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Tajiki: An Elementary Textbook, One-year Course Bundle
![]() 688 pp., 8.5 x 11 Paperback (2 CD-ROMs) ISBN: 9781626161764 (1626161763) Media 1 CD-ROMISBN: 9781626161764 () eBook ISBN: 9781647121235 E-Inspection Request E-Inspection June 2009 Sales Rights: World EXPLORE THIS TITLE DescriptionTable of Contents Reviews |
Tajiki: An Elementary Textbook, One-year Course Bundle
Volumes 1 and 2
Nasrullo Khojayori
Tajiki, a variety of modern Persian spoken in Central Asia, is the official language of Tajikistan; most speakers of Tajiki live in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. This specially-priced bundle of Volumes 1 and 2 of Tajiki: An Elementary Textbook covers one year of instruction. Each volume of Tajiki uses the latest pedagogical thinking to teach basic communication skills and linguistic forms in their cultural context. Tested in the classroom, Tajiki enhances students' exposure to the language by providing the only authentic video and audio available in Tajiki.
Topics Covered Volume One (first semester): Greetings, the Tajiki alphabet, the classroom, professions, introductions, nationalities and places of origin, weather, telling time, family, money, food Volume Two (second semester): Sports, cooking and ordering meals, clothing, travel, months, seasons, holidays, body parts, medicine, university life, housing (city and village), regions and religions of Tajikistan Each volume includes -Authentic audio and video materials to accompany the text, available for free on GUPTextbooks.com -An extensive glossary -Maps of the world labeled in Tajiki -Color illustrations and photographs throughout Nasrullo Khojayori is a software developer at Transparent Language, Inc. He received his PhD in 2000 from the Institute of Tajik Language and Literature of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tajikistan. He has taught Tajiki and Persian and has served as lead developer of Tajiki language materials at the Center for Languages of the Central Asian Region at Indiana University.
Reviews
"In visual appeal, realistic language situations, authentic texts, and up-to-date methodology, and with its illustrations and audio and video materials, Tajiki: An Elementary Textbook is the most engaging, rich, and efficient classroom textbook yet for beginning students of Dari, Farsi, and Tajiki dialects of Persian."—Michael C. Hillman, professor of Persian studies, The University of Texas Table of Contents Volume 1 Scope and Sequence Preface, A Note for the Instructor Introduction to Tajiki 1. Tajiki Alphabet 2. Classroom 3. Greetings 4. Acquaintance 5. The Weather 6. Family 7. At the Bazaar Appendix 1: Tajiki-English Glossary Appendix 2: English-Tajiki Glossary Appendix 3: Tajiki Verbs Appendix 4: Maps Volume 2 Scope and Sequence Preface, A Note for the Instructor Introduction to Tajiki 1. Sport 2. Around the Dastarkhon 3. Clothing 4. At the Hospital 5. At the University 6. City and Village Life 7. Welcome to Tajikistan Appendix A: Tajiki-English Glossary Appendix B: English-Tajiki Glossary Appendix C: Tajiki Verbs |