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RUSLAN ADVANCED RUSSIAN CDROMS
A series of advanced Russian interactive CDRom units with accompanying texts.
Level 3. Post GCSE: "Почему они не берут билет".
Level 3 & 4: "Советский Союз в годы второй мировой войны".
Level 4. Post A Level: "Холодная война. Когда и почему она началась".
Level 4: "Медный Всадник". An interactive CDRom of the epic Pushkin poem.

"Почему они не берут билет". - Level 3 (Post GCSE):

650 word recorded sketch written in Ekaterinburg when it was Sverdlovsk in the 1970s. Author unknown. Gives humorous insights into Soviet attitudes to public services. Left click for sound and right click for vocabulary. Information references, specialised vocabulary, grammatical explanations, 27 interactive exercises with sound and vox-pop interviews, suggestions for written work, detailed search facility. Text to print out.

"СССР в годы второй мировой войны"

Levels 3 & 4 (A-level and post A-level). Recorded text on the events of the Second World War on the Russian Front, with left click for sound and right click for vocabulary. Text by Alex Chubarov of Coventry University from his "ABC of Russian Language and History". Specialised vocabularies and images. Clear grammar explanations with recorded examples. 35 interactive exercises with sound and feedback. Exercises based on actuality recordings. Last letter from the front. Record your own voice (Windows Sound Recorder). Detailed search facility. Text to print out.

"Холодная война. Когда и почему она началась"
Level 4 (Post A-level):


600 word authentic recorded text on the origins of the Cold War, with left click for sound and right click for vocabulary. Information references, specialised vocabulary and a large number of images, grammatical explanations, 18 interactive exercises with sound, suggestions for written work, detailed search facility. Text to print out.

СОДЕРЖАНИЕ
1. Точка зрения ...
2. Шли споры ...
3. Предложение Геддиса
4. Действия сообща ...
5. Западная версия
6. Факты
7. Рузвельт
8. Позиция Рузвельта
9. После Рузвельта
10. Секрет атомной бомбы
11. Дитя родилось!

Summary of the above CDRoms with prices:
"Why they don't get a ticket" CDRom - ISBN 1899785272
"The Cold War" CDRom - ISBN 1899785167
"The USSR in the Second World War CDRom - ISBN 1899785183
Price - Single user per CDRom GBP17.95.
For network use add GBP5 per user plus VAT.
Postage to the UK GBP1, Europe GBP2, Rest of World GBP3

"Медный Всадник". An interactive CDRom version of the epic Pushkin poem. Level 4 (Post A-level):           
     Listen to a passage from the prologue ...
A unit for advanced Russian language study, using the original poem by Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin. The poem is read by Igor Bunakov, and the recording was made at FM Division Studios in Moscow. You can listen to the poem in short sections, with left click for sound and right click for help with vocabulary. There are translations, interactive exercises to drill key vocabulary, exercises on a summary of the poem, and commentary in Russian by Lyudmila Pryadko and in English by Professor Robin Milner-Gulland. The main illustrations are by Alexander Benois, first published in "Мир Искусства" in 1904.

The CDRom is distributed in a DVD case with a 24 page booklet giving the full text of the poem and a translation by John Langran.

Alternatively, the same recording of the poem is also available as an audio CD.

Pricing:
"Медный Всадник" CDRom with booklet GBP 17.95
"Медный Всадник" Audio CD with booklet GBP 14.95
"Медный Всадник" CDRom in plastic wallet GBP 12.00
"Медный Всадник" Audio CD in plastic wallet GBP 8.00
Postage to the UK GBP1, Europe GBP2, Rest of World GBP3

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