by Clayton L. Dawson (Author), Vesna Cicin-Sain (Author), Assya A. Humesky (Author)

Stressing the fundamental structural features of contemporary spoken Russian, these eighteen audio-lingual lessons primarily employ imitation and repetition exercises. Also included are reading selections, a pronunciation guide, a Russian-English vocabulary, and an index-all keyed to the first-year studies of a two-year speaking proficiency program.