Systematic Guide to Reading and Writing Persian Language

Description

Systematic Guide to Reading and Writing Persian Language by Mitra Ara is the leading textbook for teaching and learning how to read and write standard New Persian. Drawing on lessons designed for the classroom, it sheds light on historical developments and provides step-by-step instruction that empowers students to master the basics.

Key coverage:

Historical background
Development of scripts leading to New Persian style
Letters, vowels, and signs
Naskh letter formation
Cursive writing and reading practice
Days of the week, seasons, months
Cardinal numbers
Transformation of Naskh to Nasta‘liq style

“In recent years, several scholar-teachers, including Dr. Mitra Ara, have taken important strides in refining the specialized field of language pedagogy, helping students achieve proficiency in the Persian language. In this volume, Dr. Ara caps those efforts by including the art of writing in Persian and elucidating its particularities. Based on pedagogical grounds, her approach provides copious practice for students and assists instructors in systematically teaching stylistic transformations of the script. The book is well-thought-out, well-organized, and well executed, making it a crucial tool to all present and future instructors and students of the art and practice of Persian writing.”

— Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak, Professor of Persian Studies
School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, University of Maryland