Advanced Russian
by Alexander D. Nakhimovsky, Richard L. Leed
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Author: Alexander D. Nakhimovsky, Richard L. LeedEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1987-11-01
ISBN: 0893571784
Number of pages: 262
Publisher: Slavica Pub
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Book Review: Good book for pushing your boundaries
Summary: 5 Stars
One of the dangers of learning a language is that it is easy to become complacent after reaching a certain level. As you find yourself understanding others relatively easily, and being able to make yourself understood, the inclination is often to relax--particularly when you've just spent God-knows-how-many hours learning how at last to use verbs of motion, cases, and the worst of all, the verb forms. You may not ever even notice your errors because, well, everyone understands you more or less, so who wants to correct you and interrupt your conversation?
This is a book for those who want to catch those errors. That way of yours for expressing a command or a past tense may get the the message across, but it's not the way Russians would say it and a bit of a waste after all that time you've already put in. This book highlights those areas and gives solid explanations and examples to elucidate the points. A series of running conversations are linked to grammar points in the rest of each chapter.
Nakhimovsky and Leed have chosen some very interesting points of grammar that I would imagine elude most students when they are studying the language at first. My book is strewn with notes and highlighting, and I flip back to it every now and again to refresh my memory. I've yet to find a book for English speakers that gives comparable insight into grammar at this level.
I actually started this book while still at university but finished it in Russia much later, and I have to say, it really is a fine resource for those who are actually in Russia or have the chance to use their Russian in real life. Even though the book was written in Soviet times, it still is very useful and the conversations actually offer some very interesting little vignettes about life in the USSR.
This would be a very valuable investment for anyone serious about Russian and about getting over that "plateau" to a more nuanced understanding of Russian. I would also strongly suggest Inostranka for a very fun and useful dual reader.
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