It's is hard to find a course that makes your life as a teacher easy, appeals to your students, is clear and has all the desired reading, listening, speaking and writing components. We know. We were there and that's why we started creating our books.
Our original series were used by private tutors, language schools, colleges and Universities all over the US, in Europe and a lot of countries all over the world for many years. We have touched base with a great number of wonderful teachers, tutors and administrators who offer Russian classes to a variety of students. Even though the general feedback to the original book was overwhelmingly positive everyone had a list of wishes and recommendations of what can be changed.
We listened, we took notes and we understood.
In our effort to accommodate these requests we have reformatted our existing materials.
DO NOT WORRY, we kept:
- the straightforward and step by step method
- all the core texts, dialogues, exercises and supporting materials
And we built on it and improved by:
- including the learning to read and write in Russian into our level 1 beginner material
- restructuring what goes into each level
- adding more texts, dialogues and exercises
- updating our audio
- adding a Teacher's Manual for each level to bring teachers' prep work to a minimum
- developing slides to go with every lesson to provide visual support
Russian Step By Step School Edition is a perfect Series for all the teachers who want a straightforward easy to digest course for their students that will not overwhelm them and will make a teacher's life easier with all the planning done for them and lots of supplemental materials provided (downloadable audio, slides, games, online tables and grammar, supplemental books on verbs of motions, handwriting (Propisi) and more additional materials developed every year).
The School Edition Series consists of 4 levels:
- Beginner Level 1
- Low Intermediate Level 2
- Intermediate Level 3
- Upper Intermediate Level 4
More levels are in production to follow!
Please contact us at info@russianstepbystep.com with any questions, desk copy requests, orders or special editions.
Special edition opportunities: we can customize these materials with your school's logo, and even modify the books to fit your school's needs!
Options to buy
Regarding purchasing School Edition Series books with a bulk discount, please contact us at: info@russianstepbystep.com
This page will present some brief information about the School Edition Series, to learn more - please visit our dedicated site russianstepbystepschooledition.com.
Russian Step By Step School Edition Level 1. Beginner
Russian Step By Step Student Book 1: School Edition is the first part of the Russian Step By Step: School Edition course and is geared towards private and group students.
The goal of this book is to teach the students to read in Russian and to introduce basic grammar, such as pronunciation rules, gender of the nouns and adjectives, personal, possessive and demonstrative pronouns, verb conjugations, counting 0 – 1000, and the nominative and prepositional cases.
The grammar is introduced gradually, the vocabulary is expanded from lesson to lesson and all the four language skills (speaking, grammar, comprehension and writing) are worked on step-by-step.
The students practice speaking and comprehension, as well as learning to ask and answer questions.
Student Book 1Â contains texts, dialogues, exercises with answer keys, translation of the new vocabulary and grammar explanation for each lesson (at the back of the book in English), as well as the audio script to go along with the audio that can be downloaded from russianstepbystep.com
The Teacher’s Manual is designed to help the teacher minimize the prep work for each lesson. All the texts and exercises are listed in the order that we recommend. All the answers are provided in the Teacher’s Manual. This book also contains tips and tricks on how to better explain certain topics and review the old or cover the new material.
At the end of each level there is a Final Test to help measure the students’ progress. In order to receive Student Handouts for this test, send us a request to info@russianstepbystep.com
NO ANSWER KEYS IN THE STUDENT BOOK
If you do not want your student to have the answers at the end of the student’s book – please inquire about ordering the Student Book without answer keys. That edition is also available for purchase.
Remember that each book comes with free downloadable audio and the audio script. Assigning listening to the audio exercises as part of the homework is a great way to improve the student’s retention.
We recommend to cover all the exercises in the book orally in class, then do them in writing. After that do the entire listening section for the covered lesson as part of the student’s homework.
To download the audio component please log in
The digital slides is another great tool that comes with the School Edition. Once you purchase the slides, they can be used by all the teachers in the school, modified and shared with the students.
We did all the legwork and compiled the photos and illustrations for the core grammar and vocabulary points for each and every lesson. The last slide offers the list of the key vocabulary and grammar structure. You can use the slides to introduce the new vocabulary and grammar as well as use them for practice and games.
Students really appreciate the bright visual component that the digital slides provide.
This is a supplement to RSBS School Edition Level 1 and it can purchased separately. It contains games - one (sometimes two) per lesson, to supplement the Student Book. Each game is based on the material covered in the corresponding lesson, and it is in the PDF format.
Games bring excitement, and the students can see what they learnt and what they can now say in Russian!
We provide you with the instructions for a game with the printouts that you will need.
We recommend adding the Handwriting series.There is a wonderful article written by one of our teachers about the importance of learning Russian cursive.
Russian cursive looks really different and can be confusing for a non-native speaker. It’s best to start learning cursive after the first 6 lessons of RSBS School Edition Level 1, when the students learned all the letters in their printed form.
