Thread: Resources for Learning Russian

Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2012 17:48:39 +0000
From: "Finke, Michael C" <mcfinke@ILLINOIS.EDU>
Subject: first-yr Russian on line through Illinois

Dear Colleagues,

Would you please help me spread the word regarding a new first-year course of Russian offered on line at the University of Illlinois at Urbana-Champaign?

The course, which begins June 11 and runs for eight weeks, will be taught by Dr. George Mitrevski, emeritus of Auburn University, who is quite experienced in delivering on-line language instruction.

Here are key links with instructions on how nondegree students should register:

Illinois | Online and Continuing Education - Subjects
OCE | Registration Policies

Please feel free to give my contact information to anyone who might have additional questions.

Thank you,
Michael


Michael Finke
Professor and Department Head
Slavic Languages and Literatures
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
3072 FLB, MC-170
707 S. Mathews
Urbana, IL 61801

mcfinke@illinois.edu

office: (217) 244-3068

Hey, guys! I think it will be helpful for foreigners to start learning Russian from this resource: Learn Russian from the beginning! Russian online free

I learned Russian mostly in order to be able to read Russian books and web pages. I've found that even after years of reading my speed is slightly higher when using Latin alphabet (a sort of Translit) instead of Cyrillic.

Because of this I've modified existing fonts in order to be able to read Russian in Latin everyhwere on the Web without actually converting the text or using plugins, and have put together a small web page with a description of this process and a couple of fonts here.

This could also be helpful for beginners, especially those who already speak another Slavic language, because Russian in Latin may look rather more familiar and less daunting to them than when it is written in Cyrillic.

Hi everyone, here's another link that I think is useful to help people learn Russian. Best of luck!! It's a difficult language to learn but lots of fun also.

Originally Posted by brian99

Hi everyone, here's another link that I think is useful to help people learn Russian. Best of luck!! It's a difficult language to learn but lots of fun also.

Warning: Learn Russian is not a free of charge program:

"Monthly Membership

$10.00 AUD for each month

$10.00 AUD"

Lessons &mdash; LearnRussian

Notice: audio

Mastering Russian | Russia & India Report

How and why to learn the Russian language? - Free Russian course



http://everydayrussianlanguage.com/cat/en/evolution/

Slow Russian Podcast | Real Russian Club - I recommend this podcast

Эта милая девушка хорошо говорит на русском языке: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOX7...KJjOEoXi0R8U8c


Russian language for beginner, 10 videos

http://library.anau.am/images/stories/grqer/Lezvabanutyun/poexali.pdf




http://library.anau.am/images/stories/grqer/Lezvabanutyun/poexali.2.pdf


Поехали.
Поехали.2.

Русский язык для взрослых.

Both links point to the same textbook Поехали 1. Not 2.

Scott

Originally Posted by Lampada

http://library.anau.am/images/stories/grqer/Lezvabanutyun/poexali.pdf




http://library.anau.am/images/stories/grqer/Lezvabanutyun/poexali.2.pdf


Поехали.
Поехали.2.

Русский язык для взрослых.

A very good site with audios.

Russian for free

Originally Posted by LazyDaisy

A very good site with audios.

Russian for free

It's not that all free and has been created for profit.

Originally Posted by Lampada

It's not that all free and has been created for profit.

I didn't realize it. A friend of mine forwarded me the link for everyday dialogues. Maybe that's why it's inaccessible from Russia.