ABSTRACT

Combining a user-friendly approach with a thorough treatment of the language, it equips learners with the essential skills needed to communicate confidently and effectively in Russian in a broad range of situations.

Features include:

  • progressive coverage of speaking, listening, reading and writing skills
  • structured, jargon-free explanations of grammar
  • an extensive range of focused and stimulating exercises
  • realistic and entertaining dialogues covering a broad variety of scenarios
  • useful vocabulary lists throughout the text
  • additional resources available at the back of the book, including a full answer key, a grammar summary and bilingual glossaries

Balanced, comprehensive and rewarding, Colloquial Russian will be an indispensable resource both for independent learners and students taking courses in Russian.

Colloquials are now supported by FREE AUDIO available online. All audio tracks referenced within the text are free to stream or download from www.routledge.com/cw/colloquials. Recorded by native speakers, the audio compliments the book and will help enhance learners’ listening and speaking skills.

chapter |2 pages

Introduction

chapter |10 pages

Introduction to the Russian language

unit One|10 pages

Как вас зову́т?

unit Two|13 pages

Изуча́ем ру́сский язы́к

unit Three|12 pages

В гости́нице

unit Four|13 pages

Типи́чный день

unit Five|13 pages

Семья́

unit Six|16 pages

Идём в го́сти!

unit Seven|14 pages

Спорт

unit Eight|17 pages

Люби́мый о́тдых

unit Nine|14 pages

Пра́здники

unit Ten|13 pages

Арба́т

unit Eleven|17 pages

Как снять кварти́рув Москвé

unit Twelve|14 pages

Росси́йские СМИ

unit Thirteen|12 pages

За поку́пками!

unit Fourteen|16 pages

Путеше́ствия

unit Fifteen|17 pages

Теа́тр

unit Sixteen|13 pages

Здравоохране́ние

unit Seventeen|16 pages

Петербу́рг

unit Eighteen|13 pages

Равнопра́вие

unit Nineteen|14 pages

Образова́ние

unit Twenty|18 pages

Сиби́рь

chapter |24 pages

Grammar summary