Whether you're starting from beginning or reviewing the Russian you learned a long time ago, Russian Comprehensive provides the structure you need to teach yourself Russian efficiently. Learn Russian for travel, for work, for school, or for fun, and learn it quickly as you follow along with the same full immersion Russian course used to teach U.S. Diplomats.

Teaching Method

Many Russian language courses only give you part of the picture, by focusing on memorizing words and phrases-with the hope that you will someday be able to parrot them back. This method, while effective in expanding your vocabulary, does not teach you the underlying structure of the language. Speaking a foreign language is a creative act. You need to understand the rules of Russian in order to speak your own sentences. Courses that rely on memorization alone ignore this fact.

In contrast to the memorization only approach, Foreign Service Russian utilizes a holistic teaching method. By focusing on teaching all aspects of the language, you’ll learn to speak Russian, rather than just a list of Russian words and phrases. Using a straight-forward, easy to follow presentation that uses both Russian audio and a course book, you will be exposed to everything you need to know to start speaking Russian fluently. By following lessons in the text and practicing with the course audio you will learn:

• Russian Vocabulary and Phrases
• How to Speak Russian with Correct Pronunciation
• Russian Grammar Needed to Speak Russian Fluently
• How to Read and Write Russian

Learn Russian rapidly with practical, enjoyable exercises, focused review sessions, and real life conversations. With an easy to use, sensible, and effective format, you will see why this course has been used by the Foreign Service for decades.

What You Get

The Russian Comprehensive course is presented in a digital course book. The course book provides an organized, easy to follow lesson plan that makes teaching yourself Russian easy, enjoyable, and fun.

Working in concert with the course text, Russian Comprehensive also includes 5 hours of full immersion Russian audio. The audio portion of the course teaches you proper Russian pronunciation and provides and opportunity to practice along with simulated conversations. The audio included with the course can be used on any computer or loaded to your iPod or other MP3 player.

How The Course is Delivered

All customers receive access to the downloadable version of the course, instantly. You may also chose to have a copy of the course mailed to you on compact disc if you prefer to own the course in physical format. The compact disc contains the exact same material as the instant download. The compact disc version of the course comes delivered in a case, as pictured, and makes an attractive gift. We do not mark up shipping costs, ship world wide via U.S. Postal Service, and offer regular, priority, and express service.