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| MonkelHansmann Triglot Newbie Germany Joined 3745 days ago 15 posts - 17 votes Speaks: German*, English, French Studies: Russian | Message 9 of 24 02 February 2015 at 12:13pm | IP Logged | ||
I've come across "Modern Russian" in a couple of posts now. Is this "Modern Russian: An Advanced Grammar Course" by Derek Offord (link-to-amazon)? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Belle Epoque Bilingual Triglot Newbie United States Joined 3625 days ago 16 posts - 19 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin*, Cantonese Studies: Russian | Message 10 of 24 08 February 2015 at 8:26pm | IP Logged | ||
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I have just finished Lesson 6 of "Modern Russian" by Clayton Dawson published in 1964 by Georgetown University Press. The lesson concentrates on accusative singular and conjugation verbы говорить and видеть, and presents the perfective future of verbs пойти and взять. The drills really enforce my learning; however, sometimes they are too repetitive, causing me to have an early burnout phase. My safeguard is to prevent burnout from happening. I have noticed with any acquisition of knowledge or skill, there is an incline but also there is a plateau that I cannot climb or learn any further. It is important to remain on the plateau with the shortest time as possible and to constantly push higher on the learning curve. As of right now, I cannot afford to be on a plateau. I need to switch gear to take care of myself physically and emotionally to the next challenge. As for Assimil, I am on lesson 40, learning about singular instrumental case.
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| Марк Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 5048 days ago 2096 posts - 2972 votes  Speaks: Russian* | Message 11 of 24 13 February 2015 at 11:07am | IP Logged | ||
A Russian plural ending came into English. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| tangleweeds Groupie United States Joined 3567 days ago 70 posts - 105 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Irish, French | Message 12 of 24 13 February 2015 at 10:37pm | IP Logged | ||
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Thanks for posting a beginner's log. I'm new to the site, and starting at the very beginning
with Irish, though I've studied other languages (deep) in the past. It's interesting and encouraging to see how another beginner-ish person navigates their course of learning. So keep posting, other newbies are out here listening. Keep up the good work. Edited by tangleweeds on 13 February 2015 at 10:39pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Belle Epoque Bilingual Triglot Newbie United States Joined 3625 days ago 16 posts - 19 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin*, Cantonese Studies: Russian | Message 13 of 24 16 February 2015 at 12:31am | IP Logged | ||
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My study week was cut short due to Valentine's weekend. Although I would like to put more hours into my language study, it would be best to devote some of my time to building and maintaining a worthwhile relationship. Thus, I have had to reserve other blocks of time to complete lesson 7 of "Modern Russian." The lesson deals with hard vs. soft consonants p, b and m. Differentiation between the hard and soft sounds is driving me up the wall. I think only through time I will be able to distinguish them. Besides the pronunciation, the lesson covers nominative plurals of both nouns and possessive modifiers. As for Assimil "Le russe sans peine, I have accomplished 5 lessons; however, I wonder how am I going to absorb all the vocabulary from both textbooks. Maybe I should have continuted using Anki--it is too late now to pick it up again.
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| Belle Epoque Bilingual Triglot Newbie United States Joined 3625 days ago 16 posts - 19 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin*, Cantonese Studies: Russian | Message 14 of 24 23 February 2015 at 3:03am | IP Logged | ||
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Last week due to time constraint, I haphazardly studied my lessons and I was unable to integrate and recall new materials learned. However, this week I have paid more attention to learning my lessons. In lesson 8 of "Modern Russian" there was a review of consonants v, f and l. In addition, there were many drills on the genitive of singular nouns. Sometimes I think audio-lingual style of learning is so boring, but the drills are so essential to building automaticity. However, I do enjoy learning from Assimil. Its dialogues are often hilarious and entertaining. Presently, I have accomplished up to lesson 51 of Assimil.
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| Belle Epoque Bilingual Triglot Newbie United States Joined 3625 days ago 16 posts - 19 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin*, Cantonese Studies: Russian | Message 15 of 24 05 March 2015 at 3:34am | IP Logged | ||
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Chapter 9 of "Modern Russian" has taken me more than a week to accomplish but I have managed to finish it at last. This chapter concentrates more on singular genitive case. I also practiced past tense drills which were not too difficult. And I have finished lesson 57 of Assimil. I have decided to finish all the lessons before I go back from the beginning to do the second wave. I hope I can continue like this for the next 10 months.
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| Belle Epoque Bilingual Triglot Newbie United States Joined 3625 days ago 16 posts - 19 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin*, Cantonese Studies: Russian | Message 16 of 24 18 March 2015 at 5:57pm | IP Logged | ||
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For the past two weeks, I have been out of town taking care of my old father and his living situation. Thus, when there are persistent worries on my mind, I am unable to focus on my studies. I have only finished two lessons of Assimil and a few pages of Lesson 10 of "Modern Russian." I am hoping to pick up the momentum to start learning Russian again.
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