Full Description
Colloquial Ukrainian: The Complete Course for Beginners has been carefully developed by an experienced teacher to provide a step-by-step course to Ukrainian as it is written and spoken today.
Combining a clear, practical and accessible style with a methodical and thorough treatment of the language, it equips learners with the essential skills needed to communicate confidently and effectively in Ukrainian in a broad range of situations. No prior knowledge of the language is required. Colloquial Ukrainian is exceptional; each unit presents a wealth of grammatical points that are reinforced with a wide range of exercises for regular practice. A full answer key can be found at the back as well as useful vocabulary lists throughout.
Key features include:
A clear, user-friendly format designed to help learners progressively build up their speaking, listening, reading and writing skills
Jargon-free, succinct and clearly structured explanations of grammar
An extensive range of focused and dynamic supportive exercises
Realistic and entertaining dialogues covering a broad variety of narrative situations
Balanced, comprehensive and rewarding, Colloquial Ukrainian is an indispensable resource both for independent learners and students taking courses in Ukrainian.
Audio material to accompany the course is available to download free in MP3 format from www.routledge.com/cw/colloquials. Recorded by native speakers, the audio material features the dialogues and texts from the book and will help develop your listening and pronunciation skills.
Contents
Introduction 1. A new acquaintance 2. Where do you live? 3. The family 4. The flat and the city 5. I want to buy a book 6. Supper with Mykola's family 7. We walk about the town 8. We go to Kyiv 9. When do we arrive? 10. In Kyiv 11. Our day in the city centre 12. An evening in the city 13. On the streets, in the shops 14. To the suburbs 15. Where is what in Ukraine? 16. In the suburb and the forest (1) 17. In the suburb and the forest (2) 18. What after Kyiv? 19. A conversation after dinner 20. We set off around Ukraine
