Political Russian: An Intermediate Course in Russian Language for International Relations, National Security and Socio-Economics

American Council Of Teachers Of Russian

ISBN 10: 0757534163 / ISBN 13: 9780757534164

Published by Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co ,U.S., 2006

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Political Russian: An Intermediate Course in Russian Language for International Relations, National Security and Socio-Economics
• Publisher: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co ,U.S.
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0757534163
• ISBN 13: 9780757534164
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 5th or later Edition
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 1000 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Language & Linguistics

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Synopsis

Why Political Russian ? It is apparent that the United States and Russia need each other in solving some of the most urgent problems facing both countries and the world. To deal with Russia intelligently, the United States needs a growing pool of people capable of communicating with the Russians in their own language. The current situation where, with the exception of professional students of Russian affairs, almost no American can conduct business in Russian is increasingly unacceptable. It is an obstacle to meaningful U.S.-Russian interaction, and it puts Americans who are engaged in various activities with Russians in a disadvantageous position compared to their Russian counterparts. Political Russian is written especially for generalists and practitioners engaged in international relations, foreign trade or people-to-people exchanges with Russia. The book is aimed at the development of three basic types of reading, speaking, and listening. We assume that students starting the book have acquired a “first-year” knowledge of Russian and, therefore, have been exposed to a skeletal grammar and lexicon, although we make no assumption about the level of control and expect little more than a novice level of proficiency.

Book Description

Rather than "covering the grammar," this update of the 1996 edition accents functional proficiency in reading, speaking, and listening, and current Russian political vocabulary. Simes (advanced international studies, Johns Hopkins U.), a native of the former Soviet Union, and Robin (Slavic languages and literature, international affairs, George Washington U.) structure this modular textbook on the concept of concentric circles: circle one is for generalist and specialist students who have completed an introductory course; circle two lessons are geared to expanding usable language. Two audio cassettes offer excerpts of actual Russian media for comprehension exercises. This publication of the American Council of Teachers in Russian is a collaboration with Johns Hopkins U. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Copyrights of previous editions are 1992 and 1990. Annotation(c) 2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)