Looking for your opinions on teaching time to beginning Russian students

[Olga Meerson]

What would the poor darlings do if they stop someone down the street, asking what time it is, and the person tells them, "пять минут двенадцатого"? Surviving answering machines is one thing but surviving a stroll down the street (esp. in today's Russia! no, actually always) is quite another matter.

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