This proficiency-based reader introduces beginning- and intermediate-level readers to a strategy-based approach for dealing with a wide selection of authentic Russian texts through a variety of activities based on top-down and bottom-up processing strategies.Groups readings into 12 thematic units spanning a broad range of topics and interests. Covers several thematic categories, including - work and business; housing and real estate; shopping and economy; food and nutrition; computers and communication; and young people and society. Accompanies each passage with a variety of reading activities designed to help readers develop their text-processing skills.