This poll will try to give an idea on whether you study Russian by yourself or with a teacher.
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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? :)
To be able to speak to me in my native language, indeed!!! :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by basurero
Haha. There's a business venture for you, Basurero: www.ImportRussianTeachers.com. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by basurero
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 8) 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...Quote:
Originally Posted by capecoddah
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! :roll:
Ah, another one of those cases where the teacher is sleeping with the student, eh? :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Haksaw
:o Hey! we're both legal age! :roll:
Лозунг на стене сталелитейного цеха: "Наша сила - в наших плавках!" :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by capecoddah
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 :o
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!Quote:
Originally Posted by Pim
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.