Comments on: Does anyone know of a website where one can hear slowly-spoken Russian language?

By: Daisy

Daisy — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 06:04:10 +0000

Check out the following blog: http://primelanguageservices.blogspot.com/ It is constantly updated and there are a number of recordings teaching how to pronounce words, phrases, sentences slowly in Russian recorded by a Russian native speaker.

By: Irina

Irina — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 06:04:10 +0000

try http://www.learningrussian.net

By: Max

Max — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 06:04:10 +0000

There is a link to amazon page of Easy Russian for English Speakers. This is an audio training book which has lots of useful compbinations and phrases read at different speeds for easy learning.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0029CR6WM?tag=httpwwwintera-21&camp=1406&creative=6394&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=B0029CR6WM&adid=01DCM5GVJF9SK9VD07Z6&

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Easy-Russian-For-English-Speakers/dp/B0029CR6WM

By: strange3141

strange3141 — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 06:04:10 +0000

Windows Media Player has a Speed Control that few people know about. It is super, and you have continuous control over the speed of audio playback – either slower or faster. You can use this with any audio on-demand streamed over the internet, or for any mp3 or wma files you have on your hard drive. But of course it cannot affect any ‘live’ streaming audio.

I use this with free downloadable MP3 programs in Russian here:
http://www.oneplace.com/ministries/Thru_the_Bible_Russian/archives.asp

After downloading the mp3 file, start the playback in Windows Media Player, and then in the player menu, choose: View, Enhancements,
and then put a check-mark next to "Show Enhancements".
The enhancements include the Speed Control, and they show up at the bottom of the media player. If you see a different control, just click the right arrow repeatedly to cycle through the nice collection of controls until you see the Speed Control.

Other than this suggestion, I have Russian language teaching software from the Transparent Language company. All their Russian texts also have audio of a native speaker. There is a speed control for that built in to the program. Transparent Language costs $70 from their website, or $50 through ebay.