Description
Book SynopsisColloquial 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 esse
Table of Contents
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
