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Product Description Do you know what the hardest thing for a Russian learner is? Finding PROPER reading material that they can handle…which is precisely the reason we’ve written this book! Teachers love giving out tough, expert-level literature to their students, books that present many new problems to the reader and force them to search for words in a dictionary every five minutes — it’s not entertaining, useful or motivating for the student at all, and many soon give up on learning at all! In this book we have compiled 20 easy-to-read, compelling and fun stories that will allow you to expand your vocabulary and give you the tools to improve your grasp of the wonderful Russian tongue. How Russian Short Stories for Beginners works: Each story is interesting and entertaining with realistic dialogues and day-to-day situations. The summaries follow a synopsis in Russian and in English of what you just read, both to review the lesson and for you to see if you understood what the tale was about. At the end of those summaries, you’ll be provided with a list of the most relevant vocabulary involved in the lesson, as well as slang and sayings that you may not have understood at first glance! Finally, you’ll be provided with a set of tricky questions in Russian, providing you with the chance to prove that you learned something in the story. Don’t worry if you don’t know the answer to any — we will provide them immediately after, but no cheating! We want you to feel comfortable while learning the tongue; after all, no language should be a barrier for you to travel around the world and expand your social circles! So look no further! Pick up your copy of Russian Short Stories for Beginners and level up your Russian right now! Review Lingo Mastery has embarked on another mission - to make Russian more accessible to a wider population. In their Introductory Note for the initial Russian Language Lessons book Lingo Mastery stated: 'Have you ever heard of Russian being one of the most complicated languages in the world? Well, we're not going to tell you it isn't - we're just offering a fun efficient way to expand your vocabulary. We believe that learning a language should be associated with the pleasure of rewarding mental activity and the joy of discovering another culture rather than with the stress inherent to endless grammar drills...' And now they add 'We've written this book to cover an important issue that seems to affect every new learner of the Russian tongue - a lack of helpful reading material...Our goal with this book will be to supply you with useful entertaining, helpful and challenging material that will not only allow you to learn the language but also help you pass the time and make the experience less formal and more fun...' After their success teaching Spanish, French, Italian, and German now they turn to teaching Russian! And it works. To make the Russian Cyrillic alphabet accessible, transcriptions are provided in the form of transliteration and conventional signs used for transcription. Taking it slowly, step by step with practice, Russian language becomes accessible through entertaining stories! After each story in the Russian Cyrillic mode, a translation in English is offered, then vocabulary lists, and finally questions (and answers!) about the story - offered in both Russian and in English. The technique is solid and the lessons well taught. This is a very fine introduction to learning Russian, appropriate for all age levels, and a book much needed at this time in our national status! Grady Harp, December 19 - Grady Harp This is a handy guide for improving Russian vocabulary as well as reading comprehension. I like that the stories are written in everyday Russian. The vocabulary lists for each story were helpfully placed at the end of the corresponding story, and the words were listed in the order they were used. The vocabulary does get more advanced throughout the book. I also appreciated the questions about each sto