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Introductory Phonetic Course is a complete program of Russian pronunciation. The online lessons of the course contain sound and interactive exercises on Russian language.
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The Online Russian Language Center
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Introduction
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Introductory Phonetic Course (IPC) is an online interactive manual
that teaches the Russian pronunciation. The IPC is intended for English
speaking people who desire to start learning Russian from the very
beginning and for those who studied Russian before and want to improve
their pronunciation skills. Besides, the course may be very helpful for
the teachers of Russian as a methodical manual.
The main purpose of the
IPC is to introduce Russian sounds, letters, and intonation constructions
to foreigners through the Internet. Moreover, having worked through the
course, students will be able to read and write in Russian, to comprehend
speech and even to converse with Russians in a number of ordinary situations.
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| About the IPC content
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The IPC covers all the Russian sounds and the letters they can represent
in writing, introduces basic reading rules of both separate letters and
combinations of them, teaches Russian alphabet and intonation patterns.
The course practically consists of a great amount of traditional and
interactive exercises, which are provided with sound recording of native
Russian speakers.
The IPC is presented in small, digestible portions falling
into seven parts. The intuitively clear hierarchical menu allows forming
a complete idea about the detailed content of each lesson of the course.
Parts from 1 to 4 contain 35 lessons that present Russian sounds, letters,
and basic intonation constructions one by one.
Parts from 5 to 7 consists
of 26 lessons that essentially differ from previous by their content.
They revise the material from preceding lessons, add new notes, and
generalize all the information on this or that matter. There are
summarizing tables, which allow using the lessons as the reference
material on the Russian phonetics. The 61st lesson contains final
exercises on listening comprehension that crown the course.
Note: if you
can't read Cyrillic correctly, please check russification of your computer.
Note: use Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 (or newer) that will allow you
to view the lessons.
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| The IPC features |
1. Translations
The assignments of the course are formulated in English (in the 1-19 lessons)
and in Russian (in the 20-61 lessons), and they are all provided with
corresponding translation. All the Russian words, combination of words,
and sentences involved in the course also have their English equivalents.
To see the translation of every item, you should just click on the word,
sentence or task formulation you'd like to translate.
For example:
2. Audio support
The IPC is provided with the audio support recorded on the State
Broadcasting Company. The sound recording for all lessons of the
course amounts approximately to two hours and 30 minutes. Due to the
recording, you have the opportunity of listening and reproducing the
samples of native speaker's speech over and over and thus master the
Russian pronunciation. To download the sound files, you should click
on a loud-speaker button  above the text of interest.
Note: to make use of the sound support, you may need to install
RealAudio Player by RealNetworks, Inc. [download free version]
Note: we do not apply RealAudio streaming technology on our site now, therefore the sound files are fully preloaded before the playback.
3. Interactive exercises
The IPC contains numerous interactive exercises
for self-control. There are three main types
of interactive activities in the course: "Define
the sound", "Input
the text", "Put the
stress". You can get acquainted with
the instructions of interactive exercises in
each lesson by clicking on the sign "Information"
next to tasks.
Note: Flash Player by Macromedia, Inc. is the necessary software for fulfilling the interactive exercises of the IPC. [download free version]
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| Symbols and conventions
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phonetic transcription
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download the sound recording
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listen to the sound recording
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speak, repeat aloud
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read
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input the text
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use your mouse
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information
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о,
а,
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vowels under stress
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1,
2,
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numbers of intonation constructions
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tips that help to fulfill exercises
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pay attention
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| Methodical description
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The course was designed for independent learning
of Russian and assumes no previous knowledge
of the language. It is mainly aimed at mastering
proper Russian pronunciation and gives a solid
foundation for further language study within
the framework of elementary level.
The purposes of the IPC:
- to provide mastering the
basic features of the Russian phonetic
system in the field of sounds, rhythmics
of a word, and intonation;
- to found initial listening
and pronunciation skills, to teach students
to differentiate the elements of the Russian
speech, and also to carry out sound, rhythmic,
and intonation form of statements;
- to provide mastering the
basic reading rules of words, combinations
of words, sentences, mini-texts;
- to provide using sound-letter
correspondence while fulfilling dictations
containing sounds, syllables, words;
- to give a solid minimum of useful lexical and grammatical material;
to learn foreigners to communicate in Russian in ordinary situations.
The course content is arranged in connection
with the features of the Russian pronunciation
system. The sequence of introduction the material
in the field of sounds assumes, first of all,
training of hard consonants and connected with
them vocalism, then, soft consonants and connected
with them vocalism. Basically, the careful
study of sounds passes the following stages:
demonstration, reproduction, training and checking.
The given stages correspond to the following
types of student's activities: listening, repeating,
reading, defining and inputting, putting the
stress, etc.
The material of the course is divided into 61 lessons,
each of them contains a system of
exercises and the tasks directed on complex
formation of the basic kinds of speech activity:
speaking, readings, listening comprehension,
and writing. Besides, the IPC gives a solid
minimum of useful vocabulary. Having worked
through the course, students will know about
1200 Russian words and phrases.
One lesson of the IPC should take about 30 minutes in general.
The complete course
(61 lessons) should take about 30 hours
of thorough work.
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Price
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Subscribing for the product, one can choose a price and access
duration. Course Membership now costs US $29 for 6 months of
access or US $49 for 12 months of access.
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How to become an IPC member
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To become an IPC Member, you have to perform the following steps:
Step 1 - fill out the Registration Form (enter your personal information, select a price/duration);
Step 2 - pay by Credit Card online (enter your details on secure server).
If the registration and payment procedures are successfully accomplished, you will see the "TRANSACTION SUCCESSFUL" message meaning that you've subscribed for the service and you will receive an access to the product in a few minutes. The corresponding notification will be sent you by e-mail. Thus, please be sure do not misspell your e-mail address while filling the Registration form.
Before registering we highly recommend you to try the Demo
( input demo in both Login fields for access) and check whether you can read Cyrillic and hear sound files without
any distortions. That is to ensure correct performance of the paid
service on your PC and avoid any troubles in future.
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