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teach yourself urdu

goal
all-round confidence
category
language

content
learn how to speak, understand and write urdu
progress quickly beyond the basics
explore the language in depth

paperback isbn: 0 340 86725 6 price: £15.99
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cassette isbn: 0 340 86727 2 price: £14.99
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cassette + book pack isbn: 0 340 86726 4 price: £29.99
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Teach Yourself Urdu is a complete course in spoken and written Urdu. If you have never learnt Urdu before, or if your Urdu needs brushing up, this is the book you need. This practical course is both fun and easy to work through, with plenty of opportunities to practise what you have learnt. The course structure means that you can work at your own pace, arranging your learning to suit your needs. It contains:

- a range of graded units of dialogues, culture notes, grammar and exercises
- a step-by-step guide to pronunciation
- an Urdu-English vocabulary

A cassette accompanies the book and is available for purchase either separately or as a pack with the book.

David Matthews, co-author, taught Urdu and Nepali at the School of African and Oriental Studies (SOAS), University of London for over thirty years. He has written 17 publications on aspects of Urdu and Nepali language and literature and also worked towards his own PhD on the Urdu of the medieval Deccan. He takes an active part in the activities of Urdu-speaking communities of the UK and Europe, and he has a special interest in the teaching and examining of Urdu in British schools. He is a fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain.

Mohamed Kasim Dalvi, co-author, has been Head Urdu and co-ordinator for Community Languages for a London Borough. He is currently Chair of Examinations (Urdu) for Edexcel and teaches at SOAS Language Centre.


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