The first semester of Persian language teaching in the academic year 2023-2024 at the introductory level, which started on September 12, 2023, in the Department of Foreign Languages located in the Faculty of Science and Philosophy of UP University (Mother University the same row of Tehran University) started in the ninth January of this year (2024) successfully ended and the students got acquainted with the concepts and basic knowledge of the Persian language based on the lesson curriculum provided by the Saadi Foundation.

 

This course, which was initially taught at the value of 2 optional academic units, has been offered at the value of three optional academic units in the past few years, and this process continues until now, marking its 20th year. The outbreak of the Corona epidemic did not prevent the continuation of the work and the process of training with continued online.

 

It should be mentioned that in the pathology that was conducted in the past in the field of Persian language teaching in the Philippines and a written report was prepared and sent to the center, many challenges were highlighted, among which the following can be mentioned:

 

 

• The major difference in the Persian alphabet compared to English and Filipino, which are the two official languages of this country.

• The dimension of geographical distance between the two countries.

• The continuation of Iran-phobia in the press and western media, which is widely reflected in the press of this land.

• The lack of practical and necessary incentives for Farsi learners, including future career prospects, which is of great importance for students.

 

What was mentioned above and many other cases that are beyond the scope of this article are among the major challenges of teaching Persian language, because many other languages such as Korean, German, French, Chinese, etc. always have job opportunities for Language learners provide themselves, because one of the main conditions for accepting overseas workforce in high-paying jobs, in addition to having the necessary expertise, is basic familiarity with the language of the country they are traveling to.

 

This is not true for the Persian language, and the only emphasis of the Persian language teachers in this country, in addition to other things that will be mentioned below, is to draw a not so clear vision for the short-term knowledge-enhancing courses of Persian students who are more successful than others.

 

Despite all these obstacles and challenges, frequent Cultural Counselor meetings and contacts with high-level officials of the Linguistics Department and emphasis on the continuation of Persian language education as a great heritage of human civilization and teachers' efforts to emphasize the fact that familiarity with Persian language is a window for The awareness of one of the oldest civilizations in the world has been a factor in continuing to teach this language at the UP University.

 

On the other hand, according to the experiences gained, this agency strongly recommends that the instructions for teaching Persian language in different parts of the world should not be the same because the proximity and cultural affinities with the countries that were once in the area of civilization of ancient Iran, including Asia Minor, are an important factor in reducing existing challenges compared to distant countries.

 

Based on the knowledge that was mentioned above, focusing on the principles of teaching in the way of written structure and the use of grammar is one of the boring factors and the drop of candidates to learn the language, and this is while conversation-oriented teaching in such conditions gets a better output in the Persian language education system.

 

Therefore, it is suggested to consider a series of useful and easy conversational sentences with less focus on tedious aspects, so that the Persian learner, after completing the introductory courses of the Persian language, can meet his basic needs when interacting with Persian speakers

It is also recommended to prepare and use conversation-oriented animations that help the speech, listening and visual improvement process. Better results will be obtained if the pictures of the beautiful and scenic spots of our country are included, especially the buildings and the images of the places that have been registered as cultural heritage of Iran.

For example, in such animations, images of people who are conversing with each other in front of cultural and ancient buildings can be shown through the use of simple words. The same method can be used in initial introductions, greetings and introducing the hospitality of Iranian people. English subtitling of such animations puts language learners in the space and process of conversations, in other words, teaching Persian language with the help of art of painting and using the language of culture is considered an important factor.

For example, the animation of Saadi as portraying him as the divine speaker engaged talking with a foreign tourist and introducing himself. Expressing the lofty thoughts of Khayyam, Molana and other great men of Iranian culture and literature are placed in the next stages, that is, when Persian students have a relative entry into the beautiful atmosphere of Persian literature.

 

Forming a board composed of at least one sociologist, one writer and one psychologist and using those who are familiar with the language of animation and how to use it in preparing such cultural products is a necessary and worthy task.