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| DaraghM Diglot Senior Member Ireland Joined 6150 days ago 1947 posts - 2923 votes  Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French, Russian, Hungarian | Message 1 of 4 12 July 2013 at 10:42am | IP Logged | |||||
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If you're learning Russian, use materials written almost exclusively in Russian, even if you're at the earlier stages. Most Russian courses I used previously, were written primarily in English. E.g. Modern Russian 1, TY Russian, NPRC. The Linguaphone course is closer to an all Russian course, but the handbook uses English.
Having now used courses, written entirely in Russian, the effects are quite amazing. Reading Russian feels natural, and I'm hardly aware it's a different alphabet. You actually find yourself thinking in Russian. I'm starting to think switching alphabets has a negative impact on learning. I imagine this also applies to other languages that use a different alphabet. I should point out it's quite intimidating to face an entire page of a totally different script, but you will adjust quickly. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Марк Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 5055 days ago 2096 posts - 2972 votes Speaks: Russian* | Message 2 of 4 12 July 2013 at 11:03am | IP Logged | |||||
But first you got some basic knowledge from textbooks written in English.
I don't think so. 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Cavesa Triglot Senior Member Czech Republic Joined 5008 days ago 3277 posts - 6779 votes Speaks: Czech*, FrenchC2, EnglishC1 Studies: Spanish, German, Italian | Message 3 of 4 12 July 2013 at 2:19pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Wouldn't reading a few books have the same effect?
I considered using a monolingual course asap but do you know a good one? I can only see Raduga in the bookshops and I am not impressed from first leafing through. edit:added: but I don't think a previous knowledge from a bilingual textbook is that necessary. It is possible to use a monolingual course right away, just with a dictionary and a bit of the basic knowledge like what is a noun, a verb and that you can expect conjugation in present in the first two lessons. And there are many very good free resources online to learn the cyrillics well enough to try. Edited by Cavesa on 12 July 2013 at 2:27pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| DaraghM Diglot Senior Member Ireland Joined 6150 days ago 1947 posts - 2923 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French, Russian, Hungarian | Message 4 of 4 12 July 2013 at 3:26pm | IP Logged | |||||
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The courses I've used are,
The Way to Russia (Дорога в Россию) Let's Go (Поехали) Let's Go has all the Russian vocabulary translated into English, French and German in the index. The Way to Russia has some of the best phonetic drills, I've ever encountered, at the start. Using this course, you'll associate the Russian sounds to the letters without any transliteration. The drills are quite substantive and cover 2 of the 4 CD's. Edited by DaraghM on 12 July 2013 at 3:28pm 3 persons have voted this message useful |
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