A1. Communication course
What is the YouLang communication course?
Communication course from YouLang A new modern educational complex for foreign students who are starting to learn Russian from scratch.
All course materials are available online in PDF format and are suitable for both group classes and individual work in a real or virtual learning space.
All course materials are available online in PDF format and are suitable for both group classes and individual work in a real or virtual learning space.
What does the A1 course consist of?
The A1 course consists of 7 thematic blocks, each of which includes 3 lessons, united by a common theme.
The course meets the basic principles of a communication-oriented methodology: by performing a variety of communicative tasks and games, students form the skills of oral and written speech, listening and reading in an atmosphere of natural educational communication. The presentation of educational material is based on the principles of clarity, cyclicity and the absence of an intermediary language.
The course meets the basic principles of a communication-oriented methodology: by performing a variety of communicative tasks and games, students form the skills of oral and written speech, listening and reading in an atmosphere of natural educational communication. The presentation of educational material is based on the principles of clarity, cyclicity and the absence of an intermediary language.
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0. I am learning to read in Russian
Lessons
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Первый урок
Представляем первый урок нашего мини-курса по обучению чтению и письму с нуля! Шаг за шагом вы освоите русский алфавит и научитесь читать слоги, слова, предложения. Особое внимание в курсе уделено аудированию и отработке...
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Второй урок
Второй урок мини-курса по обучению чтению и письму с нуля. Вы освоите произношение йотированных гласных и мягких согласных, научитесь читать слова с мягким знаком и запомните систему личных местоимений. Также вы потрени...
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Третий урок
Это третий (и финальный!) урок из мини-курса по обучению чтению и письму с нуля. Вы освоите произношение шипящих согласных, научитесь читать четырех- и пятисложные слова, а также слова с оглушением согласных на конце. Та...
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Workbooks
1. Acquaintance
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Hello! What's your name?
Your first lesson after becoming acquainted with the Russian alphabet and the rules of reading! Ideal option for an introductory lesson. You may think such a simple and hackneyed topic, like acquaintance and the first ph...
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What is your profession?
Master the Russian language step by step! Our new material is a logical continuation of the lesson "Hello! What is your name?" for elementary level students. It has the same structure - acquaintance with the speech patte...
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Where are you from? Countries and nationalities
This lesson is a logical continuation to the lessons "Hello! What is your name?" and "What is your profession?". The lesson contains a pronunciation warm-up supported by audio recording, illustrated tasks and...
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Workbooks
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Worksheet. Lesson 1 “Hi! What is your name?”
In order to solidify the material, obtained after the first lesson of the A1 course we would like to offer you exercises from the worksheet! These tasks will help you not only repeat new words and expressions...
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Worksheet. Lesson 2 “What are you”?
Worksheet “What are you”? will help you solidify the active vocabulary of the lesson with the help of various tasks as well as polish writing and comprehension skills.
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Workbook. Lesson 3 “Where are you from? Countries and nationalities”
In this workbook you will be able not only to repeat names of countries, cities and nationalities but to polish genitive case with question word “Where from?” as well as l...
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2. Meet: my friend, my family
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My family
We present you a new lesson for beginners, a continuation of "What is your profession" and "Where are you from? Countries and nationalities." Here you will learn names of family members and learn how to talk about them u...
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Let me introduce my friend
In this lesson for beginners, you will get acquainted with Maria and her friends, as well as learn new verbs on the "Hobbies" topic and complete the "Appearance" topic. The lesson grammar includes possessive pronouns and...
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Everything about me
This material supplements and systemizes previously covered topics: introduction, age, professions, names of countries and nationalities, hobby. Not only will you have a fun time (this lesson contains two communicative g...
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Workbooks
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Worksheet. Lesson 4 “My family”
This worksheet will help you solidify the vocabulary learnt on topics “family” and “appearance”. You will also recall numerals and learn to speak about the age. The worksheet contains tables and exercises with the help o...
