Reading Iran, reading Iranians: An intermediate/advanced Persian textbook

by Michael Craig Hillmann

Reading Iran Reading Iranians aims primarily to help improve reading proficiency in Persian. Completion of the book can lead to the ability to read Persian prose writing with adequate speed on general topics with the aid of dictionaries (which is the focus of several lessons). Persian learners can also come away from the book with tools needed to proceed on their own in maintaining and improving reading skills. Reading Iran Reading Iranians consists of thirty-eight self-contained lesson modules arranged in order of increasing difficulty

442 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1999

About the author

Michael Craig Hillmann, Ph.D., (born May 5, 1940) is professor of Persian Studies at the University of Texas at Austin and President of Persepolis Institute, Inc. He has published widely on Persian language and literature and specializes in lyric Persian verse, Persian prose fiction from the 1920s through the 1970s, and literary autobiography. Since the late 1990s, he has focused on Persian instructional materials development, resulting in, among other things, a new Persian language learning syllabus in four volumes called "Persian for America(ns)."