Russian Script Hacking: The optimal pathway to learn the Russian alphabet

Description

Using a unique, tried and tested algorithm, this book teaches you how to quickly and efficiently recognise letters and common words in Russian script. Whether you're travelling and want to understand the words around you, or preparing to learn Russian and want to master the basics, this is the book for you. In this book you will find: An introduction to Russian script and Cyrillic alphabet Plenty of practice activities to help you recognise each letter of the alphabet Helpful mnemonics to make you remember the shape of each letter Accompanying audio files so you know how to pronounce letters and words Handy tips to help you decipher common and familiar words The audio for this course can be downloaded from the Teach Yourself Library app or streamed at library.teachyourself.com. Rely on Teach Yourself, trusted by language learners for over 75 years.

Judith Meyer is a language course developer and consultant with an MA in Romance Languages and Computational Linguistics. She speaks 13 languages and has successfully learned 5 foreign writing systems to date.

The idea of learning a new script can be very daunting, but Judith's course took the individual letters of Arabic, one by one, and made them easy to remember and fun to use. Thanks to her tips I was able to read entire sentences written in Arabic out loud, in an incredibly short time! -- Benny Lewis, bestselling author of Language Hacking and Fluent in 3 Months