Lucknow , Oct 6 (ANI): Arif Ayyubi, Head of the Persian Department at the Lucknow University has started teaching Persian language through dubbed versions of popular Bollywood movies.This is a unique and an innovative effort adopted by the university administration to promote the language and to make the learning process more interesting.
The students are first shown a movie in the original language, followed immediately by the dubbed version."The main problem that students face is that Persian language is not written and pronounced in the same manner. We drop many words, some are silent and pronounced in a different manner," said Ayyubi. The whole exercise is immensely beneficial for the students.“Persian department has made an innovation which is very useful. We can learn the language in a short time along with the pronunciation," said Sheer Ul Saltanat, an Afghani student.Ayyubi, who has already created a library of around 90 dubbed movies, maintains that the initiative has been an instant hit with students. Though learning a language through an audio-visual medium is not new, this is the first time that movies are being used to instruct.The class, which includes 24 Afghani students, is very enthusiastic about these new 'movie classes'.“Learning through movies is very unique. We learn the practical aspects - the dialect and how to speak," Noorzabi, another student.
Persian is also popularly known as 'Farsi'. It was the language of the Parsa people who ruled Iran between 550-330 BC.Today Persian is widely spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and parts of Uzbekistan.(ANI)
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