Colloquial Russian 2 : The Next Step in Language Learning

Colloquial Russian 2 is the ideal way to refresh your knowledge of the language and to extend your skills.

Structured to give you the opportunity to listen to and read lots of modern, everyday Russian, Colloquial Russian 2 has been developed to work systematically on reinforcing and extending your grasp of Russian grammar, vocabulary, intercultural communication skills, and understanding of contemporary Russian society.

New to this edition:

• revision material to help consolidate and build up learners’ basics;
• a wide range of authentic and up-to-date reading materials, including blogs, forums, surveys, opinion pieces, and commentaries;
• exercises based on role plays, group activities, and debating techniques, aimed at developing oral communication and expanding vocabulary range of learners; and
• new audio material including authentic and up-to-date audio excerpts.

Audio material to accompany the course is available to download free in MP3 format from www.routledge.com/cw/colloquials. Recorded by native speakers, the audio material features the dialogues and texts from the book and will help develop your listening and pronunciation skills.

Dr Olga Sobolev is Language Coordinator at the London School of Economics and Political Science.