AN AUDIOLINGUAL, SELF-INSTRUCTIONAL COURSE IN RUSSIAN, AS DESCRIBED HERE, CAN SERVE TO COORDINATE THE COMPLEX INTERACTION BETWEEN STUDENT, TEACHER, AND WORKBOOK. THE USE OF A PROGRAMED WORKBOOK AND TAPED MATERIALS IS DISCUSSED IN PART I, GIVING CONSIDERATION TO SUCH FACTORS AS COURSE PROCEDURES, CONVERSATION TAPES, PRONUNCIATION, AND READING. THE DIFFICULTY OF DEVELOPING AN AUTO-INSTRUCTIONAL COURSE BECAUSE INDIVIDUAL PACE VARIES IS REFLECTED IN PART II WHERE SAMPLE PRETESTS, POST-TESTS, AND SETS OF SCORES ARE GIVEN. THE FINAL SECTION CONSISTS OF A 100-PAGE NOTEBOOK WHICH WAS USED TO DEVELOP THE COMPREHENSION, SPEAKING, AND WRITING OF 438 RUSSIAN WORDS BY PRESENTING THE TARGET VOCABULARY IN RUSSIAN PRINT, ITALIC, MANUSCRIPT, AND THE ENGLISH EQUIVALENT. (SS)