The Living Russian: A Complete Language Audio Course (1958)

Living Russian: A Complete Language Audio Course (1958) Mp3 files  four CDs


Living Russian: A Complete Language Audio Course
Living Russian: A Complete Language Audio Course
Download The Living Russian: A Complete Language Course ( audio) — a pioneering mid‑20th‑century program published by Crown Publishers. This set of vinyl records and workbook introduced learners to Russian through dialogues, drills, and vocabulary, reflecting Cold War‑era interest in rapid language acquisition.  



The Living Russian: A Complete Language Course (1958) was a pioneering audio-lingual program published by Crown Publishers, Inc. It consisted of four vinyl records (10-inch, 33⅓ RPM) with 40 lessons, accompanied by a workbook and dictionary, designed to immerse learners in spoken Russian through drills, dialogues, and vocabulary building.  



📚 Course Overview

Test the sound What, Declensions, Nouns, Adjectives, Pronouns
- Publisher: Crown Publishers, Inc.  
- Release Year: 1958  
- Format: 4 × Vinyl records (10-inch, 33⅓ RPM, yellow labels)  
- Content: 40 lessons + workbook + dictionary  
- Method: Audio-lingual approach emphasizing repetition, pronunciation, and practical dialogues   


🎧 Lesson Structure

The audio course was divided into thematic lessons across the four records:

- Disc 1:1. Letters and Sounds I
2. Letters and Sounds II, General Equivalents of English
3. The Russian Alphabet
4. Palatalized and Nonpalatalized Syllables
5. Vowels
6. Consonants
7. Consonants (Continued)
8. Building A Vocabulary I

Disc 2:
1. Characteristics of the Cases, Sentances with КТО
2. "What," Declensions, Nouns, Adjectives, Pronouns
3. Building a Vocabulary II
4. Common Verb Forms
5. "Have" and "Have Not," Useful Word Groups I
6. Useful Word Groups II
7. Useful Word Groups III
8. Useful Word Groups IV
9. Meeting a Friend
10. Numbers
11. Numbers (Continued)

Disc 3:
1. Numbers (Continued)
2. Useful Word Groups V
3. Negatives
4. Small Talk
5. Greetings
6. In a Store
7. Verbs of Motion, In a Hotel
8. In a Restaraunt
9. Perfective and Imperfective
10. Coming and Going
11. Visit to the Theatre, Verb Moods

Disc 4:
1. Useful Phrases
2. Verbs of Motion
3. Brief Encounter
4. Conversation: End of the Vacation
5. "May," "May Not"
6. "To Lose," "To Seek," "To Find"
7. Shopping
8. In a Laboratory
9. In a Laboratory (Continued)
10. Sputniks, Verb Modifiers

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