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Hugo Russian in 3 Months vs New Penguin Russian Course
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05 March 2014 at 7:02am | IP Logged

chokofingrz wrote:

But there is certainly no harm in using more than one source. Anyway, Penguin is considered one of the de facto modern Russian courses and is the first book I would buy (if I had no books!).

I second that. IMHO, the best option is to combine Penguin with Assimil. This will give you a very good foundation in Russian grammar, and both your reading and listening skills.
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The Hugo courses I have seen/done are heavy with grammar translation exercises and
substitution drills, so you can't just put on headphones and receive input passively.

Are you saying that the Hugo Russian course is different to the other 'In 3 Months'
courses?

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Hugo Russian in 3 Months does indeed contain grammar and translation exercises in the text part, but they're not on the audio, so it's easy to skip them if you're feeling lazy. (When the audio jumps ahead from 5.3 to 5.5, you instinctively turn the page to follow it, skipping the grammar exercise in 5.4, where you're supposed to have paused the tape).

My previous experience was with Michel Thomas where the audio was a constant question-answer stream with pauses included, so you had to think on your feet and be "active" - a better learning experience IMO.
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06 March 2014 at 12:17am | IP Logged

OK great, thanks for that - now I understand you :-)
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07 March 2014 at 6:56am | IP Logged

chokofingrz wrote:

I mean, it's easy to just put the audio on and let your eyes skim
over the pages for 15 minutes, and then when the audio track stops, close the book and
realise you haven't really absorbed anything!

Doesn't the same thing hold true (even more true, I'd say) for Assimil? Any course can be
made useless by improper use/lack of motivation.

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