Berlitz Basic Russian with Book (Russian Edition) [Audio Cassette]

Berlitz Publishing (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1997 | Series: Berlitz Basic

One of the most popular and successful beginning self-teaching language courses of its kind, Berlitz Basic offers a general introduction to a foreign language, with a particular emphasis on listening and speaking. Audio and text support provide a dual approach: Native speakers reinforce the audio's conversational focus, while the study guide provides exercises to test progress.

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About the Author

In January 2003, the renowned Berlitz Publishing became part of the Langenscheidt Group. The Langenscheidt Publishing Group, the premier group of map and travel companies, offers over 4,000 North American and international street maps, road maps, atlases, language-learning, bilingual dictionaries, and travel-related products covering countries, cities, and languages in every continent. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Audio Cassette: 748 pages
• Publisher: Berlitz Guides; Book and Cassette edition (April 1997)
• Language: Russian
• ISBN-10: 2831562473
• ISBN-13: 978-2831562476
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 9.3 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,123,377 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good basic workbook, May 30, 2004

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Bighairydoofus "-" (Brooklyn Park, MN United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Berlitz Russian Workbook (Berlitz Basic) (Paperback)

This is a good book of excercises for the beginner and is meant to be used with a basic textbook. Berlitz has their own language course, but this can be used with any beginners text, and I happen to like the Penguin Russian Course, so I used it with that.

I like it because it's reasonably priced and not eye-crossingly difficult. There's a good mix of vocabulary, grammar and word usage excercises. This book requires you to use Cyrillic cursive, but you should be learning that from your textbook. This workbook will give you good practice and a break from the excercises from your main text.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not Bad, June 18, 2000

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Elmonica (Portland, Oregon) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Berlitz Basic Russian with Book (Russian Edition) (Audio Cassette)

I purchased this book as my first introduction to the Russian Language. I spend a lot of time rewinding the tape in order to try and understand what is being said. About 75% of the phrases on the cassette are written in the book in Russian along with the English translation. I wish 100% of the sentences on the cassette were written in the book. The book is good because you get a combination of grammar and conversational skills.

I did some further research and for developing conversational skills possibly the Pimsleur approach is the best. I have ordered the Pimsleur introduction course which is audio only.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars good concept, poor tapes, June 19, 2004

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MarionMR (DC metro area USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Berlitz Basic Russian with Book (Russian Edition) (Audio Cassette)

I used the cassette version and was disappointed. With the tape version I the sound quality was so low that I had a hard time understanding what was being spoken. A native speaker verified the accents to be accurate, so it wasn't the quality of the language, just the shortcomings of the cassette tape. However, I did enjoy the book and found it to be very useful.