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Targeted Lessons for Garfield Computers for the World Travelers

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Lesson 1:
Russian Alphabet

Lesson 2:
Numbers

Lesson 3:
Do you speak English?

Lesson 4:
Greetings

Grammar Quickstart

Lesson 1:  Russian Alphabet

Although learning the Cyrillic alphabet may seem daunting at first, it's really very easy if you treat it like a puzzle. You'll notice right away that a lot of the letters look just like English. Some are false friends (they may look like English, but they actually represent a different sound than they do in English). Other letters are unlike anything in English.

1. Take a tour of the Cyrillic alphabet. This site allows you to see and hear each letter of the alphabet:
   http://www.friends-partners.org/newfriends/cyrillic/russian.alphabet.html
   Tip: Print out the page to use in the next exercise.
    
2. Practice reading words written in Russian. This site has a list of Russian words with English descriptions. See if you can figure out what each word is in Russian, and what the English counterpart would be: http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/russian/language/alphabet.html

Learning Aids:

• Russian Alphabet Cards (PowerPoint opens in a new window)
• Russian Alphabet by Sound Categories (PowerPoint opens in a new window)
• Russian Typewriter key order
  йцукенгшщзхъ
  фывапролджэ
  ячсмитьбю..

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