Description

Features

• NEW - Expands reading activities to include longer, more connected, paragraphed texts. Pg.___

  • Presents the new selections and associated tasks both as stand-alone modules and as language input for the listening tasks. Pg.___

  • Longer, connected reading texts are more completely glossed. Pg.___

• NEW - Features more Russian — in both expanded readings and in many of the questions that accompany listening and reading exercises. Pg.___

• NEW - Increases the amount of “spiraling”throughout. Pg.___

• NEW - Updates dialogs and shortens longer ones to make them more manageable. Pg.___

• NEW - Updates all cultural notes. Pg.___

• NEW - Updates photographs — art and realia. Pg.___

• NEW - Expands the Glossary to include words from Book I as well as Book II. Pg.___

• NEW - —Audiotapes are paused.

• NEW - Reorders material to put weather and hotel earlier. Pg.___

• NEW - Golosa Web Site
  • http://www.gwu.edu/~slavic/golosa.htm
  • features supplementary materials, teaching suggestions, FAQ, and text/script updates.

  • Lists website URLs for active Russian-language sites on the World Wide Web where students can find the most up-to-date information on specific topics.

• A true communicative context — Teaches students to use what they have to communicate, while giving them the grammar and vocabulary to grow for the future. Pg.___

• Goal statements — Explicitly states goals for the book as a whole and for each unit in terms of global tasks, content, and language tools (grammar and lexicon). Pg.___

• Separation of skills — Addresses each language skill (speaking, reading, writing, listening) in its own right. Pg.___

• Flexibility — Dictates no particular methodological approach. Pg.___

  • While all skills are presented on an equal footing, teachers and students may choose to focus on those which best serve their needs without violating the structural integrity of individual units or the book as a whole. Pg.___

  • A class can move faster by eliminating some of the activities for reading and listening for content. Pg.___

• Authenticity — Each unit contains authentic materials (realia) and realistic communicative activities for all skills. Pg.___

• Spiraling approach — Exposes students repeatedly to similar functions and structures at an increasing level of complexity. Pg.___

• Learner-centered — Each unit puts students into communicative settings in all four skills. In addition to core lexicon, students acquire personalized vocabulary for individual needs. Pg.___

• Variety of exercises — Oral drills and written exercises progress from mechanical to contextualized to individualized activities. Pg.___

• Learning strategies — Features a variety of types of exercises to ensure that students acquire strategies for productive and receptive skills regardless of their individual learning styles. Pg.___

• Numbers, phonetics and intonation — Presents and practices pronunciation (segmental and suprasegmental features) in each unit in conjunction with material covered — rather than in isolation. Pg.___

• Cultural relevance — Embeds all texts and conversations within culture relevant to Russia today. Pg.___

New To This Edition

• Expands reading activities to include longer, more connected, paragraphed texts. Pg.___

  • Presents the new selections and associated tasks both as stand-alone modules and as language input for the listening tasks. Pg.___

  • Longer, connected reading texts are more completely glossed. Pg.___

• Features more Russian — in both expanded readings and in many of the questions that accompany listening and reading exercises. Pg.___

• Increases the amount of “spiraling”throughout. Pg.___

• Updates dialogs and shortens longer ones to make them more manageable. Pg.___

• Updates all cultural notes. Pg.___

• Updates photographs — art and realia. Pg.___

• Expands the Glossary to include words from Book I as well as Book II. Pg.___

• —Audiotapes are paused.

• Reorders material to put weather and hotel earlier. Pg.___

• Golosa Web Site
  • http://www.gwu.edu/~slavic/golosa.htm
  • features supplementary materials, teaching suggestions, FAQ, and text/script updates.

  • Lists website URLs for active Russian-language sites on the World Wide Web where students can find the most up-to-date information on specific topics.

Table of Contents



 1. Introductory Lesson.


 2. Weather.


 3. Telephone Conversations.


 4. Asking Directions/Getting Around Town.


 5. Hotels.


 6. Movies and Television.


 7. What to Read?


 8. Free Time.


 9. Health.


10. Being a Guest.

Next Edition(s)

• Golosa, Book 2: A Basic Course in Russian, 4/E
  Robin, Evans-Romaine, Shatalina & Robin
  ©2008  |  Prentice Hall  |  Cloth; 528 pp  |  Instock
  ISBN-10: 0136127371  |  ISBN-13: 9780136127376
  Suggested retail price: $122.67  Buy from myPearsonStoreNet price: $92.00  (What's this?)Brief Description  | 

  

  Golosa is a two-volume, introductory Russian-language program that strikes a balance between communication and structure. It takes a contemporary approach to language learning by focusing on the development of competence in the four skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing), as well as the expansion of cultural knowledge. Golosa is designed to help students reach the ACTFL Intermediate Range in speaking and Intermediate High in reading and listening. Each section in the text revolves around a particular topic and follows the same format: introduction of basic vocabulary, listening to introductory conversations, short dialogues with exercises and role play practice, practice in strategies for listening and reading, grammar study with practice in both oral and written form, and written workbook exercises. With its robust audio and video program on the World Wide Web, Golosa provides comprehensive explanations of Russian grammar along with the practice students need to build accuracy.

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