Persian of Iran Today: Volume 2 is a continuation of the first volume and is intended to prepare students to enter intermediate-level Persian language courses. By completing both volumes, students are expected to achieve an intermediate-high level of proficiency in Persian. Volume 2 introduces additional grammar and significantly expands students' vocabulary, while engaging them in activities to develop their reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills. It incorporates a video series to reinforce vocabulary, grammar, culture, and proficiency.

1. P E R S I A N O F I R A N T O D A Y
V O L U M E 2
by Anousha Shahsavari and Blake Atwood
Persian of Iran Today: Volume 2 is a continuation of the first
volume, preparing students to enter content-based language
courses. By the end of this program, students are expected
to achieve intermediate-high proficiency. Volume 2 introduces
students to the remaining grammar, significantly strengthening
their vocabulary base and engaging them in activities that
develop strategies for reading, writing, listening, and speaking.
“Café Denj,” a character-based video series created
specifically for this curriculum, grounds students’ vocabulary
and grammar knowledge as well as their cultural competency.
$35.00
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8.5 x 11 | 210 pp.
ISBN: 978-0-292-74905-4
P E R S I A N O F I R A N T O D A Y
V O L U M E 1
by Anousha Shahsavari and Blake Atwood
Persian of IranToday: Volume 1 is the first of two introductory
Persian language textbooks. Its innovative multimedia
curriculum draws on the latest trends in language pedagogy
and interweaves grammar- and vocabulary-building exercises
with narrative elements to engage and develop students’
abilities in Persian. Persian of Iran Today is a proficiency-
based resource that gives equal weight to the development
of reading, writing, listening, and speaking, and encourages
students to use and create with the language from the
very beginning.
$35.00
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8.5 x 11 | 198 pp.
ISBN: 978-0-578-13002-6
ANOUSHA SHAHSAVARI holds both an M.A.inTeaching
Persian to the Speakers of Other Languages from Shiraz
University and an M.A. in Second Language Acquisition and
Application from the University of Maryland. She has taught
Persian for more than ten years at several institutions,
including Shiraz University, the University of Maryland, and
The University of Texas at Austin. Anousha Shahsavari firmly
believes that anyone can learn Persian, and her dream of
writing this textbook began with her own struggle to learn
English while studying in Iran.
BLAKE ATWOOD is an assistant professor in the department
of Middle Eastern Studies atThe University ofTexas atAustin
and taught Persian at the University of Pennsylvania between
2011 and 2013. Dr. Atwood received his Ph.D. from The
University of Texas at Austin and researches Middle Eastern
cinema, contemporary Persian literature, and youth culture.
TO ACCESS FREE ONLINE RESOURCES:
http://www.laits.utexas.edu/persian_teaching_resources/
TO PURCHASE A PRINT EDITION:
Volume 1 is available on Amazon.com
Volume 2 will be available on Amazon.com in January 2015
F O R M O R E I N F O R M A T I O N
Kristi Shuey, Editor
kshuey@austin.utexas.edu
Center for Middle Eastern Studies
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THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN
MIDDLE EASTERN STUDIES
The publications program at The University of Texas
Center for Middle Eastern Studies has published
literary and scholarly works since 1976.Our program
now includes the Language Curricula, beginning with
an introductory Persian program created byAnousha
Shahsavari and Blake Atwood. With a commitment
to providing the best resources at a reasonable cost
for students, our textbook and multimedia resources
are already in use by the most prestigious language
programs worldwide.
PERSIAN OF IRAN TODAY AN INTRODUCTORY COURSE VOLUME 1
ANOUSHA SHAHSAVARI | BLAKE ATWOOD
ANOUSHA SHAHSAVARI holds both an M.A. in Teaching Persian to the Speakers of Other
Languages from Shiraz University and an M.A. in Second Language Acquisition and Application
from the University of Maryland. She has taught Persian for more than ten years at several
institutions, including Shiraz University, the University of Maryland, andThe University of Texas
at Austin. Anousha Shahsavari firmly believes that anyone can learn Persian, and her dream of
writing this textbook began with her own struggle to learn English while studying in Iran.
