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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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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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

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Index of grammatical terms