what kind of resources should i invest in if i want to learn decent russian?
Saturday, September 4th, 2010 at
6:01 pm
i dont think there is one russian in my town, but i do have rosetta stone
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First, bookmark http://www.wordreference.com/ruen/ and http://www.masterrussian.net/mforum/ and http://www.alphadictionary.com/rusgrammar/ .
Second, get the Living Language Complete Russian Course with CDs, as well as Teach Yourself: Russian Gramamr.
Third, join http://www.livemocha.com/ not just for their free lessons, but also because they will connect you with Russian speakers to practice with. You will also find http://www.lang-8.com/ useful later on.
And finally, start Googling in Russian. You’ll have to learn things like скачать (download), and бесплатно (free), and that will get you on your way to finding tons of movies and music to practice with.
I’d suggest http://www.russianforeveryone.com. It is free and developed by a university prof
Well, the first step in leaning any language is attending courses, because you can not gain proper pronunciation and basic grammar knowledge on your own. Actually 1-2 years of courses is enough, then you can use all plenty and variety of internet resources – books, movies, music, different tests… There are good sources for training your spoken every-day Russian with natives: http://www.mylanguageexchange.com, http://sharedtalk.com. This is a scheme that can be applied to studying of any language. And certainly the best resource which is worth to invest in is living in a country of target language, at least for several weeks. This can help you to achive better results than after long long years of learning at home.