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Рабочая тетрадь. Урок 5 "Знакомьтесь, это мой друг"
Рабочая тетрадь поможет вам закрепить лексику по темам "хобби", "внешность", "страны и национальности", а также отработать спряжение важного глаг...
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Рабочая тетрадь. Урок 6 "Всё обо мне"
Рабочая тетрадь поможет вам обобщить лексику и грамматику первых двух разделов нашего курса. Вы повторите фразы для знакомства, а также сможете подробно рассказать о себе (темы "внешно...
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3. My Day
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A day in the life of…
The lesson covers the topics "time (what time is it?)", "verbs of everyday actions in present tense" and as a result will allow you to freely talk about your day and ask questions on this topic to your partner.
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Free time
This lesson is for the beginners and with its help you will be able to talk about your free time activities and your holidays using accusative case of the nouns. This lesson specially emphasizes practicing of pronouncing...
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Breakfast, lunch and dinner
One of the hottest topics for beginners! You will get acquainted with the "food" and "drinks" vocabulary, you will learn about traditional Russian meals and get to know what Russian people usually eat for breakfast, lunc...
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Workbooks
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Рабочая тетрадь. Урок 7 "Мой день"
Задания рабочей тетради помогут вам повторить лексику урока и закрепить грамматические темы "спряжение глаголов настоящего времени" и "обозначение времени". В результате вы сможете рассказать...
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Рабочая тетрадь. Урок 8. "Свободное время"
Задания рабочей тетради направлены на закрепление лексики урока и отработку навыков чтения, письма, восприятия на слух. В результате вы сможете уверенно использовать сло...
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Рабочая тетрадь. Урок 9. "Завтрак, обед и ужин"
Задания рабочей тетради направлены на повторение лексики по теме "Еда" (названия продуктов и блюд, спряжение глаголов "есть" и "пить"), а также закрепление гр...
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4. City
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In the city
From now on you shouldn’t be afraid to get lost during your trip to Russia – our new lesson for beginners will help you ask for directions and find your bearings in the right way. The learning material includes phonetica...
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Public transport
In the new lesson for the beginners you will not only get to know different types of transport but also will learn to use this vocabulary together with verbs of movement. This new material forms a base for understanding...
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Meeting in the city
With the help of our new lesson you will learn how to arrange a meeting somewhere with your Russian friend, appoint time and place of meeting. You will work on your pronunciation, then deepen a little the “City orientati...
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Workbooks
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Рабочая тетрадь. Урок 10 "В городе"
Хорошенько поработав с заданиями этой рабочей тетради, вы легко сможете спросить дорогу и найти нужные места, а также вспомните, где находятся самые известные достопримечательности мира и ка...
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Рабочая тетрадь. Урок 11 "Городской транспорт"
В данной рабочей тетради вы закрепите лексику по теме "транспорт", а также спряжение и употребление глаголов "ездить" и "ехать". Вы вспомните, какие падежи у...
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Рабочая тетрадь. Урок 12 "Встреча в городе"
Предлагаемый учебный материал поможет вам повторить лексику и грамматику урока, закрепив спряжение и правила употребления важнейших русских глаголов - "идти", "ходить"...
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5. Weekend
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How did you spend your weekend?
New YouLang lesson will help students answer the most frequently asked question: “How did you spend your weekend?”. You will repeat popular verbs of movement both in present and past tense as well as grammar construction...
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In a restaurant
The communicatory aspect of the lesson will enable you to make an order in a café or a restaurant as well as cope with arising issues such as lack of serving pieces, mistakes in the order etc. The vocabulary of the lesso...
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At the theater, in the museum, at the concert
This lesson for beginners will get you acquainted not only with the vocabulary relevant when visiting places of cultural entertainment but also with rules of behavior in such places. You will learn what one can a...
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Workbooks
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Рабочая тетрадь. Урок 13 "Как вы провели выходные?"
С помощью заданий данной рабочей тетради вы повторите лексику по темам "дни недели", "досуг", а также закрепите использование винительного и предл...
