|
 |
Russian Read&Speak - TAC 2013 Team Mir | ||
Share with:
| ||
 Language Learning Forum : Language Learning Log |  | |
| Expugnator Hexaglot Senior Member Brazil Joined 5164 days ago 3335 posts - 4349 votes  Speaks: Portuguese*, Norwegian, French, English, Italian, Papiamento Studies: Mandarin, Georgian, Russian | Message 1 of 142 02 January 2013 at 12:28am | IP Logged |
|
Hi all!
This is my so promised log for Russian at the TAC 2013, team Mir. My main goal for this first more intense year of Russian study is to be able to read textbooks written for Russian speakers without resorting all the time to the dictionary. My story with Russian started several years (and years) before. I made several attempts with different books, like Assimil, New Penguin Russian Course, Learning to Read Russian, Princeton Course but I always got overwhelmed by the amount of new vocabulary. In 2012 I got the chance of studying up to 4 languages on a daily basis and, therefore, after finishing French on a textbook level, I decided to use this open slot for taking part into the Assimil Challenge with Russian. Now I've made Russian into a permanent language for the TAC (even though the challenge technically hasn't ended and Assimil still is my only source). Besides Russian, I'm also doing Norwegian for the TAC (team Viking) and Georgian on a duo with zecchino. I was already studying all of these before the TAC started. In the case of Georgian, I started in January 2012. I also learn Chinese Mandarin on a daily basis, I just don't have a log at HTLAL. Being 4 different languages, that accounts me to improve my linguistic creativity, even though I have a hard time with vocabulary and usually burnout when the daily session is over. My schedule for Russian is the following: 1. Il nuovo russo senza sforzo (currently at lesson 52) 2. Russian without toil 3. Le Russe (2008) 4. Living Language Ultimate Russian Beginner-Intermediate 5. Méthode 90 Russe Then check if I need any more beginner's resources (maybe New Penguin which I could do quickier) 5. Living Language Ultimate Russian Advanced 6. Russianpod101 or Princeton's Russian course at further stages 7. Streetwise Russian 8. A bilingual Russian reader (if any) Then check if I need any more textbook learning (maybe a good grammar with exercises) and proceed to using native materials. That might not happen until the end of 2013 (just sum up the number of Assimil lessons and it will take away all of the work days in 2013), but my goal of being able to read Russian textbooks on Chechen, Mari, Ossetian will be sought after fiercely =D Looking forward to hearing recommendations from you all. Feel free to ask me about suggestions for resources and their usage as well. I hope I can get a standalone microphone and make it work at Skype sessions, in case the problem isn't with my sound card, since as of now, when I plug the headset that has a built-in microphone the sound card does not recognize a microphone at all. A nice 2013 of Russian learning for everyone in and outside the Team Mir! 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Silbermond Diglot Groupie United Kingdom xuexisprachen.wordprRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4354 days ago 64 posts - 79 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Mandarin, Italian, Spanish | Message 2 of 142 02 January 2013 at 12:56am | IP Logged |
|
Ooh, that's a lot of interesting resources :). I started doing the Assimil challenge with
Russian as well, but burned out rather quickly - it's good to see that you kept it up. Good luck with 2013, teammate! :D 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Emme Triglot Senior Member Italy Joined 5345 days ago 980 posts - 1594 votes Speaks: Italian*, English, German Studies: Russian, Swedish, French | Message 3 of 142 02 January 2013 at 1:23am | IP Logged |
|
Hi Expugnator!
It seems that we are on a similar path this year: we’re both doing the Assimil Experiment with Il nuovo russo senza sforzo (but you’re progressing so much faster than I am), and we’re on both Team MIR and Team Viking together. I wish you all the best with TAC 2013 and hope you’ll reach all your linguistic goals this year! 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| zecchino1991 Senior Member United States facebook.com/amyybur Joined 5256 days ago 778 posts - 885 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Italian, Modern Hebrew, Russian, Arabic (Written), Romanian, Icelandic, Georgian | Message 4 of 142 02 January 2013 at 1:23am | IP Logged |
|
Yay! I really look forward to following this log, as well as your Georgian one, of course.
1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5332 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian | Message 5 of 142 02 January 2013 at 1:26am | IP Logged |
|
Wow! You look like you have covered a lot of ground. This should be interesting!
1 person has voted this message useful | |
| ancpem1 Groupie United States Joined 4386 days ago 56 posts - 60 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Russian, Greek, Latin, French | Message 6 of 142 02 January 2013 at 2:32am | IP Logged |
|
Hi, Expugnator! I'm also on Team Mir, and I look forward to being on the same team!
1 person has voted this message useful | |
| riff Newbie United States Joined 5292 days ago 32 posts - 36 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Russian | Message 7 of 142 02 January 2013 at 3:10am | IP Logged |
|
Howdy, Expugnator! I know what you mean about being overwhelmed by Russian vocabulary. If
you're looking for a graded reader recommendation, I can recommend this Russian graded reader. It's not bilingual, but it's glossed and the stories are quite interesting. I can't recommend any bilingual readers yet, although I'm planning on trying out Gleb Struve's "Russian Stories" bilingual book. Good luck! 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Wort Groupie Austria Joined 4538 days ago 82 posts - 87 votes Speaks: German* Studies: English, Spanish | Message 8 of 142 02 January 2013 at 11:11am | IP Logged |
|
Hey!
Ok, I started learning Russian one month ago, so I can't conclude much at the moment, but I'm also a bit overwhelmed by the vocabulary (although I only know about 30 words haha) - anyway, Good Luck with your studies! :) 1 person has voted this message useful |
|  | 
Printable version
|
| Copyright 2024 FX Micheloud - All rights reserved No part of this website may be copied by any means without my written authorization. |
