Russia Online Textbook Publication Announcement

[James Beale]

KENSINGTON, MD, JUNE 09, 2009:

Russia Online, Inc. is proud to announce the first North American edition of Ruslan Russian 1 textbook and workbook (beginner's level). The Ruslan series, first published in the UK, is the leading textbook for the communicative approach to teaching Russian in the United Kingdom. Ruslan has been published in translation in Germany, France, the Netherlands and Sweden. Previously available only as an import, this course has been revised and edited to meet North American academic standards. Russia Online collaborated with the English author and a contributor here in Washington DC to make sure the course book is interesting and relevant to beginner students of Russian in the United States and Canada. To date, the Ruslan course has been used with great success in high schools, universities and with the US Government.

Ruslan 1 was created by teachers in the UK with years of experience teaching both adults and young people. The course maximizes the enjoyment of learning a new language, while giving a thorough grammatical and structural introduction in a communicative context. The course can be used by people learning in groups with a teacher, and there are a large number of group activities and language games. The series is also useful to self-learners, especially when used with the Russian 1 Workbook, or the Ruslan 1 interactive CDROM. The approach is practical and communicative, with up-to-date, useful language, thoroughly vetted by Russian teachers living in Russia, and by Russian Language instructors at the US Agency for International Development (USAID), the US Department of Energy (DOE) and the US Department of Commerce (DOC).

Currently the Ruslan Russian 1 communicative Russian course and the supplementary Workbook (both include audio CDs with dialogs) are available.  Work has begun on preparing the second level textbook and workbook.

Teachers, who would like to receive an examination copy, please contact Ms Elena Rakhaeva.  Telephone: 301-933-0607, Email: Elena at russia-on-line.com. You can also download the first lesson free of charge from www.ruslan.co.uk/demos.htm

The textbooks can be ordered directly from Russia Online, Inc -
www.russia-on-line.com - (contact Ms Rakhaeva), from Amazon, via Follett services and/or Mackin Library Services.

If you are interested in the CDROM version, please contact us, we have demo versions available.

James Beale
Russia Online, Inc.
Tel: 301-933-0607  Fax: 301-933-0615
Shop online 24/7: http://shop.russia-on-line.com

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