Welcome To Borna Farsi School and Cultural House
Borna Language Programs
Reading
Reading provides students with a knowledge of the
variety of concepts, sentences, grammar, and also advances their vocabulary.
While reading, students face new words that it would not normally used in the daily speaking language.
Knowing these words for students is the key to a more meaningful self expiration in Farsi language as a better understanding of their surroundings.
Our reading classes are offered in three categories:
1- Basic
2-Intermediate
3-Advanced
Before registeration,, we asses students language abilities to determine which level they should be placed in.
Our speaking classes are held as followed:
Number of session: 15
Duration:
Session durration: 2 hours
Age group: ( 6 plus)
Writing
At Borna, we approach writing as an emotional and academic activity because it involves students many senses.
Practicing and learning how to write is extremely beneficial to students. Writing is an intricate activity that requires a level of confidence and critical thinking.
In addition to advancing student's basic linguistic knowledge such as grammar and vocabulary, in our writing class, we highly focus on the improvement of the students stratigic thinking.
Our writing classes are held three categories:
Basic
intermediate
Advance
We asses the students level before the registration to determine which level they can be placed in.
Our speaking classes are held as followed:
Number of session: 15
Duration: Jan 28- May 20
Session durration: 2 hours
Age group: ( 6 plus).
Speaking
The importance of speaking a second language is critical when it comes to communication as the best tool to guarantee a successful future for our children. Speaking as a tool, becomes specifically moe important to us when it comes to Farsi Language since our new generation of Iranian - American children are in an absolut need to communicate with their parents and grandparents those who are not as fluent in English as their children.
Speaking language for our new generation is the only way to create a communicational bridge between the generations and to keep our culture alive by passing it verbally to our children and hoping the process will continue going on.
Our speaking classes are in three categories:
Basic
Intermediate
Advanced
We asses the students level before the registration to determine which level they can be placed in.
Our speaking classes are held as followed:
Number of session: 15
Duration: Jan 28- May 20
Session durration: 2 hours
Age group: (3- 5.5) - ( 6 Plus)
Listening
Listening is important because it provides a great insight that can be very significant to those who have the desire of speaking Farsi as their second language.
The development of the speaking skills would have been impossible without having listening skills. listening skills becomes more essential in some cultures such as Persian culture, which functions as a connected multi generational culture. At Borna, we believe that the listening skill is essentialy an important skills for our students to learn. The reason falls beyond our undrestanding og close bounds these children have with their grandparents whoes main duty is to pass on cultural values to the new generation through their words and stories.
We asses the students level before the registration to determine which level they can be placed in.
Our speaking classes are held as followed:
Number of session: 15
Duration: Jan 28- May 20
Session durration: 2 hours
Age group: (3-5.5) - ( 6 Plus)
Different ways you can Join US.
On-line Classes
Our online program offers variety of language classes, workshops, Arts classes, and cultural studies for children and adults. For children, our online classes are designed to be fun. Advancing our attention to the on-line learning phase of education due to the pendamic, has encouraged us to adopt and employe new teaching methods to make our classes engaging enough to ease the stress of remote- learning. Borna's online classes can be held in group or in private sessions.
We work around your schedule to set a class fate and time. if you are intrested, you can register by clicking on the bottom below. or if you have any concerns and or question feel free to get in touch by emailing us at : info@bornach.com.
Private Tutoring
One on one in classroom
Our private tutoring services, will be offered in person during the schoool hours on Fridays and saturdays. To make sure students are still able to socialize while learning,these private sessions will be held in the comfort of our school. Considering thisi option gives students the opprtunity of advancing their Farsi language skills at their own speed.
There are various reasons that some individual students are interested in private tutoring. These reasons could vary from one student to another student. In our private tutoring session, we offer all of our language services, workshops, Art classes, on Saturdays and Fridays.. The private tutoring will give us a chance to focus our attention more on individual needs. Upon registration and getting a sense of the student's commend of Farsi, we adopt a plan to satisfy that student's unique need so that they can overcome their weaknesses and improve their strength.
However, since we have a good grasp of our student's personalities whom have been with us during the past few years, we have come to realize that private classes are not necessarily beneficial to some students.
Some students have a better learning progress and function better in a group. We recommend those students to choose group learning to satisfy their social and communicational needs. But there are some students that will definitely benefit from private classes, particularly, if they are in the beginning of their second language learning journey. Sometimes a conflict in schedule with the group hours, will demand a need for private tutoring. That's why we suggest to consult with us before choosing a teaching method.
In person-Classes
All of our in- person classes have now resumed to the pre-pandemic schedule. We held our classes on Saturdays as well as Fridays for your conveniances.
All classes take place at Borna school.
For spring this semester, we offer three core
activities.
. 1- Farsi language covering reading, speaking.
writing. and converstation
2- Art classes including various styles of painting.
3- Music classes includimng: DAF- TONBACK-
CITAR-
Please refer to our Arts and woerkshop sections to find out more about courses we offer.
Our teaching Resources
After years of teaching and having direct and practical experience with students who live in the United States of America those who English is their first language, we've learned by experience that the study material that has been designed for students in Iran, does not satisfy the need of our students due to some cultural differences and the disadvantage of not having any social interaction in a Farsi speaking environment.
As a result of this observation, we began conducting an in-depth research on our student's learning process and their responses to different content and study materials we used at the time.
After learning about their urgent need to having a study package that has been specifically designed for them, we started developing our own package or fair to say adopting what was already existed to to a new form that would satisfy our student's need and would help them to better connect with the study material. We are planing to publish our material in a near future after receiving the mandatory permissions.