Overview
Main description
It's easy to teach yourself Persian!
Complete Persian (Modern Persian/Farsi) with Two Audio CDs: A Teach Yourself Guide provides you with a clear and comprehensive approach to modern Persian, or Farsi, so you can progress quickly from the basics to understanding, speaking, and writing Persian with confidence.
Within each of the thematic chapters, important language structures are introduced through life-like dialogues.You'll learn grammar in a gradual manner so you won't be overwhelmed by this tricky subject. Exercises accompany the texts and reinforce learning in listening, speaking, reading, and writing. This program also features current cultural information boxes that reflect recent changes in society.
The accompanying audio CDs include audio exercises--performed by native speakers--that reinforce communicative skills.
Table of contents
Introduction – the Persian alphabet/Talking about yourself/Socialising/Family relationships/Sightseeing/Travel, accommodation/Shopping/Going out, making plans/Talking on the phone/Money matters/Health/Letters: formal and informal/Cultural activities/Sport and leisure/Help!/Review/Key to exercises/Glossary of grammatical terms/Grammar summary/Table of irregular verbs and present stems/Vocabularies/Taking it further/Index
Author comments
Narguess Farzad is a lecturer in Persian at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London.
