Frank J. Miller – författare

Start speaking Russian today!Nowin an updated second edition, Beginner’s Russian with Interactive OnlineWorkbook offers an innovative, easy, and thorough way to speak, andread Russian confidently. This complete Russian course includes a user-friendlytextbook and interactive online workbook. The carefully-paced, relevant lessonscover grammar and language basics in the context of everyday situations relatedto family, jobs, introductions, dining out, the Internet, and much more. Thechapters are designed for the beginning student, and are full of photos,cartoons, games, and exercises alongside easy-to-understand lessons.This new edition includes updated vocabulary to reflect ongoing changes in contemporary Russian culture and society, new speaking and writing activities that allow students to interact with technology and media, and new individual and group projects and oral presentations to engage learners' creativity and help them develop communicative competency.Inaddition to the book, you have access to an interactive website full of videos,audio, and self-correcting exercises. The enriching material on the websitereinforces the basics of the lessons in the book, helping you acquire Russianskills in a natural, engaging way.Thorough explanations and instructions offer a gradualintroduction to the language, Cyrillic alphabet, and grammarAn interactive website features correct pronunciationby native speakers and helps learners start speaking Russian right awayIdeal for individual self-study or classroom useEach chapter will take 5-6 hours of classroom instruction,or approximately 10-12 hours of study for the independent learner.Students should be able to attain the ACTFL Novice Highor Intermediate Low levels of proficiency by the end of the course

Start speaking Russian today!

Nowin an updated second edition, Beginner’s Russian with Interactive OnlineWorkbook offers an innovative, easy, and thorough way to speak, andread Russian confidently. This complete Russian course includes a user-friendlytextbook and interactive online workbook. The carefully-paced, relevant lessonscover grammar and language basics in the context of everyday situations relatedto family, jobs, introductions, dining out, the Internet, and much more. Thechapters are designed for the beginning student, and are full of photos,cartoons, games, and exercises alongside easy-to-understand lessons.

This new edition includes updated vocabulary to reflect ongoing changes in contemporary Russian culture and society, new speaking and writing activities that allow students to interact with technology and media, and new individual and group projects and oral presentations to engage learners'' creativity and help them develop communicative competency.

Inaddition to the book, you have access to an interactive website full of videos,audio, and self-correcting exercises. The enriching material on the websitereinforces the basics of the lessons in the book, helping you acquire Russianskills in a natural, engaging way.

Thorough explanations and instructions offer a gradualintroduction to the language, Cyrillic alphabet, and grammarAn interactive website features correct pronunciationby native speakers and helps learners start speaking Russian right awayIdeal for individual self-study or classroom useEach chapter will take 5-6 hours of classroom instruction,or approximately 10-12 hours of study for the independent learner.Students should be able to attain the ACTFL Novice Highor Intermediate Low levels of proficiency by the end of the course

After the First Congress of Soviet Writers in 1934, folklore, like literature, became an instrument of the political propagandist. Folklorists devoted considerable efforts to attending to what purported to be a rebirth of the Russian epic tradition, producing works of pseudofolklore that as often as not featured Joseph Stalin in the hero's role. Miller's account of this curious episode in the history of popular culture and totalitarian politics, and his synopses and translations of "classic" examples of folklore for Stalin, seek to serve as a resource not only for the study of contemporary folklore but also for the political scientist.

After the First Congress of Soviet Writers in 1934, folklore, like literature, became an instrument of the political propagandist. Folklorists devoted considerable efforts to attending to what purported to be a rebirth of the Russian epic tradition, producing works of pseudofolklore that as often as not featured Joseph Stalin in the hero''s role. Miller''s account of this curious episode in the history of popular culture and totalitarian politics, and his synopses and translations of "classic" examples of folklore for Stalin, seek to serve as a resource not only for the study of contemporary folklore but also for the political scientist.

After the First Congress of Soviet Writers in 1934, folklore, like literature, became an instrument of the political propagandist. Folklorists devoted considerable efforts to attending to what purported to be a rebirth of the Russian epic tradition, producing works of pseudofolklore that as often as not featured Joseph Stalin in the hero''s role. Miller''s account of this curious episode in the history of popular culture and totalitarian politics, and his synopses and translations of "classic" examples of folklore for Stalin, seek to serve as a resource not only for the study of contemporary folklore but also for the political scientist.

Russian: From Intermediate to Advanced is a contemporary, communicative textbook designed to help learners to progress to advanced proficiency in Russian.Organized around culturally and socially relevant themes from across the Russophone world, the textbook develops students’ speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills. This second edition retains the pedagogical framework of the first edition while incorporating updated materials that reflect contemporary developments in Russian-speaking cultures.Key features include:· chapter structure that gradually develops students’ ability to engage in extended discourse, progressing from description and narration to discussion, debate, argumentation, and hypothesizing;· authentic readings, audio, and video materials drawn from a wide range of genres, including video blogs, interviews, opinion pieces, social media, surveys, infographics, and news reports;· broader representation of the Russophone world, including perspectives from Central Asia, the Caucasus, the Baltic states, Eastern Europe, and Russian-speaking diasporic communities;· collaborative task-based activities and projects that engage learners’ creativity while allowing them to practice communicative competence through realistic scenarios;· particular attention to helping students acquire advanced vocabulary and the ability to converse, discuss, and argue about issues with extended paragraph-length discourse;· special focus on the development of strong listening and reading comprehension skills, ensuring students understand the ideas and supporting details in narrative and descriptive texts and connected discourse;· an author website offering multimedia resources for students and instructors, lexical and grammar exercises, and additional materials is available via www.routledge.com/9781032432281.Written by the experienced author team behind Beginner’s Russian (2010, 2022) and V Puti (2005, 2025), this textbook is an essential resource for students of Russian working towards Advanced (ACTFL) or B2-C1 (CEFR) level proficiency in Russian. It is also suitable for heritage learners of Russian who have mastered literacy and are familiar with the grammatical structure of Russian.

