This book has been compiled to teach spoken Persian in a crash course. The course addresses the needs of those interested in learning Persian, who cannot participate in long instructional programs. Thus, in compiling this book, there has been an attempt to teach some of the most frequent grammatical patterns and Persian words, as well as some idiomatic phrases in spoken Persian.
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The ILI Readers Series

The Iran Language Institute has begun publishing a series of stories in English – the ILI Readers Series. The Series are categorized into three fields: " American Short Stories" , " Short Stories for Learners of English " and "Tales from All Over the World ".

Each story includes a vocabulary list, comprehension questions and discussion questions. Audiocassettes and / or CDs of the stories are also available. All the audio materials are in American English.

  American Short Stories (Advanced)

 

These books include original short stories most of which are not simplified. They are appropriate for advanced learners and proficient readers of English. The questions following each story further facilitate the readers’ comprehension of the story, and also provide for class discussions if they are used in classrooms.

Advanced learners and those interested in reading advanced-level stories in English can enjoy the story in series, learn many new words, expressions and grammatical structures, and enhance their skill of reading comprehension. The level of English in these stories includes quite a lot of literary finesse, but is nevertheless quite up-to-date. The supplementary audio tapes provide much aid in accurate reading and understanding.

 

•    The Peach Stone

•    All on a Winter’s Night

Tales from All Over the World (Upper Intermediate)

      Every country’s culture and ancient heritage is reflected in its tales. They also show the story-telling commonalities among cultures, civilizations and peoples. Simple everlasting stories, beautiful metaphors and deep attractive narrations are the characteristics of these tales.

The tales of this series come from various parts of the world, and are suitable for upper-intermediate and advanced learners of English. Each story is provided with a list of vocabulary and comprehension questions.

•     Tales from All Over the World (I): Beast Fables

•     Tales from All Over the world (II): Fables

•     Tales from All Over the world (III): Folktales

Iranian Cinema Collection

     The ILI Readers Iranian Cinema Collection presents the best of Iran’s cinema during the last thirty years in the form of simple absorbing stories, providing an exciting source of both personal pleasure and educational enrichment.

• Where’s the Friend’s House?       (Elementary)

• The Jar                            (Pre Intermediate)

• Children of Heaven            (pre Intermediate)

• Oil Children                      (pre Intermediate)

• The Passenger                  (pre Intermediate)

• The Key                           (pre Intermediate)

• The Harmonica                  (pre Intermediate)

• The Little Man                   (pre Intermediate)

Classic Persian Tales

The ILI Readers presents a unique variety of simplified stories from both classic and modern Persian literature. These simplified stories provide readers with an abundance of interesting reading material for personal pleasure as well as educational enrichment.

 Tales from Rumi    Book– Multimedia CD (Intermediate)

 The Thousand and One Nights (I)           (coming soon)

 The Thousand and One Nights (II)          (coming soon)

The ILI interactive English course

    The ILI interactive English course consists of a series of interactive educational material available on CDs based on the ILI English courses. The CDs are available in seven levels for adult learners. Each CD covers one level. The recommended time for completing each level is three months. Learners are advised to follow the studying plans presented in the booklet accompanying the CDs, Which can help them progress more systematically and more successfully

The ILI Persian Reading

 "The ILI Persian Reading" Hs a series of books consisting of absorbing reading passages at different levels from elementary to advanced. This series has been developed for those learning Persian as a foreign / second language. The series is appropriate .for classroom use as well as individual learning

 Māritā

Māritā is the story of the loneliest cheetah in the world. She lived in Tehrān's Pardisān Park. Her death increased the interest of people and newspapers in the environment.

Simorq

Simorq is an Iranian mythical creature which is the paragon of wisdom, reason, and knowledge, as well as the guardian of Iranians and their great warriors.

Naqš-e Jahān

Naqš-e Jahān square in Isfahan has been the masterpiece of Iranian architecture since the 16^th century.

Persian Painting

Today's Iranian paintings are hybrids of traditional and modern styles. The tradition goes back to many thousands of years when man was dwelling in caves.

Damāvand

Mt. Damāvand is the highest mountain in Iran, 5,671 m above sea level. For Iranians it is the symbol of power and majesty. This mountain was the domicile of many great Iranian mythical figures such as Simorq, Zāl, Zahhāk and Fereydun.