Colloquial Persian: The Complete Course for Beginners » (Subsequent)

Colloquial Persian is easy to use and completely clear.
Specially written by experienced teachers for self-study or class use, this course offers you a step-by-step approach to written and spoken Persian. No prior knowledge of the language is required.

What makes Colloquial Persian your best choice in personal language learning?
•interactive - lots of dialogues and exercises for regular practice
•clear - concise grammar notes
•practical - useful vocabulary and pronunciation guide
•complete - including answer key and special reference section

By the end of this rewarding course you will be able to communicate confidently and effectively in a broad range of situations.

Accompanying audio material is available to purchase separately on CD/MP3 format, or comes included in the great value Colloquials Pack.

Part One: Communicating in Persian

1. Greetings

2. Enquiring about Health

3. Where are you from?

4. Where's your home?

5. Arriving in Tehran

6. In Iran

7. Street Talk

8. Are you hungry?

9. Emergency Situations

10. Home

11. Going out

12. Shopping

13. Services

14. Health and Hygiene

15. Relations with other people

16. Business and foreign languages

Part Two: Reading and Writing in Persian

1. Introduction

2. The Alphabet (Including the Consonants)

3. The Vowels

4. Unjoinalble Letters

5. Joinable Letters

6. The Glottal Stop

7. Other Signs Used in the Persian Script

Exercise

Charts 1. The Alphabet: Persian Letters Showing Their Various Shapes in a Word

2. Persian Vowels Showing Their Various Shapes

Reference Grammar

Key to Exercises

Persian-English Glossary

English-Persian Glossary