Farsi, Before the Alphabet

Field notes

The curriculum is organized around a recurring story: Sam advances one lesson ahead of the learner and is scheduled to reach Iran at Lesson 70, while Leila, Amir, and Mâmân Pari supply coaching, slang, and Tehran-based cultural context. Each unit pairs an animated scene with prompt–pause–response drills and a 5–6 page PDF containing a phrase map, grammar highlight, culture note, and exercises. Lessons 1–21 are marked live, and an eight-lesson alphabet module is described for later study.