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THE RUSLAN RUSSIAN COURSE AND CDROMS
by John Langran and Natalya Veshnyeva
This is a communicative Russian course for adults and young people, from beginners to intermediate level. 20 units, with an exciting story line, lots of exercises, teachers notes, quality recordings on cassette or audio CD, student workbooks, and 2 interactive multimedia CDRoms which can be used with the course books or on their own.
Ruslan 1 Book
ISBN 1899785205 - £11.95 plus postage
140 pages. B5. The book for beginners. Alphabet introduction. 10 lessons. Dialogues with an exciting story line. Vocabularies. Clear grammar explanations. Background information. Lots of exercises.
Communication activities. Listening and reading exercises. 750 word vocabulary. Key to the exercises.
Ruslan 1 Audio CD
ISBN 1899785027 - £10.95 plus postage
All the dialogues and listening exercises for the Ruslan 1 Book. Quality recordings by the Rossica Choir, Saint Petersburg.
Ruslan 1 Book with audio CD
ISBN 1899785515 - £19.95 plus postage
Ruslan 1 Cassette
ISBN 1899785019 - £10.95 plus postage
Same content as the CD
Ruslan 1 Workbook.
ISBN 1899785221 - £10.95 plus postage
112 Pages A4 format. Black and white. 203 exercises linked to the Ruslan Russian course. Some of the exercises are taken from the CDRom version of the course, most are new for this volume. The book comes with a free audio CD with recordings for the listening exercises. There are a large number of black and white photos linked to the exercises.
Ruslan Russian 1 CD-ROM
(DTI Languages for Export Award 1999)
ISBN 1899785086 - £24.95
Network use £12 per user plus VAT.
A full multimedia version of the Ruslan 1 course with additional resources.
Can be used with or without the book. All the dialogues on the screen with
left click for sound and right click for translation. 285 interactive exercises
with sound and feedback. Integrated video clips. Sophisticated search facility.
"It is better designed than similar materials I have seen for any language; simple
to install, and imaginitive enough to be entertaining, with easy-to-follow on-screen
instructions." Times Educational Supplement.
Ruslan 1 Demo CD.
This contains the Alphabet Introduction and the whole of lesson 1 of the Ruslan 1 CDRom, with full sound. Use the blue link to download for free, or send £1 in postage stamps to Ruslan Limited for the cd version.
Ruslan 1 Teachers notes
ISBN 1899785213 - £13.95 plus postage
A4 booklet. 120 pages of ideas for teachers, language games, and photocopiable worksheets.
These teachers notes are available as a free download. Click here for the link. You need a password from Ruslan Ltd.
Ruslan Russian 2 Book. 3rd edition
ISBN 1899785124 - £12.95 plus postage
10 lessons, continuing the Ruslan 1 story line, and taking you to a very good GCSE level in spoken Russian. This is a new edition published April 2007 with considerable amendment and updating.
Ruslan 2 Cassette
ISBN 1899785043 - £10.95 plus postage
This was produced for the 2nd edition of Ruslan 2 and will not be reissued for the 3rd edition. It contains recordings of the dialogues and listening exercises only.
Ruslan 2 Audio CD
ISBN 1899785051 - £10.95 plus postage
A new audio CD for the 3rd edition. This contains recordings of information texts and reading texts as well as the basic dialogues and reading exercises.
Ruslan 2 Workbook.
ISBN 189978523X - £11.95 plus postage
96 Pages A4 format. Black and white. 158 exercises linked to the Ruslan 2 Russian course. Some of the exercises are taken from the CDRom version of the course, most are new for this volume. The book comes with a free audio CD with recordings for the listening exercises. There are a large number of black and white photos linked to the exercises.
Ruslan Russian 2 CD-ROM
ISBN 1899785108 - £27.95
Network use £13 per user plus VAT.
A complete multimedia version of Ruslan Russian 2, the Ruslan 2 CDRom has all the facilities of the prizewinning Ruslan 1 CDRom. Exercises linked to video clips, a very large number of additional pictures that come up when you complete an exercise, immediate sound feedback when
you give an answer. Because of the additional space required for the visuals and the additional sound, we have used MP3 compression to get everything onto a single CDRom. MP3 driver is supplied with the program.
The Ruslan 2 CDRom has been reviewed by CALICO, the leading US Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium.
They sum up:
"This, to the best of my knowledge, is the only Russian multimedia course
that even begins to exploit the possibilities offered by modern computer technology ..."
Ruslan Russian 3. John Langran
Ruslan Russian 3 is a continuation of the Ruslan course to advanced level. The action takes place in Irkutsk and around Lake Baikal. Lyudmila and Ruslan go to visit Uncle Kolya, a pensioner in Irkutsk. Lyudmila meets up with her former husband Igor Abramovich, who is director of a factory in Baikalsk, Vadim is shooting a documentary film about pollution in the lake, and Ivan is helping Peter to test a new English cream for mosquitos.
This is a 10 lesson course incorporating the necessary constructions for AS and A2 level Russian. There is a large variety of reading and listening material about Russia on cultural, literary and historical themes, as well as material for developing vocabulary and communication skills.
184 pages. Full colour. Three accompanying audio CDs.
The multimedia CDRom version of Ruslan 3 uses the prizewinning Ruslan CDRom template for maximum interactivity, and contains all
the recorded sound, with a large number of additional exercises and photos.
Ruslan 3 Book ISBN 189978540X - £15.95
Ruslan 3 Audio CD 1 Lessons 1-4 ISBN 1899785426 - £9.95
Ruslan 3 Audio CD 2 Lessons 5-7 ISBN 1899785434 - £9.95
Ruslan 3 Audio CD 3 Lessons 8-10 ISBN 1899785442 - £9.95
Ruslan 3 Set of 3 Audio CDs ISBN 1899785418 - £24.95
Ruslan 3 CDRom Lessons 1-4 ISBN 1899785477 - £16.95
Ruslan 3 CDRom Lessons 5-7 ISBN 1899785485 - £16.95
Ruslan 3 CDRom Lessons 8-10 ISBN 1899785493 - £16.95
MORE COMMENTS ON THE RUSLAN COURSE:
"For the first time in my career as a teacher of Russian to adults
I do not feel a need to apologise to the students for the resources
we’re using. I feel I am teaching with the book, not in spite of it."
Yvonne Elliott, Milton Keynes.
"We appreciate the course for its clarity and abundance of activities.
It is enjoyable, and provides suitable material for teaching Russian
in the business environment."
Marie-Chantal Lugg, Tailored Languages, Dorchester.
"Ruslan’s lively style and systematic presentation of grammar for adult
beginners make it a market leader in its field."
Terry Wade, Glasgow.
"Over the last year I have reviewed around thirty different books, tapes
and computer programs! I am pleased to tell you that "Ruslan" has been our choice!"
Charles Summers. US Director General, Oryx Energy, Kazakhstan.
"My heartfelt congratulations on these two discs (Ruslan 2 and "Cold War").
As a student I have now worked through them several times.
They set a high standard in terms of the way this medium should be used.
The immediacy of responses, the repeat facility, the control given to the
student, the reward for success indicated, and so on .. all exploit the
technological possibilities and make this the most pleasurable learning
material yet found.
In addition I would express my appreciation of the care and consideration
put into the construction - culturally, pedagogically, and in terms of
interest and humour."
Ray Thomas. Lecturer. Open University.
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