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| uncrebel11 Newbie United States Joined 5504 days ago 4 posts - 5 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish Studies: Russian | Message 1 of 9 12 November 2009 at 12:53am | IP Logged | |||||
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I've recently acted on a long-time desire to study Russian and have gathered an absurdly large collection of texts to see which ones I can learn from the best including Assimil (1951), Princeton Course, S Azov, DLI (1983), and Lipson's "A Russian Course."
I have read that any of the Russky Yazyk (sp) texts are good to have if you can come across them. I've seen several copies on Amazon but have had trouble finding "Russian For Everybody." I'm specifically looking for the edition that has the recorded supplement that apparently has over 22 hours of audio and several other supplemental materials. I've seen where these items are on reserve in some college libraries here in the States, but I would like to purchase them if they're available anywhere. I have heard great things about this course and text (i believe this version was originally published in the 1970s and its text is entirely in Russian). I understand that it is has been edited and published again in different versions, but would very much like to find the one with the supplemental material. I was hoping someone here would be kind enough to point me in the right direction since this forum has been a wealth of information for me already. Thanks a lot in advance for any help. 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| fanatic Octoglot Senior Member Australia speedmathematics.com Joined 7145 days ago 1152 posts - 1818 votes  Speaks: English*, German, French, Afrikaans, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Dutch Studies: Swedish, Norwegian, Polish, Modern Hebrew, Malay, Mandarin, Esperanto | Message 2 of 9 13 November 2009 at 7:10am | IP Logged | |||||
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I bought the old Russian For Everybody in East Berlin back in the 70s. I love it. It is a complete language course with plenty of audio (all in Russian) and plenty of text. You have the main textbook, grammar book, reader, speaking book with cartoons and jokes, and a dictionary. All of the books except the reader were hardcover.
The next edition from the 80s was OK but it didn't come across as friendly. They modified the text to leave out that you didn't have gas connected if you lived in the country. All of the books except the textbook were softcover. You got to know the characters in the course and their foibles. It was written with humour. I would suggest you try eBay and see if there are any on offer. This is probably my favourite language course. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| uncrebel11 Newbie United States Joined 5504 days ago 4 posts - 5 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish Studies: Russian | Message 3 of 9 13 November 2009 at 9:16pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Thanks fanatic.
I'll see what I can find out. Hopefully I can come across the older version that you're referring to. EDITED TO ADD: in case anyone is interested, I came across a website through NC State University that has a ton of audio lectures corresponding to Russian For Everybody (the Baker edition). It may be of some use for people using this book. http://faculty.chass.ncsu.edu/bilenkin/ Click on each course (102-202) and go to audio. Edited by uncrebel11 on 13 November 2009 at 10:40pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Splog Diglot Senior Member Czech Republic anthonylauder.c Joined 5668 days ago 1062 posts - 3263 votes Speaks: English*, Czech Studies: Mandarin | Message 4 of 9 13 November 2009 at 11:09pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Thanks for the recommendation on this, subsequent to which I have bought a really cheap used copy of the textbook on amazon. To now see that the audio is available online is tremendous. Much appreciated.
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| uncrebel11 Newbie United States Joined 5504 days ago 4 posts - 5 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish Studies: Russian | Message 5 of 9 19 November 2009 at 9:58pm | IP Logged | |||||
Splog, just out of curiosity, would you mind telling me which edition or year the text you purchased from Amazon.com is? I'm assuming it's a Baker (American) edition also...? 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Splog Diglot Senior Member Czech Republic anthonylauder.c Joined 5668 days ago 1062 posts - 3263 votes Speaks: English*, Czech Studies: Mandarin | Message 6 of 9 19 November 2009 at 10:20pm | IP Logged | |||||
Yes - it was a Baker edition. But, having successfully placed my order, and received a confirmation (along with expected delivery date)... the next day I received an email saying "The seller has cancelled the transaction" with no explanation given :-( So, it turns out I was celebrating too soon :-( Edited by Splog on 19 November 2009 at 10:20pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| fanatic Octoglot Senior Member Australia speedmathematics.com Joined 7145 days ago 1152 posts - 1818 votes Speaks: English*, German, French, Afrikaans, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Dutch Studies: Swedish, Norwegian, Polish, Modern Hebrew, Malay, Mandarin, Esperanto | Message 7 of 9 20 November 2009 at 2:28am | IP Logged | |||||
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The book and audio are both available from uz-translations. It is called, French Without Toil, and is one of the best courses for learning French. It must be way out of copyright.
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| Pravoslavnaja Newbie Russian Federation Joined 5482 days ago 5 posts - 1 votes | Message 8 of 9 20 November 2009 at 3:29am | IP Logged | |||||
Thank you for answer fanatic. I have audio files "French without effort", but I have not book. You write me "French Without Toil", it is same or not?? Edited by Pravoslavnaja on 20 November 2009 at 3:31am 1 person has voted this message useful |
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