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16 January 2010 at 11:04pm | IP Logged

mrpootys wrote:

I used Russian and michel thomas together when first beginning russian, I they gave me a very good basis in russian. After that I would advise you get vocabulearn and cram some vocab, then go back and do an advanced course.

thanks for your good advice
i will have michel thomas
thanks again :)
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16 January 2010 at 11:07pm | IP Logged

Teango wrote:

The Pimsleur Russian course (all 3 levels) is a great way to start getting into the language. As it's all audio, it's particularly convenient for listening to each day on the way to work or perhaps in the background whilst working out. I completed it several years ago, and although you only learn the 400 most frequent words or so over 90 lessons, you can acquire some very basic grammar and pretty good pronunciation and flow for a beginner.

After this, something like the Princeton Russian Language Course as already mentioned by Goosefrabbas is ideal. It provides you with plenty of audio, transcripts and parallel English translations, cut up into perfect bitesize colloquial dialogues and all for free. The grammar is systematic and thorough, and the author of the course presents the lessons in a fun, creative and enjoyable way.

In addition to studying, I'd recommend listening to something like Russkoe Radio in the background and looking at modern Russian music videos or older Soviet cartoons on YouTube, just to get a feel for the sounds of the Russian language and dig a little deeper into the culture. When this becomes a bit easier, go and check out Russian podcasting - my favourite is Vasillij Strel'nikov's (aka Podfather) controversial "BIG PODCAST".

An important issue for you may be however that you're still at intermediate level in English, so it might also be worth having a look on the Internet for Russian courses with instructions and translations in Arabic too. If you do find any such courses, please let us all know for the benefit of our Arabic speaking forum members out there. The upside of all this is that with Pimsleur and Princeton you get to absorb 2 languages at once ;)

Udachi!

perfect advice
really !! i will download this course
in rate to russian courses in arabic
i will search for it
but because my English is good enough
i recommended the russian courses in englsih
but i promise you , i will search for it
thanks again

Edited by re4lover on 17 January 2010 at 12:13am
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16 January 2010 at 11:18pm | IP Logged

goosefrabbas wrote:

Princeton's Russian Course

thanks!!

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16 January 2010 at 11:27pm | IP Logged

I'd also like to mention "Modern Russian" by Georgetown Press. There are two volumes. The audio can be found for free on uz-translations, and you can find the book used for less than $5 before shipping. Each volume has 20-30 hours of audio. It was created during the Cold War era so some of the vocabulary is a bit outdated and there's some military-related stuff. But as with most older language courses, you have a trade off - a very substantive course with a little bit of outdated vocabulary.
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17 January 2010 at 6:27pm | IP Logged

goosefrabbas wrote:

thanks for reply and your wonderful advice
thanks

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