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Michel Thomas Method: Russian Advanced Course
Natasha Bershadski
£50.00 (inc VAT)
ISBN:
9780340948439
Series:
Michel Thomas Series
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Summary:
Learn another language the way you learnt your own
You learnt your own language naturally and enjoyably: now you can learn Russian in the same way.
You’ll stick with it because you’ll love it
· Use the unique method perfected over fifty years by the celebrated psychologist and linguist Michel Thomas.
· This method works with your brain, helping you to build up your Russian in manageable, enjoyable steps by thinking out the answers for yourself.
· You learn through listening and speaking – without the pressure of writing or memorising.
· You pick up the language naturally and unforgettably.
The NEW Russian Advanced Course
- Learn another language the way you learnt your own
Effective method - the Michel Thomas Method of language teaching works with the brain - Motivating - live classroom situation with two students encourages you to learn with the students on the recording
- All-audio - the way you want to learn
Pronunciation is gently - but effectively - corrected - Reference booklet - accompanying booklet lists key phrases in English and Russian (transliterated script)
Suite of progressive and complementary course components: Introductory, Foundation, Advanced, and Vocabulary - Sales record - the hugely successful Michel Thomas Method is applied to Russian.
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Table of Contents:
 past tense of 'concrete' verbs
future tense of 'concrete' verbs
pronouns: yego (his, him) – yemoo (to him), yeyo (her) – yey (to her), nas (us) – nam (to us)
going verbs: eedtee / paeetee, yekhat’/ payekhat’ (to go)
question words: gdye (where) – kooda (to where)
adverbs: zdyes’ (here) – syooda (to here), tam (there) – tooda (to there)
direction / location ( go to / be in (at))
direct object after: to want, to see, to like, etc
negative words: neekagda (never), neegdye (nowhere), neekooda (to nowhere)
'long' adjectives (go before the word they describe): bolshoy (big), khoroshy (good), novyy (new)etc.
reflexive verbs: nravit’s’a (to like)
lyoobeet’ (to love)
yesli (if)
pronoun ‘this’ (‘this book’)
informal ‘you’
subjunctive ‘would do’, ‘would be able to’
command/request: ‘please find out, give’, etc.
possession: ‘his, her, their’
pronouns ‘him, her, them’
‘Let us do’, ‘go’, etc.
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About the Author(s):
Natasha Bershadski studied at the Moscow State Linguistic University and taught English in Moscow before moving to London, where she has taught Russian for 15 years at King's College, UCL, LSE, Middlesex University and the Foreign Office.
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Readership:
Self-access course for adult improvers
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Reviews:
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"A great way to learn; it's fast and it lasts".
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The Daily Telegraph
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"Five minutes into the first CD, you already feel like you're winning."
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Time Out
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"Michel Thomas is a precious find indeed."
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The Guardian
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"Thomas makes it simple"
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Sunday Times
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"Michel's methods will teach you effectively and easily"
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Daily Star
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"Hugely inspiring"
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Red
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"Ideal for any business traveller who needs to be able to get around confidently."
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