Where to Learn Persian Outside Iran
An analysis of learning Persian in Tajikistan (Tajik) or Afghanistan (Dari) – or even at home – as alternatives to studying Persian in Iran, for people who can’t travel there.
Learn languages intensively by living in the country where they’re spoken.
All our resources on learning Arabic, Swahili, Hebrew, Farsi, Chinese, Korean, and other languages we might study in the future. If you like this and want to see more of it, sign up below.
Discover more about your world by living in it. Learn foreign languages through immersive study. Master new skills by going to where they do them best. Go to where you feel uncomfortable, until strangers become your friends and you begin to feel at home.
An analysis of learning Persian in Tajikistan (Tajik) or Afghanistan (Dari) – or even at home – as alternatives to studying Persian in Iran, for people who can’t travel there.
Arabic proverbs for beginning Arabic language learners – simple proverbs to learn in conversation.
A quick overview of the difference between casual French you learn from friends, and the formal French you learn from school and books.
How France and I evolved in the 16 years since we crossed paths — not in the same directions.
Learning Swahili in 60 days – our 60 day recap, plus how we learned Swahili in two months, what resources we used to learn Swahili, and what we’d do differently.
All the animals you see on safari in Tanzania and Kenya, in Swahili. Plus key phrases to talk about safari animals!
Judging another country’s English as not perfect is at best ignorant, and at worst, racist.
The best places to learn and speak Swahili in Kenya and Tanzania – Nairobi, Dar, Zanzibar, and the countryside.
Fun and interesting conversation topics to use with your language partner or teacher when studying any language, or English (ESL). Have fun!
Our guide for learning a language while working full time, spending only an hour a day — how to learn as efficiently as possible.