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Title: Living Language Ultimate Russian: Advanced by Jack Blanshei, Crown Pub, Living Language ISBN: 0517885050 Publisher: Crown Publishing Group Pub. Date: September, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5
Rating: 4
Summary: Real advanced Russian.
Comment: There are few truly advanced courses around for languages, but Living Language has done a superb job of this pack! The text book is jam-packed with useful information as well as real, situational Russian that you could conceivably use in Russia, or in dealing with Russians who may be visiting your home country. And, frankly, for what you get, the price is very reasonable. Well done to Living Language for both quality and accessibility! To get the most out of the course, you should really get the full package. You can't learn a language effectively without tapes, and the tapes you have here are clear, and promote using the language in dialogues. As a graduate of Russian I use these tapes to keep my Russian alive and even to expand upon it in certain areas, such as computing, a section for which is included in the course. However, while the taped sections are good for building and drilling speech patterns, I feel that too much freedom has been taken in some of the translations. While it is good to make the English as natural as the Russian, there are some occasions where, although the meaning has been conveyed, the translation is unnecassarily inaccurate which could be confusing to a student conducting a higher level and exacting course of study. Interpreting can allow such things, as "interpreting" implies. It means that you can relay meaning while not necassarily using a word for word translation. written translation is a precise discipline, and, if you using this text at a univerity where there are translation exams, you should bear the above points in mind, as word for word accuracy is, wherever possible, required in university translation exams. I don't need to restate the fact that there are spelling mistakes in the text and discrepancies between the book and the tape. It is a great shame that Living Language books did not do the editing required to eliminate such issues, as it makes the course and tha company look sloppy when I don't think they are. But that said, I still recommend this course.
Rating: 5
Summary: Confidence boosting
Comment: I purchased this course about 20 years after having done a major in Russian and having had limited opportunities to make use of it. The tapes did a great job of reinforcing and improving my knowledge of the grammar while restoring and extending my vocabulary. This was extremely helpful for a trip I made to Russia recently where, for the very first time, I found myself able to converse and interact with reasonable spontenaity. I have one minor criticism - some of the translations in the book, while conveying the basic sense of the Russian text, are sometimes far from exact. But I guess this is supposed to be an advanced course, so readers should not find it too much of a problem.
Rating: 5
Summary: good audio tape
Comment: I used the tapes "on the go" while at home doing chores and taking care of my daughter. I like the program because it stressed learning with tapes that contained dialoges. I think it is impossible to learn a language based on grammar alone, and most texts, including those studied in universities, are very weak when it comes to learning through spoken language. I feel if one does not have a good accent when speaking a foriegn language, it does not matter how correctly they speak the language. This program emphasizes speaking and therefore natuarally your accent will improve.
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Title: Ultimate Russian: Basic-Intermediate (Living Language Ultimate. Basic-Intermediate Series (Manual & Cassettes)) by Nancy Novak, Living Language, Crown Publishing ISBN: 0517700042 Publisher: Living Language Pub. Date: April, 1998 List Price(USD): $75.00 |
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Title: Simplified Russian Grammar by Misha A. Fayer, Mischa Fayer ISBN: 0844242314 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages Pub. Date: June, 1985 List Price(USD): $31.79 |
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Title: 501 Russian Verbs: Fully Conjugated in All the Tenses Alphabetically Arranged (501 Verbs Series) by Thomas R., Jr. Beyer ISBN: 0764113496 Publisher: Barrons Educational Series Pub. Date: 01 February, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Oxford Russian Dictionary: Russian-English English-Russian by Della F. Thompson ISBN: 0425160130 Publisher: Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 29 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $2.67 |
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Title: Essentials of Russian Grammar: A Complete Guide for Students and Professionals (Ntc Russian Series) by Nicholas Maltzoff ISBN: 0844242446 Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Contemporary Books Pub. Date: November, 1989 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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