Beginner's Russian: An Easy Introduction (Teach Yourself)

By Rachel Farmer

Book Overview

Ideal for those who want to learn Russian without committing to an expensive class or private study, Teach Yourself Beginner's Russian presents this rich language in small, easy-to-digest portions.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0844236810
• ISBN13: 9780844236810
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Teach Yourself
• Length: 263 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.8" x 5.3"

Customer Reviews

tried several books, loved this one

I love this book and I don't understand why it isn't getting better reviews- it's well put together and more fun than any other introductory book I've used. I am a translator (of German) and have taught English to many Russian speakers, and what I love about this book is that unlike others, you practice all four skills: reading, writing, speaking and verbal comprehension--and comprehension is really where this book (and the excellent tapes) come into their own. Some of the other books like Nicholas Brown's or the Routledge workbooks or Schaum will be much more helpful if you want to understand which prepositions take the genitive case (and these are great if you want to keep going with Russian), but uh... if you just want to be able to ask for directions to the book store and actually understand what people are saying to you, this is a great course. And the author has a sense of humor!!

Beginner's Russian

I use this textbook a lot teaching Russian. It has all the basic things you need to know to learn convers.Russian.

Easy learning system

I think it's an easy way to basic learn. You can start your first vocabular leasons. The tapes are clear and useful. The tips for alphabet and sounds are easy.

Easy to learn Russian

As this was my first time with learning Russian, I found this to be a great book and well coordinated with the tape. You have to read the book in order to follow the tape, but that's pleasant enough. The only thing that marred the experience for me was that the tape got mangled very easily - in machines that I have used for other language tapes before with no problems. Whether it was my fault or the tapes were defective would be hard to prove. What I found discouraging, however, was that my fax to the company requesting replacements (at my expense) was never answered. So, I would highly recommend this book, but be careful with the tapes. You may not get a second chance!