Colloquial Russian

The Complete Course For Beginners

Svetlana Le Fleming, Susan E. Kay, Mikhail Vodopyanov (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

400 Seiten

2023 | 5th edition
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-41748-6 (ISBN)

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Colloquial Russian provides a step-by-step course in Russian as it is written and spoken today. This fifth edition offers modernised language reflecting social and cultural changes, new vocabulary essential for day-to-day interactions, and updated audio material.

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.

Svetlana le Fleming has taught Russian at the University of Northumbria, UK. Susan E. Kay has taught Russian at the University of Northumbria, UK. Mikhail Vodopyanov is Associate Lecturer in Russian at the University of St Andrews, UK.

Preface to the fifth edition

Introduction

Introduction to the Russian language

1. Как вас зовут?

What’s your name?

2. Изучаем русский язык

We are studying Russian

3. В гостинице

At the hotel

4. Типичный день

A typical day

5. Семья

Family

6. Идём в гости!

Visiting friends

7. Спорт

Sport

8. Любимый отдых

Favourite holidays

9. Праздники

Festivals

10. Арбат

Arbat

11. Как снять квартиру в Москве

How to rent a flat in Moscow

12. Российские СМИ

Russian mass media

13. За покупками!

Shopping

14. Путешествия

Travelling

15. Театр

The theatre

16. Здравоохранение

Health care

17. Петербург

St Petersburg

18. Равноправие

Equal rights

19. Образование

Education

20. Cибирь

Siberia

Grammar summary

Spelling rules · Gender · Declension tables · Verbs · Prepositions · Stress

Key to the exercises

English–Russian vocabulary

Russian–English vocabulary

Audio track listing

Grammar index

Russian index

Erscheinungsdatum	17.02.2023
Reihe/Serie	Colloquial Series
Zusatzinfo	159 Tables, black and white; 22 Halftones, black and white; 22 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Gewicht	960 g
Themenwelt	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Wörterbuch / Fremdsprachen
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-032-41748-X / 103241748X
ISBN-13	978-1-032-41748-6 / 9781032417486
Zustand	Neuware