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For courses in First-year Russian - Introductory Russian.

Golosa is a two-volume, introductory Russian-language program that strikes a balance between communication and structure. It is designed to help students reach the Intermediate range in speaking and listening plus reading and writing. Each volume of Golosa includes a textbook, a student workbook with audio drills and written exercises, and an audio program that includes listening comprehension exercises, dialogs, conversations, and rapid-pace oral drills. The robust Companion Website offers additional lexical and grammatical exercises, links to authentic Russian websites, and the entire Golosa audio program.

Each unit in the program revolves around a theme (university, family, etc.), and follows the same basic format: introduction of basic vocabulary for the chapter theme, listening to introductory conversations, short dialogs with activities and role-play practice, practice in listening and reading with emphasis on strategies, grammar study and practice in both oral and written form, and written workbook exercises that go from mechanical skill-building to creative skill-using.

• NEW - Golosa Companion Web Site—Features all the audio for the Lab Manual, video segments, interactive exercises and activities plus links to authentic sites.

• NEW - Grammar sections offset in tinted pages.

  • Presents an analytical view of the grammatical structures in the unit, and helps students visually identify each unit's grammar structure.

• NEW - Grammar Introduction activities.

  • Streamlined for ease of student use and understanding.

• NEW - Expanded Readings—Readings skills are developed in 2 ways.

  • In text—semi-authentic passages are presented in the text and are easily accessible to beginning students.

  • Website and Workbook readings—Truly authentic texts with pre- and post-text workups appear in the Workbook and Website.

• NEW - Expanded listening—Listening skills are practiced in 2 ways.

  • In text—The most accessible scripts and tasks appear in the text.

  • Website—More challenging authentic scripts are on the Website.

• NEW - Updates to many cultural notes.

• NEW - More English-Russian translation exercises.

  • These simple exercises available in both the text and on the Website target the areas that English speakers have the most difficulty with such as possessives, y-constructions and subjectless sentences.

• A true communicative context.

  • Teaches students to use what they know to communicate, while giving them the grammar and vocabulary to expand their communicative abilities.

• Alphabet unit—Introduces the Russian writing system: print, script and keyboarding. Also, introduces numbers and geographical names.

• Separation of skills—Addresses each language skill (speaking, reading, writing, listening) in its own right.

• Flexibility—Dictates no particular methodological approach. All skills are presented on an equal footing.

  • Allows teachers and students the choice to focus on those skills that best serve their needs without violating the structural integrity of individual units or the book as a whole.

• Spiraling approach.

  • Exposes students repeatedly to similar functions and structures at an increasing level of complexity.

• Variety of exercises—Oral drills and written exercises progress from mechanical to contextualized, to individualized activities.

• Learning strategies—Features a variety of types of exercises.

  • Ensures that students acquire strategies for productive and receptive skills regardless of their individual learning styles.

• Numbers, phonetics and intonation—Presents and practices pronunciation in each unit in conjunction with material covered rather than in isolation.

• Cultural relevance—Embeds all texts and conversations within culture relevant to Russia today.

• Golosa Companion Web Site—Features all the audio for the Lab Manual, video segments, interactive exercises and activities plus links to authentic sites.

• Grammar sections offset in tinted pages.

  • Presents an analytical view of the grammatical structures in the unit, and helps students visually identify each unit's grammar structure.

• Grammar Introduction activities.

  • Streamlined for ease of student use and understanding.

• Expanded Readings—Readings skills are developed in 2 ways.

  • In text—semi-authentic passages are presented in the text and are easily accessible to beginning students.

  • Website and Workbook readings—Truly authentic texts with pre- and post-text workups appear in the Workbook and Website.

• Expanded listening—Listening skills are practiced in 2 ways.

  • In text—The most accessible scripts and tasks appear in the text.

  • Website—More challenging authentic scripts are on the Website.

• Updates to many cultural notes.

• More English-Russian translation exercises.

