Speak is Easy for All Language!

Product Description: bFor Students and Travellers/b brpThe 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. brpbRussian Language Qualifications/b brpQualifications 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 brpbFor Teachers/b brpEasy 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. brpbVol.1 CD 1/b brp01 GREETINGS, WELCOME br02 ALPHABET, SPELLING br03 SPEAKING AND UNDERSTANDING br04 TRAVELLING BY TAXI br05 THEATRE TICKETS, NUMBERS 1-10 br06 HOTEL, CONCIERGE br07 ORDERING FOOD AND DRINK br08 SHOPPING, POSSESSIONS br09 DIRECTIONS, GETTING AROUND TOWN br10 SUGGESTIONS, NUMBERS 10-100 br11 TELLING THE TIME br12 MAKING PHONE CALLS br13 APPOINTMENTS, WEEKS, MONTHS br14 BUSINESS MEETINGS br15 DATING SOMEONE br16 MYSTERIOUS RUSSIAN SOUL br17 SAYING GOODBYE brpbVol.2 CD 2/b brp01 INTRODUCTION br02 UNDERSTANDING RUSSIAN NAMES br03 LEARNING RUSSIAN LIKE A NATIVE br04 TO BE OR NOT TO BE IN RUSSIAN br05 SPEAK RUSSIAN LIKE A RUSSIAN br06 TALKING ABOUT OUR PLANET br07 READING CHEKHOV IN ORIGINAL br08 GAGARIN ABOUT PLANET EARTH br09 GAGARIN ABOUT LANDING br10 SHAKESPEARE IN RUSSIAN br11 CHEKHOV IN RUSSIAN