Textbooks

CeLCAR has produced working versions of introductory-level textbooks for Pashto, Tajiki, Turkmen, Uyghur, and Uzbek. The textbooks are based on the communicative approach to language learning and include authentic materials collected by CeLCAR developers on-site in Central Asia and Afghanistan.

Each textbook is accompanied by an Audio and Video CD and/or a supplementary Multimedia CD. These textbooks are currently being used in language classes at Indiana University, as well as other colleges across the country.

Click on the textbook covers below for a preview of Chapter 1.

CeLCAR also produced Pashto and Dari textbooks for military audiences. These textbooks are designed for short courses with an emphasis on language and/or culture of Afganistan. Our military textbook materials also include workbooks, language survival kits and mobile applications.

Click on the textbook covers below for a preview of Chapter 1.

To order our textbooks, please see Payment Instructions and Order Form.

CeLCAR is proud to announce that several of our textbooks have been chosen to be published by our partner Georgetown University Press. Tajiki: An Elementary Textbook, Volume 1 and Volume 2 and Reference Grammar for Beginners, Uzbek: An Elementary Textbook, and Pashto: An Elementary Textbook have already been published and are available for purchase now on Georgetown's website (press.georgetown.edu).

Also,Uyghur: An Elementary Textbook, will be available in the fall 2013.