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| getreallanguage Diglot Senior Member Argentina youtube.com/getreall Joined 5472 days ago 240 posts - 371 votes  Speaks: Spanish*, English Studies: Italian, Dutch | Message 9 of 15 31 March 2011 at 3:55am | IP Logged |
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If you're the kind of person who likes children's picture dictionaries, there is a hardcover book out called 'First 1000 words in Russian', which you can easily find in bookstores in the US.
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| translator2 Senior Member United States Joined 6920 days ago 848 posts - 1862 votes Speaks: English* | Message 10 of 15 31 March 2011 at 2:38pm | IP Logged |
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Using Russian is good.
I would highly recommend these: Modern Russian Grammar Survival Russian (check out sample pages - not what you might think based on the title) Making Progress in Russian (previous editions available for under $10) 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| TDC Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 6922 days ago 261 posts - 291 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin, French Studies: Esperanto, Ukrainian, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Persian | Message 12 of 15 03 April 2011 at 1:35am | IP Logged |
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One of the best books I've found is Essentials of Russian by Gronicka.
Also, the 70's Assimil Course is awesome. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| hobbitofny Senior Member United States Joined 6234 days ago 280 posts - 408 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Russian | Message 13 of 15 03 April 2011 at 10:50am | IP Logged |
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Instructor's Manual Modern Russian by Clayton L Dawson is not a must have book. However it has helpful information for the self learner. It explains the layout and way grammar is presented in course. I recommend adding it at some point.
Ivanov's Survival Russian is a great collection of articles from Russian Life Magazine on Russian language. In other posts on this website, I recommend Karavanova's Survival Russian: A Course in Conversational Russian with cd of mp3 files. This is a course of just under 1000 words needed for basic conversation in Russian (current about three years ago). The book has cultural context information, grammar and dialogues on topics needed for living in a Russian language setting. It is a good course to follow up other courses like Modern Russian (whose Russian is dated at times) or as a stand alone first course focused on speaking. The course gives many different dialogues for the same context. So you are exposed to many common ways Russians might interact in the same context. This is one of the text books used by Moscow State University. http://www.amazon.com/Survival-Russian-Course-Conversational -English/dp/5883370381/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=130182 2831&sr=1-2 Edited by hobbitofny on 03 April 2011 at 11:28am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| rdgjd Newbie United States Joined 5150 days ago 10 posts - 13 votes | Message 14 of 15 04 April 2011 at 1:00am | IP Logged |
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for the post-beginner, LingQ is a nice option (www.LingQ.com)...you can start listening/reading and building vocabulary using more authentic content. And it's (mostly) free, though you can choose to pay if you want to supplement with speaking practice with native tutors via skype etc.
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| Chris Heptaglot Senior Member Japan Joined 7122 days ago 287 posts - 452 votes Speaks: English*, Russian, Indonesian, French, Malay, Japanese, Spanish Studies: Dutch, Korean, Mongolian | Message 15 of 15 06 April 2011 at 4:05am | IP Logged |
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Living Language Ultimate Russian
Terence Wade's grammar book plus workbook. For more advanced: Using Russian Edited by Chris on 06 April 2011 at 4:06am 1 person has voted this message useful |
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