A very simple course, possibly with an audio section, might help you. I started out with new penguin Russian course and was stuggling with learning new words and with grammar and pronunciation, so I bought BBC Talk Russian, with a CD. I completed Talk Russian, and once I went back to the New PEnguin book I found it a lot easier. I'm not very far along with Russian either. I started a couple of months ago but have been able to spend very little time on it.