Голоса Book 1

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Introductory lesson: Алфавит

Коммуникативные задания

Alphabet lesson 1

Devoicing of consonants in final position

Consonant assimilation

Print, italic, and cursive

Урок 1: Немного о себе

Коммуникативные задания

Greetings and good-byes, formal and informal

Introducing and giving information about yourself

Introducing family and friends

Asking for information about someone else

Reading Russian business cards

Russian social networking

Letters to and from Russian host family

Грамматика

Formal and informal speech situations: ты – вы

Russian names

Gender – Introduction

Gender of modifier “my”

Grammatical case: Introduction

Nominative case

Prepositional case – Introduction

The verb to be in Russian present-tense sentences

Культура и быт

Saying “hello”

Physical contact

Урок 2: Что у меня есть?

Коммуникативные задания

Naming common objects, clothing, and basic colors

Arrival in Russia, greetings at the airport

Russian homestays

Reading and listening to ads

Грамматика

Grammatical gender

Nominative plural of nouns

The 5- and 7-letter spelling rules

Pronouns он, она, оно, они

Possessive modifiers чей, мой, твой, наш, ваш, его, её, их

Nominative case of adjectives

What: что vs. какой

This is/these are: это vs. этот, это, эта, эти

Have: У меня (тебя, вас) есть

Культура и быт

Slippers at home: тапочки

Documents in Russia: паспорт и виза

Урок 3: Какие языки вы знаете?

Коммуникативные задания

Talking about languages

Discussing ethnic and national backgrounds

Reading and listening to ads about language-study programs

Грамматика

Verb conjugation: present and past tense

Position of adverbial modifiers

Talking about languages: русский язык vs. по-русски

Talking about nationalities

Prepositional case of singular and plural modifiers and nouns

Conjunctions: и, а, но

Культура и быт

The place of foreign languages in Russia

Responding to compliments

Урок 4: Университет

Коммуникативные задания

Talking about where and what people study

Making a presentation about yourself

Reading and writing academic schedules

Reading diplomas and transcripts

Reading university websites

Listening: university welcome speech

Грамматика

Study verbs: учиться, изучать, заниматься

The 8-letter spelling rule

На каком курсе…?

На + prepositional case for location

Accusative case of modifiers and nouns

Любить + accusative or infinitive

Prepositional case of question words and personal pronouns

Question words and sentence expanders: где, что, как, какой, почему, потому что

Тоже vs. также

Культура и быт

The most popular majors in Russia

Higher education in Russia: universities and institutes

University departments

Standardized exams: Единый государственный экзамен (ЕГЭ)

Russian diplomas and the Russian grade system

Great Russian scholars: Михаил Васильевич Ломоносов, Николай Иванович Лобачевский

Урок 5: Распорядок дня

Коммуникативные задания

Talking about daily activities and schedules

Talking about classes

Asking and telling time on the hour

Making and responding to simple invitations

Talking on the phone

Reading and writing notes and letters

Listening to messages and voicemail

Speaking and writing in paragraphs

Грамматика

Class: курс, занятия, урок, лекция, пара

Days of the week

Times of the day: утром, днём, вечером, ночью

Time on the hour

New verbs to answer: Что вы делаете?

Stable and shifting stress in verb conjugations

Going: идти vs. ехать; я иду vs. я хожу

Questions with где and куда

В/на + accusative case for direction

Expressing necessity or obligation: должен, должна, должно, должны

Free (not busy): свободен, свободна, свободно, свободны

Культура и быт

Times of the day – Russian style

Урок 6: Дом, квартира, общежитие

Коммуникативные задания

Talking about homes, rooms, furnishings

Colors: Какого цвета…?

Making and responding to invitations

Reading want ads

Renting an apartment

Грамматика

Хотеть

Verbs of position – стоять, висеть, лежать

Genitive case of pronouns, question words, and singular modifiers and nouns

Uses of the genitive case

Ownership, existence, and presence: (у кого) есть что

Expressing nonexistence and absence: нет чего

Possession and attribution (“of”): genitive case of noun phrases

Specifying quantity

At someone’s place: у кого

Культура и быт

Adjectives used to name a room

Что в шкафу? Russian closets

Ты и вы

How many rooms?

Apartment size in square meters

Living conditions in Russia

Soviet history: communal apartments

Russian apartments, dormitories, and dachas

Урок 7: Наша семья

Коммуникативные задания

Naming family members

Talking about people: names, ages, professions, where they were born, and where they grew up

Exchanging letters and e-mails about families

Job ads and resumes

Грамматика

Was born, grew up: родился, вырос

Expressing age: the dative case of pronouns; год, года, лет

Genitive plural of nouns and modifiers: introduction

Specifying quantity

Comparing ages: моложе/старше кого на сколько лет

Accusative case of pronouns

Telling someone’s name: зовут

Accusative case: summary

Культура и быт

Teachers vs. professors

Office work

Урок 8: В магазине

Коммуникативные задания

Asking for advice about purchases

Making simple purchases

Birthday greetings

Presents and gift giving

Reading and listening to store advertisements

Shopping in Russia

Грамматика

Past tense: был, была, было, были

Have and did not have: the past tense of есть and нет

Went: ходил vs. пошёл, ездил vs. поехал

Dative case of modifiers and nouns

Uses of the dative case

Expressing age

Indirect objects

The preposition по

Expressing necessity, possibility, impossibility

Expressions of possibility and impossibility: можно, невозможно

Other dative subjectless constructions: трудно, легко, интересно

Liking or not liking: нравиться

Культура и быт

Viktor Pelevin

Shopping in Russia: магазин, универмаг, рынок

Russian clothing sizes

Урок 9: Что мы будем есть?

Коммуникативные задания

Making plans to cook dinner

Making plans to go to a restaurant

Ordering meals in a restaurant

Reading menus and restaurant reviews

Listening to restaurant advertisements

Грамматика

Eating and drinking: conjugation of есть and пить

Instrumental case with the preposition с

Verbs in -овать: советовать

Future tense of быть

The future tense

Verbal aspect – introduction

Question words and pronouns

Культура и быт

Russian food stores: магазины и рынок

Metric system: weight and volume

Restaurants and cafes

Russian meals: Что едят и пьют?

Урок 10: Биография

Коммуникативные задания

Talking more about yourself and your family

Telling where your city is located

Reading and listening to short biographies

Грамматика

Expressing resemblance: похож (-а, -и) на кого

Expressing location: на юге (севере, востоке, западе) (от) чего

Entering and graduating from school: поступать/поступить куда; окончить что

Indicating the year in which an event takes (took) place: В каком году?

Time expressions with через and назад

Verbal aspect: past tense

Review of motion verbs

Have been doing: use present tense

Культура и быт

Russian educational system

Which Tolstoy?