Dominic Parviz Brookshaw, Pouneh Shabani-Jadidi

The Routledge Intermediate Persian Course

Farsi Shirin Ast, Book Two

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Produktbeschreibung

The Routledge Intermediate Persian Course, second edition, is an intermediate level Persian textbook written specifically for English-speaking university students that incorporates the guidelines of the American Council of Teaching Foreign Languages and those of the Common European Framework of Reference in its tasks and activities.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• 2 ed
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. September 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 174mm x 247mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 460g
• ISBN-13: 9781032319728
• ISBN-10: 1032319720
• Artikelnr.: 67826527

Autorenporträt

Dominic Parviz Brookshaw is Professor of Persian Literature and Iranian Culture at the University of Oxford and Senior Research Fellow in Persian at Wadham College. Brookshaw has been teaching Persian language and literature at the university level for more than two decades. Pouneh Shabani-Jadidi is Instructional Professor of Persian at the Department of Near Easter Languages and Civilizations, the University of Chicago. She teaches Persian language and culture as well as media Persian and Persian literary translation. Prior to that, she was Senior Lecturer of Persian Language and Linguistics at McGill University.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements Introduction Lesson One
Which sport are you interested in?
Reading: football
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Grammar: Arabic broken plural
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Media exercises: general media vocabulary
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Colloquial/written Persian: Zoya Pirzad, "The Acrid Taste of Persimmons"
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Let's know more: compound verbs
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Let's get to know Iran better: script
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Lesson Two
What issues normally cause divorce?
Reading: divorce in Iran's tribal communities
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Grammar: Compound nouns and adjectives
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Media exercises: politics and government
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Colloquial/written Persian: Moniru Ravanipur, "The Long Night"
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Let's know more: Forugh Farrokhzad
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Let's get to know Iran better: wind tower
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Lesson Three
What do you know about Iran's ancient sites?
Reading: Tepe Marlik
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Grammar: Review of tenses (1): Past tense
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Media exercises: elections
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Colloquial/written Persian: Goli Taraghi, "Hibernation"
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Let's know more: morphology
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Let's get to know Iran better: mud brick
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Lesson Four
What are the advantages and disadvantages to life in the capital?
Reading: Tehran
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Grammar: Review of tenses (2): Present tense
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Media exercises: security and conflict
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Colloquial/written Persian: Jalal Al-e Ahmad, "Samanu-cooking"
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Let's know more: Fereydun Moshiri
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Let's get to know Iran better: freeway
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Lesson Five
Which do you prefer; poetry or prose?
Reading: Nizami Ganjavi
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Grammar: Review of tenses (3): Future tense - Imperative
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Media exercises: law and order
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Colloquial/written Persian: Iraj Pezeshkzad, "My Uncle Napolean"
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Let's know more: morpheme types
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Let's get to know Iran better: column
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Lesson Six
What are the pros and cons of traveling by train?
Reading: railways
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Grammar: Tense and person of the verb
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Media exercises: Human Rights
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Colloquial/written Persian: Ahmad Mahmud, "Scorched Earth"
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Let's know more: Sadeq Hedayat
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Let's get to know Iran better: pigeon tower
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Lesson Seven
What do you do to protect the environment?
Reading: Iran's natural geography
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Grammar: Adjectival clause
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Media exercises: economics
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Colloquial/written Persian: Simin Daneshvar, "The Life of the Alley"
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Let's know more: affixes (prefixes and suffixes)
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(
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) Let's get to know Iran better: fire temple
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Lesson Eight
What do commercial centres look like in your country?
Reading: bazaar
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Grammar: Exclamatory sentences
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Media exercises: trade and industry
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Colloquial/written Persian: Sadeq Hedayat, "The Darkroom"
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Let's know more: the folklore of the people of Iran
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Let's get to know Iran better: traditional market
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Lesson Nine
Who many of Iran's provinces do you know?
Reading: Mazandaran
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Grammar: past participle - Passive
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Media exercises: science and technology
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Colloquial/written Persian: Ghazaleh Alizadeh, "The Edrisis' House"
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Let's know more: affixes (inflectional - derivational)
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(
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) Let's get to know Iran better: kilim
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Lesson Ten
What is mourning?
Reading: symbolic coffin
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Grammar: Causative verbs
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Media exercises: energy
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A classical Persian prose text: Tarikh-e Bayhaqi
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Let's know more: sayings
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Let's get to know Iran better: pilgrim
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Lesson Eleven
Who is your favourite poet?
Reading: Ferdowsi's Shahnameh
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Grammar: Impersonal constructions
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Media exercises: the environment
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A classical Persian prose text: the Qabusnama
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Let's know more: inflectional affixes
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Let's get to know Iran better: synagogue
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Lesson Twelve
What are the main charateristics of people's clothing in your country?
Reading: men's and women's clothing in Iran
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Grammar: Present subjuncive
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Media exercises: development and aid
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A classical Persian prose text: the Kimia-ye sa'adat
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Let's know more: Omar Khayyam
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Let's get to know Iran better: potter
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Lesson Thirteen
What day of the year is New Year's Day in Iran?
Reading: the Nowruz table setting
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Grammar: Past subjunctive
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Media exercises: culture
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A classical Persian prose text: the Marzubannameh
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Let's know more: Hafez
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Let's get to know Iran better: Hafez's tomb
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Lesson Fourteen
Can natural disasters be prevented?
Reading: famine in Iran
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Grammar: Adverbial clauses - Conditional sentences
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Media exercises: sport
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A classical Persian prose text: the Maqamat-e Hamidi
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Let's know more: Sa'di
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Let's get to know Iran better: alley
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Lesson Fifteen
What do you know about Islam?
Reading: Islam in Iran
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Grammar: Subject and predicate / Simple and compound sentences
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Media exercises: common media vocabulary
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A classical Persian prose text: Kelileh va Demneh
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Let's know more: compunding
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Let's get to know Iran better: mosque
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Persian-English Glossary
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) English-Persian Glossary
(
) Index of grammatical terms