Advanced Russian: From Reading to Speaking was designed for English-speaking learners
of Russian with at least two years of college-level study of the language. It may also be used by
heritage speakers who need practice and review in reading and speaking grammatically and stylistically
correct Russian.
The complete package includes two soft-bound volumes (365 pp. and 245 pp.), an interactive multimedia DVD-ROM
for Windows® and Macintosh® computers,
and three video
DVDs that can be played in any NTSC DVD player.
The video DVDs include all videos that are central to the course;
the DVD-ROM has the same central videos and well over a hundred shorter ones (interviews, clips from feature films, and more--all with their own transcripts, comments, glosses, etc.).
The books, the DVD-ROM, and the video DVDs may be purchased together or separately from our order pages (see above).
Please read the
Table of Contents
and
Introduction
for detailed information on the two printed volumes.
What you will find on the DVD-ROM
- Video recordings of professionally arranged readings of
twelve short stories by contemporary Russian authors.
- A Russian TV film based on one of the stories.
- A concert performance by the author of one of the stories.
- Over thirty video excerpts from interviews with some of the
authors (or their television appearances).
- Fifty scenes from Russian films
that are thematically related to the featured stories.
- Video and audio recordings of songs and poems related to the featured
stories.
- Annotated photographs of the authors featured on this disc.
A complete listing of the included video and audio recordings (and photographs) may be
viewed
here.
The vocabulary of all these materials is covered by the onscreen dictionary on the disc.
All video recordings are accompanied by complete transcripts, displayed side by side
with the video. Transcripts for all audio recordings are also provided. All transcripts are accompanied
by detailed linguistic and cultural comments. Most of the materials are followed by
communicative assignments based on each text.
This disc includes a unique series of notes and exercises called Guided Reading.
These exercises are based on "Nika," a short story by Viktor Pelevin; the complete
text of the story is included on the disc.
What you will find on the video DVDs
The video recordings of the twelve central stories, made by professional actors and provided
on the interactive DVD-ROM, are also included on the set of three video DVDs called
"Russian Short Stories on Your Screen." The video DVDs and the interactive DVD-ROM complement each
other: the DVDs offer excellent quality video that may be watched on large-screen TVs and room projectors.
They should be highly suitable for classroom demonstrations and library or media-center collections.
For artistic impression and practice in listening comprehension, some individual learners
may also prefer the superior quality of the images and sound on the video DVDs: the DVD-ROM includes these
videos as well, but they are displayed in a small-sized window, leaving plenty of room for the transcripts,
glossary, and notes.
Why study a language with an interactive DVD?
After viewing the sample screens and videos
and reading this brief description you may still wonder how easy it is going to be for you to use this course
and what advantages interactive multimedia may offer for your language study. If so, please peruse
the complete Introduction that is included on the disc and
provided here for your reference.
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