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The Routledge Introductory Persian Course: Farsi Shirin Ast, Second Edition, is an innovative course designed for students who are new to the language.

Focusing on grammatical and communicative competence, the course contains 15 lessons combining dialogues and texts with grammar explanations, exercises and audio materials to guide and support the student through the key skills of reading, writing, speaking and listening.

Key features include:

  • Lively, content-based materials the language is taught and practiced through a variety of dialogues and texts on the culture, history, and traditions of Iran

  • Complete vocabulary lists each vocabulary entry contains the English meaning, the part of the speech in Persian, as well as a sample sentence in Persian

  • Colloquial situational dialogues students are introduced to spoken Persian from the outset

  • Carefully controlled exercises new grammatical poi

    Table of Contents

    Introduction.

    Lesson 1 The Persian Alphabet

    Lesson 2 Introduce yourself. Where are you from?

    Lesson 3 Is Iran or Canada larger?

    Lesson 4 How many provinces does Iran have?

    Lesson 5 What do you know about Noruz?

    Lesson 6 What day is the weekend in Iran?

    Lesson 7 What is your favourite sport?

    Lesson 8 Do you haggle?

    Lesson 9 What do you believe in?

    Lesson 10 Are women and men equal?

    Lesson 11 Where is Persepolis?

    Lesson 12 Is pop music better or traditional music?

    Lesson 13 What kind of university is your university?

    Lesson 14 Are you single or married?

    Lesson 15 Why do you stand on ceremony?

    Persian-English Glossary

    English-Persian glossary

The Routledge Introductory Persian Course

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      Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 14/11/2019
      ISBN13: 9781138496798, 978-1138496798
      ISBN10: 1138496790
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      The Routledge Introductory Persian Course: Farsi Shirin Ast, Second Edition, is an innovative course designed for students who are new to the language.

      Focusing on grammatical and communicative competence, the course contains 15 lessons combining dialogues and texts with grammar explanations, exercises and audio materials to guide and support the student through the key skills of reading, writing, speaking and listening.

      Key features include:

      • Lively, content-based materials the language is taught and practiced through a variety of dialogues and texts on the culture, history, and traditions of Iran

      • Complete vocabulary lists each vocabulary entry contains the English meaning, the part of the speech in Persian, as well as a sample sentence in Persian

      • Colloquial situational dialogues students are introduced to spoken Persian from the outset

      • Carefully controlled exercises new grammatical poi

        Table of Contents

        Introduction.

        Lesson 1 The Persian Alphabet

        Lesson 2 Introduce yourself. Where are you from?

        Lesson 3 Is Iran or Canada larger?

        Lesson 4 How many provinces does Iran have?

        Lesson 5 What do you know about Noruz?

        Lesson 6 What day is the weekend in Iran?

        Lesson 7 What is your favourite sport?

        Lesson 8 Do you haggle?

        Lesson 9 What do you believe in?

        Lesson 10 Are women and men equal?

        Lesson 11 Where is Persepolis?

        Lesson 12 Is pop music better or traditional music?

        Lesson 13 What kind of university is your university?

        Lesson 14 Are you single or married?

        Lesson 15 Why do you stand on ceremony?

        Persian-English Glossary

        English-Persian glossary

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