Results-oriented textbook - created using the principles of backward design which ensures targets are set for each skill (listening, speaking, reading and writing), clear outcomes are defined and measured, and all the activities and reading selections are aligned with these goals.
Communicative focus - each chapter contains projects and scenarios that enable learners to practice and demonstrate communicative competence in Russian in a realistic but simulated way.
Up-to-date - reflects the latest discourses and vocabulary relevant to modern Russia
