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keith1569 Groupie United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5645 days ago 61 posts - 64 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Sign Language, Spanish	Message 25 of 37 17 September 2010 at 9:18am \| IP Logged
	What podcasts do you use? I am enjoying your log. 1 person has voted this message useful
LatinoBoy84 Bilingual Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5566 days ago 443 posts - 603 votes Speaks: English, Spanish, French Studies: Russian, Portuguese, Latvian	Message 26 of 37 18 September 2010 at 11:30pm \| IP Logged
	Thank you! For my podcasts I use RussianPod101.com BBC Russian Business News http://russian.mypodcast.com/ http://www.indiana.edu/~celtie/portal.html http://www.dw-world.de/dw/0,2142,4356,00.html and Radio Canada International's Russian podcast Basically a nice mix of News/Business related materials for natives, as well as podcasts for those like us learning the language. I just discovered that The Russkiy Mir Foundation (Russian version of the Alliance Francaise) has two computer programs on their website that seem rather promising. Specifically the "Russian for All" course seems good. The program comes in three levels and has phonetics/reading exercises. Virtual representation of how one should produce sounds, as well a voice recognition software. http://www.russkiymir.ru/russkiymir/en/education/ 7 persons have voted this message useful
LatinoBoy84 Bilingual Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5566 days ago 443 posts - 603 votes Speaks: English, Spanish, French Studies: Russian, Portuguese, Latvian	Message 27 of 37 23 September 2010 at 4:40am \| IP Logged
	I have now discovered SRS...Yes I knew about it before but never used it. Anki is know on my android phone. In which I have two Russian decks including one for the 1000 most common words...Anki is brilliant! In addition I'm flying through the LiveMocha.com "lessons"...Basically I'm just trying to use some imagery to make the vocab stick...not a huge fan of the later, but I can't complain if it works.. Edited by LatinoBoy84 on 23 September 2010 at 4:43am 1 person has voted this message useful
LatinoBoy84 Bilingual Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5566 days ago 443 posts - 603 votes Speaks: English, Spanish, French Studies: Russian, Portuguese, Latvian	Message 28 of 37 05 November 2010 at 11:58pm \| IP Logged
	Update Long overdue but the semester is killing me. MBA program is so time consuming. Continuous use of two Russian Anki Decks 1000 common words and 500 verbs. Purchased the MT Vocab course and going through it now (just started). Bought the new version of Assimil L'Russe (French base). Finished 1/3 of the Linguaphone course 1 person has voted this message useful
LatinoBoy84 Bilingual Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5566 days ago 443 posts - 603 votes Speaks: English, Spanish, French Studies: Russian, Portuguese, Latvian	Message 29 of 37 24 November 2010 at 4:58am \| IP Logged
	Just like in French...the semester is almost over so I am studying for finals, once I'm done I'll probably start going through Le Russe. The MT vocab course has been keeping me busy in the gym, in line, while driving etc...bought some Advanced Russian software to use after I'm done with my living language courses. Two programs from http://lexiconbridge.com/ both are full video courses that have transcripts grammar explanations w/ translations...think of them as video Assimil Advanced. I bought the 12 Chairs interactive, and the "Advanced Russian" course. Since the TORFL isn't offered in the US I plan on taking the ACTFL Certified Proficiency Testing Programs for Russian about a year from now. 1 person has voted this message useful
LatinoBoy84 Bilingual Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5566 days ago 443 posts - 603 votes Speaks: English, Spanish, French Studies: Russian, Portuguese, Latvian	Message 30 of 37 06 January 2011 at 1:02am \| IP Logged
	About a quarter of the way through the new Russian Assimil course, and I find it brilliant! I'm about a third of the way through the Penguin book. I'll go back and finish the old Assimil book once I finish the new one. Then do the other 2/3 of Linguaphone and then blast through both volumes of Living Language Ultimate Russian. Vocab should be over 5000 at that point...I guess I'm essentially doing the 10k sentence method without having noticed? O_o Edited by LatinoBoy84 on 06 January 2011 at 1:03am 1 person has voted this message useful
Teango Triglot Winner TAC 2010 & 2012 Senior Member United States teango.wordpress.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5547 days ago 2210 posts - 3734 votes Speaks: English*, German, Russian Studies: Hawaiian, French, Toki Pona	Message 31 of 37 06 January 2011 at 11:07am \| IP Logged
	Udachi reaching B2 and beyond this year! Approximately how far off would you say you are now? 1 person has voted this message useful
LatinoBoy84 Bilingual Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5566 days ago 443 posts - 603 votes Speaks: English, Spanish, French Studies: Russian, Portuguese, Latvian	Message 32 of 37 10 January 2011 at 1:12am \| IP Logged
	I know probably over 1100-1200 words, and have a good grasp of grammar. Russian is definitely an interesting language. I could definitely get by in Moscow...simple chit- chat here and there. Need more flow in my speaking. 1 person has voted this message useful

