
Colloquial Russian
The Complete Course For Beginners
- 400 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
Colloquial Russian
The Complete Course For Beginners
About this book
Colloquial Russian provides a step-by-step course in Russian as it is written and spoken today. Combining a user-friendly approach with a thorough treatment of the language, it equips learners with the essential skills needed to communicate confidently and effectively in Russian in a broad range of situations, requiring no prior knowledge of the language.
Features include:
- progressive coverage of speaking, listening, reading and writing skills
- structured, jargon-free explanations of grammar
- an extensive range of focused and stimulating exercises
- realistic and entertaining dialogues covering a broad variety of scenarios
- useful vocabulary lists throughout the text
- additional resources available at the back of the book, including a full answer key, a grammar summary and bilingual glossaries
This fifth edition offers modernised language reflecting social and cultural changes, new vocabulary that's essential for day-to-day interactions, and updated audio material.
Balanced, comprehensive and rewarding, Colloquial Russian will be an indispensable resource for both independent learners and students taking courses in Russian.
Audio material to accompany the course is available to download for free in MP3 format from www.routledge.com/cw/colloquials. The audio material features the texts, dialogues and exercises from the book and will help develop listening and pronunciation skills.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Series
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface to the fifth edition
- Introduction
- Introduction to the Russian language
- 1 Как вас зовýт?
- 2 Изучáем рýсский язьíк
- 3 В гости´нице
- 4 Типи´чный день
- 5 Семья´
- 6 Идём в гóсти!
- 7 Спорт
- 8 Люби´мый óтдых
- 9 Прáздники
- 10 Арбáт
- 11 Как снять кварти´ру в Москвé
- 12 Росси´йские СМИ
- 13 За покýпками!
- 14 Путешéствия
- 15 Теáтр
- 16 Здравоохранéние
- 17 Петербýрг
- 18 Равнопрáвие
- 19 Образовáние
- 20 Cиби´рь
- Grammar summary
- Key to the exercises
- English–Russian vocabulary
- Russian–English vocabulary
- Audio track listing
- Grammar index
- Russian index