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Books : The New Penguin Russian Course: A Complete Course for Beginners (Penguin Handbooks)In association with Amazon.com List Price: $18.00 Amazon.com's Price: $11.70 You Save: $6.30 (35%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 491.782421 EAN: 9780140120417 ISBN: 0140120416 Label: Penguin (Non-Classics) Manufacturer: Penguin (Non-Classics) Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 528 Publication Date: December 01, 1996 Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics) Studio: Penguin (Non-Classics) Sales Rank: 10151 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: Whether you're learning alone or attending classes, you'll find this complete Russian language course for beginners both accessible and indispensable. Designed to provide the student with an excellent command of basic Russian (the equivalent of A level standard) this book features thirty lessons punctuated by revision exercises to ensure you have fully understood what you have learned. The emphasis is on acquiring vocabulary, experiencing conversational language and learning useful grammar. This book also includes a vocabulary of 1,500 words and a glossary of grammatical terms. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Best of the bestWhy are there 5 stars next to nearly all the reviews? Because this text is most deserving of them. I'd give 6 stars if I could. Russian, like any inflectional language, is an especially difficult one to grasp but this book dosn't miss a beat and is most excellent for the novice and self-taught types. It is exceedingly well organized and all inclusive and you notice a rapid progression into advanced reading. There are parts that are skippable (is that a word?) if you are only interested in reading ... Read More Rating: - An excellent language learning bookIf one is going to learn Russian--by which I mean learn it well enough to actually carry on an intelligent conversation--one must start with the grammar. Current products that promise easy, quick, learning of a language as difficult as Russian are simply marketing (expensive!)fantasy through huge advertising campaigns. I set about to learn Russian seriously, and this book was a good first step. I also got Kenneth Katzner's Dictionary, which is the absolute best in the world, and something I use ... Read More Rating: - Best russian bookI've been using this along the side with rosetta stone and both have helped me learna great deal of russian in the last three months. Rating: - The new penguin russian course for beginnersvery helpful to learn how to: - pronounce the words - read and write - use grammar - and for the vocabulary Rating:  - Russian Instructor: Why the rave reviews?I chose to use this book as the textbook for my Russian class because it was cheaper than Golosa or Nachalo. That was a mistake. The book includes all the grammatical information that you need to speak Russian, but a beginning Russian student needs more than just grammar. I don't know the author of this book, but I'm guessing that he doesn't place much importance on teaching. It seems he still adheres to the grammar-translation approach to teaching Russian. The organization of the book is confusing, ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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