"Russian In Use: An Interactive Approach to Communicative Competence" is a four-skill language textbook intended for advanced students of Russian. The book focuses on high-frequency non-literary topics of general interest: geography, education, politics, ecology, and Russians' perceptions of America. Each chapter contains preparatory vocabulary and user-friendly grammatical exercises supported by examples from contemporary popular literature. The lessons then provide practice using external resources, authentic reading texts, authentic, unscripted listening exercises (on a multimedia CD ROM, included with the text), and independent writing and speaking activities. The book emphasises independent language production. Students examine topics from diverse perspectives and then are encouraged to develop and defend their own opinions in clear, colloquial standard Russian."Russian In Use" is accompanied by an instructors' manual, which contains keys to exercises and transcripts of the listening passages.