BLAKE ATWOOD is an assistant professor in the Department of Middle Eastern Studies at
The University of Texas at Austin and taught Persian at the University of Pennsylvania between
2011 and 2013. Dr. Atwood received his Ph.D. from The University of Texas at Austin and
researches Middle Eastern cinema, contemporary Persian literature, and youth culture.
PERSIAN OF IRAN TODAY: VOLUME 1 is the first of two introductory Persian language textbooks by Anousha
Shahsavari and Blake Atwood. Its innovative introductory multimedia curriculum draws on the latest trends in language
pedagogy and interweaves grammar- and vocabulary-building exercises with narrative elements in order to engage and develop
students’ abilities in Persian. Persian of IranToday is a proficiency-based resource that gives equal weight to the development of
reading, writing, listening, and speaking, and encourages students to use and create with the language from the very beginning.
SHAHSAVARI|ATWOOD
‫فارسی‬ ‫زبان‬ ‫آموزش‬ ‫مقدماتی‬ ‫دوره‬
‫شهسواری‬ ‫آنوشا‬
۱ ‫جلد‬
‫فارسی‬‫ایران‬
PERSIANOFIRANTODAYVOLUME1
‫امروز‬
‫آتوود‬ ‫بلیک‬
To access online resources:
http://www.laits.utexas.edu
/persian_teaching_resources/
PUBLICATIONS
LANGUAGE CURRICULA
PERSIAN OF IRAN TODAY AN INTRODUCTORY COURSE VOLUME 1
ANOUSHA SHAHSAVARI | BLAKE ATWOOD
ANOUSHA SHAHSAVARI holds both an M.A. in Teaching Persian to the Speakers of Other
Languages from Shiraz University and an M.A. in Second Language Acquisition and Application
from the University of Maryland. She has taught Persian for more than ten years at several
institutions, including Shiraz University, the University of Maryland, andThe University of Texas
at Austin. Anousha Shahsavari firmly believes that anyone can learn Persian, and her dream of
writing this textbook began with her own struggle to learn English while studying in Iran.
BLAKE ATWOOD is an assistant professor in the Department of Middle Eastern Studies at
The University of Texas at Austin and taught Persian at the University of Pennsylvania between
2011 and 2013. Dr. Atwood received his Ph.D. from The University of Texas at Austin and
researches Middle Eastern cinema, contemporary Persian literature, and youth culture.
PERSIAN OF IRAN TODAY: VOLUME 1 is the first of two introductory Persian language textbooks by Anousha
Shahsavari and Blake Atwood. Its innovative introductory multimedia curriculum draws on the latest trends in language
pedagogy and interweaves grammar- and vocabulary-building exercises with narrative elements in order to engage and develop
students’ abilities in Persian. Persian of IranToday is a proficiency-based resource that gives equal weight to the development of
reading, writing, listening, and speaking, and encourages students to use and create with the language from the very beginning.
SHAHSAVARI|ATWOOD
‫فارسی‬ ‫زبان‬ ‫آموزش‬ ‫مقدماتی‬ ‫دوره‬
‫شهسواری‬ ‫آنوشا‬
۱ ‫جلد‬
‫فارسی‬‫ایران‬
PERSIANOFIRANTODAYVOLUME1
‫امروز‬
‫آتوود‬ ‫بلیک‬
To access online resources:
http://www.laits.utexas.edu
/persian_teaching_resources/
PERSIAN OF IRAN TODAY AN INTRODUCTORY COURSE VOLUME 2
ANOUSHA SHAHSAVARI | BLAKE ATWOOD
‫فارسی‬ ‫زبان‬ ‫آموزش‬ ‫مقدماتی‬ ‫دوره‬
‫شهسواری‬ ‫آنوشا‬
2 ‫جلد‬
‫فارسی‬‫ایران‬‫امروز‬
‫آتوود‬ ‫بلیک‬