Dari : an Elementary Textbook / Rahman Arman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Arman, Rahman, author.

Series:

Central Asian language series ; 5.

Central Asian language series ; 5

Language:

English

Persian

Subjects (All):

Persian language--Dialects--Afghanistan--Grammar.

Persian language.

Dari language--Textbooks for foreign speakers--English.

Dari language.

Persian language--Dialects.

Grammar.

Afghanistan.

Genre:

Textbooks -- for foreign speakers.

Textbooks.

Physical Description:

xvii, 685 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm 1 CD-ROM (color, sound ; 4 3/4 in.)

4 3/4 in.

polychrome

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, [2014]

System Details:

System requirements for accompanying CD-ROM: Intel Pentium III 1.26 GHz or faster; 512 MB RAM; CD drive; speakers or headphones.

digital

optical

text file

Summary:

This textbook offers a thematically-organized approach to the Dari language for beginning students. The book emphasizes task-oriented, communicative activities that develop the four language skills (speaking, listening, reading, and writing). It introduces learners to both colloquial and standard forms. The topics discussed are of importance to language learners as well as to business people and government officials. The textbook prepares learners to perform at level 1+ or 2 on the ILR scale and at the novice high/intermediate low level on the ACTFL scale. Dari belongs to the Iranian group of Indo-European languages. Along with Farsi and Tajiki, it is one of the three main Persian dialects. Dari is the most-used language in Afghanistan; all official documents are written in the language. It is, with Pashto, one of the two official languages of the country. Dari has more than 40 million speakers worldwide. Large communities of native speakers reside in Iran and Tajikistan and throughout Central and South Asia.

Accompanying CD-ROM contains ... "authentic materials, including audio and videos recorded in Afghanistan, to help learners perform tasks and functions in both colloquial and standard forms."--P. [4] of cover.

Contents:

Chapter 1. An introduction to Dari

Lesson 1 : what is your name?

Lesson 2 : where are you from?

Lesson 3 : who is he/she?

Chapter 2. What is your phone number?

Lesson 1 : let's count in Dari

Lesson 2 : what's your phone number?

Lesson 3 : who is this woman?

Chapter 3. Greetings and introductions

Lesson 1 : greetings

Lesson 2 : introducing yourself and others

Lesson 3 : where do you live?

Chapter 4. In the classroom

Lesson 1 : what is in our classroom?

Lesson 2 : where is my book?

Lesson 3 : what do we do in the classroom?

Chapter 5. What do you do everyday?

Lesson 1 : what time is it?

Lesson 2 : what time do you wake up?

Lesson 3 : what do you do on weekends?

Chapter 6. My family

Lesson 1: I am the oldest child in my family

Lesson 2 : my cousin is taller than me

Lesson 3 : I am married

Chapter 7. My residence

Lesson 1 : I live in an apartment

Lesson 2 : Kabul University campus

Lesson 3 : what is your home address?

Chapter 8. At the bazaar

Lesson 1 : I want to buy groceries

Lesson 2 : let's go to the restaurant

Lesson 3 : she has bought a black shirt

Chapter 9. Summer vacations

Lesson 1 : how is the weather?

Lesson 2 : booking a ticket for summer vacation

Lesson 3 : reserving a room at a hotel

Chapter 10. During my break

Lesson 1 : yesterday, I arrived at my hotel

Lesson 2 : I got sick on the third day of my vacation

Lesson 3 : tomorrow, we will go back to Kabul

Appendices

Appendix A : answer key

Appendix B : transcripts

Appendix C : Dari phrases

Appendix D : Persian phrases

Appendix E : Dari-English glossary

Appendix F : English-Dari glossary.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781626161092

1626161097

OCLC:

880237746