Beginner's Ukrainian with Interactive Online Workbook by Yuri I Shevchuk368 pagesHippocrene Books, 2011Language: English & Ukrainian Softcover size 10.8 x 8.3 x 1.1 in. This is the most carefully-paced and modern Ukrainian guide published to date. Fifteen lessons will help beginners master the complex grammar while covering everyday topics like family and travel. Along with the book, readers have access to an interactive companion website with audio dialogues and self-correcting exercises. Yuri I. Shevchuk, a native of Volodymyrets, Ukraine, received his PhD in Germanic Philology from Kyiv State University in 1987. He has taught Ukrainian at Harvard University Summer School since 1990 and at Columbia University since 2004. He also teaches courses in Soviet and post-Soviet film an directs the Ukrainian Film Club at Columbia University.