I like Pimsleur's Farsi offering, but there are only 30 lessons. The most exciting resource, but it is good. I personally started with lessons on EasyPersian + Pimsleur. They teach the alphabet right away and don't rely on transliteration, which I think is
You can download the pdfs of the lessons + mp3 audio for free. When I first started studying is this textbookīy University of Texas, Austin. Hello, welcome to studying Persian! Indeed, there are many good resources for Persian. Message 5 of 724 December 2013 at 5:53pm | IP Logged Working 1 hour per day (that means 30 minutes of extra time work by using the dead moments to exercise listeningĪnd talking, while the extra time is used to firstly learn the alphabet and then build up the language grammar and Sorry for the thousands question :) My target is to understand which is the expected final result of the year by Other? Which resource is considered the best to learn the alphabet? Separately these two resources? Should I choose between these two and do only one, or starting with one after the Persian? And what about easypersian? Which level is it averagely likely to obtain by using from scratch and To focus more on conversational speech while Pimsleur is more for business/travel purposes.Ībout Assimil, it should be around 30 minutes per day, is it correct? Or does it require more for a language like Pimsleur is the same but a bit longer: 30 minutes per episode. I'll try therefore to apply some principles of agile projectĬhai and Conversation is max 20 minutes per day, ready to use in dead moments so it requires to me from 0 to 20 Which level is achievable at the end of each phase. Since I need to prepare a sustainable study plan, I need to measure in a reliable way how much time is required and Thank you very much and for the very useful links! Message 4 of 724 December 2013 at 5:45pm | IP Logged I'm sure you can optimise some, but in the end what counts is the amount of exposure you get, so I wouldn't worry too much about it.Įdited by druckfehler on 23 December 2013 at 8:33pm Assimil looks very good, but is only available in French.
A great free resource for the same purpose (but probably not as comprehensive?) are the Chai and Conversation podcasts. Pimsleur seems fine (as far as I recall ellasevia started with it, maybe he can comment more). You could combine that with a focus on spoken language if the alphabet becomes tedious or discouraging (it took me a while to distinguish letters which look so similar, except for a few dots).
I started by learning the alphabet and haven't regretted it. With a meticulous plan to follow it's much harder to get distracted - and if you find it impossible or impractical to stick with the plan, just change it as you go along. I think it's feasible to make a study plan.
Message 2 of 723 December 2013 at 8:31pm | IP Loggedįor free stuff you can find on the internet (and it's surprisingly a lot!) have a look here (second post) and at my Persian log (many different people posted a great collection of useful links, 1st and 2nd page). Methods that are particularly recommended? Is it possible to plan meticulously my study? Understand the general meaning of written text and spoken language and being able to have basic conversationsīut where to start? How can I optimise my time since the very beginning? Should I focus on learning the alphabetįirst and meanwhile starting with spoken centric resources as or like Pimsleur and Michel Thomas? There are Mandarin) but I would like to reach a level around A2 and B1 in one year, or, to better explain, being able to I don't know if it is feasible or not (considering that I'm studying Dutch and I want to begin also
There is apparently a good number of resources, and of course I want to use my time with good quality resources to Message 1 of 723 December 2013 at 7:38pm | IP Logged