Your Instructor & The Program Creator- Farzaneh Kordbacheh

• Born and raised in Tehran, Iran. I began my journey in language education at Azad University before moving to the United States.

Over  19  years of specialized Persian instruction for adult learners, spanning from Farsi tutoring to professional roles in government institutions and academia.

• Instructor at leading institutions in the US, including Chi-Chack, ICA Language Services in Arlington, Virginia, Diplomactic Language Services in Elkridge, MD.

• Assistant Professor at the Defense Language Institute (DLI) in Monterey, California—one of the premier high-stakes language schools in the world.

• Instructor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee,Taught online Persian courses.

•  Founder of LingoCul and  Persian language Curriculum Developer &  the Instructor

• Hold a postgraduate degree in International Affairs, which has significantly enhanced my ability to develop intermediate and advanced-level Persian courses.  

• ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) Certification, (2017) 

https://www.actfl.org/assessments/postsecondary-assessments/opi 

• Curriculum Development  (Standards-based curriculum design, backward design, and second language acquisition) 

• STARTALK Curriculum Design Program – George Washington University 

Advanced training in standards-based curriculum design, and second language acquisition.

• Certificate of Instruction Certification Course (ICC) from DLI 

Trained to conduct productive and interactive student-centered classrooms. 

• Instruction Recertificate  Course Training (IRC) from DLI 

Trained to conduct productive and interactive student-centered classrooms. 

• Interagency Language Roundtable (ILR) Training from DLI 

Specialized training in proficiency levels, authentic materials, and skill-based assessment. 

• Diagnostic Assessment (DA) Training from DLI 

Focused on identifying learning gaps and designing targeted instructional strategies.

  During my professional training and the development of my curriculum, I gained valuable insights from leading experts in Second Language Acquisition, notably:

• Dr. Nicole Mills – Curriculum Development Specialist and Director of the Language Program at Harvard University (Standards-based curriculum design, backward design, and second language acquisition)

• Dr. Laura Franklin – Editor, World Languages at MERLOT (Technology-enhanced language instruction and multimedia integration)

•  Ms. Young – ESL and Second Language Instructor (Second language pedagogy, learner-centered instruction, and classroom practice). 

These experiences collectively shaped a structured, student-centered curriculum grounded in research. This foundation led me to design LingoCul Persian language program specifically created to help students master common spoken Persian and read with confidence—all without feeling overwhelmed.