Le Persan

A 816-page book with 86 lessons, 1 mp3 download with 1,653 files and 4 audio CDs lasting 3 hrs. As an Indo-European language, Persian uses the Arabic alphabet and is spoken by 100 million people, mainly in Iran and Afghanistan. This very progressive course guides you step by step from writing to the spoken language, brimming with colourful, poetic expressions. The 86 lessons from the book have also been enhanced with notes on culture, accounts of legends and ancient traditions. Available in this box set on 4 audio CDs and a mp3 download, the recordings include all the texts in Persian for each lesson and the translation exercises from the book. These progressively more challenging texts have been recorded by professional native speakers. Lively, useful dialogue. Carefully-constructed progression. Pronunciation using the recordings