Could I learn Russian this fast?
Wednesday, August 4th, 2010 at
8:34 pm
I want to learn Russian in English college, then study law in Russia.
Would I be ready?
Is 4 years good enough?
Please be detailed and share personal experience.
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Ive known a lot of students of the Russian language and not many make it to a level that would be required to study law in Russia (that is, listening to lectures in Russian, writing technical essays in Russian).
You would call this level ‘advanced’.
To reach an upper-intermediate level naturally varies from person-to-person, depending on sustained motivation, how many hours per week you devote to study and practice, and your natural learning capacity.
But if you are strong with all three of these aspects then after 4 years at college / university studying Russian you might be able to reach an upper intermediate level.
However, to make the leap from upper intermediate to advanced you really need to be immersed in russian culture (ie. living there) and using Russian as a necessity of life, combined with private lessons that force you to write essays.
Realistically this would pose too much of a challenge for most people in 4 years .. but if you’re really, really dedicated and work VERY hard you might be able to do it.
I would suggest contacting the universities where you plan to study law and ask them what level of Russian would be required. Perhaps they will tell you that only an upper-intermediate level is necessary and then you can definitely do it in 4 years.
Good luck!
(and if you hear back from the universities I would be very grateful if you could let me know what they said!)
4 years is definitely enough. i had a friend that can somewhat speak and he only studied it 1 year.
It takes an average person 5 years to learn a new language. That sure would be a lot to accomplish in only 4 years. I have no experience whatsoever with learning Russian, but I’m in a Spanish class for 2 years now, and have only learn just the very basic grammars and some good vocabulary. I think 5-6 years should be better.
Good luck though.