The course on phonetics «Букварь» introduces foreign speakers to the letters and sounds of the Russian language, as well as explaining the foundational phonetic rules in a brief and accessible way…

In the lessons you will find videos and audio files to listen to, as well as exercise questions which are designed to help you start reading in Russian and to pronounce Russian language sounds correctly.

1. Russian Alphabet

2. Russian Vowels.
The Vowel Ы

3. Russian Consonants. Syllables

4. The Stress.
Reduction of Vowels

5. Consonants К, Г and Х

6. Consonants Р and Л

7. Consonants Ж, Ш, Ц

8. Consonants Щ, Ч

9. Consonant Й and the Vowels Е, Ё, Ю, Я

10. Soft Consonants

11. Reduction of the Vowels [e],[a] after Soft Consonants

12. Devoicing of Consonants at the End of the Words

13. Intonation in the Russian language

14. TEST