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learning to speak English

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nlj819 Just Starting Joined: 20 Jan 2003 Posts: 8	Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2003 2:03 am    Post subject: learning to speak English I live in the United States. I have a friend in Russia who is learning to speak English. I would like to buy her some kind of a text/tape cassette set to help her learn the language. Does anyone have any recommendations? It is relatively easy to find materials for English speakers to learn Russian here, but I don't know if there is anything availble in the U.S. for Russian speakers who would like to learn English. Thank you very much in advance for any help.
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Bender Frequent Guest Joined: 02 Feb 2003 Posts: 24 Location: savannah, ga. U.S.	Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2003 3:54 am    Post subject: the best ones i have found are the pimsleur language programs. i dont know if they have them reversed for non english speakers but you can check. if you have a fast internet connection get on kaza or grokster and search for pimsleur.
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mikaels Guest	Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2003 2:19 am    Post subject: English Just wondering...what percentage of people in St Pete or Moscow speak English?
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mikaels Guest	Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2003 7:45 pm    Post subject: english what portion of the public in St Petersburg or Moscow speak fluent english, and what percent understand simple english?
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waytorussia Frequent Guest Joined: 17 Mar 2010 Posts: 14	Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2003 11:33 pm    Post subject: russian people speaking english I would say that in Moscow and St. Petersburg about 20% can understand English, and about 10% can actually speak English. There's no official stats, it's just my opinion, but you can also look that there's about 20mln internet users in Russia, which is about 13% of all population and if you use internet you're supposed to know English.
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Charlie Trew Guest	Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2003 10:10 pm    Post subject: Learning English Amazon.com has loads of books, tapes, etc. for non-natives learning English. They will also ship to Russia. Your friend may have to go to the airport to pick the package up with an internal passport.
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Sergei from Moscow Guest	Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2003 12:37 pm    Post subject: Re: English mikaels wrote: Just wondering...what percentage of people in St Pete or Moscow speak English? There was a population census in Russia in 2002. In particular, people were asked if and what foreign languages they spoke. The final results will be piblished in January, 2004. Let us wait till then. I agree with WayToRussia that at least some 10% can really speak English, especially the younger generation. Other popular languages in Russia are German and French.
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David-M-Rowell Frequent Guest Joined: 19 Jul 2003 Posts: 29 Location: Seattle, WA USA	Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2003 9:26 am    Post subject: The best books to teach Russians to learn English are those written by Russian people, for Russian people. They're for sale in Dom Knigi. And they're very inexpensive. And they're much better than anything you'll find in Amazon.com - at least until such time as they come out with an Amazon.ru as well.
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Guest	Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2004 6:10 pm    Post subject: Re: english mikaels wrote: what portion of the public in St Petersburg or Moscow speak fluent english, and what percent understand simple english? I was visiting Moscow last year and in my ears 20% sounds alot...! Doing normal stuff, like visit small stores, eat at local restaurangs, go by underground and visit museums all involved 100% russian language. During my ten days visit I didn't meet one person speaking English, except for my host, Julia, who did all the speaking for me! Of-course there are people speaking English, but you'll have to find them!
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Atomcat Lounge Lizard Joined: 30 Jul 2004 Posts: 187	Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2004 2:15 am    Post subject: Rosetta Stone Last edited by Atomcat on Fri Nov 05, 2004 4:55 am; edited 1 time in total
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wavetossed WayToRussified Joined: 27 Jun 2004 Posts: 339	Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2004 11:42 pm    Post subject: learning english It is easy for Russians to find good textbooks for learning English no matter where they live. But outside the biggest cities it can be hard to find supplemental materials like the graded readers published by Penguin or by Cambridge Press. Another excellent supplement to textbooks is audiobooks on CD or tape cassettes. I sent my girlfriend a selection of graded readers, several audiobooks, some childrens books (often abridged editions which are easier to read) some Reader's Digest condensed books and a selection of English audio downloaded from the web. There was some BBC audio courses for Russian speakers and a Japanese site with English audio samples, some Voice of America programs in Special English and some Radio Canada programs.
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