Thread: Who do you study Russian with?

This poll will try to give an idea on whether you study Russian by yourself or with a teacher.

Lol. If only I had a "personal teacher".

No one I know studies Russian so I pretty much learn by myself, apart from the extremely rare conversation with a native speaker.

Sigh... why did I choose Russian?

crypto-masochism?

Originally Posted by basurero

Lol. If only I had a "personal teacher".

No one I know studies Russian so I pretty much learn by myself, apart from the extremely rare conversation with a native speaker.

Sigh... why did I choose Russian?

To be able to speak to me in my native language, indeed!!!

Originally Posted by basurero

Lol. If only I had a "personal teacher".

Haha. There's a business venture for you, Basurero: www.ImportRussianTeachers.com.

I clicked Individual Study but I have in the past used several semesters of University course to ammend my study programme.

It must be very hard to start learning a foreign language on your own and bring it to a relatively high level. It seems much easier to me to study on my own after a teacher has explained the basics to me.

A, Individually, Books, maids at work and a Russian English teacher on-line pal. Bummer, no "Individual Teacher" this summer, so far, I have faith, hope and would like to have Irina Still a couple months to go... Asha at the front dest is Polish, but speaks Russian and went to school there, but we only overlap shifts for 2 hours on 2 days. Marina comes to swim at night but can't comprehend why I want to learn Russian. I thought she was playing dumb with me, but the other maids say she doesn't play.

Плаваь I knew, плавки I learned yesterday shopping, I get a different translation for pool from everyone .
Пруд цемента = Cement pond?

Originally Posted by capecoddah

A, Individually, Books, maids at work and a Russian English teacher on-line pal. Bummer, no "Individual Teacher" this summer, so far, I have faith, hope and would like to have Irina Still a couple months to go... Asha at the front dest is Polish, but speaks Russian and went to school there, but we only overlap shifts for 2 hours on 2 days. Marina comes to swim at night but can't comprehend why I want to learn Russian. I thought she was playing dumb with me, but the other maids say she doesn't play.

Плаваь I knew, плавки I learned yesterday shopping, I get a different translation for pool from everyone .
Пруд цемента = Cement pond?

Hey, be glad with what you got. I would KILL for someone to speak Russian to...I would take a Pole or a Ukranian -- heck I would take an Egyptian if they knew BASIC Russian...

im a senior in high school...and I'm homeschooled.

so basically every class I take I teach myself...except for two years ago when I took a class at a University for precalculus/trigonomitry and for Biology.

So yes, I learn russian by myself.

I'm teaching myself. I burn CDs and listen to conversation in the car on the way to and from work. I'm both the Teacher and the student; the Teacher thinks the student is lazy, and the student is convinced that the Teacher doesn't know anything!

Originally Posted by Haksaw

I'm teaching myself. I burn CDs and listen to conversation in the car on the way to and from work. I'm both the Teacher and the student; the Teacher thinks the student is lazy, and the student is convinced that the Teacher doesn't know anything!

Ah, another one of those cases where the teacher is sleeping with the student, eh?

Hey! we're both legal age!

Originally Posted by capecoddah

...Плаваь I knew, плавки I learned yesterday shopping, I get a different translation for pool from everyone .
Пруд цемента = Cement pond?

Лозунг на стене сталелитейного цеха: "Наша сила - в наших плавках!"

if im in england i can just call my gf's mobile (doesn't cost her anything) from skype for 0.06 euros a minute. quality is great! if you dont have any russians to talk to, you should befriend one via icq, get their number and call them, just dont turn into EasyGoingGuy

I'm studying while simultaneously being member of a russian folklore ensemble.
So on Friday evening I get pronunciation from a native speaker (although sometimes the pronunciation is said to be folkloristic, so you have to be on your guard there), we are supplied with texts and a basic translation, we have to lean the texts by heart, and in the end most of the time is spent (rightfully) on musical interpretation.
Then, at home, I try to analyze the texts in more detail, look up some of the words, try to discover the roots of the verbs and so on.
Finally, I like reading simplified texts and corresponding through email.

Pim.

Originally Posted by Pim

I'm studying while simultaneously being member of a russian folklore ensemble.
So on Friday evening I get pronunciation from a native speaker (although sometimes the pronunciation is said to be folkloristic, so you have to be on your guard there), we are supplied with texts and a basic translation, we have to lean the texts by heart, and in the end most of the time is spent (rightfully) on musical interpretation.
Then, at home, I try to analyze the texts in more detail, look up some of the words, try to discover the roots of the verbs and so on.
Finally, I like reading simplified texts and corresponding through email.

Pim.

wow, that's pretty cool!

I've studied on my own individually for over a year. If I encounter any problems, there's always my Estonian buddy (recently moved to the UK) who can rope n' rescue me out of any quagmires when needed. It's her mother-tongue since her Mom and Pop are originally from Russia.

I learn by myself now but I have a hard time.

I study with a personal teacher, a middle aged Russian lady who is just wonderful as is her entire family. Sometimes class is at her house and sometimes it's at mine. Monday through Friday 9:30-12:30. We do pretty much whatever I want. Reading, conversation, grammar, dictation, or sometimes, well actually a lot, I just ask her things about life in the Soviet Union. It's great because I learn A LOT of things you wouldn't learn in a normal classroom, I'm spending the summer at a university studying Russian in an immersion program and my teacher here praised my Russian vocabulary and purely Russian phrases. She also makes me perogies! and of course a million zakuski and always offers me vodka or cognac. Fun times, drinking during class.