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- Publisher: McGraw-Hill; Com/Pap Su edition
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0071431772
- ISBN-13: 978-0071431774
- Product Dimensions: 24.1 x 16.3 x 4.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
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24 of 24 people found the following review helpful
The best Russian language guide around. The CD is so useful for pronounciation and the book easy to follow and understand. I would recommend however, getting the book on Beginner's Russian Script, as it helps speed up the learning process dramatically.
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
I have been using this course now for about 6 months. It is very good, enjoyable and comprehensive as it covers a variety of different settings to cover the more common vocabulary and essential grammar. I particularly like the discs accompanying the course as they do give the student every chance to hear and practice spoken Russian. There are lots of exercises to test your progress and your deveolping translation skills, but unfortunately the book/discs do not contain a complete set of answers/translations - hence my 4 stars and not 5!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
I'm an absolute beginner, pretty much, particularly with the Russian language. And after reading the first 3 chapters (yes, I didn't get far) I still had enough to introduce myself and impress the people I was visiting in country Russia. (Though I'm still a long way from actually conducting a conversation or asking anything really useful).
The CDs are a necessity with this book as the dialogues are written entirely in Russian script. Whilst one can supposedly infer the pronunciation of Russian from the script I would say that Russian is not too dissimilar from English in that some words are pronounced a little differently from how it is strictly written.. (it's hard to guess which syllables are almost skipped over completely, and which are vital). So CDs help with reading the Russian script to understand how it should sound.
It did help that I bought the associated Russian Script book in the Teach Yourself series. If anything I was able to easily identify post offices once I got to Russia!!
The CDs have an American sounding introduction, but the exercises themselves sound like a well-versed English woman is making the explanations.
The CDs are a necessity with this book as the dialogues are written entirely in Russian script. Whilst one can supposedly infer the pronunciation of Russian from the script I would say that Russian is not too dissimilar from English in that some words are pronounced a little differently from how it is strictly written.. (it's hard to guess which syllables are almost skipped over completely, and which are vital). So CDs help with reading the Russian script to understand how it should sound.
It did help that I bought the associated Russian Script book in the Teach Yourself series. If anything I was able to easily identify post offices once I got to Russia!!
The CDs have an American sounding introduction, but the exercises themselves sound like a well-versed English woman is making the explanations.
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Teach Yourself Russian - daphne west
Teach Yourself Russian by Daphne West. She herself, was awarded the respected Pushkin prize in teaching the Russian language. Read more
Published on 27 Nov 2009 by Annette Watling
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A very good product indeed! Bought the pack to start learning russian. The CDs are used with elements of the book as exercises and also have key word reviews at the end of a unit. Read more
Published on 2 Feb 2009 by Mr. SD King
does anyone know what beginner means?
The people who wrote this book obviously don't know what its like to be a complete beginner going to a foreign country! Where is the weather vocab? numbers? food? Read more
Published on 22 Oct 2007 by K. Connaghan
Good but challenging
The CD is useful, with the characters speaking slowly and clearly. Builds a vocabulary steadily. The vocabulary in the back is short, so a dictionary is recommended. Read more
Published on 4 Oct 2007 by Molviceno
A really comprehensive and easy-to-read guide
This book and CD pack (2 CDs) comes in a well presented plastic container that prevents it from damage in the mail. Read more
Published on 21 Feb 2006 by cyrilthemonkey
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