Varsity uses Hindi films to teach Persian language
Lucknow, Sept. 30 (PTI): In a novel way of teaching, the Lucknow University is using dubbed versions of popular Hindi films to teach Persian language at undergraduate level.
Head of the Persian department, Arif Ayyubi, collected Hindi film CDs dubbed in Persian from Iranian markets and utilises them to make learning of the language interesting.
"In UP, the language is introduced at the BA level and therefore those opting for Persian literature, first have to get acquainted with nuances of the language, and what better way to make it more understandable than utilising the audio visual medium of popular Hindi films," he said.
The batch, comprising 24 Afghani students, is first shown the films in original language and later the dubbed version. The response has been encouraging as they are picking up the language fast ever since we started this experiment, a beaming Ayyubi said adding they picked up diction and pronunciation of the language really fast.
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