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Posted: Thursday December 21st, 2006 04:36 am |
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Note to the most serious: For the average American, learning correct rudimentary Russian on your own is bound to have very limited success. For those doing so, you will no doubt learn it poorly and not even know it. This is because Russian uses the cryillic alphabet. With its 7 more letters (sounds) and variations on the other 26, the phonetics (which most DIY systems are based on) are not the same. Consequently, I urge those that are truly serious to take lessons from a Russian language instructor. They are versed in teaching the nuances of how to produce and key into the new sounds you will need to know.
Russian Online
Learning Russian Online Great site to really start learning Russian (masterrussian.com, added 8/07)
Russian Online Tutorial and Phrase BooK (By GoToRussia.com, added 8/08).
Russian Assistance
meighan.net: Russian Tender Words and Phrases (100+ mp3 Russian phrases spread over 14 chapters/pages)
GotoRussia - Phrase Book (Common travel phrases with sound clips, added 10/07)
Second Language Basics
Wikipedia: Second Language Acquisition (Dry stuff on the basis of how we learn second languages.)
Wikipedia: Language Ed. (Methods and strategies)
Wikipedia: Learning a Second Language as an Adult (helpful aids, perhaps)
Language Methods
Pimsleur Approach (commericial site)
Wikipedia: Pimsleur Language Aptitude Battery Test
Berlitz.us (commericial site)
Wikipedia: Berlitz Language Schools
Amazon: Russian Language Products (commericial site, Books, software, etc.)
References:
- RWSource.com - RWPrimer’s Sister Site and Ultimate Directory of Russian Bride Forums, Blogs and Services.
- RWP: Words in Stone and Dictionary
- AvatarCentral. They have on hand a collection of over a thousand FREE avatars. Everything from animals to animated avatars.
- MAPS: CIS-European Countries, CIS-Stan Countries, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Lake Baikal, Belarus, Black Sea, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Last edited on Monday August 25th, 2008 12:08 am by ronin1
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