Propisi 1 workbook follows the same letter introduction order as the first 6 lessons of the RSBS Level 1 book and allows the students start practicing Russian handwriting – a vital piece of both Russian culture and everyday life.
Propisi 2 continues working on the correct Russian handwriting. In this workbook a special attention is given to the complicated connections.
Russian proverbs and sayings are given, as well as palindromes, so this helps the study process be fun and attractive.
Propisi 3Â completes the Russian Step By Step Handwriting. This workbook uses words and phrases based on the fundamental rules of grammar, as well as some simple rules and exceptions.
Russian Step By Step School Edition Level 2. Low Intermediate
Russian Step by Step School Edition Level 2 is the second part of the Russian Step By Step: School Edition course and is geared towards private and group students.
The goal of this book is to teach the students using all the cases, simple past tense of verbs, the verbs of motion, the imperative of the verbs, the future tense with the verb быть, counting 1 – 1000 000 000, and ordinal numerals.
The grammar is introduced gradually, the vocabulary is expanded from lesson to lesson and all the four language skills (speaking, grammar, comprehension and writing) are worked on step-by-step.
Students practice speaking and comprehension, as well as learn to ask and answer questions.
Student Book 2Â contains texts, dialogues, exercises with answer keys, translation of the new vocabulary and grammar explanation for each lesson (at the back of the book in English), as well as the audio script to go along with the audio that can be downloaded from russianstepbystep.com
The Teacher’s Manual is designed to help the teacher minimize the prep work for each lesson. All the texts and exercises are listed in the order that we recommend. All the answers are provided in the Teacher’s Manual. This book also contains tips and tricks on how to better explain certain topics and review the old or cover the new material.
At the end of each level there is a Final Test to help measure the students’ progress. In order to receive Student Handouts for this test, send us a request to info@russianstepbystep.com
NO ANSWER KEYS IN THE STUDENT BOOK
If you do not want your student to have the answers at the end of the student’s book – please inquire about ordering the Student Book without answer keys. That edition is also available for purchase.
Remember that each book comes with free downloadable audio and the audio script. Assigning listening to the audio exercises as part of the homework is a great way to improve the student’s retention.
We recommend to cover all the exercises in the book orally in class, then do them in writing. After that do the entire listening section for the covered lesson as part of the student’s homework.
To download the audio component please log in
The digital slides is another great tool that comes with the School Edition. Once you purchase the slides, they can be used by all the teachers in the school, modified and shared with the students.
We did all the legwork and compiled the photos and illustrations for the core grammar and vocabulary points for each and every lesson. The last slide offers the list of the key vocabulary and grammar structure. You can use the slides to introduce the new vocabulary and grammar as well as use them for practice and games.
Students really appreciate the bright visual component that the digital slides provide
This is a supplement to RSBS School Edition Level 2 and it can purchased separately. It contains games - one (sometimes two) per lesson, to supplement the Student Book. Each game is based on the material covered in the corresponding lesson, and it is in the PDF format.
Games bring excitement, and the students can see what they learnt and what they can now say in Russian!
We provide you with the instructions for a game with the printouts that you will need.
We recommend adding the Handwriting series.There is a wonderful article written by one of our students (link) about the importance of learning Russian cursive.
Russian cursive looks really different and can be confusing for a non-native speaker. It’s best to start it after the first 6 lessons when the students learned all the letters in their printed form.
Propisi 1 workbook follows the same letter introduction order as the first 6 lessons of the RSBS Level 1 book and allows the students start practicing Russian handwriting – a vital piece of both Russian culture and everyday life.
Propisi 2 continues working on the correct Russian handwriting. In this workbook, a special attention is given to the complicated connections.
Russian proverbs and sayings are given, as well as palindromes, so this helps the study process be fun and attractive.
Propisi 3Â completes the Russian Step By Step Handwriting. This workbook uses words and phrases based on the fundamental rules of grammar, as well as some simple rules and exceptions.
Russian Step By Step School Edition Level 3. Intermediate
Russian Step By Step Student Book 3: School Edition is the third part of the Russian Step By Step: School Edition course and is geared towards private and group students.
The goal of this book is to teach the students to use all types of pronouns, the declension of adjectives, possessive and demonstrative pronouns, verbs in two aspects (perfective and imperfective), verbs of motion (simple form and with some prefixes), and reflexive verbs.
The grammar is introduced gradually, the vocabulary is expanded from lesson to lesson and all the four language skills (speaking, grammar, comprehension and writing) are worked on step-by-step.
The students practice speaking and comprehension, as well as learn to ask and answer questions.
Student Book 3Â contains texts, dialogues, exercises with answer keys, translation of the new vocabulary and grammar explanation for each lesson (at the back of the book in English), as well as the audio script to go along with the audio that can be downloaded from russianstepbystep.com
The Teacher’s Manual is designed to help the teacher minimize the prep work for each lesson. All the texts and exercises are listed in the order that we recommend. All the answers are provided in the Teacher’s Manual. This book also contains tips and tricks on how to better explain certain topics and review the old or cover the new material.
