Modern Persian, Elementary Level

Iago Gocheleishvili

Description

An integrated, straightforward and culturally engaging course designed for achieving functional proficiency in spoken and written Persian in two semesters

Modern Persian, Elementary Level is an innovative Persian language textbook. It is intended for university-level learners and features material for two consecutive semesters of elementary Persian. The textbook implements the most recent trends in language instruction including the basic tenets of flipped learning and communicative language teaching methodology with a student-centric approach to language instruction. Strengthened by its contemporary real-world topics; high-frequency structures and vocabulary; thematic presentation of material; a plethora of engaging speaking activities in each chapter; designated listening, reading and writing sections; and integration of cultural material, this textbook is a straightforward and culturally engaging way to acquire functional proficiency in spoken and written Persian. Complete with a companion website with over 200 audio and video presentations, an answer key, a searchable audio dictionary and a special appendix for instructors that features classroom activity materials for the entire year, this textbook is an innovative and modern language-learning resource. The textbook also comes in an E-book format to make language learning accessible on the go, wherever you are. The companion website for the book can be accessed here: https://sites.google.com/a/anthempress.com/modern-persian/

List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction to the Persian Language; About the Textbook; To the Student; To the Instructor; Credits for images and illustrations featured in the book; 1. Greetings and Introductions; 2. My Family; 3. Occupation and Profession; 4. Daily Activities; 5. My University; 6. Home and House; 7. My Home Town and Country; 8. Shopping; 9. Review; 10. Weather; 11. Personality Traits; 12. Traveling in Iran; Appendix A Understanding Persian Verbs: Why Do “They All Appear Alike”?; Appendix B High Frequency Base Verbs in Present, Past and Subjunctive Forms; Appendix C High Frequency Composite Verbs in Present Tense, Past Tense, and Subjunctive; Appendix D Simple Guide to Useful Verb Categories in Persian (with Examples); Appendix E A Quick Guide to Differences Between Spelling and Pronunciation in Persian; Appendix F Grammarian’s Corner; Appendix G Answer Key; Appendix H Instructor’s Resources; Dictionary.

Sujets

• Lettres et linguistique
• Persian

Informations

• Publié par: Anthem Press
• Date de parution: 05 juin 2020
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781785275098
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 8 Mo

Extrait

MODERN PERSIAN, ELEMENTARY LEVEL
MODERN PERSIAN, ELEMENTARY LEVEL
Like a Nightingale
Iago Gocheleishvili
Anthem Press
An imprint of Wimbledon Publishing Company
www.anthempress.com
This edition first published in UK and USA 2020
by ANTHEM PRESS
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Copyright © Iago Gocheleishvili 2020
The author asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work.
All rights reserved. Without limiting the rights under copyright reserved above, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise), without the prior written permission of both the copyright owner and the above publisher of this book.
British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Library of Congress Control Number: 2019949289
ISBN-13: 978-1-78527-513-5 (Hbk)
ISBN-10: 1-78527-513-5 (Hbk)
ISBN-13: 978-1-78527-106-9 (Pbk)
ISBN-10: 1-78527-106-7 (Pbk)
This title is also available as an e-book.
CONTENTS

Acknowledgements
Introduction to the Persian Language Spoken in Iran
About the Textbook
To the Student
To the Instructor
Image Credits

1 Hello!

Function Greeting and introducing yourself and others, saying where you are from and where you live, describing how you are feeling, saying where and what you study, counting (0–10), saying your phone number, talking about the days of the week, using nouns with numbers. Key verbs: to be, to have, to study, to work, to live, to read
Alphabet. Differences between spelling and pronunciation in Persian. Writing your name in Persian
Vocabulary Pronouns, greetings and introduction
What do you do? I am a student. Verbs to be, to study
Where are you from? How many siblings do you have? Counting (0–5). Verbs: to have , to live
What is your major? Verb to work
What is your phone number? Counting (0–10)
Days of the week
Letters ذ د ژ ز ر و آ ,
گ ک ن ث ت پ ب
ق ف ل ض ص ش س
ی ه م ظ ط
Initial vowels ã, ee, oo
غ ع خ ح چ ج
Vowel signs
Spelling vs Pronunciation Verb ending eh in the he/she/it form
Verb است
Letter pairs ان and ام
Transliteration Guide Alphabet
Sound mates
Chameleon letters
Compare the sounds ( a to ã , j to zh , k to kh , q to kh )
Listening Parsa introduces himself and his family
Culture Iranian culture and Islamic conventions of greeting and introductions between individuals of different sexes, age groups and social status
Poem by Persian poet Baba Koohee
Persian tongue twisters

2 My Family

Function Describing your immediate and extended family
Asking and telling age. Saying dates. Counting (10–100). Asking common questions. Key verbs: to be related, to be … years of age
Vocabulary Extended family
Numbers (10–100)
High frequency question words
Structures Word order. High frequency question words
Listening Ashkan’s family
Translation Parsa’s family

