Sunday, December 2, 2012

Let's Talk About Life - An Integrated Approach to Russian Conversation




Authentic Russian articles, interviews, and essays bring conversational Russian to life! This unique culture and conversation text helps students move from intermediate to advanced level Russian. Let’s Talk About Life uses a personalized approach to promote conversation about real-life topics through exercises and activities revolving around authentic readings and listening material from a variety of Russian sources. Get Your Students Talking With:
  • Student Tapes featuring unrehearsed interviews with young Russians to provide students with 10–15 minutes per chapter of authentic conversation, as well as valuable cultural insights. Also includes exercises to aid student comprehension and selected vocabulary.
  • Four to six correlated readings in each chapter, featured in a variety of formats: short stories, essays, news and feature articles, and letters to the editor.
  • Real-life topics that are relevant to students, such as personal life, university life, religion, rock music, and social problems , to help students converse on subjects that interest them.
  • A wide range of exercises and activities which move students to the next level, including: vocabulary building, sentence completion, giving information, giving opinions, asking questions, and role playing.
  • A Russian/English glossary to help students read the passages while learning and comprehending new vocabulary.