Read and Write Urdu Script: Teach Yourself

Read and Write Urdu Script: Teach Yourself by Richard Delacy

Summary:

Master Urdu script with this straightforward guide from Teach Yourself - the No. 1 brand in language learning. Read and write Urdu script is a clear step-by-step guide to the written language, with plenty of examples from real-life texts to show how it works in context and lots of exercises to reinforce your learning. This new edition has an easy-to-read page design.

Now fully updated to make your language learning experience fun and interactive. You can still rely on the benefits of a top language teacher and our years of teaching experience, but now with added learning features within the course and online.

Learn effortlessly with new, easy-to-read page design and interactive features:

NOT GOT MUCH TIME?

One, five and ten-minute introductions to key principles to get you started.

AUTHOR INSIGHTS

Lots of instant help with common problems and quick tips for success, based on the author's many years of experience.

USEFUL VOCABULARY

Easy to find and learn, to build a solid foundation for speaking.

TEST YOURSELF

Tests in the book and online to keep track of your progress.

EXTEND YOUR KNOWLEDGE

Extra online articles at: www.teachyourself.com to give you a richer understanding of the culture and history of Urdu speakers.

TRY THIS

Innovative exercises illustrate what you've learnt and how to use it.

• Easy and accessible - a step-by-step introduction to reading and writing the script, characters that are similar in shape have been spread over the units to focus attention on their differences
• Contains tips for authentic handwriting
• There is plenty of practice throughout to help you remember what you have learnt

Table of Contents:

Introduction

Units 1-11 Step-by-step introduction to the 35 Urdu characters

Appendix: Numbers, Decimals and fractions, Dates, Days of the week, Months

About the Author(s):

Richard Delacy is Preceptor in Urdu-Hindi at Harvard and has taught at the University of Chicago, the University of Illinois at Chicago and Monash University, Melbourne.