Learning Russian

September 3, 2011 at 11:51 am 4 comments

My mother is Russian and I will start learning her native tongue this week. I’m quite touched by this event. It means a lot to me. I will be using Rosetta Stone since their technique is how I learned English in combination with Russian grammar books. I learned English through a combination of:

Entertainment in English. Everything in English. No subtitles. I watched cartoons and films, read books and listened to music all in English while growing up.
Back-up classes on essential supplements such as grammar and the rules of the English language. Perhaps 3 hours per week.
Using English in my travels to English-speaking countries and around the world as an international language.

The downsides of Rosetta Stone:

Kind of expensive.
Allows users to download only on one computer.

This week I start the journey. Wish me well!

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4 Comments Add your own

1. poester99 | September 7, 2011 at 3:19 pm

http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2009/01/20/learning-language/

this guy has some good info on picking up languages, I’ve got his books and they have been well worth reading…
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- 2. alcestiseshtemoa | September 7, 2011 at 7:29 pm
  
  Thank you for the advice.
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3. Laura | September 29, 2011 at 8:45 pm

Try the Pimselur method. Just google it and you’ll find the website. I’ve never tried it, but I’m thinking about it. It sounds really, really good!
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- 4. alcestiseshtemoa | October 14, 2011 at 5:51 pm
  
  Thanks.
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