Learn Russian the Fast and Fun Way with Audio CDs (Fast and Fun Way CD Packages) [Paperback]

Thomas Beyer (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0764195972 | ISBN-13: 978-0764195976 | Publication Date: September 1, 2009 | Edition: 2.0

Barron's popular Fast and Fun Way foreign language learning programs are designed primarily for travelers to foreign countries but are also suitable for instruction in classrooms and language labs. Learn Russian the Fast and Fun Way is available in this version with a set of six audio compact discs. The book is filled with cheerful illustrations, word lists, pull-out vocabulary flash cards, and language-learning exercises that take the form of games and puzzles. Emphasis is on the practical Russian that travelers will need when getting around in Moscow, St. Petersburg, or outlying villages. The program teaches appropriate words and phrases for greetings and introductions, finding one's way in cities, dining, shopping, getting hotel accommodations, telephoning, seeking medical help, reading road signs, and more. The enclosed set of compact discs offer valuable practice in Russian pronunciation, listening comprehension and basic conversational skills.

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Available in: ARABIC • ENGLISH FOR RUSSIAN SPEAKERS • FRENCH • GERMAN • ITALIAN • RUSSIAN • SPANISH • ENGLISH FOR SPANISH SPEAKERS

It's easy...It's practical...It's fun!

In just minutes a day, you'll pick up the language you need for most everyday situations--from meeting and greeting people to asking directions and handling simple business transactions. You'll learn the basic vocabulary for: introductions • finding your way • entertainment • dining • shopping • banking • using the telephone and mail services • medical help and emergencies

Plus: days of the week • months • seasons • weather • time • numbers • basic grammar • handy pronunciation guide

Six Compact Discs:bilingual dialogues in Russian and English

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Audio
Compact Discs
Enclosed

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Barron's Educational Series; 2.0 edition (September 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764195972
• ISBN-13: 978-0764195976
• Product Dimensions: 11.3 x 9.6 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,355,791 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Thomas R. Beyer Jr was born in 1947 in Brooklyn, New York where he attended Xaverian HS. he is a graduate of Georgetown University (1969) and the University of Kansas (1974). For the past 35 years he has been a Professor of Russian at Middlebury College in Vermont. He is the author of over a dozen books to learn Russian, several translations of the Russian writer Andrei Bely. Considered an expert on Russian writers in emigration in Germany and the United States, Professor Beyer has lectured extensively in Russia, Germany and the United States. For the past few years he has offered seminars on the works of Dan Brown designed to permit students and readers separate fact from fiction.

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3.0 out of 5 stars nouns anyone?, December 8, 2011

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This review is from: Learn Russian the Fast and Fun Way with Audio CDs (Fast and Fun Way CD Packages) (Paperback)

I learned a few words, like rooms in the house, using the method of this book, which mostly emphasizes nouns. But without the ability to make conversation, I cannot now a few months later remember any of them. And without grammar and practice listening and speaking, Russians cannot actually understand me. It is useful for learning question words. That is how it earned three stars.