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| PolyNotYet Diglot Newbie Japan Joined 3798 days ago 10 posts - 26 votes Speaks: English*, Irish Studies: French, German, Persian | Message 1 of 8 13 March 2014 at 2:06am | IP Logged | |||||
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Hi everyone, this is my first thread. I am getting back into Russian after a hiatus of
just under a year. I was about a low A2 when I stopped, so I am a false beginner. Has anybody here used or perused the 'Ruslan Russian' series? I have seen some good reviews on Amazon, but I was wondering if anyone here has had any experience using their courses? I am currently using 'The new penguin Russian course', Colloquial Russian 1 (which I love!), and 'Berlitz Russian'. I also have the audio for 'Teach Yourself Russian', but not the book.TY was the course that I used when I began to learn Russian. Would the 'Ruslan' series be a good investment or is it similar to what I am already using? 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| ericblair Senior Member United States Joined 4509 days ago 480 posts - 700 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: French | Message 2 of 8 13 March 2014 at 11:13pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Poly, does Ruslan Russian come with audio? I've not used it, but I think it wouldn't be
worth adding if it doesn't have audio. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| tarvos Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member China likeapolyglot.wordpr Joined 4505 days ago 5310 posts - 9399 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English, Swedish, French, Russian, German, Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Afrikaans Studies: Greek, Modern Hebrew, Spanish, Portuguese, Czech, Korean, Esperanto, Finnish | Message 3 of 8 13 March 2014 at 11:38pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Ruslan is terrible. Avoid it like a plague of locusts.
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| PolyNotYet Diglot Newbie Japan Joined 3798 days ago 10 posts - 26 votes Speaks: English*, Irish Studies: French, German, Persian | Message 4 of 8 14 March 2014 at 12:40am | IP Logged | |||||
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Thanks for the replies. Eric, it does come with audio but if it is as poor as tarvos says
I will hang on to my money for now. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| lingoleng Senior Member Germany Joined 5096 days ago 605 posts - 1290 votes | Message 5 of 8 14 March 2014 at 7:06am | IP Logged | |||||
I don't know if you know it, but there are some lessons available for download and testing, at http://www.ruslan.co.uk/demos.htm. Maybe it is a good idea to rely on these demos more than on some random advice ... 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| tarvos Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member China likeapolyglot.wordpr Joined 4505 days ago 5310 posts - 9399 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English, Swedish, French, Russian, German, Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Afrikaans Studies: Greek, Modern Hebrew, Spanish, Portuguese, Czech, Korean, Esperanto, Finnish | Message 6 of 8 14 March 2014 at 10:07am | IP Logged | |||||
I used the series in a classroom environment. It's meant for that. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| josepablo Tetraglot Senior Member Portugal Joined 3788 days ago 123 posts - 141 votes Speaks: German, Spanish, Dutch, Portuguese Studies: Russian, Mandarin, Turkish | Message 7 of 8 14 March 2014 at 4:06pm | IP Logged | |||||
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It's not meant for class-room use exclusively. Besides, it's got lots of audio, and you get instant feedback while doing exercises, in Ruslan 3 at least.
The only thing that is specifically class-room material are the speaking practice exercises in pairs or little groups. So you skip those, or create virtual speaking partners, like you would when using any other learning material. I think it looks quite good actually. And the price for Ruslan 1 (book + audio CD) compares favourably with most other language materials on the market. Definitely a far cry from a plague of locusts. 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| ericblair Senior Member United States Joined 4509 days ago 480 posts - 700 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French | Message 8 of 8 14 March 2014 at 10:49pm | IP Logged | |||||
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OP, have you considered Assimil's Russian With Ease?
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