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Colloquial Russian: The Complete Course For Beginners
COLLOQUIAL RUSSIAN is easy to use and completely up to date!
Specially written by experienced teachers for self-study or class use, the course offers a step-by-step approach to written and spoken Russian. No prior knowledge of the language is required.
What makes COLLOQUIAL RUSSIAN your best choice in personal language learning?
Interactive lots of exercises for regular practice
Clear concise grammar notes
Practical useful vocabulary and pronunciation guide
Complete including answer key and reference section
Whether you're a business traveller, or about to take up a daring challenge in adventure tourism, you may be studying to teach or even looking forward to a holiday - if you'd like to get up and running with Russian this rewarding course will take you from complete beginner to confidently putting your language skills to use in a wide range of everyday situations.
Course components:
The complete course comprises the book and audio materials. These are available to purchase separately in paperback, ebook, CD and MP3 format. The paperback and CDs can also be purchased together in the great-value Colloquials pack.
Paperback: 978-0-415-46995-1 (please note this does not include the audio)
CDs: 978-0-415-48629-3
EBook: 978-0-203-87386-1 (please note this does not include the audio, available from http: //www.ebookstore.tandf.co.uk)
MP3s: 978-0-415-55068-0 (available from http: //www.ebookstore.tandf.co.uk/html/)
Pack: 978-0-415-48628-6 (paperback and CDs)."
Specially written by experienced teachers for self-study or class use, the course offers a step-by-step approach to written and spoken Russian. No prior knowledge of the language is required.
What makes COLLOQUIAL RUSSIAN your best choice in personal language learning?
Interactive lots of exercises for regular practice
Clear concise grammar notes
Practical useful vocabulary and pronunciation guide
Complete including answer key and reference section
Whether you're a business traveller, or about to take up a daring challenge in adventure tourism, you may be studying to teach or even looking forward to a holiday - if you'd like to get up and running with Russian this rewarding course will take you from complete beginner to confidently putting your language skills to use in a wide range of everyday situations.
Course components:
The complete course comprises the book and audio materials. These are available to purchase separately in paperback, ebook, CD and MP3 format. The paperback and CDs can also be purchased together in the great-value Colloquials pack.
Paperback: 978-0-415-46995-1 (please note this does not include the audio)
CDs: 978-0-415-48629-3
EBook: 978-0-203-87386-1 (please note this does not include the audio, available from http: //www.ebookstore.tandf.co.uk)
MP3s: 978-0-415-55068-0 (available from http: //www.ebookstore.tandf.co.uk/html/)
Pack: 978-0-415-48628-6 (paperback and CDs)."
424 pages, Paperback
First published September 1, 1993
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September 10, 2024
Nice book for learning basic Russian!
However, I found the dialogues included pretty boring and mechanical, and the exercises leave a lot to be desired. They also contain some errors, like not matching up correctly with the answer keys, but I'll just assume they were making sure I was paying attention and I passed :).
Overall, some more focus on pronunciation in the alphabet chapter would be nice. It is deceptively tricky to learn decent speaking/pronunciation in Russian. The grammar explanations also aren't my favorite. Still, using this book in tandem with other resources really did give me a nice base.
However, I found the dialogues included pretty boring and mechanical, and the exercises leave a lot to be desired. They also contain some errors, like not matching up correctly with the answer keys, but I'll just assume they were making sure I was paying attention and I passed :).
Overall, some more focus on pronunciation in the alphabet chapter would be nice. It is deceptively tricky to learn decent speaking/pronunciation in Russian. The grammar explanations also aren't my favorite. Still, using this book in tandem with other resources really did give me a nice base.
October 9, 2018
Probably one of the best books on the market for Russian language students. Challenging yet lovely.
September 22, 2012
Still studying and get ready to communicate in Russia
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