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Farsi (Persian) or Arabic at SFU?

Iran1988
edited March 2009 in General
I'm sure none of you have taken either of these classse, or if you have.. awesome...

I was wondering something... can I use this to get a language credit? I speak both and I know they wont let you take it if you do, but I can always fake it.

I was just wondering if this would be a non credit or a credit course cause I don't get anythin on SFU's website about either of htese classes..

is it even worth it?

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  • Student0667
    edited July 2008
    Great news Kia, SFU has a Language Training Institiute in the Department of Linguistics and it offers Lang 118: Intro to Persian and Lang 168: Intro to Persian II. It also offers Lang 134: Intro to Classical Arabic.

    http://www.sfu.ca/lti/others.html
  • Iran1988
    edited July 2008
    So they're CREDIT courses!?

    HAHA if so, this is awesome.. im gonna ace this shit.
  • Student0667
    edited July 2008
    Iran1988;32942 said:
    So they're CREDIT courses!?

    HAHA if so, this is awesome.. im gonna ace this shit.
    Of course they are credit courses! One problem though, in the course description, it said "Note also that this course is an introductory Arabic (or Persian) language; students with a competence in the language beyond the level of this course will be required to withdraw. Native speakers of Arabic (or Persian) cannot take this course for credit." Judging by the arrogance that radiates out of your post, I would say that you are a native speaker of Arabic and/or Persian.

    Don't worry, I know a perfect way to counter this policy.
  • Iran1988
    edited July 2008
    I'm a native speaker of both....

    I'll fake not knowing either Hahahahaha.
  • randomuser
    edited July 2008
    well if youre getting near 98% on your tests etc the prof will actually talk to you about bumping you up to a higher difficulity class mid semester...

    it probaby also falls into their definition of 'academic dishonesty' which could get you in big shit
  • Kevin M.Kevin M.
    edited July 2008
    A friend of mine was at UBC and she was Persian...she took Arabic and aced it and there were no issues. There no reason why you can't take a language class for credit if it is your mother tongue. Why? Because taking the class makes it official that you know the language well...so you deserve the credit for it. They frown upon it obviously, but it's no different than a Physics whiz taking Phys 101 for an easy A as opposed to Phys 121 (which is much harder).
  • randomuser
    edited July 2008
    well my friend had the teacher at SFU question her even though shes not french as a first language

    if you want to risk your 450 dollars and risking getting a W on your transcript go right ahead
  • Iran1988
    edited July 2008
    let him/her question me, i could just claim i have a knack for learning languages.

    It's not like he/she can PROVE i can speak it fluently.. unless he/she hears me talking to a friend or something.
  • kamg
    edited July 2008
    thats so lame man, there are plenty of easy classes u can take that u will actually learn something in instead of wasting ur time with intro-farsi
  • randomuser
    edited July 2008
    thats where youre wrong iran, they dont have to prove anything ;P

    it says in the desc those with a competency for this language beyond that of the course will be required to withdraw, im sure you can take the advanced courses and get A's and they wont care, taking the intro is against the rules technically

    just dont be bitching on here in a few months when youre being forced to swallow a W or are put into an advanced course for the next semester
  • Iran1988
    edited July 2008
    So i'll have to fail a quiz or two.. big woop lol..


    when theres a will there's a way
  • Broken Lizard
    edited July 2008
    Iran1988;32978 said:
    So i'll have to fail a quiz or two.. big woop lol..


    when theres a will there's a way
    exactly
    if you know 100% of it, it's pretty easy to get the odd question wrong here and there, lol
  • collegestudent
    edited July 2008
    i think both of them are online so it's easy to get away with it. in person classes are harder to fake being a beginner b/c little things in conversations give it away (as well as pronounciation).
  • DaNoobie
    edited July 2008
    I thought your daddy is sending you money from Iran Kia? I think thats a pretty easy connection for them to make if they find out isn't it?
  • Iran1988
    edited July 2008
    It's a class, not online.

    Money from iran doesn't matter... he's wiring it to me.. h'es not paying SFU directly.
  • Iran1988
    edited July 2008
    Also if it wer elike that, they'd automatically know based on my first and last name, the way I look, and so on.

    They cant kick a persian out of an intro persian class, he could genuinely not know how to speak the language lol
  • randomuser
    edited July 2008
    well yes they can kick you out at any suspicion you have more than a little proficiency, i dont know why you think its like a court room

    maybe youll get by maybe you wont, all im saying is my friend got questioned and she didnt even have a french accent, nor was she even getting 100%, if you excel in an intro class that specifies you cant have proficiency in the class they may ask you to withdraw for example, accent, or even context of your answers on a test...for example there is a big difference between how someone who isnt french and someone who is words phrases

    i had an intercession class and the teacher kicked three people out who were sick more than twice, for any reason, the school doesnt necessarily have fair rules
  • Iran1988
    edited July 2008
    haha oh shit
  • mcswift
    edited March 2009
    Do not take the Arabic classes, they are total crap. When I took the intro one (Lang 134) a couple of semesters ago, the administration actually had to shut the class down because it was so incredibly poorly run.
  • buflibufli
    edited March 2009
    khoshkeleh

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