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keith1569 Groupie United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5645 days ago 61 posts - 64 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Sign Language, Spanish	Message 25 of 37 17 September 2010 at 9:18am \| IP Logged
	What podcasts do you use? I am enjoying your log. 1 person has voted this message useful
LatinoBoy84 Bilingual Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5566 days ago 443 posts - 603 votes Speaks: English, Spanish, French Studies: Russian, Portuguese, Latvian	Message 26 of 37 18 September 2010 at 11:30pm \| IP Logged
	Thank you! For my podcasts I use RussianPod101.com BBC Russian Business News http://russian.mypodcast.com/ http://www.indiana.edu/~celtie/portal.html http://www.dw-world.de/dw/0,2142,4356,00.html and Radio Canada International's Russian podcast Basically a nice mix of News/Business related materials for natives, as well as podcasts for those like us learning the language. I just discovered that The Russkiy Mir Foundation (Russian version of the Alliance Francaise) has two computer programs on their website that seem rather promising. Specifically the "Russian for All" course seems good. The program comes in three levels and has phonetics/reading exercises. Virtual representation of how one should produce sounds, as well a voice recognition software. http://www.russkiymir.ru/russkiymir/en/education/ 7 persons have voted this message useful
LatinoBoy84 Bilingual Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5566 days ago 443 posts - 603 votes Speaks: English, Spanish, French Studies: Russian, Portuguese, Latvian	Message 27 of 37 23 September 2010 at 4:40am \| IP Logged
	I have now discovered SRS...Yes I knew about it before but never used it. Anki is know on my android phone. In which I have two Russian decks including one for the 1000 most common words...Anki is brilliant! In addition I'm flying through the LiveMocha.com "lessons"...Basically I'm just trying to use some imagery to make the vocab stick...not a huge fan of the later, but I can't complain if it works.. Edited by LatinoBoy84 on 23 September 2010 at 4:43am 1 person has voted this message useful
LatinoBoy84 Bilingual Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5566 days ago 443 posts - 603 votes Speaks: English, Spanish, French Studies: Russian, Portuguese, Latvian	Message 28 of 37 05 November 2010 at 11:58pm \| IP Logged
	Update Long overdue but the semester is killing me. MBA program is so time consuming. Continuous use of two Russian Anki Decks 1000 common words and 500 verbs. Purchased the MT Vocab course and going through it now (just started). Bought the new version of Assimil L'Russe (French base). Finished 1/3 of the Linguaphone course 1 person has voted this message useful
LatinoBoy84 Bilingual Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5566 days ago 443 posts - 603 votes Speaks: English, Spanish, French Studies: Russian, Portuguese, Latvian	Message 29 of 37 24 November 2010 at 4:58am \| IP Logged
	Just like in French...the semester is almost over so I am studying for finals, once I'm done I'll probably start going through Le Russe. The MT vocab course has been keeping me busy in the gym, in line, while driving etc...bought some Advanced Russian software to use after I'm done with my living language courses. Two programs from http://lexiconbridge.com/ both are full video courses that have transcripts grammar explanations w/ translations...think of them as video Assimil Advanced. I bought the 12 Chairs interactive, and the "Advanced Russian" course. Since the TORFL isn't offered in the US I plan on taking the ACTFL Certified Proficiency Testing Programs for Russian about a year from now. 1 person has voted this message useful
LatinoBoy84 Bilingual Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5566 days ago 443 posts - 603 votes Speaks: English, Spanish, French Studies: Russian, Portuguese, Latvian	Message 30 of 37 06 January 2011 at 1:02am \| IP Logged
	About a quarter of the way through the new Russian Assimil course, and I find it brilliant! I'm about a third of the way through the Penguin book. I'll go back and finish the old Assimil book once I finish the new one. Then do the other 2/3 of Linguaphone and then blast through both volumes of Living Language Ultimate Russian. Vocab should be over 5000 at that point...I guess I'm essentially doing the 10k sentence method without having noticed? O_o Edited by LatinoBoy84 on 06 January 2011 at 1:03am 1 person has voted this message useful
Teango Triglot Winner TAC 2010 & 2012 Senior Member United States teango.wordpress.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5547 days ago 2210 posts - 3734 votes Speaks: English*, German, Russian Studies: Hawaiian, French, Toki Pona	Message 31 of 37 06 January 2011 at 11:07am \| IP Logged
	Udachi reaching B2 and beyond this year! Approximately how far off would you say you are now? 1 person has voted this message useful
LatinoBoy84 Bilingual Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5566 days ago 443 posts - 603 votes Speaks: English, Spanish, French Studies: Russian, Portuguese, Latvian	Message 32 of 37 10 January 2011 at 1:12am \| IP Logged
	I know probably over 1100-1200 words, and have a good grasp of grammar. Russian is definitely an interesting language. I could definitely get by in Moscow...simple chit- chat here and there. Need more flow in my speaking. 1 person has voted this message useful