Routledge Intensive Russian Course

ISBN-13: 9780415223003 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 448 str.

Robin Aizlewood

Opis

This intensive foundation course in Russian is designed for students with no previous knowledge of the language. Developed primarily for classroom use, the course offers an original and distinctive approach to language learning, presenting Russian in context offering access to Russian life, culture, history and society. Using authentic language throughout, the course takes students from beginner to intermediate level in one year. Progress is carefully structured, starting with simple grammar and working towards more complex points with the acquisition of a significant body of vocabulary. By the end of the course students will have acquired a sound knowledge of the main structures of the language and will be able to express themselves confidently in a wide range of communicative contexts. The tried-and-tested material featured in the course is structured to improve all four core skills of language learning: speaking, listening, reading and writing. The course is divided in three parts:

• Part 1 provides a foundation which gets the student going in Russian
• Part 2 concentrates on intensive development to take the student rapidly forward
• Part 3 incorporates both revision and further development.

Each unit is divided into lessons which all include lively dialogues, sections on grammar and language functions and lots of exercises that help develop the student's practical language skills. Audio materials recorded by native speakers include dialogues, exercises and a variety of texts to help students using the course to improve their listening comprehension and pronunciation skills. They are available to order separately, ISBN: 978-0-415-22301-0 Guidance for tutors, as well as links to related sites, is available at: www.routledge.com/textbooks/0415223008

Spis treści

Glossary  Unit 1: Grammar The Russian alphabet, pronunciation of Russian, intonation; writing Russian; introductory grammatical points, including gender  Topics and Functions Asking, stating identifying and clarifying; negating; pointing and locating; greeting and introducing, names  Unit 2: Topics and Functions Asking for things, location  Grammar The case system, the nominative, accusative and prepositional case; the present tense of verbs, 1^st conjugation  Unit 3: Topics and Functions Talking about people, jobs; asking for things; possessions  Grammar Animate accusative, genitive, nominative and inanimate accusative plural; accusative, genitive and dative of pronouns; possessives, demonstratives; possession, existence, availability, lack  Unit 4: Topics and Functions Description of people; languages; study; time of day and days; topic of conversation/knowledge  Grammar Adjectives, adverbs; present tense of 2^nd conjugation; reflexive verbs; prepositional case  Unit 5: Topics and Functions Location, motion, directions, transport; shopping; daily routines; plans; postcard writing  Grammar Constructions of location and direction; verbs of motion; quantity, numerals; time constructions; past tense Unit 6: Topics and Functions Plans, intention; free time and interests; like, dislike, preference, opinion; narration in the past tense  Grammar Aspect and formation of aspect pairs; short forms adjectives; negation; verbs of motion; instrumental case; time constructions  Unit 7: Topics and Functions  Telephone; arrangements, suggestions; meeting, joint action; health; weather; narration; appreciation, opinion  Grammar Dative case; future tense; indirect speech; imperatives; prepositions; necessity and obligation; wish and desire, subjunctive and conditional; compound verbs of motion, time constructions; conjunctions  Unit 8: Topics and Functions Gifts, shopping, description; comparison; biography; addresses etc.; describing people; work and money; household; food, drink and eating out  Grammar Genitive plural; prepositions; expression of need; numerals; comparatives and superlatives; animative accusative; constructions of time; nominative/instrumental in predicate; participles and gerunds  Unit 9: Topics and Functions Location, direction, transport; travel, holidays and description of place  Grammar Prepositions of location and direction; transport; travel, holidays and description of place  Unit 10: Topics and Functions & Grammar: Study; introduction to discursive Russian; views of Russia today  Answer Key  Vocabulary  Index  Appendices

O autorze

Robin Aizlewood teaches at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, UCL. He isa specialist inRussian language teaching and course design, with very wide experience at university and school levels and in examining. He hasbeen active over many years in the promotion of Russian and modernlanguagesgenerally. Recent publicationsinclude Two Essayson Maiakovskii's verse,articles on Russian identity in Russian thought, on Pushkin's Queen of Spades, and on ab initio Russian.