The book is designed for foreign students who learn Russian in Russia or in their native country. It serves the interests of the students with the basic knowledge and skills of Russian. The learned material is presented on the basis of texts with the social or cultural background. Many lexical and grammar exercises as well as all the texts of the book are speech-oriented. Lexical and grammar tasks help to correct and classify the acquired skills.The book contains 5 chapters: family, profession, teachers and their students, describing a person, character of a person. There are also additional texts.