The centerpiece of a truly integrated multi-media system for teaching Russian, RussianAlive! is now available in a new expanded edition, which incorporates suggestions from the over 100 schools where it is used to teach first-year Russian. Approximately 100 contact hours are required to cover all 35 lessons in RussianAlive!. However, the textbook has been organized in such a fashion that the essential grammar of Russian, including all cases (nouns, adjectives and pronouns, singular and plural), as well as the basic Russian tenses and aspects, are treated in the first 25 lessons. This arrangement will permit teachers with as few as 75 contact hours to cover the essential grammar of Russian. Lessons 26 to 35 can be introduced in any order, according to individual preferences. 
 Among its features are: 
 * illustrated basic vocabulary * convenient grammar summaries * topical organization of grammar * flexible order of lesson materials * mini-essays on Russian culture * student activity sheets * quick drills * pic-drills * visualization exercises * branching to contextualized exercises and activities in Welcome to Divnograd!

Russianalive!: An Introduction to Russian

Cioran, Samuel D.

Casa Dana Books

Welcome to Divnograd! is an illustrated workbook which has been designed to be used in conjunction with RussianAlive!. It can also be used either by itself or with any other Russian textbook for beginning and intermediate students in order to provide contextualized exercises based on the sociological culture of Russia. Among its many features are: * a full-scale map of the city of Divnograd with complete urban infrastructure (streets, stores, transportation, etc.) * biographical sketches and brief stories about 20 typical Russian citizens living in the city of Divnograd * drawings, vocabulary and related exercises based upon a typical Russian apartment * questions to test the ability of students to find their way around a typical Russian city * grammar-related exercises applied to living accommodations, biographies and the city of Divnograd

Welcome to Divnograd: An Illustrated Workbook for Students of Russian

Kalinin, Gennadi

Welcome to the adventures of Inspector Pronyukhin! The authors of RussianAlive!! and Welcome to Divnograd! are pleased to present a new large-format 58-page annotated and illustrated reader for students of Russian. Open the case book of Inspector Pronyukhin of the Divnograd militia and follow his exploits as he attempts to solve a mysterious crime that leads him through the streets of Divnograd on the trail of desperate criminals. This reader has been written specially for beginning or intermediate students of Russian who are using the two textbooks RussianAlive!! and Welcome to Divnograd! However, it provides suitable reading material for students who are using any other first or second year textbook of Russian and require supplementary reading material.

The General's Daughter: First Year Russian Reader

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Russianalive!: An Introduction to Russian

Welcome to Divnograd: An Illustrated Workbook for Students of Russian

The General's Daughter: First Year Russian Reader