{"product_id":"introductory-persian-course-9780415561013","title":"Introductory Persian Course","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Routledge Introductory Persian Course: Farsi Shirin Ast is an innovative Persian language course designed both for undergraduate and postgraduate students who are new to the language. Focusing both on grammatical and communicative competence  the course contains 15 lessons combining authentic 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: 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 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 on the companion website glossaries  comprehensive Persian to English and English to Persian glossaries.  The Routledge Introductory Persian Course: Farsi Shirin Ast provides everything that students and instructors need for an engaging and effective learning environment. Pouneh Shabani Jadidi is Head of the Persian Language Program and Faculty Lecturer in Persian at the Institute of Islamic Studies  McGill University  Montreal  Canada. Dominic Parviz Brookshaw is Lecturer in Persian Studies and Iranian Literature at the University of Manchester  UK.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67920883220533,"sku":"ByrdShop_0415561019","price":250.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780415561013.jpg?v=1794063712","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/introductory-persian-course-9780415561013","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}