What’s New
Fully Revised and Updated with Color and Contemporary Photos
The updated, colorful design of Troika, 3rd Edition, along with new contemporary photos, makes the learning experience richer and more immersive for students. The color captures and maintains the learners’ attention and highlights key points and details, which aid comprehension and help with retaining information. The new photos more accurately represent the Russian people, their culture, and their environment, promoting cultural awareness and diversity.
The Supersite for Seamless Textbook-Technology Integration
The Troika, 3rd Edition Supersite is an online learning environment designed especially for world language instruction. Its simplified interface, innovative new tools, and seamless integration with the textbook provide students with the resources they need to be successful. It also provides instructors with the flexibility to design assignments to meet the needs of their students.
Each textbook section in Troika comes with resources and activities on the Supersite, many of which are auto-graded with immediate feedback. Icons in the textbook direct students to the Supersite, where they will find the activities, audio recordings of the readings, interview videos, and audio-enhanced vocabulary lists. Additional resources on the Supersite include partner and group chat activities, streaming cultural videos with instructor-managed options for English or Russian subtitles and transcripts, and multiple activity types covering the chapters’ main material.
The Supersite offers a dynamic and flexible approach to language learning, catering to the diverse needs and preferences of learners.
Flexible Homework Format
Available in print and online, the Student Activities Manual provides written and oral practice in addition to the activities in the textbook. Instructors can use either format based on their preferences and teaching styles. Completely integrated with the Supersite, the online version of the Student Activities Manual (webSAM) provides instant feedback and grading for auto-graded activities.
Digital Instructor’s Annotated Edition
The NEW Troika digital instructor’s annotated edition (IAE) will significantly enhance the teaching and learning experience. It provides additional explanations, clarifications, contexts, and insights into the material and includes links to related sources. Instructors can choose which content to use according to their teaching style and the needs of their students. The digital IAE helps instructors be more efficient, as all the resources are easily accessible in one place.
Learning Objectives Begin Each Lesson
New, clearly stated Learning Objectives introduce each lesson to ensure a transparent and effective learning process. The learning objectives highlight the real-life tasks that students will be able to carry out in Russian by the end of each lesson. Students revisit the learning objectives again in the Chapter Review to remind themselves which goals they achieved and identify any areas where they may need further review and practice.
