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1 online resource (ix, 624 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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This book provides the student of Russian with an in-depth, structured approach to the learning of vocabulary. Containing over 5000 words, it can be used for intermediate and advanced undergraduate courses, or as a supplementary manual at all levels - including elementary level - to the study of Russian vocabulary. It is made up of eighteen units covering topics such as the physical world, the human body, leisure, and industry - each unit consisting of words and phrases that are organized thematically and according to levels. Each unit contains approximately sixty graded exercises, encouraging students to practise using the vocabulary in context, and providing a lively and engaging set of self-study tasks. Helping students to acquire a comprehensive control of both concrete and abstract vocabulary, this book will be welcomed by all learners of Russian wishing to improve their competence in essential communicative tasks, and will function as an invaluable teaching resource. |
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Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; A tribute to Terence Wade; Introduction; Levels; Selection criteria; Exercises; Unit 1; Towns and buildings. The household. Gardens; Level 1; Towns; Domestic accommodation; Garden; Level 2; Towns; Accommodation; Gardens and gardening; Level 3; Towns; Housing; Garden; Additional vocabulary; Towns; Housing; Garden; Unit 2; The physical world; Level 1; Natural features; The animal world; The weather; (1) Grammar and stress; (2) Recognition and differentiation; (3) Translation; (4) Origins; Level 2; Natural features; Animal world. |
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(1) Grammar and stress(2) Recognition and differentiation; (3) Translation; (4) Origins; Level 3; Natural features; The animal world; The weather; (1) Grammar and stress; (2) Recognition and exploitation; (3) Translation; (4) Word origins and word formation; Additional vocabulary; Natural features; Animal world; The weather; Text work; Unit 3; The human body and health; Level 1; Level 2; (1) Grammar and stress; (2) Recognition and differentiation; (3) Translation; (4) Word origins; Level 3; (1) Grammar and stress; (2) Recognition and differentiation; (3) Translation; (4) Word origins. |
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Additional vocabulary IAdditional vocabulary II; Unit 4; Appearance and movement; Level 1; (1) Grammar; (2) Recognition and differentiation; (3) Translation; Level 2; (1) Grammar; (2) Recognition and differentiation; (3) Translation; (4) Word formation; Level 3; (1) Grammar; (2) Recognition and differentiation; (3) Translation; (4) Word formation; Appendix to Unit 4: Verbs of motion; Unit 5; Personality and human behaviour; Level 1; (1) Grammar; (2) Recognition and differentiation; (3) Translation and dictionary drill; (4) Word formation; Level 2; Level 3; (1) Grammar. |
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(2) Recognition and differentiation(3) Translation and dictionary drill; (4) Word origins and word formation; Additional vocabulary; Unit 6; Clothes, footwear, and accessories. Food and drink; Level 2; Level 3; Food and drink; Level 1; Level 2; Level 3; Unit 7; Perception; Level 1; Level 2; Level 3; Colour and light; Level 1; Level 2; Level 3; Materials and textures; Level 1; Level 2; Level 3; Unit 8; Shapes and patterns. Size and quantity. Containers; Level 1; Shapes and patterns; Size and quantity; Containers; Level 2; Shapes and patterns; Size and quantity; Level 3; Shapes and patterns. |
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Size and quantityContainers; Unit 9; Visual and performing arts; Level 1; (1) Grammar; (2) Recognition and differentiation; (3) Translation and dictionary drill; (4) Word origins and word formation; Level 2; (1) Grammar; (2) Recognition and differentiation; (3) Translation and dictionary drill; (4) Word formation and loan words; Level 3; (1) Grammar; (2) Recognition and differentiation; (3) Translation and dictionary drill; (4) Word origins and formation; Unit 10; Literature and literary criticism. Speaking, reading, and writing; Level 1; Speaking; Reading and writing; (1) Grammar and stress. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Russian language -- Dictionaries -- English.
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Russian language. |
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Dictionaries.
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Russian language -- Vocabulary -- Study and teaching.
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Russian language -- Vocabulary. |
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Russian language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers.
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Russian language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers. |
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Russian language -- Textbooks for foreign speakers -- English.
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Russian language -- Textbooks for foreign speakers. |
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Electronic books.
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Textbooks -- for English speakers.
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Dictionaries.
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Textbooks.
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Textbooks.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Wade, Terence Leslie Brian. Using Russian vocabulary. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009 9780521612364 (DLC) 2009021761 (OCoLC)370387809 |
| ISBN |
9780511651724 (electronic book) |
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0511651724 (electronic book) |
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9780511603723 |
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051160372X |
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9780511601880 (electronic book ; Adobe Digital Editions) |
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0511601883 (electronic book ; Adobe Digital Editions) |
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9780511840821 (electronic book) |
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0511840829 (electronic book) |
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9780521612364 |
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0521612365 |
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