Ovisyenko, Y.G.

Russian For Beginners

Moscow: Russky Yazyk Publishers, 1993.

Item #30691
ISBN: 520002191X

Hardcover, 448 pp.

This is an elementary Russian course intended for adult beginners in Russian (senior secondary-school pupils, college students, and others). It can be studied both with and without a teacher. To make it suitable for unaided study, the theoretica explanations, the notes on the history, geography and culture of the Soviet Union, and the instructions for the exercises are given in English. For the same purpose the course is supplied with a key to the exercises.
The course aims at helping the student acquire a working knowledge of Russian so that he could: communicate with Russians on topics covered by the situations dealt with in the course; express his thoughts in Russian on the basis of the grammar and vocabulary studied; understand aurally, read and retell simple texts, conveying in Russian his attitude towards what he has read or heard; read with a dictionary and translate more difficult texts and prepare oral or written reports on any given theme.
Thus the textbook gives the student a thorough knowledge of the fundamentals of Russian. On completing the course the student, if he so desires, will be able to continue an unaided deeper study of the language.

Price: $15.00