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Рабочая тетрадь. Урок 14 "В ресторане"
Задания рабочей тетради помогут вам рассказать о своих вкусовых предпочтениях, а также сориентироваться в меню и сделать заказ в ресторане. Вы узнаете, где находятся лучшие заведени...
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Рабочая тетрадь. Урок 15 "В театре, в музее, на концерте"
С помощью заданий данной рабочей тетради вы повторите лексику урока, а также правила поведения в музее, в театре или на спортивном ме...
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6. Healthy lifestyle
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What sports do you go in for?
Some people prefer football, others like swimming, some folks can’t live without golf. And what sports do you go in for? With the help of new YouLang lesson you will be able to easily answer this question as well as to k...
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In the shop
New YouLang lesson will help students repeat the vocabulary on the “Groceries” topic as well as add more fruits and vegetables in you Russian “diet”! You will learn to put up a dialogue with venders and other buyers in t...
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In the polyclinic
A visit to the doctor – is always a stressful experience, but going to the clinic in a foreign country is especially frightening! No worries! In our new YouLang lesson you will learn how to explain what ache you have as...
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Workbooks
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Рабочая тетрадь. Урок 16. "Каким видом спорта ты занимаешься?"
Задания рабочей тетради направлены на то, чтобы помочь вам закрепить лексику по теме "спорт", а также правильное упо...
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Рабочая тетрадь. Урок 17 "В магазине"
Задания рабочей тетради помогут вам повторить лексику по теме "Продукты", а также закрепить правила употребления глаголов совершенного и несовершенного вида в речи. Вы попробуете себя...
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Рабочая тетрадь. Урок 18. "В поликлинике"
С помощью этой рабочей тетради вы повторите лексику по темам "части тела", "болезни" и "медицинские профессии", а также сможете легко рассказать о своём недомогании на прием...
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7. There is a holiday in the house all year round!
Lessons
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My house
There is no place like home! Do you agree? In our new YouLang lesson we will learn to talk about our house. How many rooms are there? What furniture is there? Where is it situated? Also expect substantial work with gramm...
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Holidays
In this lesson you will get to know names of popular holidays, will learn how, when and when they are celebrated as well as learn to correctly say dates in Russian. Apart from repetition of already learned cases, ordinal...
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What will the weather be like tomorrow?
The concluding lesson for the communicative course for beginners is dedicated to the topic of weather phenomena and climate. Not only will you be able to talk about the weather in Russia but you will also learn how to ta...
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Workbooks
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Рабочая тетрадь. Урок 19. "Мой дом"
Задания рабочей тетради направлены на закрепление лексики, которая пригодится вам для рассказа о месте, где вы живете. Вы повторите названия комнат, мебели, спряжение глаголов "висеть", "стоя...
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Рабочая тетрадь. Урок 20. "Праздники"
Задания рабочей тетради помогут вам закрепить названия месяцев и некоторых популярных в России праздников. Вы потренируетесь образовывать и употреблять в речи глаголы будущего времени...
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Рабочая тетрадь. Урок 21. "Какая завтра будет погода?"
Задания рабочей тетради направлены на повторение лексики по темам "погода и природные явления", "климат", "времена года", а также закреплен...
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Course authors
Надежда Брагина
author
- PhD in Education (Teaching Russian as a Foreign Language); - Author of educational courses “URA! Russian for English-speaking students”, “Russian Gr...
Елена Филатова
author
In 2014 she received a diploma from St. Petersburg State University with a degree in Russian as a foreign language. She taught RCTs at the Derzhavinsk...
Мария Харчевник
editor
Teacher of Russian as a foreign language at the Belarusian State University (preparatory faculty). 2013-2016 - proofreader and editor in the Office of...
Анисия Соколова
editor
В 2015 году получила диплом Санкт-Петербургского Государственного Университета по специальности «Русский язык как иностранный», затем прошла обучение...
Сергей Гриффитс
sound, voice
Leading programs on the Russian-language radio station in Lithuania, a teacher of RFL online, avid traveler, author of two channels on youtube. He gra...