Beginner's Russian (Teach Yourself (McGraw-Hill)) [Paperback]

Rachel Farmer (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1996 | Series: Teach Yourself (McGraw-Hill)

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. The book's practical content emphasizes words and phrases that are useful right from the start. In this user-friendly guide, even the Cyrillic alphabet turns out to be much easier to learn.

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About the Author

Rachel Farmer is Lecturer in Russian at University of Nottingham. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Teach Yourself Bks (July 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0844236810
• ISBN-13: 978-0844236810
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,276,815 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Easy to learn Russian, July 24, 2000

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Antonis "Antonis" (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Beginner's Russian: With Book (Teach Yourself (McGraw-Hill)) (Audio Cassette)

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!

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars I wouldn't buy it!, July 12, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Beginner's Russian (Teach Yourself (McGraw-Hill)) (Paperback)

The Russian alphabet is different and this book does a really good job of teaching it, but you really need a cassette to help you pronounce the words.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars tried several books, loved this one, November 21, 2004

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magiclantern (california) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Beginner's Russian (Teach Yourself Book & CD) (Paperback)

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!!