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  7. <title>The RUSSIAN Fast Course</title>
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  20. <personname><firstname/><surname/></personname>
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  22. <orgname>FOREIGN SERVICE INSTITUTE</orgname>
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  26. <preface>
  27. <title>Preface</title>
  28. <para>The Russian FAST course first appeared at FSI more than 15 years ago, and it has been
  29. growing and changing ever since. The current edition owes its existence to many individuals,
  30. all of whom we would like to thank. While time and space do not permit us to thank them all
  31. individually, we would like to bring special attention to the efforts of the following:</para>
  32. <para>Without the computer skills and language teaching expertise of Language and Culture
  33. Instructor Garegin Petrosian, this book would not exist today. Thanks are also owed to Linda
  34. Coble and the staff in OMIS who responded, generously and promptly, to every request for
  35. software, as well as hardware.</para>
  36. <para>Tatiana Hassan, Natasha Lord, Olga Shishkevish and many other Language and Culture
  37. instructors in the Russian Section make up the team which brought the first, and then later
  38. versions of the FAST course to our students. We are grateful to them all for their hard work
  39. and dedication. Special thanks are due Tatiana Hassan who has been the driving force behind
  40. the current FAST course and this latest version of the book.</para>
  41. <para>Without the efforts of Lawrence Williams and David Coy in Multi-Media Operations we could
  42. not have produced the tapes which accompany this book. Thanks also go to those instructors in
  43. the Russian Section who lent their voices.</para>
  44. <para>Thanks are also owed to all the Language and Culture Instructors in the Russian Section
  45. who gave so freely of their time to proofread, correct and suggest improvements to this
  46. book.</para>
  47. <para>Our work on the FAST course has always enjoyed the support of our administration. We owe a
  48. special debt of gratitude to Dr. James Snow, Chair of NEE, Dr. David Argoff and Gary Crawford,
  49. Associate Deans of the School of Language Studies at FSI.</para>
  50. <para>Finally, and most importantly, we are grateful to our students, who have so patiently
  51. helped us test these materials and who have so generously shared their comments. We have
  52. benefited greatly by their experiences, and we hope that our future students will do so as
  53. well.</para>
  54. <para>Maureen Riley</para>
  55. <para dir="ltr">Language Training Supervisor</para>
  56. <para>Russian Language Section</para>
  57. <para>September, 1995</para>
  58. <note>
  59. <para>This course was formatted by Eric Streit (eric@yojik.eu) using the docbook format from
  60. the pdf scanned documents found on:</para>
  61. <para>http://fsi-language-courses.org/Content.php .</para>
  62. <para>The Russian part was checked by Gulnara Streit (my wife). You can find the pdf, epub
  63. versions on http://www.yojik.eu/ . (whole book or separate lessons)</para>
  64. <para>Version: 25 April 2011 revision December 2020</para>
  65. </note>
  66. </preface>
  67. <preface>
  68. <title>Introduction</title>
  69. <para><foreignphrase xml:lang="ru">ДОБРО́ ПОЖА́ЛОВАТЬ В РУ́ССКИЙ ОТДЕ́Л</foreignphrase>!</para>
  70. <para>WELCOME TO THE RUSSIAN F.A.S.T. COURSE!</para>
  71. <para>Welcome to the Russian F.A.S.T. Course! We're glad you're going to be with us for the next
  72. 8 weeks, and we'd like to do everything we can to make this time both enjoyable and profitable
  73. for you. You may be wondering just what we have in store for you, and what you may expect to
  74. accomplish in the time you have. So, without further ado...</para>
  75. <para>F.A.S.T. COURSE OBJECTIVES</para>
  76. <para>The F.A.S.T (Familiarization And Short Term) course is designed to prepare students for
  77. life in Russia (and the Newly Independent States of the Former Soviet Union) by giving them
  78. the necessary basic skills in the language. We want you to leave here with the ability to
  79. face, without hesitation, any number of situations you will encounter in day-to-day life in
  80. those cities where you will live, work and visit. Some of the skills we will help you to
  81. acquire include the following:</para>
  82. <orderedlist>
  83. <listitem>
  84. <para>The ability to ask simple questions pertaining to your daily practical needs. You will
  85. need to know HOW to get something done, HOW to elicit necessary information.</para>
  86. </listitem>
  87. <listitem>
  88. <para>The ability to understand key words in the answers to your questions. You will learn
  89. to use those key words in your own speech.</para>
  90. </listitem>
  91. <listitem>
  92. <para>The ability to work with numbers (as used in prices, phone numbers, addresses, etc.),
  93. especially the larger numbers which are in use today: 1,000 and above. Most importantly,
  94. you will learn to recognize and understand these numbers when you encounter them, either
