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| MerryCrassmas Bilingual Diglot Groupie United States languagewanderlust.c Joined 4853 days ago 62 posts - 68 votes  Speaks: Spanish*, English* Studies: German, Russian, Czech, Polish | Message 41 of 48 25 May 2012 at 5:29pm | IP Logged | |||||
That's interesting. Would you be able to provide an example of how a pronounciation is incorrect and how you would better teach it or provide a source that is much better? Also if I remember correctly, the book is actually aimed at British English speakers, which might be why the pronunciation guide isn't that great. Out of all the opportunities that I've had to speak with native speakers in their language, Russians were the most impressed with my accent and to the point where a few of them told me they would forget I wasn't Russian, for they considered my accent native speaker like. Of course this was at the height of my language studies which I tooke 2 years off and I am only again starting to relearn Russian. Perhaps what may have helped was the fact that I used pimsleur first to learn Russian in the beginning and I tried to replicate the sounds I was hearing. Also, a good Russian friend of mine was helping me in the beginning as well. So I would definitely recommend someone that is startling out Russian to find a a copy of pimsleur or find a different source for learning the pronunciation. Thanks for pointing that information out buddy. I completely forgot about how the new penguin course was aimed at certain English speakers. Again, it's been two years since I've studied Russian :) Edited by MerryCrassmas on 25 May 2012 at 5:47pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6387 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish | Message 42 of 48 26 May 2012 at 4:51pm | IP Logged | |||||
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It's been discussed in this thread. :)
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| MerryCrassmas Bilingual Diglot Groupie United States languagewanderlust.c Joined 4853 days ago 62 posts - 68 votes Speaks: Spanish*, English* Studies: German, Russian, Czech, Polish | Message 43 of 48 26 May 2012 at 5:05pm | IP Logged | |||||
Thanks a ton! I had a look at it and it was helpful. Now I understand better what I was being told. :) 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6387 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish | Message 44 of 48 26 May 2012 at 5:11pm | IP Logged | |||||
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As you're bilingual, I recommend using Spanish-based explanations of the Russian pronunciation... and same with most other languages, really :D
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| Hoppy Diglot Newbie United States Joined 4405 days ago 26 posts - 32 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Spanish, Russian | Message 45 of 48 29 May 2012 at 4:13pm | IP Logged | |||||
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A useful resource for learning Russian vocabulary is the following: Leveraging Your Russian with Roots, Prefixes and Suffixes
http://www.amazon.com/Leveraging-Russian-Roots-Prefixes-Suff ixes/dp/0893573027/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1338300615 &sr=1-2 Learning how the basic parts of longer Russian words come together has really helped me to learn the vocabulary much faster. I've been using a copy at my university's library, but it's available used online for only $20, which isn't too bad I suppose. I wonder if parts of it are available for free online? 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| QiuJP Triglot Senior Member Singapore Joined 5645 days ago 428 posts - 597 votes Speaks: Mandarin*, EnglishC2, French Studies: Czech, GermanB1, Russian, Japanese | Message 46 of 48 25 June 2012 at 3:28pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Sorry for not posting for quite a while. Life has caught me and I need to attend to it.
I am thinking if it is possible that I take part in various challenges for each of my Slavic languages now, for example: Super challenger for Russian, 6WC for Czech and Serbian ? Is it way overkill? 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| rivere123 Senior Member United States Joined 4620 days ago 129 posts - 182 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French | Message 47 of 48 26 June 2012 at 11:12pm | IP Logged | |||||
I like the family in general, since it varies so greatly and a host of other reasons. I have my eye on Russian, so it may be my next plan when I've gotten my French to fluency and my Spanish to at least intermediate.
If you're serious about going after this group, I suggest keeping an eye out for some materials. That would be your biggest impediment by this point. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Travod Newbie United States Joined 4376 days ago 17 posts - 20 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Japanese | Message 48 of 48 09 July 2012 at 3:44am | IP Logged | |||||
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I want to learn Japanese and Korean and possibly Chinese way further down the line. And none of them
really have anything in common. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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