Learn to Speak Persian
Learn Persian with a Talk Now! Persian Language CD-ROM from £19.99 with Free P&P.
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Origins of the Persian Language
Farsi is a member of the Iranian group of the Indo-Iranian languages, a subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages. It is the language of Persia, now Iran.
How many people speak the Persian language?
There are around 46 million native speakers of Farsi. It is the most widely spoken of the Iranian branch of languages.
Persian-speaking Countries
Farsi is the official language of Iran, it has about 38 million speakers in Iran and another 8 million in Afghanistan. A variety of Persian called Tajik is spoken in the Tajikistan, but there it is written in the Cyrillic alphabet. It is also spoken in the United Arab Emirates and by Iranians in the USA.
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Talk Now Persian CD-ROM Details
This is an excitingly different language learning series. Talk Now! uses games and quizzes as a basis for making the learning process fun, easy and relaxing. There is no better way to teach an old dog new tricks and this fun element of the program means that your fears are forgotten as you absorb words and phrases without even realising you are learning them.
Talk Now! is the world's best selling language learning CD-ROM series for beginners, used by more than three million people to date. It's ideal for travellers, holidaymakers, business people, schoolchildren, students and families.
Anyone over 10 years of age will find the disc indispensable for improving listening, understanding and spoken language skills. There are nine topics: first words, food, colours, phrases, parts of the body, numbers, time, shopping and countries.
The games and quizzes included on the disc ensure that users have fun whilst using the disc, without realising that they're learning. The "intelligent" software feature remembers words you get wrong and targets your weak points.
NOW includes Apple iPod integration, which allows you to listen to Talk Now Persian wherever you are!
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Talk Now! is the world's best selling language learning CD-ROM series for beginners, used by more than eight million people to date. It's ideal for travellers, holiday makers, business people, school children, students and families. Anyone beginning to learn will find the disc indispensable. Updated version now with iPod music player integration, listen to Talk Now Persian wherever you are.
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Persian Music and Dance
Classical music in Iran has a long history, stretching back to the music of medieval Persia, and a rich solo performance tradition. Under the religious and social provisions of Islam, Persian art music was relegated to private enjoyment. This seclusion has actually led to the preservation of this music in its original form for a long period of time.
The vocal style of classical Iranian music is distinctive from other Near-Eastern Islamic cultures. Vocal compositions are sung in a fixed melodic mode, but in a rhythm that is neither fixed nor free. A traditional Persian instrument is the santour, a hammered dulcimer played with wooden mallets.
Persian Food and Drink
Persian cuisine is steadily becoming recognised and enjoyed in the Western world. It is heavily based on rice, bread, fresh vegetables, herbs and fruit. Meat, usually lamb or mutton minced or cut into small chunks, is used to add flavour but is rarely the dominant ingredient, except in kebabs.
Strong, black and hot tea or 'chai' is the Persian drink of choice. Fresh fruit juices, milkshakes and yoghurt drinks are also popular among Irananians. In Iran itself, alcohol is forbidden to Islamic Iranians, except for religious purposes.
Persian Attractions
Tehran: Iran's capital city is a hectic metropolis known for its congestion and crowds. Tehran's main attractions are its museums, which house a wealth of Persian artefacts. These include the National Museum of Iran with its collection of ceramics, stone figures and carvings dating from around the 5th millenium BC. The Glass & Ceramics Museum is one of the most impressive in Tehran. The Reza Abbasis Museum contains examples of Islamic painting, pottery and jewellery, and the National Palace (White) Museum used to be the last Shah's palace and is now a complex of museums.
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Learn to speak Persian the quick and easy way with a EuroTalk CD-ROM from just £19.99
- EuroTalk language learning discs aim to help you understand and speak a new language quickly and easily.
- By hearing and practising authentic everyday speech, your natural abillity for language will develop.
- Four year olds in their own country can't read, write or understand grammar, yet they can communicate very effectively.
- When you go to a new country, you should be able to use the language without thinking about the grammar.
- Each EuroTalk CD has a section where you can discover and absorb the language but the real learning process starts when you do the quizzes.
- Don't be frightened to start with the quizzes, you will be amazed at how much you get right even when you only know a few of the words.
- Your confidence will grow as you get more and more quiz questions correct. Get a Bronze Award and you will want to keep going for Gold!
- An important feature of the language discs is the unique recording feature, this allows you to hear and compare your voice with a native speaker.
- By mimicking the actors (sometimes better done in a room on your own!) you will soon see how rewarding language learning with EuroTalk is.
- Research in the early 1990's at the University of California revealed that memory is greatly improved when accompanied by fun and laughter.
- Our quizzes, games and stories provide this and you will be amazed how much you remember after a surprisingly short time.
- Above all, EuroTalk discs are designed to be fun and enjoyable.
System Requirements
Windows 2000, ME, XP, Vista, 7
Apple Mac OSX 10.3.9 or higher
Computer Required: Colour display, sound, 64MB of free memory, a CD or DVD-ROM drive & microphone (recommended).
You are also protected by our money back guarantee in the unlikely event that your computer is not compatible.