  95. in written or in spoken form. You will also be able to produce simple number combinations
  96. of your own (your address, your telephone number, etc.)</para>
  97. </listitem>
  98. <listitem>
  99. <para>The ability to read and understand street signs, signs in the metro and other forms of
  100. transportation, in stores, hotels, etc. You will be able to read and decipher such things
  101. as concert/theater programs, menus, instructions for guests in hotels, rules for using
  102. public transport, hours of operation of various establishments, etc.</para>
  103. </listitem>
  104. <listitem>
  105. <para>You will become familiar with the telephone and be able to handle many types of
  106. different calls.</para>
  107. </listitem>
  108. <listitem>
  109. <para>The ability to introduce yourself, and others when necessary; to appropriately greet
  110. people and to distinguish between different levels of formality and informality in the
  111. language. You will be able to speak about yourself, your family, your interests and work
  112. and be able to ask your friends and colleagues the same.</para>
  113. </listitem>
  114. <listitem>
  115. <para>Finally, you will become familiar with Russia (and other NIS countries, whenever
  116. possible), its geography, history, politics, art and literature.</para>
  117. </listitem>
  118. </orderedlist>
  119. <para>The F.A.S.T. course, and this textbook, have been designed to familiarize you with the
  120. Russian language and Russian culture in their broadest contexts. You should not expect to
  121. receive a formal presentation of the grammar and structure of the language. You WILL learn
  122. some grammar, but only that which it is necessary for you to know in order to perform a given
  123. task. There are simple grammar notes contained in each lesson, but if you are a student who
  124. wishes to learn more about the theoretical aspect of Russian grammar, you may find the
  125. purchase of Brian Kemple's Essential Russian Grammar helpful.</para>
  126. <para>The course will emphasize more the development of good, oral skills and aural
  127. comprehension and less so the development of an ability to read and write in Russian. However,
  128. skills such as being able to read signs and to write down names, addresses and/or phone
  129. numbers will be essential for you to acquire. With the help of the book and your instructors,
  130. you will accomplish that.</para>
  131. <para>All that remains to be said is that, while we are here to teach you the basics of Russian,
  132. you must realize that only you can learn them. No single textbook or instructor will be
  133. sufficient without a certain effort on your part. You will rarely be asked to do homework
  134. assignments, but you should plan on doing work outside the classroom. We have audio tapes to
  135. accompany each lesson, and the Multi-Media Center has some computer-assisted Russian language
  136. materials. All this together can combine to make your F.A.S.T. Course experience the best one
  137. possible.</para>
  138. <para><foreignphrase xml:lang="ru">УДА́ЧИ ВА́М</foreignphrase>!</para>
  139. <para>GOOD LUCK!</para>
  140. </preface>
  141. <preface>
  142. <title>Fast tapes</title>
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  144. <title>TAPE 1-2 Contains Lessons 1 - 4</title>
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  150. <entry><emphasis>Side A:</emphasis></entry>
  151. <entry>
  152. <para>Lesson 1: Alphabet</para>
  153. <para>(pg. 37) Russian Phonetics</para>
  154. <para>(pg. 40) Spelling and Pronunciation</para>
  155. </entry>
  156. </row>
  157. <row>
  158. <entry><emphasis>Side B:</emphasis></entry>
  159. <entry>
  160. <para>Lesson 2</para>
  161. <para>Lesson 3 Table of Intonation Constructions</para>
  162. <para>Lesson 4</para>
  163. </entry>
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  169. <title>TAPE 3-4 Contains Lessons 5-7</title>
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  175. <entry><emphasis role="italic">Side A:</emphasis></entry>
  176. <entry>
  177. <para>Lesson 5</para>
  178. <para>Lesson 6</para>
  179. </entry>
  180. </row>
  181. <row>
  182. <entry><emphasis role="italic">Side B:</emphasis></entry>
  183. <entry>Lesson 7</entry>
  184. </row>
  185. </tbody>
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  189. <title>TAPE 5-6 Contains Lessons 8-10</title>
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  195. <entry><emphasis role="italic">Side A:</emphasis></entry>
  196. <entry>
  197. <para>Lesson 8</para>
  198. <para>Lesson 9</para>
  199. </entry>
  200. </row>
  201. <row>
  202. <entry><emphasis role="italic">Side B:</emphasis></entry>
  203. <entry>Lesson 10 (to pg. 27)</entry>
  204. </row>
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  209. <title>TAPE 7 - 8 Contains Lessons 10-11</title>
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  215. <entry><emphasis role="italic">Side A:</emphasis></entry>
  216. <entry>
  217. <para>Lesson 10 (continued from pg. 28)</para>
  218. <para>Lesson 11</para>
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