Complete Modern Persian Beginner to Intermediate Course: Audio eBook

by Narguess Farzad

Do you want to be able to listen to, speak, read and write Modern Persian (Farsi) confidently? Do you want the convenience of being able to learn at home or on the move? Whether you are starting from scratch, or are just out of practice, Teach Yourself Complete Modern Persian (Farsi) – Touch & Listen will guarantee success!
 


Touch & Listen ebooks are a groundbreaking new approach to language learning that include recordings of pronunciation and conversations within the pages of the books themselves – right where you need them.
 


In the past you used to have to juggle separate books and CDs/MP3s to master listening, speaking, reading and writing. Not anymore. Thanks to the latest enhanced ebook technology, you can learn and practise all four language skills plus grammar and vocabulary from a single ebook that you can read and listen to on your tablet device or smartphone. First, touch the on-screen play buttons and listen to native speakers conversing on scores of current topics. Then rewind. Or pause. Whatever you need to do to make sure you’ve fully understood what you have just listened to. When you are ready, complete the activities with the convenient notes feature. You are in control. It’s that simple.
 


STRUCTURE  The course is structured in thematic units based on real-life situations and with an emphasis on communication, so that you effortlessly progress from introducing yourself and dealing with everyday situations, to using the phone and talking about work.
 


NOT MUCH TIME?  Get started with a 1-minute introduction to the key principles of the language.
 


GRAMMAR  Follow easy-to-manage steps to give you a clear understanding of the language.
 


VOCABULARY  Use clearly marked lists to make it easy to find and review the most useful vocabulary.
 


DIALOGUES  Touch & Listen to everyday dialogues to help you speak and understand fast.
 


PRONUNCIATION  Don't sound like a tourist! Perfect your pronunciation before you travel.
 


INSIGHTS  Look out for lots of instant help with common problems and quick tips for success, based on the author’s many years of teaching experience.
 


FEATURES  Make full use of the wealth of convenient ebook features, including highlighting, making notes and a built-in dictionary.
 


PROGRESS  Rise to Level B1 of the Common European Framework for Languages: Can deal with most situations likely to arise whilst travelling in an area where the language is spoken. Can describe experiences and events, dreams, hopes and ambitions.
 


TEST YOURSELF Use the unit tests to keep track of your progress.
 


Teach Yourself Complete Modern Persian (Farsi)

Enjoy the familiarity of a book with the convenience of Touch & Listen technology at home or on the move, and let Teach Yourself and its highly experienced authors guide you every step of the way.

Genres: Language, Reference, Iran, Nonfiction

336 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 28, 2002

Reviews

[Aaron Broadwell · Rating 3 out of 5]

You can learn some Farsi from this book, but I cannot recommend it very highly. I think it is a bad mistake for a textbook to have something like a chapter on adverbs, to introduce thirty in that chapter, then move on.

Also it seems very questionable to me to delay introducing any systematic discussion of any verb other than 'be' to the second half of the book.

There are various glitches with the exercises as well; it is really essential that if you are asked to translate back and forth than every English word in an example be present in the vocabulary (grammatical words excepted, of course...) Ditto for the Persian.

I think it is also a serious error to delay discussion of the actual colloquial pronunciations of various Persian words to an appendix at the end. The spelling and pronunciation of Persian diverge at points, and it seems to me that it would be much more sensible to discuss this every time an affected vocabulary item/morpheme appears.

[Mirella Ducasteele · Rating 3 out of 5]

Eigenlijk een zeer goed leerboek. Het krijgt geen hoger cijfer omdat het bedoeld is om vanaf nul te starten, maar ik vrees dat dit niet zou gelukt zijn. Ik heb de indruk dat het zeer volledig is. Tweede recensie na het uittesten van mijn kennis in Iran ...

[Tahira Tahira]

Amazing & very helpful book for Persian lovers
really a great effort for beginners

[Christina · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was lacking in so many ways! I will stick to Assimil and Colloquial from now on.

[Y. Cimen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not useful for learning grammar and colloquial Persian but if you want to dabble in Persian and learn some historical stuff about the culture and language, then buying this book might be a good idea, which is why I bought this book. But other than that, it's lacking in many ways.

[Agustinus Wibowo · Rating 2 out of 5]

the grammar variations explained in this book is not enough, imho. after finishing the last chapter only simple grammar notes were explained, when all other essential things r rushed at the appendix. the book is too easy, and in fact not many new things are learned, so it becomes less effective as a 'teach yourself' book.

[Vf · Rating 2 out of 5]

Makes the grammar look a lot more complicated than it actually is!

[Rat de bibliothèque · Rating 2 out of 5]

Too fast paced for a beginner

[Chris]

English is too hard.

[Amy]

I got this because I want to be able to read the script. I've just started. Thus far I've learned that ab means water and there are no capital letters in Persian.

[J · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the better books I’ve read on learning Farsi.