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Russian Language Books
If you are looking for
books to teach yourself Russian from scratch, please
bear in mind that it is extremely difficult to achieve
this without a teacher. We would strongly recommend
you take at least a few lessons to get you started,
if not with us then at evening school or wherever suits
you best. We have heard so many stories of people who
tried to learn a language just from books and tapes
but soon gave up in frustration. A few lessons at the
beginning sets you on the right path. Once you have
grasped how the language works and how it sounds, you
can learn more and more by yourself.
If you live in or
near Manchester, you could start a one-to-one Russian
course with us tomorrow (or whenever you like). Click
here
to read about our flexible, customised courses.
These books, then,
are recommended as additional resources to accompany
a course of lessons and/or for more advanced study.
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Beginner's
Russian
by Rachel Farmer
If you're not an experienced linguist, this book is
a good beginning. The explanations are clear and grammatical
jargon is kept to a minimum.
Click here
to buy this now from Amazon.
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Beginner's
Russian (Audio CD)
by Rachel Farmer
It's essential to be able to hear
what the language sounds like. This pack goes with the
book above.
Click here
to buy this now from Amazon.
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Teach
Yourself Russian Complete Course (Book + CD Pack)
by Daphne West The Teach Yourself
series is very good for grammatical explanation and
the CD allows you to keep practising even when you're
driving, ironing or whatever.
If you've studied a language before
and know a bit about grammar, you will find this book
excellent.
Click here
to buy this now from Amazon.
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Beginner's
Russian Script
by Daphne West
A very useful book to get
you reading and writing the Cyrillic alphabet.
Click here
to buy this now from Amazon.
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Russian
Grammar
by Daphne West
An excellent book, giving clear explanations
of points of grammar and exercises to practise them
alongside each section (with answers at the back).
Click here
to buy this now from Amazon.
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The
New Penguin Russian Course: A Complete Course for Beginners
by Nicholas J. Brown Good for grammar but will
be of most use to someone slightly beyond total beginner.
Click here
to buy this now from Amazon.
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The
Oxford Russian Grammar and Verbs
by Terence L.B. Wade Useful reference book.
Completely up-to-date and very accessible. For beginners
onwards.
Click here
to buy this now from Amazon.
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A Comprehensive
Russian Grammar
by Terence L.B. Wade Another useful reference
book, taking it further than the book above does.
Click here
to buy this now from Amazon.
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A Russian
Grammar Workbook
by Terence L.B. Wade A handy companion to the
Comprehensive Russian Grammar, allowing you to practise
what you've studied.
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to buy this now from Amazon.
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It
is very useful, when learning any language, to read
as much as possible in that language. In my view, the
most satisfactory way of doing this is to read books
adapted for students of the language, the graded readers.
We can enjoy the stories without having to spend too
much time looking up words in the dictionary and we
absorb vocabulary, phrases and structures as we go along.
I have learnt a great deal from easy-reading books and
highly recommend them as a learning tool, as well as
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A First
Reader in Russian
by Ann Rolbin Twenty-seven very short pieces,
written in basic Russian for the beginner to understand.
Click here
to buy this now from Amazon.
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Stories
for Today's Russia
by Ludmilla Derevyanchenko, Ludmilla Tschakh, Svetlana
Kokoryshkina
Three stories written
especially for intermediate students of Russian, by
contemporary authors.
Click
here
to buy this now from Amazon.
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Russian
Stories
by Gleb Struve (Editor) This
is for much higher level students. It presents stories
from famous Russian writers such as Gogol and Dostoevsky,
with the English translation clearly matched to the
Russian on the facing page.
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Oxford
Russian Dictionary
by Boris Unbegaun (Editor), P.S. Falla (Editor), Marcus
Wheeler (Editor) A serious dictionary for the
serious student.
Click here
to buy this now from Amazon.
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Oxford
Russian Dictionary
by Della Thompson A medium-sized dictionary
for the intermediate student.
Click here
to buy this now from Amazon.
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Russian
Dictionary (Collins GEM)
by HarperCollins It's always handy to have
a pocket-sized dictionary.
Click here
to buy this now from Amazon.
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Interested
in reading more about Russia?
Check out our books
about and set in Russia.
Wondering about learning Russian?
Have a look at our page on why
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