Easy Russian for English Speakers Vol. 1 & 2: Learn to Speak and Understand Russian; From everyday essentials to Chekhov, Pushkin, Gagarin and Shakespeare (English and Russian Edition)

For Students and Travellers The Russian audio course that jumps right into learning the language with expertly designed structure of the lessons and their thematic organization to benefit English Speakers. Engaging, attention grabbing, infused with cultural content to deliver immediate results for those who needs to master Russian fast. The first CD in the set includes essentials such as greetings, travelling, numbers, food and drink, shopping, getting around town, business meetings, dating and telling the time. Followed by more detailed explanation of Russian phonetics, Russian names, birthdays, taking about planet Earth, flying on a Russian space ship, and cultural content with fragments from Chekhov stories, Gagarin's speech, and Shakespeare in Russian, included in second CD . No special equipment or software required. Audio CD can be used with PC, lap-top, home stereo or transferred to ipod, cell phone or MP3 player. Russian Language Qualifications Qualifications available from various examination boards outside Russia include EdExcel in the UK offering GCSE and A-Level exams in Russian Language and expects students to learn not only the language itself, but also about the culture and traditions of the native countries. Easy Russian will be most valuable in achieving such objectives. It includes rich cultural content and insights into Russian literature, humour and etiquette. Volumes 1 and 2 aim primarily to develop speaking, listening and understanding skills. In Volume 2 students are also given the opportunity to download free PDF materials for each unit in order to improve their understanding of written Russian. These free text materials can be downloaded from Easy Russian web site . Future releases of Easy Russian materials will make it a complete and comprehensive resource for students wishing to develop fluency in Russian language For Teachers Easy Russian audio materials offer some tuition, phonetics, grammar and native Russian audio content. It will be possible for adults and younger students to achieve good understanding of Russian language outside classroom through Easy Russian. Volume 2 in particular provides PDF downloads which can be used by tutors in classrooms. Additional feature of Volume 2 which will be useful for teachers running Russian language classes is inclusion of Chekhov, Gagarin and Shakespeare texts both inside longer modules and separately at the end of the CD, so that each text could be played back easily without English tutorial. Vol.1 CD 1 01 GREETINGS, WELCOME 02 ALPHABET, SPELLING 03 SPEAKING AND UNDERSTANDING 04 TRAVELLING BY TAXI 05 THEATRE TICKETS, NUMBERS 1-10 06 HOTEL, CONCIERGE 07 ORDERING FOOD AND DRINK 08 SHOPPING, POSSESSIONS 09 DIRECTIONS, GETTING AROUND TOWN 10 SUGGESTIONS, NUMBERS 10-100 11 TELLING THE TIME 12 MAKING PHONE CALLS 13 APPOINTMENTS, WEEKS, MONTHS 14 BUSINESS MEETINGS 15 DATING SOMEONE 16 MYSTERIOUS RUSSIAN SOUL 17 SAYING GOODBYE Vol.2 CD 2 01 INTRODUCTION 02 UNDERSTANDING RUSSIAN NAMES 03 LEARNING RUSSIAN LIKE A NATIVE 04 TO BE OR NOT TO BE IN RUSSIAN 05 SPEAK RUSSIAN LIKE A RUSSIAN 06 TALKING ABOUT OUR PLANET 07 READING CHEKHOV IN ORIGINAL 08 GAGARIN ABOUT PLANET EARTH 09 GAGARIN ABOUT LANDING 10 SHAKESPEARE IN RUSSIAN 11 CHEKHOV IN RUSSIAN