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1. The New Penguin Russian Course
2. The Complete Idiot's Guide to Learning Russian
3. Russian Grammar in Illustrations- By Pekhlivanova, K. I, and Lebedeva, M. N.
Is it the best books for beginners in the bookstores?
1. The New Penguin Russian Course
2. The Complete Idiot's Guide to Learning Russian
3. Russian Grammar in Illustrations- By Pekhlivanova, K. I, and Lebedeva, M. N.
In my opinion, the best course out of all of those is the Penguin course. However, I would recommend you supplement what you learn with a beginning russian conversation book. That way, at least you can begin conversing with your russian friends. You will not learn this skill from the penguin course, so definitely get a conversational russian book.
Yes, go for the Pengiun one.
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Definitely New Penguin, I have the Idiot's guide, and it isn't that great...
-Fantom
"Alright, brain, I don't like you and you don't like me, so let's just figure this out and I'll get back to killing you with beer."
Ditto. Ignore the Idiot's Guide, save your money. I don't know anything about Penguin.Originally Posted by fantom605
Penguin.
Вот это да, я так люблю себя. И сегодня я люблю себя, ещё больше чем вчера, а завтра я буду любить себя to ещё больше чем сегодня. Тем что происходит,я вполне доволен!
But why should ignore the Idiot's Guide?...Ditto. Ignore the Idiot's Guide, save your money. I don't know anything about Penguin.
Penguin, I reckon.
Let me be a free man, free to travel, free to stop, free to work, free to trade where I choose, free to choose my own teachers, free to follow the religion of my fathers, free to talk, think and act for myself. - Chief Joseph, Nez Perce
I'm not an idiot so I don't recommend the Idiot's guide either...
Какая разница, умереть богатым или бедным?
Какой толк от богатства если ты не счастлив.
Because I had the Idiot's Guide some time ago. I think you're hard-earned-learning-Russian money is better spent on something else.But why should ignore the Idiot's Guide?...Ditto. Ignore the Idiot's Guide, save your money. I don't know anything about Penguin.
Just my opinion though. What's good for one person's learning, may not be good for another's. **shrug**
The Penguin publishers should be sending out commission checks to all of you, considering how many ringing endorsements that book receives here.
I think the New Penguin course book is pretty good. I actually have both that AND The Idiot's Guide. Why not get both? They're not that expensive. The Idiots Guide might not go quite as in-depth as other grammar books, but you are likely to pick up some things of value within, and it is easy reading.
Where's my money, New Penguin?!?!?
The best book for beginning, IMHO, is this one:
<a href = "http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0844236810/qid=1123516180/sr=1-10/ref=sr_1_10/104-7239552-7019120?v=glance&s=books" target =- "blank">Teach Yourself Beginner's Russian</a>
Great for someone truly just starting out, I was a little overwhelmed by New Penguin when I first started.
-Fantom
"Alright, brain, I don't like you and you don't like me, so let's just figure this out and I'll get back to killing you with beer."
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