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Easy Russian for English Speakers Vol. 1 & 2: Learn to Speak and Understand Russian; From everyday essentials to Chekhov, Pushkin, Gagarin and Shakespeare (English and Russian Edition)
Max Bollinger
Audio CD. Interactive 2010-09-27.
ISBN 9781907832437
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Publisher description
The Russian audio course that jumps right into learning the language with expertly designed structure of the lessons and their thematic organization to benefit English Speakers. Engaging, attention grabbing, infused with cultural content to deliver immediate results for those who needs to master Russian fast. This set includes essentials from vol. 1 such as greetings, travelling, numbers, food and drink, shopping, getting around town, business meetings, dating and telling the time. Followed by vol. 2 with more detailed explanation of Russian phonetics, Russian names, birthdays, taking about planet Earth, flying on a Russian space ship and cultural content with fragments of Chekhov, Gagarin and Shakespeare in Russian. Will work with iPod, PC, lap-top, MP3, cell phone or any home stereo.
Russian Language Qualifications
There are several qualification in Russian language available from various examination boards outside Russia. EdExcel in the UK administers GCSE and A-Level exams in Russian Language and expects students to learn not only the language itself, but also about the culture and traditions of the native countries. Easy Russian will be most valuable in achieving such objectives. It includes rich cultural content and insights into Russian literature, humour and etiquette. Volume 1 and Volume 2 primarily aim to develop speaking, listening and understanding skills. In Volume 2 students are also given an opportunity to download free PDF materials for each unit in order to improve their understanding of written Russian. Future releases of Easy Russian materials will make it a complete and comprehensive resource for students wishing to develop fluency in Russian language.
For Teachers
Easy Russian course is designed to deliver tuition, phonetics, grammar and native Russian audio content. It will be possible for adults and younger students to achieve good understanding of Russian language outside classroom through Easy Russian. The course is not aiming to replace classroom tuition however and can be used as complimentary additional material. Volume 2 in particular provides PDF downloads which can be used by tutors in classrooms. Additional feature of Volume 2 which will be useful for teachers running Russian language classes is inclusion of Chekhov, Gagarin and Shakespeare texts both inside longer modules and separately at the end of the CD, so that each text could be played back easily without English tutorial. There is further a separate Teachers edition of Russian audio materials in development. This teacher s edition will contain longer audio recordings of Russian texts as well as all dialogues and fragments from volume 1 and volume 2.
Vol.1 CD 1
01 GREETINGS, WELCOME
02 ALPHABET, SPELLING
03 SPEAKING AND UNDERSTANDING
04 TRAVELLING BY TAXI
05 THEATRE TICKETS, NUMBERS 1-10
06 HOTEL, CONCIERGE
07 ORDERING FOOD AND DRINK
08 SHOPPING, POSSESSIONS
09 DIRECTIONS, GETTING AROUND TOWN
10 SUGGESTIONS, NUMBERS 10-100
11 TELLING THE TIME
12 MAKING PHONE CALLS
13 APPOINTMENTS, WEEKS, MONTHS
14 BUSINESS MEETINGS
15 DATING SOMEONE
16 MYSTERIOUS RUSSIAN SOUL
17 SAYING GOODBYE
Vol.2 CD 2
01 INTRODUCTION
02 UNDERSTANDING RUSSIAN NAMES
03 LEARNING RUSSIAN LIKE A NATIVE
04 TO BE OR NOT TO BE IN RUSSIAN
05 SPEAK RUSSIAN LIKE A RUSSIAN
06 TALKING ABOUT OUR PLANET
07 READING CHEKHOV IN ORIGINAL
08 GAGARIN ABOUT PLANET EARTH
09 GAGARIN ABOUT LANDING
10 SHAKESPEARE IN RUSSIAN
11 CHEKHOV IN RUSSIAN
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