{"product_id":"russian-by-olga-kagan-9781138128651","title":"Russian","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRussian: From Intermediate to Advanced\u003c\/em\u003e is a vibrant and modern course designed to help students achieve advanced proficiency in Russian. Offering a flexible modular approach structured around contemporary themes, the course further develops reading, listening, speaking, and writing skills while also expanding the student’s cultural literacy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eKey features include:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eStructured chapters presenting a wide assortment of readings that include blogs, forums, and surveys, as well as opinion pieces and commentaries. Each text is accompanied by assignments with increasing levels of difficulty.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eAuthentic and up-to-date readings, video, and audio excerpts covering a range of relevant social and cultural topics, including Demography, Youth Culture, Politics and Society, Economics, and Globalization.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eVideo clips from news programs that are used not only to develop listening comprehension but also introduce students to contemporary Russian society.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eParticular attention to helping students acquire advanced vocabulary and the ability to converse, discuss, and argue about issues with extended paragraph-length discourse.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eSpecial focus on the development of strong listening and reading comprehension skills, ensuring that students understand the ideas and supporting details in narrative and descriptive texts and connected discourse.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eA free companion website at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bruinlearn.ucla.edu\/courses\/138848\"\u003ehttps:\/\/bruinlearn.ucla.edu\/courses\/138848\u003c\/a\u003e offering student and instructor video and audio resources, sample syllabi, and tests, as well as additional materials.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWritten by a highly experienced author team that has co-authored the first-year Russian textbook \u003cem\u003eBeginner’s Russian\u003c\/em\u003e (2010) and the second-year textbook \u003cem\u003eV Puti\u003c\/em\u003e (2005), \u003cem\u003eRussian: From Intermediate to Advanced\u003c\/em\u003e will be an essential resource for undergraduate students in their third and fourth year of Russian language study. It is also suitable for heritage learners of Russian who have mastered literacy and are familiar with the grammatical structure of Russian.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47607529668844,"sku":"9781138128651","price":435.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781138128651-russian.jpg?v=1778170181","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/russian-by-olga-kagan-9781138128651","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}