Type of Work: Book

Author: Balaÿ, Christophe & Hosein Esma’ili.
Title:  Manuel de Persan, vol. I: le Persan au Quotidien
           (Persian Manual: Everyday Persian).
Number of Volumes: ?
Publisher: Langues & Mondes L’asiattique.
Place of Publication: Paris.
Date of publication: 1997.
Number of Pages: 334.
Language of Instruction: French.
Comments: Contains 4 CDs; 1st. ed.: 1991
Subjects: Sound Systems, Alphabet, Grammar, Exercises,

                 Glossaries.

Abstract: Comprised of an introduction plus twenty lessons. The lessons begin with teaching Persian sounds and basic words. Includes different parts such as dialogue, grammar, reading texts, and a Persian-French glossary. Teaching Persian orthography begins from lesson seven and gradually Persian alphabet replaces phonetic alphabet. Terminates by exercise key, glossary, and index of grammatical parts, and bibliography. Teaches the Tehrani dialect.