Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5324 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian
| Message 9 of 14 12 April 2014 at 7:48pm | IP Logged |
Henkkles wrote:
The Cyrillic alphabet (I find) was the absolutely easiest part of beginning to learn
Russian; I memorized the entire alphabet in about half an hour and since then I've only gotten faster with
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Have I mentioned that I hate you :-)
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Henkkles Triglot Senior Member Finland Joined 4243 days ago 544 posts - 1141 votes Speaks: Finnish*, English, Swedish Studies: Russian
| Message 10 of 14 13 April 2014 at 11:07pm | IP Logged |
Solfrid Cristin wrote:
Henkkles wrote:
The Cyrillic alphabet (I find) was the absolutely easiest part of beginning to learn
Russian; I memorized the entire alphabet in about half an hour and since then I've only gotten faster with
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Have I mentioned that I hate you :-) |
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...you have not.
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BAnna Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 4612 days ago 409 posts - 616 votes Speaks: English*, German, Spanish Studies: Russian, Turkish
| Message 11 of 14 14 April 2014 at 1:38am | IP Logged |
There is a series on Youtube from the Dallas Texas School System which is designed to teach high school students Russian. People with strong experience learning languages might find it really slow, but for a young person who has never learned another language, it might be a comfortable beginning. I learned the Cyrillic alphabet through it and am still working through the later lessons (I'm a total beginner at Russian). It's about 20 years old, and the book they use in later lessons is out of print, so might not be optimal, but if nothing else, your young friend could start with the alphabet and it's free and quick to access.
Russian World lesson 1
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pesahson Diglot Senior Member Poland Joined 5718 days ago 448 posts - 840 votes Speaks: Polish*, English Studies: French, Portuguese, Norwegian
| Message 12 of 14 24 April 2014 at 9:05am | IP Logged |
I think you should tell your friend about this forum. He will find a lot of useful information here.
I agree with Henkkles that the alphabet is the easiest part of learning Russian. The natural way would be to start at that. I'm pretty sure there's plenty of free material on the internet to do just that.
I disagree with Henkkles though about what kind of motivation is needed to learn a language. It's uncommon to wake up one day and just out of the blue feel a burning desire to learn Russian. There's a saying "the appetite grows with eating". Sometimes curiosity about a language is enough to get you started and then with time your interest in it grows and grows until it turns into passion.
It's important your friend starts and keeps going. Some good material was already advised in this thread so I won't repeat it.
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Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5324 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian
| Message 13 of 14 24 April 2014 at 11:03am | IP Logged |
Henkkles wrote:
Solfrid Cristin wrote:
Henkkles wrote:
The Cyrillic alphabet (I find) was the
absolutely easiest part of beginning to learn
Russian; I memorized the entire alphabet in about half an hour and since then I've only gotten faster with
recognizing the letters. |
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Have I mentioned that I hate you :-) |
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...you have not. |
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Gross oversight on my part :-)
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Enrico Diglot Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 3735 days ago 162 posts - 207 votes Speaks: Russian*, English Studies: Italian, Spanish, French
| Message 14 of 14 30 August 2014 at 8:34pm | IP Logged |
Michel Thomas + Assimil or Essential Grammar book + Assimil.
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