Novaya Iskra

Novaya Iskra is a flexible and friendly course for teenagers and their teachers supporting three, four or five year courses to GCSE. 

The materials were originally published by Hodder Education. They are now available electronically from Tracks4Learning. 

Key features

• A communicative Russian course with pupils' books, teachers' books and audio material. 
• Publications for students feature: activities typical of those encountered in examinations, progressive introduction of the target language for rubrics and responses, background information on aspects of Russian life. 
• Publications for teachers include: transcripts of listening tasks, photocopiable worksheets with extra activities, photocopiable grammar sheets, answers to exercises. 

People

• General Editor: Ken Smith
• With Dave Bareham, Lilliana Barnard, Patricia Cockrell, Julia Dobson, Martin Higgins, Kevin Smith, Sarah Theyer, Gillian Wales, Natalie Waters, Vaughan Webber, Rita Milman, and Tanya Webber 
• 2002 revisions: Maggie Bowden and Richard Hawkins