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Start Russian: Learn Russian with the Michel Thomas Method

Start Russian: Learn Russian with the Michel Thomas Method

Current price: $21.99
Publication Date: November 25th, 2011
Publisher:
Michel Thomas
ISBN:
9781444139143
Pages:
16

Description

Learn over 50 essential words at the heart of Russian and how to put them together to make yourself understood. This 1-hour basic introduction to Russian with the Michel Thomas Method will get you speaking the language immediately: no books, no pens, no memorizing - just listen, connect and speak.

How does it work?
During the course, you will join Michel Thomas Method teacher Natasha Bershadski and two students in a live lesson, hearing both their successes and their mistakes to keep you motivated and involved throughout the course. Within the very first hour you will be able to construct simple phrases by listening and thinking out answers for yourself without the pressure of writing or memorizing.

Why is the method so successful?
The Michel Thomas Method was perfected over 50 years by celebrated psychologist and linguist Michel Thomas. This unique method works with your brain and draws on the principles of instructional psychology. Knowledge is structured and organised so that you assimilate the language easily and don't forget it. The method breaks down the language into building blocks that are introduced sequentially in such a way that you create your response and move on to ever-more-complex sentences. You'll stick with it because you'll love it.

Where do I go next?
a. Start Russian with the Michel Thomas Method is an hour of essentials taken from Total Russian with the Michel Thomas Method. After you finish your Start course, you can move to the Total Russian course, which includes 9 hours of audio and a practice CD-ROM. Perfect Russian follows on from the Total course with 10 hours of audio and a practice CD-ROM.

Learn anywhere
Don't be tied to chunky books or your computer, Michel Thomas Method audio courses let you learn whenever you want: at home, in your car, or on the move with your MP3 player.

About the Author

Natasha Bershadski studied at the Moscow State Linguistic University and taught English in Moscow before moving to London, where she has taught Russian for 15 years at King's College, UCL, LSE, Middlesex University and the Foreign Office.

Praise for Start Russian: Learn Russian with the Michel Thomas Method

"A genuinely new way of learning a language"—The Daily Mail

"A unique and perfectly brilliant way of learning languages"—Stephen Fry

"Five minutes into the first CD, you already feel like you're winning"—Time Out

"Michel Thomas is a precious find indeed"—The Guardian

"The most extraordinary learning experience of my life"—Emma Thompson

"The nearest thing to painless learning"—The Times

"Thomas makes it simple"—Sunday Times

"Works like a dream"
The Daily Telegraph