  • These simple exercises available in both the text and on the Website target the areas that English speakers have the most difficulty with such as possessives, y-constructions and subjectless sentences.

Scope and Sequence.


Alphabet.


 1. A Bit about Oneself.


 2. What Do I Have?


 3. What Languages Do you Know?


 4. University.


 5. Daily Routine.


 6. Home, Apartment, Dormitory.


 7. Our Family.


 8. In a Store.


 9. What Shall we Have to Eat?


10. Biography.


Vocabulary Russian/English, English/Russian.


Appendix A: Nouns and Modifiers.


Appendix B: Spelling Rules.


Appendix C: Declensions.


Appendix D: Numbers.


Index.

Elementary Russian  (Russian)

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  Golosa: A Basic Course in Russian, Book 1, 4/E
  Robin, Evans-Romaine, Shatalina & Robin
  ©2007 | Prentice Hall | Cloth; 448 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0131986287 | ISBN-13: 9780131986282
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  For courses in First-year Russian - Introductory Russian.

  Golosa is a two-volume, introductory Russian-language program that strikes a balance between communication and structure. It is designed to help students reach the Intermediate range in speaking and listening plus reading and writing. In addition to the text, each volume of Golosa has an accompanying Student Activities Manual (workbook, lab manual, video manual) with audio-drills and written exercises, and an audio program that includes listening comprehension exercises, dialogs, conversations, and rapid-pace oral drills. The robust Companion Website offers additional lexical and grammatical exercises, links to authentic Russian websites, and the entire Golosa audio program.

   

  Each unit in the program revolves around a theme (university, family, etc.), and follows the same basic format: introduction of basic vocabulary for the chapter theme, listening to introductory conversations, short dialogs with activities and role-play practice, practice in listening and reading with emphasis on strategies, grammar study and practice in both oral and written form, and written workbook exercises that go from mechanical skill-building to creative skill-using.

With its careful balance of communication and structure, Golosa has been the pathway to contemporary Russian for English-speaking students throughout the post-Soviet era. Students learning with Golosa work towards functional competence in all four skills while building a solid grammatical base. This foundation enables them to increase their proficiency through additional study.

The Golosa program consists of two texts (Book 1 and Book 2), two student workbooks, a Web-based audio and video program, and additional Web-based exercises. Each book offers realistic communicative activities (in listening, speaking, reading, and writing) that are designed for use in a learner-centered classroom. Students acquire personalized vocabulary to express individual needs and practice strategies that promote the balanced development of productive and receptive skills. The problem-solving approach in Golosa leads students to become independent, confident speakers of Russian.

The third edition of Golosa, Book 1, has been revised to provide a complete grammatical base. In addition, the third edition web site www.prenhall.com/golosa features a complete video program with authentic interviews appropriate for the students' level of comprehension. The web site also provides a regularly updated set of additional resources for teachers and students that further promotes independent, individualized work with the Russian language and realia. The entire audio program — nearly 20 hours of recordings — is available on the Golosa web site as well as on CD.

Golosa Website, 3/E
Robin
©2003 | Prentice Hall | On-line Supplement | Instock
ISBN-10: 0130497045 | ISBN-13: 9780130497048
URL:  http://www.prenhall.com/golosa

Golosa Website, 3/E
Robin
©2003 | Prentice Hall | On-line Supplement | Instock
ISBN-10: 0130497045 | ISBN-13: 9780130497048
URL:  http://www.prenhall.com/golosa

Golosa Website, 3/E
Robin
©2003 | Prentice Hall | On-line Supplement | Instock
ISBN-10: 0130497045 | ISBN-13: 9780130497048
URL:  http://www.prenhall.com/golosa

Golosa Website, 3/E
Robin
©2003 | Prentice Hall | On-line Supplement | Instock
ISBN-10: 0130497045 | ISBN-13: 9780130497048
URL:  http://www.prenhall.com/golosa

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