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Hi! I'm a public school teacher with a Grade Five (age 10) student who speaks Farsi (she's from Iran) and minimal English. She is just starting to learn her alphabet letters and sounds. She is in my class of 25 students and I have no other Farsi-speakers in the school, and no ESL support. So.... can anyone help me out by suggesting:

- on-line language instruction resources (e.g. Farsi/English dual texts)
- sources where I might buy a Farsi-English dictionary or other dual texts that would be fairly inexpensive as it would be out-of-pocket
- websites with games/interactive lessons appropriate for a child this age, who can't read any English yet
- other ideas

Any help or tips would be appreciated! I can find a lot of web info for ESL teachers of older students, but not much for kids! And hardly anything about Farsi!

Thank you so much in advance,
Sarah

I have a few on-line games as vocabulary builders that I use for my EFL students to review vocab they learn in class. Please check it out and see if they are something you think your student might be interested in.

www.marks-english-school.com/games.html

I only have 2 posted on that page but I have a lot more. I don't charge for anything, so for the low budget teacher they might be just what you need. If you think that those type of games are good for your student send me an email and I'm sure I can help.

Mark
www.mes-english.com

Hi! As I know many students who speak Farsi use ECTACO English <-> Persian(Farsi) electronic dictionary to study English.
This model has the English speech synthesis and includes extensive English grammar references:
http://www.ectaco.com/Partner-EFa400T/