Forward! A Guide to Russian Conversational Speech

"Forward!" is a guide to Russian conversational speech for foreign students at an advanced stage of learning (and certification level of general language proficiency), that is, for all who have mastered the basic course of Russian grammar and want to... activate and expand their vocabulary...The guide consists of eight main topics (sections): 1. Travel. Weather. 2. Free time. 3. Introduction (formal and informal). 4. Clothing. 5. Character and appearance of a person. 6. Food. 7. Health. 8. Home. Household chores. Each section includes mini-monologues, texts, including those of a geographical nature, and exercises for speech development and practice of grammatical material (mainly those language difficulties that require constant repetition). A number of sections contains a vocabulary of thematic lexicon... The guide is equipped with keys to exercises, so it can be used both in working with a teacher and for independent study... The disk attached to the guide contains an audio recording of exercise 1 from each of the eight topics of the guide...