Russian Face to Face: A Communicative Program in Contemporary Russian (Bk. 1) (English and Russian Edition) [Hardcover]

George W. Morris (Author), Mark N Vyatytnev (Author), Lilia L. Vokhmina (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0844243000 | ISBN-13: 978-0844243009 | Publication Date: January 1, 1992 | Edition: 1

Written for beginning Russian students

Russian: Face to Face (Morris, Vyatyutnev, and Vokhmina) applies the latest in communicative methodology and is illustrated with up-to-date photographs, drawing, realia, and maps. Twenty chapters at each level help teach a wealth of language functions that develop and expand your students’ ability to communicate in a range of situations.

The fully integrated components—including textbooks workbooks, audiocassettes, and videos—forms a proven program that develops communicative skills. It is 496 pages in length.

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Text: English, Russian

Product Details

• Hardcover: 495 pages
• Publisher: National Textbook Co. Publishing; 1 edition (January 1, 1992)
• Language: English, Russian
• ISBN-10: 0844243000
• ISBN-13: 978-0844243009
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.6 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,003,045 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Was very helpful for self study course, April 5, 2002

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George Strain - See all my reviews

This review is from: Russian Face to Face: A Communicative Program in Contemporary Russian (Bk. 1) (English and Russian Edition) (Hardcover)

I found both this book, and the Level Two edition (called Intermediate on amazon) to be very good. I lived in Russia for about 6 monthes, and before and after this I used these books to self-study Russian. I tried a number of other books, both easier and harder, and found this one worked the best for me. It is a good mix of vocubulary, grammer, and a holistic approach to Russian which I enjoyed. It is easier than the college textbooks I worked with, and provides more stand-alone exercises to drill in the material. With the more advanced textbooks I tried, they provided too many rules too quickly and not enough drills to force you to memorize them. In a classroom environment this might be ok, but for me this approach worked much better. The book is geared to a young audience, probably mostly high school students, but not annoyingly so. You can also get tapes with both books. These are a bit pricey, but useful for doing the listening and pronunciation drills.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Russian face to face review, March 20, 2006

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Jimmy D. Brooks II (OrangePark, fla.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Russian Face to Face: A Communicative Program in Contemporary Russian (Bk. 1) (English and Russian Edition) (Hardcover)

I bought this book for my Russian language course and am very pleased with the ease of the content.I had some self study in Russian but was unable to make alot of progress,with this book and the workbook I find it very easy to learn Russian.However,I must say that if you are not comitted to learning and spending the time to do so it will be aggrivating,so believe in yourself work hard and you can have alot of fun.I made flash cards of the cyrillic alphabet with the english sounds on the back to help learn pronunciation.Good luck.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars russian student, July 4, 2008

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J. Tanner (Denver, CO USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Russian Face to Face Workbook: Level One (Paperback)

This book is a little dated. It can be useful for a begginer with zero russian, but my friends in Russia laughed when they saw it and asked why americans were learning vocabulary that has not been used in Russia since communism ended.