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	Create New Topic   My Posts   My forum buddies   Invite friends   Private messages Russian brides > Main Forum > Learning Russian Author Post doppelganger Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 9/23/2011 12:32:52 PM   I'm taking Introductory Russian in a community college. When I learn enuf to get my game on, I'm gonna take the FSU plunge, maybe next year. The class is going too danged slow. Anyone ever use Rosetta Stone? Or any hot tips for learning fast? ragingbull Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 9/23/2011 2:44:33 PM   A ruse. FSU plunge, my foot. durak Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 9/23/2011 3:30:57 PM   A) I haven't tried Rosetta Stone, it may well be great, but I resist being tied to the computer when doing my language studies. B) I once made a thread about my own experiences in learning Russian: http://forum.fiance.com/forum2.asp?Main=ShowTopic&forumid=1&to picid=4446 (as usual, edit out any spaces that might appear in the address above) C) I can't speak from experience about learning fast, because it's been a sloooow process for me. But if you want to try the well-thought-of Pimsleur courses, and follow their recommendations, you can go through all 3 of their Russian levels in 3 months. For me, that would be pretty intense, and call for a dedication of at least 90 minutes each day (because I would certainly need to go through every lesson twice, and would sometimes need to hit pause and/or rewind a bit). The downside of Pimsleur is that the vocabulary is quite limited, and you usually won't understand why things are inflected as they are. The upside is that you can learn pronunciation very well, and the limited vocabulary has an impressive range of practical uses. Probably the bottom line, is steady commitment of time. I've mostly averaged probably 5-6 hours per week (when I wasn't taking a break from it). Devoting 2 to 3 hours per day is probably a huge boost, whichever means of study you use. When you visit a country in which Russian is a major language, knowing even a small amount of Russian is a serious advantage over knowing none (or just a few words). Harvey Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 9/24/2011 1:13:20 PM   from all I've heard and read, don't waste your money on rosetta stone. a company product "tell me more" - aurolog? is a great one. however they have no russian as far as I know. there are a few others. try to find a program that gives instant feedback to your pronunciation. rosseta stone is child's play. if anyone wants to help their russian friend learn english, tell me more is the best. better if you have windows 7, their online support is tops and they will talk to you also PROBOWLER900 Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 9/24/2011 7:39:06 PM   Try RussianAccerlator.com. It is taught by an American who currently lives in Sevastopol. It is an online course and uses different ways to learn the language. It is taught by an American who currently lives in Sevastopol. He offers a $1.00 trial to go through the first couple of lessons over the trial period. For a $1.00 not a bad deal to try out. Myself, I really like the course and have bought the course and when I am ready will go through the next level of Russian Accerlator II for more advanced students when I am ready. Good Luck. Harvey Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 9/25/2011 7:13:43 AM   thanks, PB900, I may look into this myself. ragingbull Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 9/25/2011 11:25:24 AM   Funny.... doppelganger has a problem. Probowler comes up with a solution, and it solves Ralph's problem. We went through something similar with Rasputin. For those who already knows the basics - da, dobre utra, spaciba.... Yes, the class will go slow, as he goes through that again. Those who starts from zero, it needs to go slow with many repetitions. doppelganger Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 9/25/2011 7:47:51 PM   I don't have a problem. I'm learning Russian; I'm going to the Ukraine. Do you have anything substantial to add? ragingbull Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 9/26/2011 12:50:51 PM   Of course you do. That's why you started this thread. Number two, you have a problem with me. axavm Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 9/27/2011 3:24:37 AM   Russian Accelerator is awesome. I'm learning it now. Mark, who put the program together is a member on this board and also a good friend of mine. He got me interested in trying it, and I'm shocked how fast I'm picking some parts of it up in my limited time. It's the retention factor that's really great though. I would definitely recommend it (despite my personal connection). doppelganger Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 9/27/2011 11:45:49 AM   Here is "another" "major" "problem" in my life. I think my American born teacher speaks with an American accent. ragingbull Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 9/28/2011 1:49:27 AM   Is that a joke? It's not funny. Ralph's jokes aren't funny. Another coincidence? durak Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 9/28/2011 2:00:57 AM   "I think my American born teacher speaks with an American accent." Once in a shop in the USA, I heard a pair student-age girls speaking English with (to my ear) a prominent German accent. Being curious about how they came to America (exchange students, immigrants, etc.), I asked them if they were from Germany. They startled me by answering that they were from Spain (at least one of them was fair-haired, as I recall). I thought they must be making a joke, until I recounted this to a friend who was studying Spanish deeply, and spent some time in Spain. My friend suggested that they might have had an English teacher from a Germany -- and learned the teacher's accent! Another friend made a business trip to Korea, and said that English-language instruction programs were very popular on Korean TV. But these TV instructors had dreadful English diction, and poor grammar as well. He imagined millions of Koreans faithfully repeating what these "instructors" were saying... One advantage in the study of Russian, is that if you know somebody (or find a teacher) who is highly educated, and was a schoolchild in the Soviet system, they were probably rigorously taught the highly standardized Russian (Moscow accent and all) that was the default Soviet language. Especially when such folks slow down their speech for a student like me, they usually model very precise and correct pronunciation. ragingbull Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 9/28/2011 2:51:59 AM   http://vkontakte.ru/id49771978?z=video96010550_160981920%2Ff8995f2e9fef1d4331 Your Reply: Your name:   New Registration Password:   Forgot password?   refresh Code:   Russian brides > Main Forum > Learning Russian
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