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Pashto: An Elementary Textbook, One-year Course Bundle
Pashto, designated a critical language by the US Department of Defense, is one of two official languages of Afghanistan and is also spoken in parts of Pakistan. This specially-priced bundle of Volumes 1 and 2 of An Elementary Textbook is designed to cover a full year of beginning-level language instruction. These textbooks provide learners and instructors with a wide selection of task-oriented, communicative language materials to facilitate the development of language learning. The textbooks feature a functional approach to grammar, an emphasis on integrated skills development, and the use of authentic materials.
Volumes 1 and 2 of An Elementary Textbook each
Topics covered
For Exam copies of the textbook are available free of charge to instructors through the Press website.
Volumes 1 and 2 of An Elementary Textbook each
Topics covered
For Exam copies of the textbook are available free of charge to instructors through the Press website.
726 pages, Paperback
Published October 19, 2011
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March 12, 2023
This is an outstanding two-part book set on the Pashto language. I have done self-study in Tajiki and Uzbek also by the same publisher, Georgetown University Press, and these books are amazing. The lessons are laid out nicely and gradually progress into an intermediate level speaker, reader, writer, and listener in the target language.
The lessons started out with the alphabet, the sounds, dictation exercises, listening and transcriptions, and more. Daily activities, school, family, doctors visits, and much more are taught in these two volumes.
I was stationed at Ramstein Air Base as a Pashto translator during the US withdrawal and subsequent evacuation from August to October 2021. I used the language 10-12 hours a day and I wish I had these as refreshers during that time. Instead I had help from some Afghan friends there and Defense Language Institute (DLI) familiarization kits online to supplement what I had learned years ago.
Pashto is such a beautiful language and such a friendly sounding language. The grammar and syntax are confusing sometimes but add to the mystique of the Pashtun people and their culture and language.
I would HIGHLY encourage anyone interested in learning a foreign language to check with Georgetown University Press languages. The online audio to go with the book (free), the lessons, the cultural notes, and exercises are superior to any other language publication I know.
!ډیره مننه - Thank you very much!
The lessons started out with the alphabet, the sounds, dictation exercises, listening and transcriptions, and more. Daily activities, school, family, doctors visits, and much more are taught in these two volumes.
I was stationed at Ramstein Air Base as a Pashto translator during the US withdrawal and subsequent evacuation from August to October 2021. I used the language 10-12 hours a day and I wish I had these as refreshers during that time. Instead I had help from some Afghan friends there and Defense Language Institute (DLI) familiarization kits online to supplement what I had learned years ago.
Pashto is such a beautiful language and such a friendly sounding language. The grammar and syntax are confusing sometimes but add to the mystique of the Pashtun people and their culture and language.
I would HIGHLY encourage anyone interested in learning a foreign language to check with Georgetown University Press languages. The online audio to go with the book (free), the lessons, the cultural notes, and exercises are superior to any other language publication I know.
!ډیره مننه - Thank you very much!
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