At the end of each level there is a Final Test to help measure the students’ progress. In order to receive Student Handouts for this test, send us a request to info@russianstepbystep.com
NO ANSWER KEYS IN THE STUDENT BOOK
If you do not want your student to have the answers at the end of the student’s book – please inquire about ordering the Student Book without answer keys. That edition is also available for purchase.
Remember that each book comes with free downloadable audio and the audio script. Assigning listening to the audio exercises as part of the homework is a great way to improve the student’s retention.
We recommend to cover all the exercises in the book orally in class, then do them in writing. After that do the entire listening section for the covered lesson as part of the student’s homework.
To download the audio component please log in
The digital slides is another great tool that comes with the School Edition. Once you purchase the slides, they can be used by all the teachers in the school, modified and shared with the students.
We did all the legwork and compiled the photos and illustrations for the core grammar and vocabulary points for each and every lesson. The last slide offers the list of the key vocabulary and grammar structure. You can use the slides to introduce the new vocabulary and grammar as well as use them for practice and games.
Students really appreciate the bright visual component that the digital slides provide
We recommend adding the Handwriting series.There is a wonderful article written by one of our students (link) about the importance of learning Russian cursive.
Russian cursive looks really different and can be confusing for a nonnative speaker. It’s best to start it after the first 6 lessons, when the students leaned all the letters in their printed form.
Propisi 1 workbook follows the same letter introduction order as the first 6 lessons of the RSBS Level 1 book and allows the students start practicing Russian handwriting – a vital piece of both Russian culture and everyday life.
Propisi 2 continues working on the correct Russian handwriting. In this workbook a special attention is given to the complicated connections.
Russian proverbs and sayings are given, as well as palindromes, so this helps the study process be fun and attractive.
Propisi 3Â completes the Russian Step By Step Handwriting. This workbook uses words and phrases based on the fundamental rules of grammar, as well as some simple rules and exceptions.
Russian Step By Step School Edition Level 4. High Intermediate
Russian Step by Step School Edition Level 4 – is the fourth part of the Russian Step By Step: School Edition course and is geared towards private and group students.
The goal of this book is to teach students to use plural nouns, adjectives, and pronouns (personal, possessive, and demonstrative) in all cases, numerals (ordinal, cardinal, and collective), participle, and adverbial participle (perfective and imperfective).
The grammar is introduced gradually, the vocabulary is expanded from lesson to lesson and all the four language skills (speaking, grammar, comprehension and writing) are worked on step-by-step.
The students practice speaking and comprehension, as well as learn to ask and answer questions.
Student Book 4Â contains texts, dialogues, exercises with answer keys, translation of the new vocabulary and grammar explanation for each lesson (at the back of the book in English), as well as the audio script to go along with the audio that can be downloaded from russianstepbystep.com
The Teacher’s Manual is designed to help the teacher minimize the prep work for each lesson. All the texts and exercises are listed in the order that we recommend. All the answers are provided in the Teacher’s Manual. This book also contains tips and tricks on how to better explain certain topics and review the old or cover the new material.
At the end of each level there is a Final Test to help measure the students’ progress. In order to receive Student Handouts for this test, send us a request to info@russianstepbystep.com
NO ANSWER KEYS IN THE STUDENT BOOK
If you do not want your student to have the answers at the end of the student’s book – please inquire about ordering the Student Book without answer keys. That edition is also available for purchase.
Remember that each book comes with free downloadable audio and the audio script. Assigning listening to the audio exercises as part of the homework is a great way to improve the student’s retention.
We recommend to cover all the exercises in the book orally in class, then do them in writing. After that do the entire listening section for the covered lesson as part of the student’s homework.
To download the audio component please log in
The digital slides is another great tool that comes with the School Edition. Once you purchase the slides, they can be used by all the teachers in the school, modified and shared with the students.
We did all the legwork and compiled the photos and illustrations for the core grammar and vocabulary points for each and every lesson. The last slide offers the list of the key vocabulary and grammar structure. You can use the slides to introduce the new vocabulary and grammar as well as use them for practice and games.
Students really appreciate the bright visual component that the digital slides provide
We recommend adding the Handwriting series.There is a wonderful article written by one of our students (link) about the importance of learning Russian cursive.
Russian cursive looks really different and can be confusing for a nonnative speaker. It’s best to start it after the first 6 lessons, when the students leaned all the letters in their printed form.
Propisi 1 workbook follows the same letter introduction order as the first 6 lessons of the RSBS Level 1 book and allows the students start practicing Russian handwriting – a vital piece of both Russian culture and everyday life.
Propisi 2 continues working on the correct Russian handwriting. In this workbook a special attention is given to the complicated connections.
Russian proverbs and sayings are given, as well as palindromes, so this helps the study process be fun and attractive.
Propisi 3Â completes the Russian Step By Step Handwriting. This workbook uses words and phrases based on the fundamental rules of grammar, as well as some simple rules and exceptions.