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atreides
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Hi guys,
I'm pretty new to this forum and the language. I've been following the lessons over at www.russianlessons.net and I am starting to really enjoy learning the language. I am thinking about studying in Russia soon.
Can anyone suggest which books I should buy to help further learn the language? (or other resources?).
Has anyone tried any language courses in Russia? How was it?
Thanks for you advice.
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Okanogan
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charles
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Have you tried your local library? Maybe they have some audio courses to borrow. My library has the Pimsleur Russian course (16 cassettes). There's no book, you just listen and repeat.
Also, I've enjoyed the Rosetta Stone CD course. There's no english explanations - all in Russian, with pictures to guide you. Supposedly you can send it back for a full refund in the first 6 months (haven't tried sending it back yet). It's a little pricey at around USD200. |
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atreides
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Thanks for your advice.
Charles how did you find the Rosetta Stone course?
Has anyone here studied in Russia? |
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mediashark
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| Books and online courses can only get you so far unless you are a very experienced language student. You need to live in Russia for some time and study there. There are many immersion and language courses in Russia. Just be sure to check them out that they are reliable and will provide support for you as a foreign student. |
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charles
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| atreides wrote: | Thanks for your advice.
Charles how did you find the Rosetta Stone course?
Has anyone here studied in Russia? |
You can go to RosettaStone.com & buy it. They have levels I & II in Russian. They also have kiosks in many airports now & the sales people there can give you a discount code (10% off) to be used when buying it online. I also saw the CD set at a Borders store, but you won't get the return guarantee or the discount from Borders. |
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atreides
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Sorry Charles,
I meant, is it any good? What are your thoughts about the software, I mean it seems pretty expensive. Do you recommend it? |
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sedm1378
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I tried the Rosetta Stone package (I got it free using Bittorrent) but I found it really boring to use. There was very little variation in activities. There are much cheaper packages out there which would be more fun.
I'm using Ruslan now, which is a very nice course. You can get it in bookshops or from their website. I would certainly recommend it. |
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gotovo
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| Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 5:52 am Post subject: Re: Where to now? Books, courses? what do you think? |
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Can anyone suggest which books I should buy to help further learn the language? (or other resources?).
Has anyone tried any language courses in Russia? How was it?
Thanks for you advice.
Atreides |
I didn't take any courses because I study by myself. I know that when you buy a book it makes it more important to read it. Talking about motivation  you can Russian books online and look at the English translations. One of my favorites so far is http://www.learningrussian.net/notes_from_underground.php where I'm reading Notes from the Underground.
Anna Karenina is there too but I think it's a bit long for me right now and I am not that advanced in Russian.
Good luck with your studies! |
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tillwehavefaces616
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| I just got back from a 7 month trip over there to study the language. I was studying in Moscow at Moscow University of Humanities. The program was all Americans, which, if you ask me, was not the best way to study the language, but I give the teachers credit, they were amazing. Depending how serious you are about learning it, go out to some little place where very few people speak English. Knowing what I know now, I would've stayed out at Lake Baikal for the 7 months- I spoke more there in 2 weeks than 5 months in Moscow. But everyone learns differently! Email away if you have more questions. |
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Polyglot
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Can anyone suggest which books I should buy to help further learn the language? (or other resources?).
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Take the different books and read aloud, watch the films with russian subtitle. Use this service, i think it will be useful for you http://polyglot-online.com/en/Russian/?PHPSESSID=5cc95211aae100f18077b3e1b613245b Everything you see attempt to say in russian and will be ok. |
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Stanislav
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| There's nothing more efficient and fun than a good language course in the country where it's spoken. If you are really motivated to speak Russian and don't mind learning it in St. Petersburg, you are welcome to www.learnrussian.ru |
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Lord-Adrian
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I have skype and web-camera.
My nic dmitryman.
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Dina2010
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| Posted: Mon Jan 04, 2010 8:00 pm Post subject: at ProBa - Centre is fun |
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I learned a lot at ProBa Language Centre.
Especially the combination of lessons and communication with the host family was very good. Balance between different aspects is very good. More stress is on grammar and conversation, than on reading and writing, which I consider a good balance.
ProBa offered the most interesting programme in comparison with other schools. I was very happy the school organised the trip to Novgorod. It would have been great if also more activities were organised, but I understand that I stayed in St. Petersburg during "very hot saison".
I can recommend take lessons in the ProBa Language school very much. I could advise you to stay with a host family, as this will help you a lot to learn how to speak Russian. Also you may test your present level of Russian online now: http://www.studyrussian.spb.ru/onlinetest.shtml |
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