dated material, but plenty of recorded examples and drills, December 10, 1998
Reviewer: A reader
The material was put together mostly in the early 1940s and augmented in the early 1960s. A lot of it seems very dated to my ears, like "Soviet schools place much emphasis on the communistic education of their pupils" or "There are some men coming on horseback; one has a torch in his hand." The text is uncorrected typescript, probably just as it came out of a typewriter in 1962. The grammatical explanations are very brief, but sufficient given the focus on listening and speaking. It is the wealth of recorded material that makes this a uniquely valuable course for someone without access to a native speaker or professional instructor. All in all, though, I don't think it justifies its price tag ($295 as I write this).