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V puti: Russian Grammar in Context
Olga Kagan, University of California, Los Angeles
Frank Miller, Columbia University

ISBN-10: 0134748913
ISBN-13: 9780134748917

Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 1996
Format: Paper; 400 pp
Published: 08/10/1995

This highly successful program assists in the development of all the language skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing) by presenting realistic settings, situations, and contexts. It consists of 12 chapters and can be used in an intermediate or advanced Russian course. "V Puti" offers conversational exercises, various readings (biographies, poems, literature and historical texts) and grammatical explanations and practice. All of these components reinforce Russian culture and history which enable the students to understand the Russian language in context.

This product accompanies:
Kagan, Miller & Kudyma, V Puti, 2/E

combines a communicative approach with a solid grammar foundation that will prepare students for further study at the advanced level.

Develops all four language skills in each unit.

Each lesson contains:
- conversations followed by various oral exercises.
- writing assignments.
- grammar review or introduction followed by exercises.
- authentic reading selections from newspapers (“Reading for Information”).
- a discussion of Russian speech conventions.
- an unabridged literary text (“Reading for Pleasure”).

provides conversations designed to allow a truly interactive classroom — consistent use of pair work, small group work, and whole-class activities.

uses standard contemporary conversational Russian. Uses proverbs and sayings consistently throughout.

offers a unique approach to Russian speech conventions.
- provides notes on appropriate speech behavior and etiquette.
- gives all cultural information in Russian.

an accompanying Lab Manual/Workbook and Cassettes contains phonetics and intonation exercises, aural comprehension assignments, and reading and writing assignments.

A Comprehensive Teacher's Manual contains tape scripts for listening exercises in the Lab Manual/Workbook, as well as Keys to all exercises in the Lab Manual/Workbook, and selected exercises from the text. It also contains additional classroom activities and sample chapter quizzes.

Introduction and Review.

Spelling rules. General remarks on nouns, pronouns, and adjectives. Verbs. Review of Russian handwriting. Transliteration of foreign words into Russian.

1. Let's Get Acquainted!

Introducing and talking about yourself. Asking others questions about themselves. Writing letters. Nouns, adjectives, and verbs. The prepositional case. The accusative case. The genitive case. Russian names. University departments and subjects.

2. Our Pets and Us.

Talking about your family and pets. Opening a conversation. Expressing your emotions. Nominative case. Dative case. Verbs. Professions. pets. Using you (familiar) vs. you (formal).

3. Monday's a Hard Day.

Talking about your day. Talking about music. Using time expressions. Apologizing. Genitive case. Accusative case. Verbs. Verbs relating to sleeping and waking up. Musical instruments. Greeting people.

4. Days of Our Lives.

Talking about your schedule. Talking about grades. Using numbers. Telling time. Genitive case. Verbs.

5. Where We Live.

Talking about a home. Telling time. Dative case. Verbs. Names of rooms in a house. Name of farm animals. Using the telephone.

6. What Kind of a Person Are You?

Talking about a person's appearance. Talking about a person's character. Talking about dating. Expressing possession. Instrumental case. Verbs. Superstitions. Verbs of studying, teaching, and learning.

7. Grammar for Reading.

Verbal adjectives. Verbal adverbs. Complex sentences. Anna Karenina.

8. Around the World.

Talking about travel. Talking about vacations. Writing business letters. Verbs. European countries. Asking someone to repeat themselves.

9. Urban Life.

Talking about driving a car. Asking for and giving directions. Talking about a city. Verbs. Moscow and St. Petersburg. Expressing gratitude. Verbs with consonant alternation.

10. Nature and Us.

Talking about the weather and natural calamities. Talking about clothing. Talking about illness. Words pertaining to clothing. Words pertaining to weather. Compliments.

11. Bon Appetit.

Talking about food and how to prepare it. Inviting and receiving guests. Wishing someone Happy Birthday. Behavior at the dinner table. Asking someone to do something. A Russian menu. Different types of food. Invitations.

12. What Things Do We Enjoy.

Sports, literature, movies, art. Real and unreal conditions: review of negative constructions. Russian and American history.

Intermediate Russian (Russian)

V Puti, 2/E
Kagan, Miller & Kudyma
©2006 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 432 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0130282804 | ISBN-13: 9780130282804
Net price: $63.00 (What's this?)Brief Description

This highly successful program assists in the development of all the language skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing) by presenting realistic settings, situations, and contexts. Perfect for use in an intermediate or advanced Russian course, V Puti offers conversational exercises, various readings (biographies, poems, literature and historical texts) and grammatical explanations and practice.

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