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The Russian Basic course is made up of 18 different ebooks and 21 audios (totaling almost 15 hours of audios). The material embody an analysis of th Russian Basic Course and emphasize aspects of aquiring listening comprehension skills which experience has demonstrated is particularly effective for English speaking students.
The course is designed to be done with the guidance of a trained Russion instructor and while it can be done on ones own it is not recommended to get the most benefit from the material. ...
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This Russian Advanced course is composed of 125 lessons broken down into 21 units. This course was designed to train speakers of another language - primarily English - to a level of B1 in both the comprehensive and speaking of the Russian language.
The text are intended for use in a classroom or with a native Russian speaking tutor. The program should ideally be a combination of tutoring and self study using the audio-lingual method used in this book and with the accompanying audios....
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This Phase I of the Russian Course contains 10 lessons and is designed to encompass a four-week instructional time period.
Language tasks and the supporting_ grammar, lexicon, and functions address everyday survival topics and courtesy requirements, and reflect a proficiency-level range of 0+ to 1.
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This program is an original effort designed to provide a functional Russian language ability in a guerrilla warfare environment Upon completion, the student should be able to:
-Communicate with Russians in the basic situations presented in the course.
-Present basic instruction, in Russian, in the rudiments of his MOS.
The program is designed to be used with an instructor who is trained in the methodology of the Defense Language Institute, Foreign Language Center (DLIFLC). The comments of students and teachers' Using this unedited field test edition will" serve As A guide for the next edi...
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This module begins Phase II of the Russian Course. It contains six lessons and is designed to encompass a three-week Instructional time period. Language task's and the supporting grammar, lexicon, and functions address everyday survival topics and courtesy requirements, and reflect a proficiency-level range of 1 to 1+. Instructions given for various activities are intended only as suggestions and may be modified or altered according to particular student needs. ...
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The Defense Language Institute Russian Refresher is a six-week, instructor-driven course that is designed for the student who has completed an intensive year of Russian. The objective of the course is to remind the student of those structural features which he/she theoretically knows, as well as to reinforce the skills of listening comprehension, reading comprehension. and speaking.
Each of the twenty-four lessons (three modules) comprising the course contains the following components:
Grammar. The objective of this component is to review briefly the basic principles of Russian morphology...
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The course is the second part of the DLI Russian Binder program and is designed to be completed in a structured program lasting approximately 12 weeks, eight hours a day, five days a week. A minimum of two hours of homework a day will be required.
A new lesson should not be attempted until the students have assimilated the preceding lessons. Like all DLI courses it is designed to be done with the assistance of a trained Russian tutor.
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Phase III of the Russian contains contains 22 lessons (four modules) and is designed to reinforce and refine the language skills acquired in Phases I and II. Language tasks and the supporting grammar, lexicon, and functions address routine social demands, limited work requirements, concrete topics related to particular interests and special field of competence, and reflect the following proficiency levels:
Listening: 2 - 3+
Reading: 2 - 3+
Speaking: 1 - 3
Writing: 1+ - 2
Instructions given for various activities are intended as suggestions and may be modified or altered acco...
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This section contains a variety of supplementary Russian instruction manuals and audios. While none of the material is meant to be a stand alone course it is designed to compliment the other courses.
Like most of the courses made by the DLI it is designed to be used under the guidance of a qualified Russian language instrutor....
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This Russian Review Intermediate courses is intended for students who have already learned the fundamentals of Russian. This is not a Reference Grammar, nor is it complete.
Students of the Intermediate Course will find in this review a brief exposition of material they have already studied, with some addition of new information.
Attention has been paid mainly to those themes which usually prove to be the most difficult for non-Russians: meanings and uses of the various cases, types of Russian verbs, verb aspect, verbs of motion, use of pronouns, participles, etc. As a rule, the examples in the e...
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As students of the Russian SOLT course , you will need new insights and comprehensive cross-discipline skills to meet the increasingly complex issues, assignments, and challenges of the global conflicts you may find yourself in. This course was designed for Special Operations soldiers. As Special Operations soldiers, you need an intensive language program that accelerates your multi-language requirements and, in turn, enhances your career to match the rapid speed of changes.
This language program can help you gain the added credentials and valuable learning that you need to advance in your career and provide ...
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The Russian Proficiency Improvement Course (PIC) was designed for students who need to improve their current Russian language level.
The introduction is composed of five parts:
1) General,
2) Course Organization,
3) Course Features,
4) Language Skill Development
5) A Foreword to the Teacher.
Both students and teachers should read the General part, the sections on Course Features and Organization, and Language Skill Development. The fifth part is designed specifically for teachers.
This introduction includes information on the Defense Langua...
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The Russian Practical Dictation course is made up of 58 audios. The focus of the course is to improve the students pronuciation (note from Live Lingua: You can use our pronunciation tool to record and play back your voice by cliking on the tab on the left of the screen).
This course does not teach the student the grammer or vocabulary necessary to speak the language. It focuses exclusively on pronunciation....
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This volume Russian course dealing with a comprehensive review of structural patterns in the Advanced Preparatory Course. All essential grammatical structures introduced in the Basic Course are included.
The purpose and the design of the review are to stimulate recall and reinforce the patterns previously learned.
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As students of the Russian SOLT course , you will need new insights and comprehensive cross-discipline skills to meet the increasingly complex issues, assignments, and challenges of the global conflicts you may find yourself in. This course was designed for Special Operations soldiers. As Special Operations soldiers, you need an intensive language program that accelerates your multi-language requirements and, in turn, enhances your career to match the rapid speed of changes.
This language program can help you gain the added credentials and valuable learning that you need to advance in your career and provide ...
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