Russian: From Intermediate to Advanced is a contemporary, communicative textbook designed to help learners to progress to advanced proficiency in Russian.Organized around culturally and socially relevant themes from across the Russophone world, the textbook develops students’ speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills. This second edition retains the pedagogical framework of the first edition while incorporating updated materials that reflect contemporary developments in Russian-speaking cultures.Key features include:· chapter structure that gradually develops students’ ability to engage in extended discourse, progressing from description and narration to discussion, debate, argumentation, and hypothesizing;· authentic readings, audio, and video materials drawn from a wide range of genres, including video blogs, interviews, opinion pieces, social media, surveys, infographics, and news reports;· broader representation of the Russophone world, including perspectives from Central Asia, the Caucasus, the Baltic states, Eastern Europe, and Russian-speaking diasporic communities;· collaborative task-based activities and projects that engage learners’ creativity while allowing them to practice communicative competence through realistic scenarios;· particular attention to helping students acquire advanced vocabulary and the ability to converse, discuss, and argue about issues with extended paragraph-length discourse;· special focus on the development of strong listening and reading comprehension skills, ensuring students understand the ideas and supporting details in narrative and descriptive texts and connected discourse;· an author website offering multimedia resources for students and instructors, lexical and grammar exercises, and additional materials is available via www.routledge.com/9781032432281.Written by the experienced author team behind Beginner’s Russian (2010, 2022) and V Puti (2005, 2025), this textbook is an essential resource for students of Russian working towards Advanced (ACTFL) or B2-C1 (CEFR) level proficiency in Russian. It is also suitable for heritage learners of Russian who have mastered literacy and are familiar with the grammatical structure of Russian.

Russian: From Intermediate to Advanced is a vibrant and modern course designed to help students achieve advanced proficiency in Russian. Offering a flexible modular approach structured around contemporary themes, the course further develops reading, listening, speaking, and writing skills while also expanding the student’s cultural literacy.

Key features include:

Structured chapters presenting a wide assortment of readings that include blogs, forums and surveys as well as opinion pieces and commentaries. Each text is accompanied by assignments with increasing levels of difficulty. Authentic and up-to-date readings, video and audio excerpts covering a range of relevant social and cultural topics, including Demography, Youth Culture, Politics and Society, Economics and Globalization. Video clips from news programs that are used not only to develop listening comprehension but also introduce students to contemporary Russian society. Particular attention to helping students acquire advanced vocabulary and the ability to converse, discuss and argue about issues with extended paragraph-length discourse. Special focus on the development of strong listening and reading comprehension skills, ensuring that students understand the ideas and supporting details in narrative and descriptive texts and connected discourse. A free companion website at https://bruinlearn.ucla.edu/courses/138848 offering student and instructor video and audio resources, sample syllabi and tests as well as additional materials.

Written by a highly experienced author team that has co-authored the first year Russian textbook Beginner’s Russian (2010) and the second-year textbook V Puti (2005). Russian: From Intermediate to Advanced will be an essential resource for undergraduate students in their third and fourth year of Russian language study. It is also suitable for heritage learners of Russian who have mastered literacy and are familiar with the grammatical structure of Russian.

Russian: From Intermediate to Advanced is a vibrant and modern course designed to help students achieve advanced proficiency in Russian. Offering a flexible modular approach structured around contemporary themes, the course further develops reading, listening, speaking, and writing skills while also expanding the student’s cultural literacy.

Key features include:

Structured chapters presenting a wide assortment of readings that include blogs, forums and surveys as well as opinion pieces and commentaries. Each text is accompanied by assignments with increasing levels of difficulty. Authentic and up-to-date readings, video and audio excerpts covering a range of relevant social and cultural topics, including Demography, Youth Culture, Politics and Society, Economics and Globalization. Video clips from news programs that are used not only to develop listening comprehension but also introduce students to contemporary Russian society. Particular attention to helping students acquire advanced vocabulary and the ability to converse, discuss and argue about issues with extended paragraph-length discourse. Special focus on the development of strong listening and reading comprehension skills, ensuring that students understand the ideas and supporting details in narrative and descriptive texts and connected discourse. A free companion website at https://bruinlearn.ucla.edu/courses/138848 offering student and instructor video and audio resources, sample syllabi and tests as well as additional materials.

Written by a highly experienced author team that has co-authored the first year Russian textbook Beginner’s Russian (2010) and the second-year textbook V Puti (2005). Russian: From Intermediate to Advanced will be an essential resource for undergraduate students in their third and fourth year of Russian language study. It is also suitable for heritage learners of Russian who have mastered literacy and are familiar with the grammatical structure of Russian.