'Introduction into Basic Russian' is for absolute beginners. The course is quite short and may be used as a self-study guide. Its aim is to familiarize students with Russian sounds before they start learning any basic course at their option. In addition, students will get some ideas of other language aspects, acquire basic reading skills, learn around 150 vocabulary units and practice simple sentence patterns.

'Practical Russian (My first six steps)' is for beginners who have already completed the introductory pronunciation course. This book is ideal for self-studying, as it provides detailed explanation and covers the most important basic things needed for further independent studies. As the book is designed for learning the language in small bits, it consists of only six lessons and is conceived to become the first out of several mini-books altogether making up a complete beginner course. Step by step the learner will accumulate the necessary amount of vocabulary units, get good reading skills,...