Type of Work: Book

Author:  Zarghamian, Mehdi.

Title:  A Crash Course in Farsi.

           /Tond Amouz-e Zęban-e Farsi/.

Editor: Mousavi, Mostafa.

Number of Volume(s): One.

Place of Publication: Tehran.

Publisher: Iran Language Institute.

Date of Publication: 2002.

Number of Pages: 79.

Language of Instruction: Persian.

Subjects: Alphabet, Frequent Grammatical Patterns, Words,

                Written and Formal Style, Idiomatic Phrases.

Abstract: Designed to teach spoken Persian in a crash course. In compiling this book, there has been an attempt to teach some of the most frequent grammatical patterns such as different types of adjectives, the imperative and prohibitive mood, adjectival and possessive cases, and common Persian words such as kinship terms, subjective pronouns, as well as some idiomatic phrases in spoken Persian. The language taught in this crash course is standard Persian spoken in Iran. Teaching is carried out through phonetic alphabet. Consists of an introduction plus seventeen lessons; lessons one to fifteen include different sections to teach speaking skills, and grammatical models. Lessons sixteen and seventeen familiarize learners with the formal, written style as well as the Persian script and alphabet.