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Persian (Farsi)

Welcome to the Persian language page, featuring books, courses and software for learning Persian! Modern Persian is spoken by more than 30 million people in Iran and 5 million people in Afganistan. In Iran the language is referred to as Farsi; in Afghanistan, Dari. We have assembled the finest Persian language learning products available. If you have any questions please e-mail us at info@101language.com.

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Pimsleur Comprehensive Persian Course This is a state-of-the-art language learning course for spoken Czech. The popular Pimsleur course does not use a book but uses a completely aural approach to language learning, perfect for learning quickly. The course features a proficiency-based system that helps the student learn through listening and speaking practice. 16 CDs. Shipping weight 3 lbs. CD version Retail Price $345 - Our Price $249 (You Save $96) $249   More information for Pimsleur courses...

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Contemporary Spoken Persian Mehdi Marashi, University of California at Berkeley This course in modern spoken Persian offers recordings by native speakers and emphasizes practical everyday language. Lesson units include dialogs, vocabulary, and in some instances, self-tests. Attention is given in special drills to Persian sounds that can cause difficulty for speakers of English. The text is entirely in transcription; Persian script is not introduced. A key to the exercises and self-tests, and an English-Persian glossary are included in the appendix. Course One contains 8 CDs (60 min. each) and a 136 page text; Course Two contains 8 CDs (60 min. each) and a 119 page text. Contemporary Spoken Persian 1 $245   Contemporary Spoken Persian 2 $245

An Introduction to Persian Complete Course Wheeler M. Thackston This book and cassette package is intended to serve as an introduction on the elementary level to the modern Persian language. Each of the 25 lessons is provided with specific exercises and drills for the major grammatical and syntactical points introduced therein. Vocabulary is included at the end of each lesson with the intention of active acquisition; specialized supplementary vocabulary lists are also scattered throughout the book. In Part Two of the grammar, the outstanding differences between modern and classical usage are given; in Part Three the distinguishing features of ordinary colloquial Persian described. A set of nine 60 minute audio cassettes for aid in learning pronunciation come with the package; the voice is that of former Iran radio announcer Parviz Bahador. The author is Wheeler M. Thackston, Professor of the Practice of Persian and other Near East languages at Harvard University, where he has taught Persian and Arabic for over twenty years. "... students, frustrated by not being taught formal structures, long for a grammar book that brings together in one place paradigms and rules for how the language works instead of being faced with endless patterns for oral drill. This is why W.M. Thackston's An Introduction to Persian should be welcomed by students and teachers alike, since it amply fulfills this need." William L. Hanaway, University of Pennsylvania (British Journal of Middle East Studies) $169   More about An Introduction to Persian...

Persian Vocabulary Acquisition
Michael Craig Hillmann
Divided into four parts: (1) European Vocabulary in Persian, (2) Native Persian Word Forms and Word-Formation Techniques, (3) The Arabic Element in Persian, and (4) Texts, this book aims to help intermediate and advanced students of Persian improve their language skills by expanding their vocabulary, the key element in communicative competence in any language. The book reviews prefixes, suffixes, verb and other forms used in compound words, and Arabic root and derived word patterns, and practices vocabulary recognition in the context of authentic texts. Comes with 2 audio CDs. 2002, 308 pages, hardbound.
With 2 audio CDs
$165  

Pimsleur Comprehensive Persian Course This is a state-of-the-art language learning course for spoken Czech. The popular Pimsleur course does not use a book but uses a completely aural approach to language learning, perfect for learning quickly. The course features a proficiency-based system that helps the student learn through listening and speaking practice. 16 CDs. Shipping weight 3 lbs. CD version Retail Price $345 - Our Price $249 (You Save $96) $249   More information for Pimsleur courses...

Pimsleur Bookchip for Comprehensive Persian Bookchips are compact digital memory cards that can hold five, ten, fifteen hours of spoken audio or more. A single Bookchip - not much larger than a postage stamp - can hold entire audiobooks that would traditionally require a half-dozen to a dozen compact discs or cassettes. Bookchips work on many desktop computers, laptops, other handheld PDA devices and mobile Smartphones with SD memory card slots. Bookchips move seamlessly from device to device, remembering your listening position each time. With Bookchips, it's easy to pick up from where you left off the day before, or skip to any chapter you like. Not only do Bookchips hold hours and hours of high-quality digital audio, they are rugged and reliable. Bookchips are completely electronic, and can be played by devices without any spinning or moving parts - which means Bookchips never skip! Bookchips are much easier to travel or exercise with than cassette or compact discs... and lighter, too. The Bookchip contains the Pimsleur Persian Comprehensive course, with 30 lessons, normally on 16 CDs. $199   More about Pimsleur Bookchips...

iofy Audio Player The iofy Player is back and better than ever. With new enhanced features it delivers the same reliable performance of the original in a sleek new design. Easy to use, the iofy Player is designed specifically for audiobook chips, such as the Pimsleur Bookchip. This intelligent device is the only audiobook chip player on the market today that automatically bookmarks your listening position! Unlike cassettes or CDs, just one audiobook chip can hold 5, 10, 15 hours or more of reading material, and plays without spinning parts that might break or cause skipping when you're on the go. With an iofy player, you can "zip" downloaded audiobooks to chips and listen to them anywhere - while you're driving, exercising, or just relaxing. Alternatively, you can buy premade chips, or you can put your own music or other MP3 content on a chip and listen to that as well. The iofy player comes with Earphones and two AAA batteries. With a 16GB SD Memory Card (not included), it holds up to 2400 hours of spoken audio, or 3840 songs in 128-Kbps MP3 format. Supports Content on SD card, MMC-ROM, MMC Flash, Mini-SD, and Micro-SD (requires adaptor). Skip-free playback; Frequency response: 20Hz to 20,000Hz; MP3 (8 to 192 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Speex; One step MP3-CD to chip conversion; CEA 2003 compliant; MPV compliant. $49   More about the iofy Audio Player...

Colloquial Persian Leila Moshiri The country is Iran, its people are Iranians, but the language is Persian, also known as Farsi. It is an Indo-European language and as such it is related to the languages of Western Europe. It is also spoken by around 5 million people in Afghanistan, where it is known as Dari. Colloquial Persian features dialogues of everyday encounters and situations, exercises for regular practice, a pronunciation guide, clear, concise grammar notes, lists of useful vocabulary, a two-way glossary section of key words and phrases, audio material to enhance pronunciation and listening skills, and an author introduction to the course. Two CDs and a book are included. $79.95   More about Colloquial Language...

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