Research into language learning has proved that the easiest and most effective way to learn to speak or write a foreign language is by developing the key skills of listening and comprehension. With almost 5 hours of audio content, reinforced by a clearly laid-out course book, this course offers an innovative approach to language learning. "Oxford Take off in Russian" is designed specifically to meet the needs of beginner speakers learning Russian on their own. It offers a comprehensive Russian language course for anyone from the absolute beginner to the student who wants to brush up on forgotten language skills. This course book is also available as a pack with the audio content on CD (0198603118), or on cassette (019860310x)