Learn in Your Car Russian: Level 1 (Russian Edition) [Audio CD]

Henry N. Raymond (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 2002 | ISBN-10: 1591252016 | ISBN-13: 978-1591252016 | Edition: CD & Book

Three 60-minute CDs plus a full text listening guide. Level 1: Introduction to key words, numbers, phrases, sentence structure, and basic grammar.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

Look ma, no textbooks! The Learn in Your Car series treats you like a child--in the best possible way--starting with one-word phrases ("please," "good-by"), counting exercises, and simple nouns ("bus," "train") designed to imitate a child's learning process. First you hear the words in English, then they are repeated slowly in clear, unaccented pronunciations. The method is extremely effective for those who don't know a thing, or for those who want to brush up by testing themselves when the English words are spoken. The tapes emphasize the building blocks of communicating in a foreign country rather than rote phrases that only apply on the tape and not in real-life exchanges. Level 1 painlessly covers basic verb forms, essential prepositions, near future and past tenses, as well as shopping, hotel reservations, and other travel-related situations. The series includes French, German, Italian, Russian, Japanese, and Spanish in three levels that can be purchased individually or in boxed sets. Each level contains two 90-minute cassettes (or CDs) and an accompanying booklet (not for use behind the wheel) with helpful explanations and scripts for the lessons. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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"Your audio program is the best I've tried. I just returned from France and had a wonderful time conversing in French even though I had only three weeks with your tapes before I left. Thanks for putting out such a superlative product at a reasonable price."

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Product Details

• Audio CD
• Publisher: Penton Overseas; CD & Book edition (October 2002)
• Language: Russian
• ISBN-10: 1591252016
• ISBN-13: 978-1591252016
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.3 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,576,825 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 perfect for busy people, March 12, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Russian: Level 1: Learn In Your Car (Audio Cassette)

This is an excellent way to start learning Russian, even if you don't spend that much time in your car. I'd give it 5 stars if they included a little information on grammar and corrected the mistakes on the alphabet page (they printed not using a Cyrillic font, the letters are totally incorrect!) Even still, I'm looking forward to buying the second level once I master the material in this course.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Combine with fluency training, September 1, 2006

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M. Welch (Madison, WI) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Learn in Your Car Russian: Level 1 (Russian Edition) (Audio CD)

I've had these discs for about 8 months, using them in the car about 1 to 4 times a week. They've been a handy way to study in otherwise wasted time. I have noticed that the pronounciation tends to vary a slightly from the Russian speakers I know, especially "d" sounds tending to sound like "z" or "dj" sounds. Lastly, long-term retention seems to be greatly aided by fluency training -- overlearning to the point of being fast and accurate. First, I always rehearse the words aloud, trying to get them out before the Russian speaker on the cd.Then I go over the lesson until I can quickly say all the Russian words in response to the English stimulus word before the Russian speaker on the cd. Lastly, once I reach 90 to 100% accuracy on the cd, I quickly review the lesson playing the English stimuli only, and then the Russian (saying the English myself). Though this takes a little more time each lesson, I've found I retain lessons learned this way at about 80% accuracy months after learning the lesson. (Note: "Fluency Training" is a technique developed in educational and training areas of applied behavior analysis.)

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A few pronounciation differences, but good overall, February 15, 2006

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J. Quach "Outdoortechie" (Denver, CO) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Learn in Your Car Russian: Level 1 (Russian Edition) (Audio CD)

I listen to this almost everyday on my way to work and do find it to be helpful...for the most part. The Russian speaker on the CD pronounces a few words differently than my Russian teacher and Russian-speaking friends. For example, the number "1" is pronounced "azin" on the CD but everyone else I know says "adin". Similarly, the word "where" is pronounced "ga-ze" on the CD, but everyone else says "ga-de". So, the appears the russian "D" is sometimes pronounced with more of a "Z" sound by this particular speaker. Perhaps it's a dialect issue, but my Russian teacher isn't sure.