Learn Russian as a Second Language
Language learning products for Russian
Russian is one of the most widely spoken native languages in Europe with about 142 million people in the Russian federation speaking it along with at least another 100 million throughout the former Soviet Union countries and other countries where Russians have emigrated. The Russian language belongs to the Slavic group of the Indo-European family of languages and is one of the 5 official languages of the United Nations. Russian has a reputation for being a difficult language to learn, and while this is true to an extent, it is not as complicated as Chinese or Japanese. One of the reasons for learners' trepidation with the Russian language is its use of the Cyrillic alphabet. In fact the script is not that difficult to learn and is similar to English in some cases; the Russian spelling system is actually must simpler than English.
Reviewed Language Learning Products - The major Russian language products reviewed by Lingualogue
Pimsleur Russian Read our Review
A Russian language audio course that concentrates on listening to conversations and repeating vocabulary to build sentences and phrases. Uses graduated interval recall (vocabulary is reintroduced continually at increasing intervals)to help cement memory. Possibly the quickest way to get started at learning to speak the Russian language.
Linguaphone Russian Read our Review
A choice of either a comprehensive and in-depth 'Complete Course' with hours of audio and several books of transcripts and conversations, or the light PDQ course concentrating on simple travel vocabulary and possible situational conversations. We have not reviewed these Linguaphone courses yet (we have only done the 'allTalk' as shown) but we hope to soon Buy Linguaphone Russian US
Rosetta Stone Russian Read our Review
A Russian language software program that uses a multiple-choice style of studying involving images of objects or actions accompanied by phrases spoken and written in the foreign language. The aim at the beginning is to listen to the sentence or phrase and choose the most appropriate image. As you continue the phrases begin to combine and add more vocabulary to make more complicated sentences. Buy Rosetta Stone Russian
Michel Thomas Russian Read our Review
A Russian language audio product that places you as the third student in the classroom with Michel Thomas. You and the other two students must answer the questions and translate the sentences when asked by Michel. A lot of Russian vocabulary can be learned that is similar to English.
Transparent: Learn Russian Now Read our Review
The software portion of the Transparent family of products; they also have a Russian audio and a Russian flashcard course. The software uses voice recognition to check pronunciation and concentrates on building situational conversations with as few or as many prompts as you need. Also has historical passages in Russian.
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Cactus Language - Learning the language on location
Learn Russian in Russia or Latvia at a location of your choice with Cactus Languages. Immerse yourself in the language and the culture: The food, the vodka, the music, and the conversation—by far the ultimate way to learn the Russian language. If you have the time, the money, and the inclination you will find no better or faster way to learn Russian. A sure-fire language learning method Click Here!
Russian Language Learning Tools
Grammatica
A software tool made specifically for learning to write the Russian language effectively.
Podcasts
Russianpod101
A comprehensive site which allows you to learn Italian at your own pace through whichever medium suits you best. They offer audio podcast lessons, video, written lessons and flashcards. New lessons daily keep it fresh and relevant and fun enough to keep you interested long enough to learn. RussianPod101.com - Learn Russian with Free Podcasts
Free Russian Products
Master Russian
Here you will find free grammar lessons, useful vocabulary words and phrases, helpful tips on learning the Russian language, and hand-picked links to the best Web sites about the Russian language. MasterRussian
Russian Plus
Online Russian lessons for beginners and advanced. The site also has a facebook style community and aloows you to interact with the owner of the website as well as other students. Learn Russian
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Russian Language Learning Books
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