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RUS': A Comprehensive Course in Russian

RUS': A Comprehensive Course in Russian

RUS': A Comprehensive Course in Russian

Sarah Smyth, Trinity College, Dublin
Elena V. Crosbie, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh
July 2002
Hardback
9780521642064

    This comprehensive foundation textbook is expressly designed for students embarking on a Russian language programme. Accompanied by 5 hours of audio materials, it develops the four key language skills - reading, writing, speaking and listening - and provides all the material required to reach intermediate level either at secondary school or during the first year of university. Highly interactive and activity-based, the course puts students firmly at the centre of the learning process, developing their autonomy as learners. It provides: thorough grounding in the grammar and structures of contemporary Russian; wide-ranging tasks and exercises for both classroom use and self study; informative texts selected to foster cultural awareness; topics including family life, education, history, geography, work and leisure; clear, attractive layout with lively illustrations to reinforce learning ; extensive reference features including a section on basic concepts of grammar; teachers' guidelines to enhance practical application in the classroom; and an on-line answer key.

    • Comprehensive - covers all the material required to reach intermediate level (A level or equivalent)
    • Interactive - organised to maximise student participation with extensive activities. Lively presentation including numerous line drawings by a Russian artist.
    • Extensive reference features/supplements - such as language awareness component, grammar summary, vocabulary checklist, teachers' guidelines, cassettes, online answer key

    Reviews & endorsements

    '… I am sure all Russian teachers will wish to examine it closely.' Slavonica

    'This monumental work is probably the single most comprehensive Russian coursebook ever published … this course contains everything that has ever been proposed for inclusion in a language textbook, and more.' Rusistika

    '… the course provides essential knowledge of Russian culture, which helps students to understand how to use the language in an appropriate way in a variety of everyday situations. … The course's very clear structure, its efficient and stimulating presentation, the variety of materials and reference tools, and the detailed study aids and teacher's guidelines it includes make it ideal for students in the classroom or private study.' Forum for Modern Language Studies

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    Product details

    April 2011
    Adobe eBook Reader
    9780511837074
    0 pages
    0kg
    367 b/w illus. 1 map 320 exercises
    This ISBN is for an eBook version which is distributed on our behalf by a third party.

    Table of Contents

    • Outline of the course
    • Teachers' guidelines
    • Introductory Unit
    • Units 1-20
    • Language awareness
    • Grammar summary
    • Summary of functions
    • Vocabulary checklist
    • Index of texts.
    Resources for
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    Unit 8
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    Unit 17
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    Unit 1
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    Unit 9
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    Unit 19
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    Type: audio/x-ms-wma
    Unit 2
    Size: 20.8 MB
    Type: audio/x-ms-wma
    Unit 10
    Size: 10.48 MB
    Type: audio/x-ms-wma
    Unit 20
    Size: 19.11 MB
    Type: audio/x-ms-wma
    Unit 3
    Size: 21.29 MB
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    Unit 11
    Size: 11.23 MB
    Type: audio/x-ms-wma
    Unit 16
    Size: 12.92 MB
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      Authors
    • Sarah Smyth , Trinity College, Dublin
    • Elena V. Crosbie , Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh