Tools for Teaching Persian in a Virtual Environment: From Design to Implementation

Increasing development of innovative technologies has changed the methods and possibilities of learning a language. The use, as well as development, of virtual educational systems is increasing. This is while, in teaching Persian as a foreign language, factors such as the expanding number of assorted candidates, high volumes of demands for learning Persian, inadequate resources, and the difficulties in conducting regular courses for all candidates, have multiplied the need of introducing virtual courses. Such inevitabilities led to the proposal of a project fordesigning and implementing a basic virtual Persian language course at Imam Khomeini International University. Needs analysis and feasibility studies for selecting a suitable system of conducting virtual courses have made it clear that in order to offer suitable syllabi for instruction of Persian, new tools related to the type of teaching contents have to be created. This article deals with the technical analysis of designing and implementing suitable tools for conducting virtual courses in Persian language through which a successful module for conducting Persian courses may be designed and developed.