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mediashark · Moderator Joined: 04 Nov 2004 Posts: 1601

You guys just have to read this....

http://newstar.rinet.ru/~goga/biblio/lipson/lipson.html

Here's a little sampling

Gawd don't you just love Soviet-era textbooks? Smile

jo jo 7 · Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 5:06 pm Post subject: Re: GREAT (Soviet) Textbook!

Blochead · Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 3:22 pm Post subject:

Love it! Excellent.

UsualSuspect · Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 2:53 pm Post subject: I should scan this one...

Mediashark,
My wife dragged home one about the happy shock worker...priceless. I'll see if I can find and scan it for shiggles...

Usualsuspect

edgar · Just Starting Joined: 26 Jan 2007 Posts: 4 Location: USA

These are excerpts from "A Russian Course" by Al Lipson. The book is basically a satire of Soviet society. Lipson has great fun dissing the cultural mores of the time. He was a professor at Harvard until his early death in the 80's due to cancer. I have met him many times; indeed, one had to meet him to get his approval to use his text. At the time in the early 70's I taught Russian in high school.
Lipson's use of "rituals" is very entertaining, as are his dialogues which make fun of soviet political correctness.

eleanor · Frequent Guest Joined: 09 May 2006 Posts: 14

here is one more Russian course..
So funny..

http://youtube.com/watch?v=dlJw08uMvE4 here is first lesson))

look for more his videos..
I think this guy is awesome.

mediashark · Moderator Joined: 04 Nov 2004 Posts: 1601

I really like this textbook--I find it quite useful and it definitely brightens up language study! Even the little doodles make me laugh! Very Happy