Russian Stage One [Hardcover]

Dan E. Davidson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 2001 | ISBN-10: 0787232963 | ISBN-13: 978-0787232962

This is a set of teaching materials for English-speaking beginners in Russian consisting of two books: Textbook and Exercises. The textbook is used to master communication through phonetic, lexical and grammatical materials. The exercise book offers four sections: practice exercises, phonetic exercises, formation practice and written exercises and is meant for independent work.

--This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

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Language Notes

Text: English, Russian --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company (July 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0787232963
• ISBN-13: 978-0787232962
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.8 x 3.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,507,123 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars this book is not so bad, April 7, 2004

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"raskolnikoff" (somewhere else) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Russian Stage One (Hardcover)

I was worried when I read the comments by the last reviewer about this book, since I knew my russian 101 class would be using it. It's not nearly as bad as he claims. A greater number of examples might be beneficial at times, but i made it through a whole semester with this book without a problem, and without consulting other resources more than a few times.

1.0 out of 5 stars Worst Textbook I have ever used, October 25, 2010

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olivia - See all my reviews

This review is from: Russian Stage One--Live from Moscow! Volume 2 Textbook (Russian in stages) (Paperback)

This textbook is poorly formatted and content is presented in a bizarre and un-useful order. Additionally, while a DVD could be extremely useful for language learning, this one is very poorly made: it often includes several minutes of image with no language content. The book then asks students to watch the DVD with the sound off in order to memorize plot content. While I very much support the use of interactive content in language learning (I teach a university level French course) this book does not approach it in an intelligent way. Why memorize the plot of the film or the images that you see in it when instead you could be spending this valuable time learning grammar and conversation skills? In order to make the film more useful, it should have more audio content, and I am not sure why this did not occur to the textbook writers. It really reads like a low quality high school textbook, and I am embarassed on behalf of the Russian program at my institution for using it.

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Why no answers, October 1, 2003

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"siberian-express" (Alexandria, Virginia United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Russian Stage One--Live from Moscow! Volume 2 Textbook (Russian in stages) (Paperback)

I tried to learn Russian in college. I was not succesful. The problem was the lack of guidance with the book. THe answers were unavailable, the instruction was minimal and the examples were virtually non existent. The book does teach vocabulary, but vocabulary is useless if one does not know the proper way to use it. Stick with Pimselur.