Govorite pravilno! / Survival Russian. A course in conversational Russian

The present course serves the interest of a very wide audience of the Russian language students. It can be used by those studying Russian at the initial, intermediate or advanced levels and also by business people. This book will help people who have little or no knowledge of Russian to quickly become proficient. Students who speak Russian good enough will also find much that it is new, interesting and useful.
This textbook will not only supply the students with the background information on etiquette or Russian traditions, but will teach them the vocabulary and grammar to put their cultural knowledge to use.
This book is divided into chapters covering the most essential aspects of everyday life: meeting people, getting around the city, shopping etc. Each unit includes the following material: cultural comments, vocabulary list, grammatical tables, dialogues, quizzes to test the student's knowledge.
The book can be used both for classroom work with a teacher or for independent studies.

New, 20th edition
Audio materials are available on the author's web page.