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| nakrian keegiat Diglot Groupie Thailand Joined 4905 days ago 70 posts - 172 votes  Speaks: English*, Thai Studies: Russian | Message 9 of 10 27 May 2012 at 8:34am | IP Logged | ||
I've heard great things about the Penguin course, but since it doesn't have audio and Russian pronunciation is tricky, I agree about using another course first to learn vocab with audio. I'm using Princeton for this though instead of Assimil. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Wulfgar Senior Member United States Joined 4669 days ago 404 posts - 791 votes Speaks: English* | Message 10 of 10 27 May 2012 at 10:44am | IP Logged | ||
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nakrian keegiat makes a good point. Penguin is far from perfect. I'll add that it's pronunciation unit is very poor, imo.
Penguin is the best choice for me, out of those I listed, because of my specific situation. I have a pretty solid foundation in pronunciation already, and I do a decent amount of reading and listening almost every day on LingQ. So even if I wasn't using Assimil, I think it would be the best choice. I like Penguin because it has (relatively) clear grammar explanations, well structured, small enough for me to cross reference stuff quickly, small but suprisingly good index, consistency in explanations, lots of drills with answers, etc. I'll list some things I don't like about other two programs I mentioned. Modern is too big, has some outdated vocabulary, no answers to the drills. Princeton is too big, too disorganized, has a phonetic system I don't like, and no answers to the drills. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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