What should I use to learn Russian?
Wednesday, June 30th, 2010 at
8:24 pm
well I am a newbie at learning new languages and I'd like to know what would be the easiest to use.Should I use Rosetta Stone?Or just books?Could I find things online for free? What would be the easiest way?Now I know that learning another language isn't easy, but I just mean something that will making learning better.Something that isn't super complicated.Please and Thank you!
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I’m going to be honest with you. You will not, more than likely, get fluent solely from Rosetta stone. But, and I do say but, it will help you a lot. The approach is something I love. It teaches stuff to you how you were taught as a kid(yes I know I’m basically quoting the sight, but it’s the only way to describe it =/ ) and it lets you review stuff over and over. It will help you, but you also need to take the initiative to use other programs at the same time. I would suggest listening to Russian music, maybe watching Russian news, etc. You can try and read the news but the problem is you have to first learn a whole new alphabet. It is not written in the Latin Alphabet, but in the Cyrillic.
I tried my hand at reading/writing it and learning the alphabet, and it was surprisingly ok once you get the hang of it.
To me, this is by far the best website for learning the alphabet and it’s free at that
http://www.langintro.com/rintro/first.htm
So I would say if you are serious about it, get Rosetta stone. If you have the money, I would also look into a software called "Tell Me More" Their approach is good for conversational speaking. They do an immersion method that combined with Rosetta Stone I bet would give Great results. This is an example that I can think of, coming from the Spanish version of Tell Me More:
*You see a picture of a clock ticking, it buzzes and you notice it’s 7 and deduce it’s A.M. from the light outside. Then you hear a voice*
Buenos Dias.
You respond:
It then gives you the option for Good evening, good morning, and something else which could be unrelated or related.
So you choose the answer, and it continues a conversation like method of things. It might ask you if you are a male or female, and you will respond ( all in your language of choice of course) and this will continue to give you a feel of talking to a native almost.
Rosetta Stone
This worked for me, during my first stage of learning Russian (quite a while ago): "Conversational Russian in Seven Days, by Sarah Baldwin and Shirley Boas". Outstanding book, comes with two audio CDs, and it will actually take you at least six months to master it and get into stage two of your studies.
Best and free way is to have live fellowship with native russian:http://russian-penpal.com/