Golosa: A Basic Course in Russian, Sixth Edition takes a contemporary approach to language learning by focusing on the development of functional competence in listening, speaking, reading, and writing, alongside broadening cultural knowledge. It also provides comprehensive explanations of Russian grammar along with structural practice.

ГОЛОСА: A Basic Course in Russian (Sixth Edition), strikes a true balance between communication and structure. It takes a contemporary approach to language learning by focusing on the development of functional competence in the four skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing), as well as the expansion of cultural knowledge. It also provides comprehensive explanations of Russian grammar along with the structural practice students need to build accuracy.

The sixth edition of this bestselling communicatively based text for beginning Russian has been updated by putting a greater focus on contemporary culture and simplified, visual grammar explanations that will better engage students. Books One and Two are a basic proficiency-oriented complete course in Russian language designed to bring students to the ACTFL Intermediate range in speaking (A2/B1 on the CEFR scale) after 200–250 classroom contact hours, or two years of academic study. The program also covers the basic morphology of Russian (declension, case government, conjugation). The program has been the bestseller as a college Russian textbook through five editions since 1993. It is designed to be the principal textbook for a two-year college sequence running at 3 to 5 hours a week – a total of 150 to 250 hours of face-to-face instruction at the college level, double at the high school level.

ГОЛОСА is divided into two books (Book One and Book Two) of ten units each. The units are organized thematically, and each unit contains dialogs, texts, exercises, and other material designed to enable students to read, speak, and write about the topic, as well as to understand simple conversations. The systematic grammar explanations and exercises enable students to develop a conceptual understanding and partial control of all basic Russian structures. This strong structural base enables students to accomplish the linguistic tasks and prepares them for further study of the language.

Free audio and video resources, including Instructor Resources, are available at www.routledge.com/9780367612801. Print and eTextbooks are accompanied by a Student Workbook and a rich companion website (www.routledge.com/cw/golosa) offering audio and video material, as well as fully integrated exercises to use alongside the text.

The companion website, powered by Lingco, is available for separate purchase from Lingco. Teachers can preview the new companion website and create their courses. A demo course is available at https://class.lingco.io/register?instructorCode=ROUTLEDGE2022&accessCode=INS-7fe92b6&language=ru.

Important Information for Students:

• Multimedia (audio and video) for Golosa is exclusively available on the Lingco companion website.
• Students can join their teacher’s course on Lingco and will receive a 14-day free trial upon first access.
• After the free trial, students must purchase a 12-month access pass for $49.95.
• Access begins after the free trial and lasts for 12 months.

For resources on how to set up and customize your course, please visit the Help Center on the Lingco Language Labs website at www.lingco.io. The Help Center includes articles explaining how the platform works and what you can do with it.