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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.
List of contents
Preface to the fifth edition
Introduction
Introduction to the Russian language
1. ?
What's your name?
2.
We are studying Russian
3.
At the hotel
4.
A typical day
5.
Family
6. !
Visiting friends
7.
Sport
8.
Favourite holidays
9.
Festivals
10.
Arbat
11.
How to rent a flat in Moscow
12.
Russian mass media
13. !
Shopping
14.
Travelling
15.
The theatre
16.
Health care
17.
St Petersburg
18.
Equal rights
19.
Education
20. C
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
About the author
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.
Summary
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.
