The Routledge Introductory Persian Course

Farsi Shirin Ast

Pouneh Shabani-Jadidi, Dominic Parviz Brookshaw

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2019
• Print ISBN: 9781138496798, 9781138496781
• eBook ISBN: 9781351020640
• Topic: Languages & Linguistics
• Subtopic: Languages
• Index: Languages & Linguistics

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 points are practiced in a variety of controlled exercises that bridge between students' existing information and the new information
• Audio material – students can develop natural pronunciation by imitating the audio recordings of the vocabulary, dialogues, and texts available freely online
• Glossaries – comprehensive Persian to English and English to Persian glossaries.

The course provides everything that students and instructors need for an engaging and effective learning environment.

Revised and updated, this new edition includes more vocabulary and grammar activities, and clearer learning outcomes.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Introduction
• Lesson 1: The Persian alphabet ﻓﺎرﺳﻰ اﻟﻔﺒﺎى:اول درس
• Lesson 2: Introduce yourself. Where are you from? درس دوم: خودتان را معرفى كنید. كجایى
• Lesson 3: Is Iran or Canada larger? درس سوم: ایران بزر گ تر است یا كانادا؟
• Lesson 4: How many provinces does Iran have? درس چ ھارم: ایران چ ند استان دارد؟
• Lesson 5: What do you know about Noruz? داﻧﯿﺪ؟ ﻣﻰ ﭼﮫ ﻧﻮروز ﻣﻮرد در:ﭘﻨﺠﻢ درس
• Lesson 6: What day is the weekend in Iran? اﺳﺖ؟ روزى ﭼﮫ اﯾﺮان در ھﻔﺘﮫ آﺧﺮ:ﺷﺸﻢ درس
• Lesson 7: What is your favourite sport? ﭼﯿﺴﺖ؟ ﺷﻤﺎ ﻋﻼﻗﮫ ﻣﻮرد ورزش:ھﻔﺘﻢ درس
• Lesson 8: Do you haggle? درس ھشتم: آیا شما چ انھ مى زنید؟
• Lesson 9: What do you believe in? دارﯾﺪ؟ اﻋﺘﻘﺎد ﭼﮫ ﺑﮫ ﺷﻤﺎ:ﻧﮭﻢ درس
• Lesson 10: Are women and men equal? ﺑﺮاﺑﺮﻧﺪ؟ ﻣﺮد و زن آﯾﺎ:دھﻢ درس
• Lesson 11: Where is Persepolis? ﻛﺠﺎﺳﺖ؟ ﺟﻤﺸﯿﺪ ﺗﺨﺖ:ﯾﺎزدھﻢ درس
• Lesson 12: Is pop music better or traditional music? درس دوازدھم: موسیقى پ اپ بھتر است یا سنتى؟
• Lesson 13: What kind of a university is your university? درس سیزدھم: دانش گ اه شما چ ھ نوع دانش گ اھى است؟
• Lesson 14: Are you single or married? ﻣﺘﺄھﻞ؟ ﯾﺎ ھﺴﺘﯿﺪ ﻣﺠﺮد:ﭼﮭﺎردھﻢ درس
• Lesson 15: Why do you stand on ceremony? ﻛﻨﯿﺪ؟ ﻣﻰ ﺗﻌﺎرف آﻧﻘﺪر ﭼﺮا:ﭘﺎﻧﺰدھﻢ درس
• Persian–English glossary
• English–Persian glossary
• Index