Persian Learners

Online lessons in listening, speaking, reading, and writing Persian or Farsi as spoken in Iran. In addition to Persian language lessons, the site introduces the contemporary Iranian poets and the translation of their poems in English - free Farsi / Persian software - Persian name with English translation - Farsi writing drills - Persian poetry - chat room

really good resource, with pronunciations!

Alphabet from English to Farsi and in Farsi to English, depending on which order you prefer.

this site is very useful because they have simple phrases and you can hear the pronunciation as well as the alphabet

This site seemed fun to type online in persian hope you guys enjoy it.

This is a great site for learning the names of the colors in Farsi. It has the name of the color spelled phonetically and in the Farsi alphabet. Additionally, it shows a picture of the color and gives the option to have the name read aloud.

This youtube video shows how to write out the letters to the Dari/Farsi alphabet and also gives the correct pronunciation of the letters' names.

This is a link to Iran's most highly circulated daily publication. You can use a translater to translate the articles and then match up the English / Farsi translations to expand your vocabulary and begin to recognize commonly used words in the news.

This is a radio website that streams live radio broadcasts of Persian music. I can't understand a thing but it's fun to try to listen for familiar words. The website itself is in English so you can read music updates. There is also an interview section where you can listen to interviews of Persian bands and singers.

Article from the The International about the challenges and successes of the Iranian film industry.

I love Iranian films. I think this article picked up on many key struggles that Iranian filmmakers face. Even though the picture shows pirated movies being sold, the article does not discuss the implications it has on filmmakers or even what it says about the people in Iran who buy them. From what I have read from other articles, it seems as though Iranian films are more acclaimed in Western countries- not only because of censorship laws but the Iranian public's choice of what movies to watch. TASTE OF CHERRY, mentioned in the article, is one of my favorite films.

A tour across Europe by the Tehran Symphony Orchestra had the faint echo of an earlier era of cultural diplomacy.

An amazing philosophical poem by Persian poet (philosopher, mathematician, astronomer, any many other titles) Omar Khayyam, written in English and Persian in the above link.

A great study website that offers online grammar pages as well as vocabulary lists, cultural information videos and articles, quizzes, and other useful inks.