10 books that teach you how to speak and write in Russian in a fun way

2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55

You don't have to be a philologist to be able to write and speak correctly. For some people, it is quite enough to read good fiction, while others simply need a kind of intensive course in the Russian language. However, it is unlikely that anyone will be disturbed by the study of specialized books, which, moreover, are written very fascinatingly. In our today's review, just such publications are presented.

“Speech is like a sword. How to Speak Russian Correctly ", Tatiana Gartman

A book from a Russian language teacher who turned the profession into an exciting hobby. Tatiana Hartman in her book teaches readers not to make gross mistakes by the example of those who speak incorrectly. She has long been "collecting" funny slips of the tongue and mistakes of actors and presenters, and the material presented in the book makes you think about your own speech.

"The Word Alive and Dead", Nora Gal

For the first time this edition from the professional translator Nora Gal was published almost half a century ago and after that it was reprinted more than a dozen times, which indicates the current relevance of the book. The author gives very useful advice on increasing vocabulary and ways to get rid of parasitic words in your own speech.

"Russian without load", Yulia Andreeva, Ksenia Turkova

One of the best publications in recent years about the rules of the Russian language. The book will allow those wishing to improve their written language and re-acquaint themselves with many of the rules. The authors themselves demonstrate excellent knowledge of the subject, explaining very complex rules in very simple language.

"We speak Russian …", Marina Koroleva

The idea for the emergence of a kind of fascinating dictionary was born on the basis of extensive material collected by the author while working on the radio "Echo of Moscow", where Marina Koroleva hosted a program with the same name, which she now gave to her book. It is worth noting that the author herself is a journalist and candidate of philological sciences, and her book looks like an interesting journey into the world of literate Russian speech.

"Write, shorten", Maxim Ilyakhov, Lyudmila Sarycheva

This edition has become a very entertaining textbook for those who work with texts. The authors teach to build their written speech competently and without unnecessary verbal "garbage", and the illustrative examples accompanying each chapter will allow readers to learn how to write easy informative articles and letters.

“In pursuit of the Russian language. User Notes ", Elena Pervushina

An endocrinologist by training and a writer by vocation, he treats the Russian language in a special way. It invites the reader to learn not only to write and speak correctly, but to build sentences so that they are filled with deep meaning and remain easy to understand. A fascinating course on the etymology of the Russian language from Elena Pervushina will acquaint you with the origin of borrowed words, thanks to which the rules for their writing will become much more understandable.

"Do we know Russian?", Maria Aksenova

The author of this book is sure that rules are not enough for teaching literate speech and writing. But understanding the logic of the development of the Russian language, the study of its nature will allow you to learn many of the rules without mindlessly memorizing them. However, there are some rules in her book, but most of the publication is devoted specifically to the development of the language, its changes. The book contains many interesting facts, and the style of presentation makes the publication truly fun.

"Russian for those who have forgotten the rules", Natalia Fomina

Natalia Fomina's book is not at all a collection of numerous rules. Rather, it looks like a guide to the literary language of the most talented Russian writers, on whose works many generations have grown up. An exciting excursion into the history of the Russian literary language will allow you to master the culture of literate speech and get acquainted with the variety of word forms based on works of art.

“Let's rhyme! Norms and rules of the Russian language in verse ", Maria Chepinitskaya

This book will definitely appeal to both adults and children. Maria Chepinitskaya, a Russian language teacher and blogger, rhymed the most difficult words, which are now remembered with the same ease as the once rhymed rule is remembered: "Zhi, shi are written with and". Short poems, thanks to which the reader will learn the spelling of a variety of words, may seem frivolous. But then it will only be left to wonder how easy it became to write words in which people often make mistakes. At the same time, in the book you can find many modern words that have become part of our vocabulary thanks to the Internet.

"The Russian language is on the verge of a nervous breakdown", Maxim Krongauz

The book by the Doctor of Philology and Professor of the Russian State University for the Humanities and the Higher School of Economics at one time caused a lot of controversy. Some critics found the "Russian language on the verge of a nervous breakdown" relevant, while others argued for the preservation of the purity of the Russian language. But time has shown that changes in life entail obligatory changes in the language. The author talked about the relationship between life and speech, about how the language adapts to the changed reality.

When writing certain words, anyone can make a mistake, because, really, not everyone has absolute literacy and not everyone, unfortunately, had an A in the Russian language at school. Especially often comments and posts on the Internet, and sometimes articles on websites, are full of such errors. However, there are words in which people misspell the most often. And if you didn't manage to learn them at school, now you can just remember them.