Pashto is one of the two official languages of Afghanistan, spoken also in parts of Pakistan, India, Iran, Arab Emirates, and by Afghan Diaspora around the word including the United States, Europe, Canada and Australia. Pashtuns are Afghanistan's largest ethnic group and have historically been a major influence in the country.
COURSES
SPECLANG 229A, B First-year Pashto
Currently at Stanford University, Pashto is being offered elementary Pashto I, II and III using a communicative method. By the end of the first year of Pashto course, students will be able to communicate in Pashto in basic every day situations, read and understand Pashto text with simple structures. News articles, poetry and brief stories will be introduced, and students will also learn about interesting aspects of Afghan culture.
INSTRUCTOR
Haji Razmi
hrazmi at stanford dot edu
Building 260 Room 308
(925) 323-6219
Haji has long, profound professional experience teaching Pashto from elementary to advanced levels at high schools in Afghanistan, at California State University-East Bay and now at Stanford. Haji has authored collections of short stories in Pashto, Dari and English, published numerous Pashto articles in Afghan newspapers, and has over six years experience with the Bakhtar News Agency, the official Afghan news agency, as night manager with the sole authority to translate and edit all Pashto journalistic materials for the country's media.
