Thread: Pilot project

I've been learning russian at school for almost 4 years now. My teacher even asked me to skip a class as I'm top of my class....

but, however, there's no possibility to SPEAK russian freely in my coutnry, as it is a rarely spoken language here ...

so I'll make a russian classmate the following suggestion:

We meet & do something together, such as playing soccer etc, at least 1x a week and speak only Russian...


is this a good way to improve my language skills?

IMHO you need somebody who speaks Russian better that you do (preferably a native speaker) for this kind of exercise.

But it has to be a better alternative than talking to ones self, don't you think?

Originally Posted by DDT

But it has to be a better alternative than talking to ones self, don't you think?

I think it depends on a level of a classmate. You don't want to learn somebody's mistakes.

I tried it with English. It didn't work well.

Originally Posted by Vesh

Originally Posted by DDT

But it has to be a better alternative than talking to ones self, don't you think?

I think it depends on a level of a classmate. You don't want to learn somebody's mistakes.

I tried it with English. It didn't work well.

forgot to mention that he's a native speaker

Originally Posted by krobatshov

Originally Posted by Vesh

Originally Posted by DDT

But it has to be a better alternative than talking to ones self, don't you think?

I think it depends on a level of a classmate. You don't want to learn somebody's mistakes.

I tried it with English. It didn't work well.

forgot to mention that he's a native speaker

If he's a native speaker, why is he studying Russian? (just curious)

Why was it assumed that the Russian classmate were in a Russian class?

Originally Posted by krobatshov

I've been learning russian at school for almost 4 years now. My teacher even asked me to skip a class as I'm top of my class....

but, however, there's no possibility to SPEAK russian freely in my coutnry, as it is a rarely spoken language here ...

so I'll make a russian classmate the following suggestion:

We meet & do something together, such as playing soccer etc, at least 1x a week and speak only Russian...


is this a good way to improve my language skills?

I guess I read "a russian classmate" to mean "a mate in the russian class". I suppose he probably meant "a russian mate from another class". Hee hee. Just pokin' fun, actually.

I was about to press "submit" on a very similar post I made (asking why a Native Russian was in Russian class), when I realized that it could be another class... :P
-Fantom

Originally Posted by fantom605

I was about to press "submit" on a very similar post I made (asking why a Native Russian was in Russian class), when I realized that it could be another class... :P
-Fantom

I asked him the same question years ago!!

We attend a 5-year business academy. You have to choose between french and russian at the beginning

he wanted to learn CHINESE, but not FRENCH...so he decided learning RUSSIAN...and having one more good mark

Originally Posted by krobatshov

Originally Posted by fantom605

I was about to press "submit" on a very similar post I made (asking why a Native Russian was in Russian class), when I realized that it could be another class... :P
-Fantom

I asked him the same question years ago!!

We attend a 5-year business academy. You have to choose between french and russian at the beginning

he wanted to learn CHINESE, but not FRENCH...so he decided learning RUSSIAN...and having one more good mark

So, he is Russian, and Russian is his native language. But he's still taking the Russian class because he didn't want French? Okay, easy way to get a good grade i suppose.

Originally Posted by krobatshov

Originally Posted by fantom605

I was about to press "submit" on a very similar post I made (asking why a Native Russian was in Russian class), when I realized that it could be another class... :P
-Fantom

I asked him the same question years ago!!

We attend a 5-year business academy. You have to choose between french and russian at the beginning

he wanted to learn CHINESE, but not FRENCH...so he decided learning RUSSIAN...and having one more good mark

Way to go Just sit in the class and make fun of teachers.

Yeah, most teachers are not native speakers. So they probably don't speak it properly.

When I was in college my Spanish teacher was from Spain. She, of course, spoke perfect Spanish. However, in America we usually learn the Latin American version of Spanish. So she still was not exactly what she was teaching.

Yeah, most teachers are not native speakers. So they probably don't speak it properly.

When I was in college my Spanish teacher was from Spain. She, of course, spoke perfect Spanish. However, in America we usually learn the Latin American version of Spanish. So she still was not exactly what she was teaching.

That's why I prefer text-books written by native speakers. Especially if you are at advanced level. Though if your aim is to learn the basics your teacher shouldn't necessarily be a native speaker.

Originally Posted by Platinum

Yeah, most teachers are not native speakers. So they probably don't speak it properly. ...

Тогда это точно как у моего сына. Он взял русский в солледже. Правда, он до этого почти не говорил по-русски и не мог ни читать, ни писать.

А сейчас?

И сейчас. Научился немножко читать по буквам. Делает исключительно только то, что задают. От моей помощи отказывается.

А чего это он от твоей помощи отказывается? Не хочет русским овладеть? Т.е. его так особо ничему и не научили?

Originally Posted by ReDSanchous

А чего это он от твоей помощи отказывается? Не хочет русским овладеть? Т.е. его так особо ничему и не научили?

Учиться не любит. Только месяц как в колледж пошёл. Интересно, что по математике у него учительница из России, так он её английского не понимает.