Second volume in the popular Easy Russian audio training course offering Russian language learning in easy to absorb audio format, designed specifically for English speakers. Second volume features phonetics, elements of Russian grammar, rich cultural content and native Russian speakers. It can be used as a stand-alone course or in combination with other training materials.
Easy Russian 2 uncovers how Russians learn Russian language in Russia. It includes basic and advanced coverage of Russian phonetics, how Russian consonants and vowels behave in different situations. You will learn many useful action verbs such as TO BE, TO DO, TO GO, TO LISTEN, TO HEAR, TO SEE and an array of associated words and combinations. You will discover many similarities and differences between Russian and English which will make your learning much easier. After all, Russian is part of the same language family as English, so you might as well take advantage of this. You will be able to hear and more importantly understand live speech of Yuri Gagarin. You will listen to Chekhov story in the original and discover what Shakespeare sounds like in Russian. Each track represents self contained module with tuition, vocabulary, phraseology and Russian language content read by native speakers. Knowledge of other modules from Easy Russian 1 can be useful but is not a pre-requisite.
Contents
01 INTRODUCTION
02 UNDERSTANDING RUSSIAN NAMES
03 BIRTHDAYS AND ZMEJ GORYNYCH
04 LEARNING RUSSIAN LIKE A NATIVE
05 DO CREATE COMPLETE FINISH IN RUSSIAN
06 TO BE OR NOT TO BE IN RUSSIAN
07 LIVE STAY SURVIVE HEAL WORRY IN RUSSIAN
08 SPEAK RUSSIAN LIKE A RUSSIAN
09 TALKING ABOUT PLANET EARTH IN RUSSIAN
10 GO MOVE STOP SET OFF BEGIN ARRIVE IN RUSSIAN
11 MORE ABOUT RUSSIAN PHONETICS
12 LOOK SEE WATCH IN RUSSIAN
13 LISTEN HEAR OVERHEAR PAY ATTENTION IN RUSSIAN
14 READING CHEKHOV IN ORIGINAL
15 GAGARIN ABOUT PLANET EARTH
16 GAGARIN ABOUT LANDING
17 SHAKESPEARE IN RUSSIAN