3 Occupation and Profession

Function Talking about what you do and what you study, asking and telling time, talking about your schedule, how to describe objects. Key verbs: to start, to end, to last, to like, to dislike
Vocabulary Work and professions
Asking and telling time
Structures Connecting the word to its modifiers. The connector glide eh/yeh (the Ezafeh )
Listening I have to run to class!
Reading A letter from Roya, your new pen pal in Iran
Translation My good friend, Keyvan
Writing Your response to Roya

4 My Daily Activities

Function Taking about recurrent events. Describing events in near future. Communicating the information acquired from a third person. Expressing your opinion. Explaining a cause of events, Key verbs: to come, to go, to think, to say
Vocabulary Parts of the body, temporal adverbs
Prepositions
Verbs of daily activities
Structures Present tense conjugation. Future tense
How to build sentences with multiple clauses using the words that, which, because. Adverbs of time. Common prepositions
Listening I am so busy this semester!
Reading Kamran’s daily routine
Translation Daily routine of a college student
Writing Your typical day at college

5 My University

Function Talking about your academic schedule and life at university, describing the order of events, counting (hundreds, thousands), describing your origin, saying on what date and where you were born, Persian names of the months. Key verbs: to learn, to study, to teach, to be born, to need
Vocabulary University and classes, college life, stationery
Numbers (hundreds, thousands, million)
Names of the months
Structures Stressed ending ee . Ordinal numbers
Listening My schedule for next semester
Reading Your pen pal Roya writes to you about her university in Iran
Translation University of Shiraz
Writing Your response to your pen pal Roya
Culture Difference between work days and days off in Iran and United States. Iranian currency. Famous Iranian Americans
University of Shiraz, most American of Iranian universities

6 My House and Home

Function Describing possession. Describing the layout of your house, the rooms and furniture. Describing the location of objects in relation to other objects
Vocabulary House, rooms, furniture
Words of location
Structures Possessive endings
Listening Marjee describes her room
Reading Our house in Lahijan
Translation My parents’ house in New York
Writing Your parents’ house
Culture Lahijan, the Tea City of Iran

7 My Hometown and Country

Function Describing the landscape and basic geographical features of your country. Talking about your hometown. Key verbs: to be located/situated, to border, to be similar, to differ
Vocabulary Town and country, landscape, cityscape
Directions
Structures Plural (stressed ending ã )
Listening Neeloo talks about her home country
Reading Letter from your pen pal Roya about her hometown Tehran
Translation New York City
Writing Your letter to Roya about your hometown
Culture Map of Iran. Tehran, the most populous metropolis in West Asia

8 Shopping

Function Inquiring about price and cost. Describing your outfit. Talking about colors. How to make requests and suggestions, how to express wishes and intentions. Talking about possibilities. Key verbs: to buy, to pay, to wear, must, have to, want to, to be able to, to need
Vocabulary Colors
Clothes, shopping
Structures Subjunctive, Imperative. Prepositional phrases (in order to, before/after...)
Listening Keyvan is shopping for a new suit
Reading Persian Gulf shopping mall in Shiraz
Translation I have to go to the mall. Can you come with me?
Writing Your typical outfits to wear to classes
Culture Dress code in Iran. Humorous anecdotes about Molla Nasreddin

9 Review

Function Relating past events. Formulating question sentences and responses with the word because , using prepositional phrases with past tense. Key verbs: to be born, to grow up, to go to school, to move, to meet, to get married, to start to
Structures Simple Past tense
Listening It was a busy day!
Reading Who is Anoushe Ansari?
Translation This past weekend
Writing Your autobiography
Culture Anoushe Ansari, Iranian American space explorer

10 Weather

Function How to compare things. Describing what you like more than other things. Understanding the weather forecast. Key verbs: to shine, to rain, to snow, to blow, to be cold, to be warm
Vocabulary Weather
Structures Comparative and superlative forms of adjectives
Listening What’s the best time of the year to visit Tehran?
Reading Tehran during the four seasons
Translation Climate in Manjil, the city of wind turbines
Writing Weather in your hometown
Culture Manjil, the city of olive groves, cypress trees and wind farms. Persian proverbs. Humorous anecdotes about Molla Nasreddin

11 Personality Traits

Function Talking about personality traits. Describing people’s appearances
Vocabulary Personality traits
Appearance
Structures High frequency verbs to do and to become as compound verb builders, Specific Direct Object Marker o/ro
Listening I look a lot like my dad
Reading Do you love me?
Translation Anecdote about Molla Nasreddin
Writing Your best friend
Culture Humorous anecdotes of Molla Nasreddin

12 Traveling in Iran, the Taãrof

Function Going through customs at the airport, taking a cab, checking in at the hotel, buying a bus ticket, asking for directions. Basics of the Persian social etiquette, the ta&