Learn Russian: The Fast and Fun Way

by Thomas R. Beyer Jr.

In just minutes a day, you'll pick up the language you need for most everyday situations - from meeting and greeting people to asking directions to handling simple business transactions. You'll learn the basic vocaulary for:

Genres: Russia, Language

320 pages, Audio Cassette

First published April 13, 1993

Reviews

[Tinker Norrod · Rating 2 out of 5]

While this title is okay for the grammar bits, I have found numerous mistakes. Not in the print or anything, but with the actual Russian. One of such mistakes is a word the author uses for flight is archaic in modern Russian, and my Russian friends hadn't ever heard the word he chose used. I did a little research and discovered that many of these such 'errors' that I found would have been correct if you wanted to learn Russian from the 1950's-1960's, but not today's Russian.

On that note, while some of the words are okay and the grammar is decent, I cannot recommend this book for Russian learners. With the exception of those that already speak Russian at a moderate level, but even then you would have no use for a beginner's Russian book.

The basis for my review is the fact that I have worked with the Russian language for over a decade, as both a language tutor and a translator.

[David · Rating 3 out of 5]

I thought it was pretty good. My Russian friend skimmed it and she laughed a lot.

[Sherry Ford-reid · Rating 3 out of 5]

Decent workbook