The aim of Teach Yourself Russian is to equip the complete beginner with the skills needed to communicate in practical, everyday situations and to give some background information about Russia and Russian society.
The 20 thematic units are designed to teach specific uses of the language related to situations you may encounter on a business trip or holiday to Russia. For example, you will learn how to give and ask for information about people and places, how to make requests, complaints, apologies, arrangements, how to express opinions and explain what has happened and what will happen.
The book starts with sections on the alphabet and pronunciation; the course does not use transliteration but gives lots of help with mastering the Cyrillic alphabet, so you will soon be able to read and write easily and with confidence.
The course is accompanied by two 75-minute cassettes or CDs which are available separately or with the book in a pack.
Daphne West, the author, has been a Teacher of Russian to school pupils and adult students for more than twenty years, and is the author of six publications on the Russian language. Formerly Head of Modern Languages and a Chief Examiner at A-level, she is now Headmistress of the Maynard School in Exeter (where she still teaches Russian); in 1993 she was awarded the Pushkin Medal by the Pushkin Institute, Moscow, for contributions to the teaching of Russian |
