Produced by the Language Acquisition Resource Center at San Diego State University

What’s So Epic About This Legend?

Blending Technologies to Teach Language and Culture at Multiple Levels

Chris Browncbrown@projects.sdsu.edu

Evan Rubinerubin@projects.sdsu.edu

Mana Mohtashammohtasham@mail.sdsu.edu

Language Acquisition Resource Centerhttp://larc.sdsu.edu/Twitter: LARC_SDSU

The Tales of Shahnameh

“The Persians regard Ferdowsi as the greatest of their poets. For nearly a thousand years they have continued to read and to listen to recitations from his masterwork, the Shah-nameh, in which the Persian national epic found its final and enduring form. Though written about 1,000 years ago, this work is as intelligible to the average, modern Iranian as the King James version of the Bible is to a modern English-speaker. The language is pure Persian with only the slightest admixture of Arabic.”- The Encyclopedia Britannica

The Tales of Shahnameh

Shahnameh

Ferdowsi

SimorghZal

Classic LiteratureIn The Language Classroom

BenefitsCultureHistory

ChallengesLanguage level

Support / Activities

CollaborationDr. Fatemi JahromiTehran UniversityAuthor of “An English Translation of Selected Tales of Shahnameh”

The Project

Take the story of Simorgh Adapt for learners at:• Novice• Intermediate• Advanced• SuperiorDevelop interactive story with:• Audio• Text• Language Support• Activities• QuizzesUse in STARTALK Summer Camp

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A Closer Look At The Technology

Articulate Presenter

Articulate Quizmaker

Before You Know It http://www.byki.com/listcentral.html

https://larcmoodle.sdsu.edu

iBook Author http://tiny.cc/simorgh-ibook

Complete Novice levelAdditional activities and support

Make widely availableDifferent stories / languages

Future Plans

Produced by the Language Acquisition Resource Center at San Diego State University

Thank YouQ&A

Chris Browncbrown@projects.sdsu.edu

Evan Rubinerubin@projects.sdsu.edu

Mana Mohtashammohtasham@mail.sdsu.edu

Language Acquisition Resource Centerhttp://larc.sdsu.edu/Twitter: LARC_SDSU