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 Brian_N Pro Member Canada Joined 5769 days ago 200 posts - 202 votes  Studies: English*, Russian Personal Language Map | Message 33 of 248 24 February 2009 at 5:34am | IP Logged | |||||
Yeah I thought so, I was very pleased. Since your also learning Russian I hope it can help you too. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Brian_N Pro Member Canada Joined 5769 days ago 200 posts - 202 votes Studies: English*, Russian Personal Language Map | Message 34 of 248 24 February 2009 at 5:36am | IP Logged | |||||
Yeah, the cultural understanding bit is a big part of why I’m interested in learning another language. I think it would be almost enlightening to be able to look closely at another culture with a totally different language and mindset and see all the ways our common human heritage still makes us very much alike. Its one thing to read about all the ways we are alike...but I’m going to guess that seeing it and understanding it with your own eyes is something totally different. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Brian_N Pro Member Canada Joined 5769 days ago 200 posts - 202 votes Studies: English*, Russian Personal Language Map | Message 35 of 248 24 February 2009 at 5:40am | IP Logged | |||||
That’s nice to know...The Russians hate us too...I’m beginning to see some reoccurring patterns here as I look beyond my continent lol. Well thank you, glad you like my work. Overall I’m not finding Russian that hard, just time intensive. It may take awhile but I know I will get it eventually. Its obviously not impossible to learn, all the Russians learned Russian...so I can’t see any reason why I can’t learn Russian too lol. Immense wealth of material you say? You wouldn’t happen to a few internet links to some of this wealth kicking around would you? Edited by Brian_N on 24 February 2009 at 5:42am 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Brian_N Pro Member Canada Joined 5769 days ago 200 posts - 202 votes Studies: English*, Russian Personal Language Map | Message 36 of 248 24 February 2009 at 2:07pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Feb 24th – Day 15 – Group 1 Vocabulary (+5)
Nouns – Part 1-4 => Complete Nouns – Part 5 => (36/50) => Under Review Nouns – Part 6 => (13/50) => Under Review Verbs – Part 1 => (11/50) => Under Review Verbs – Part 2-5 => Pending Adverbs – Part 1-4 => Pending Adjectives – Part 1-5 => Pending 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Brian_N Pro Member Canada Joined 5769 days ago 200 posts - 202 votes Studies: English*, Russian Personal Language Map | Message 37 of 248 24 February 2009 at 2:16pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Working...
Work is going again the hours are crazy...8 a.m. to 9:30 p.m daily. This is insane. I'm going to need to find and maximize every spare minute I have so I can get at least a couple hours of studying in. Not to sure how I'm going to do it...yet, but I'll come up with something. No matter what life throws at me I refuse to ever have one of those days were there has been no progress made at all. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| pitwo Diglot Senior Member Canada Joined 6163 days ago 103 posts - 121 votes Speaks: French*, English | Message 38 of 248 24 February 2009 at 4:17pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Ha, that site is awesome! I'm going to peruse it some.
Anyway, I am indeed a Quebecer. To be honest language policies are very complex here, at least for North America and tend to depend wth whom you're speaking with.. Different communities and all that.. Some biligual, some not, some people hate french, some hate English, etc etc. I'll spare you the details :)) I forgot --- are you using an SRS ? (spaced repetition system) Edited by pitwo on 24 February 2009 at 4:18pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| rafey Newbie United States Joined 5764 days ago 24 posts - 25 votes Speaks: English* | Message 39 of 248 24 February 2009 at 7:48pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Now, inform your Uncle that you are also learing Arabic! (Just kidding) although I found Arabic and Persian equally fascinating, expecially when you are eventually able to indulge in reading their poetry and the Shamaneh.
But back to Russian: I thought it would be well to recommend the following books that I have found most useful to utilize as you progress: 1) Kolyma Tales by Shalamov, Varlam This comes in the original Russian version, entitled Kolymskie tetradi . It's relatively short and loaded with personal narratives of Shalamov's time as a prisoner in the Gulag. Very intense with poetic narrative and great practice because it is difficult to put down once you start reading. 2) Beginner's Russian Reader with Conversational Exercises 3) Russian Stories: A Dual-Language Book 4) First Reader in Russian (This is pretty elementary - only in the present tense - but a terrific vocabulary workout, etc. I started to work on it after about 7 chapters into my initial Russxin language learning experience. Also helps to get you used to reading Russian text. Contains a good bit of systematic repetition as well. 5) Roots of the Russian Language: An Elementary Guide to Wordbuilding (This is incredibly thorough and makes a terric reference and memory aid. I can't say enough about this amazing text. Language larning is not a mere academic exercise. Drawing these important connections between peoples (expecially liguistic connections)cannot fail to eventually provide multiple and incalulable benefits !!! I can verify this statement based on personal experience. 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Brian_N Pro Member Canada Joined 5769 days ago 200 posts - 202 votes Studies: English*, Russian Personal Language Map | Message 40 of 248 25 February 2009 at 4:45am | IP Logged | |||||
Hey Quebec, greetings from Manitoba. Yeah, French/English language opinions in Quebec does sound like it would be pretty complicated and very touchy. Um SRS?. My language learning experience spans a total of 15 days so I’m not up to speed on all the special terms. Though I think I might be actually. I’ll give you an over view of how I review. I’ll start with the program I’m using, its called Declan’s Russian flashcards (they also have Japanese flashcards), each flashcard displays the particular word spelled in Russian, its translated English meaning and with the press of the (up) key on my keyboard I can hear the word spoken in Russian by a native Russian speaker. The amount of words I review each day varies depending on what kind of time I have available, but usually I try to go for around 30. I in turn break whatever I take into blocks of ten and review each as a set. Once I’m ready to start I load a word group and put a piece of paper over my monitor screen so I can’t see the flashcard. I push the (up) arrow on my keyboard, I hear the word spoken in Russian and then I say what it means (or what I think it means) out loud and I write how I think its spelled. Then I lift the paper and then I compare what I have with the flashcard. If I was right, I cover back up my screen and push the (right) key on my keyboard and I’m onto the next flashcard and I repeat the process until I make a mistake in either the meaning or spelling. If the meanings or spelling is wrong, I play the Russian audio file five times with me repeating the meaning (or writing the spelling) after each play and then I restart the cycle right back at the first flashcard. Once I can do the block of ten perfectly I move onto the next 10 and then next 10 until I finished reviewing the amount of words I’ve chosen. Once I have finished I leave it for a few hours and come back to it...reviewing each block of 10 over again until I can again do them perfectly. Then I come back to it a few hours later and do yet again. Spaced Repetition? 1 person has voted this message useful |
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