knowledge in colloquial Persian.
During the summer school, several cultural trips will be offered, which will transform your stay in Armenia into an unforgettable, academically oriented endeavor.
On the first day (July 07, Sunday) the program will be launched in Garni, built by King Tiridates I in the first century AD as a temple to the god Mithra/Mihr. In the evening the group will travel to Yerevan for an opening dinner.
Classes will start on July 8th and will include lectures, seminars, and presentations. Two times a week classes of Persian language will be followed by a lecture on different topics of Iranian linguistics, literature, and history.
The 6 weeks summer schools offer an intensive Persian language course spanning 120 hours, divided into 30 days of instruction and focusing on grammar, reading, speaking, and writing. Another 10 hours is devoted to lectures on Iranian linguistics, literature, and history.
The 3 weeks summer schools offer an intensive Persian language course spanning 60 hours, divided into 15 days of instruction and focusing on grammar, reading, speaking, and writing. Another 5 hours is devoted to lectures on Iranian linguistics, literature, and history.
Upon request, the summer school duration may be changed to 4, 8 or 10 weeks.
Our courses are open to anyone with upper elementary (knowledge of the alphabet, some reading, and knowledge of basic grammar concepts) or intermediate knowledge of the Persian language. The lectures are organized with the academic interests of the participants in mind to ensure that BA, MA, Ph.D. students as well as post-docs and professors who work in Iranian Studies and relevant fields can benefit from it.
Lectures will be held in Persian and/or English.
Our teacher of Persian is a native speaker who has several years' experience in teaching Persian as a foreign language.
TO APPLY please click on the websites below and fill in the application form.
Persian Language 6 weeks Summer School (Jul 07 - Aug 17, 2019)
https://aspirantum.com/courses/persian-language-summer-school-07-jul-17-aug-2019-yerevan-armenia
Persian Language 3 weeks Summer School (Jul 07 - Jul 27, 2019)
https://aspirantum.com/courses/persian-language-summer-school-07-jul-27-jul-2019-yerevan-armenia
The participation fee is 1790 USD for the 3 weeks program and 3590 USD for the 6 weeks program.
Application deadline is April 20, 2019.
Registered participants should send 100% of the participation fee before May 20, 2019, online or via a wire bank transfer.
This price includes reading and writing materials, coffee breaks.
We will not cover Accommodation, breakfast, lunch, dinner, insurance costs, visa costs, travel costs to Armenia, from Armenia and in Armenia, any costs of accompanying friends or family members.
There are several scholarships available to participate in ASPIRANTUM’s Persian language summer school.
Check some of the scholarships here:
https://aspirantum.com/scholarships
Each participant of the summer school may find other sources of financial aid from their own University/School/Community or other relevant foundations. ASPIRANTUM will provide applicants with an official letter of invitation to support scholarship and travel grant applications.
For questions and inquiries please contact persian@aspirantum.com or WhatsApp
Dr. Khachik Gevorgyan +374-91-557978
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