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| fanatic Octoglot Senior Member Australia speedmathematics.com Joined 7149 days ago 1152 posts - 1818 votes  Speaks: English*, German, French, Afrikaans, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Dutch Studies: Swedish, Norwegian, Polish, Modern Hebrew, Malay, Mandarin, Esperanto | Message 49 of 49 02 June 2010 at 8:30am | IP Logged |
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The above mentioned Russian course is long out of print although I believe there have been replacements which follow a similar text but have a different format with explanations in English.
My first Russian course was My First Russian Book, followed by Second, Third and Fourth. They were written by Arakin and Samoylova. Each came with long play records. They have minimal notes and explanations in English but teach by inference. It was the first lesson or two from this course that I inflicted on my family. They show pictures and say, (in Russian) This is Tom, This is Mama, This is Nina, This is a house, This is a room, This is a window, This is Nina and Tom, And (but) this is Mama. You learn by the context the same as a child. I found it both effective and enjoyable. They teach by means of context and with charts. (I am looking at My First Russian Book now.) I see the book was released in 1966 but you can still find it listed second hand with a Google search. I would be inclined to get it with the audio if possible. I bought the other program, Russian For Everybody, or Russki Yazik dlya Vsyekh, in 1973 in an East Berlin bookshop. It was replaced in the mid to late seventies by a smaller format textbook which was more politically correct to the Kremlin. I have both versions - they were so cheap. The first version has a grandfather and his grandson arguing which is better, living in the city or in the country. The early version admits they don't have gas in the country. The subsequent version leaves this out. The first version had 10 inch LP records, the replacement has 7 inch records on cheap vinyl or plastic. I felt that both courses made learning Russian an adventure. You had to seek out rules and make sense of them for yourself. They are among my prized possessions. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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