Mastering Russian through Global Debate
![]() 216 pp., 7 x 10 Paperback ISBN: 9781626160880 (1626160880) December 2014 EXPLORE THIS TITLE DescriptionAudio Companion [Zip File] Reviews |
Mastering Russian through Global Debate
Tony Brown, Tatiana Balykhina, Ekaterina Talalakina, Jennifer Bown, and Viktoria Kurilenko
Foreword by Vitali Grigorevich Kostomarov eTextbooks are now available through VitalSource.com! Tony Brown is a professor in the Department of German and Russian at Brigham Young University. He has published articles in the Foreign Language Annals, Modern Language Journal, Russian Language Journal, and Language Policy.
Reviews
"I highly recommend Mastering Russian through Global Debate. The materials are methodologically sound and designed to facilitate both language gain and the development of critical thinking skills. The themes that form the core of the six chapters are important for our contemporary world and are presented in engaging and thought-provoking ways. This volume fills a serious void in terms of upper-level materials for serious learners of Russian."—Cynthia Martin, associate professor of Russian, University of Maryland, School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures "This textbook is an extraordinary contribution to the teaching of superior-level discourse, as defined in the Proficiency Guidelines, in the Russian-language curriculum because it compels students to engage in argument on abstract topics. The authors deftly present 'hot topics' about which students will most certainly have their own opinions. Students using this textbook will enhance their speaking skills not only in Russian, but also in their native language, precisely because they will learn to structure their arguments logically, using rhetorical devices to select and emphasize evidence and point listeners to their conclusions. This textbook is outstanding because it teaches language skills in the context of the greater liberal arts enterprise of critical thinking and analysis."—Benjamin Rifkin, professor of Russian and dean of Humanities and Social Sciences, The College of New Jersey |