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erinserb
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 Message 9 of 12
21 December 2008 at 1:26am | IP Logged 
I would be interested of this plan for getting started in Russian (prior to jumping in to the Princeton course)

1. Register for Russian 101 at LiveMocha +
2. Use the Penguin Russian course for Beginners.

Would appreciate anyone respond as to this strategy.

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TDC
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 Message 10 of 12
21 December 2008 at 8:19pm | IP Logged 
Jump into the Princeton course. It's starts from the very beginning. Teaches excellent spoken/colloquial Russian and is all around one of the best courses you can get (especially for free). Not to mention lots of audio, lots of exercises, lots of great words. For example, you learn the word for "jerk" in the first lesson. Actually, the course is kinda set up like a bunch of podcasts. Most of the audio files are between 30 seconds and 2 minutes, so it's a bunch of great little chunks of the language that are easy to digest. There are also a couple of short stories, and a longer story included. It's an excellent course. Very thorough.
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crafedog
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 Message 11 of 12
21 December 2008 at 8:38pm | IP Logged 
wgw wrote:
Yes, you're right, but I'm just trying to find someone .... Another point, I've just downloaded (with great difficulty) the Princeton course which appears as a huge zipped archive. My new Vista Windows refuses to open it. Anyone got any idea why and how?


You either need to download Winrar if you don't have it already or make some space on your computer so it can open all the way.
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erinserb
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 Message 12 of 12
22 December 2008 at 1:25am | IP Logged 
TDC wrote:
Jump into the Princeton course. It's starts from the very beginning. Teaches excellent spoken/colloquial Russian and is all around one of the best courses you can get (especially for free). Not to mention lots of audio, lots of exercises, lots of great words. For example, you learn the word for "jerk" in the first lesson. Actually, the course is kinda set up like a bunch of podcasts. Most of the audio files are between 30 seconds and 2 minutes, so it's a bunch of great little chunks of the language that are easy to digest. There are also a couple of short stories, and a longer story included. It's an excellent course. Very thorough.


Tks TDC - I have the Princeton course and it is quite formidable - :-)


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