Thread: Top Ten Resources

Since there are so many different threads on what books we should get I thought I'd try and condense them.
What are your top recommendations for us newbies?
Dictionaries, grammar books, language packs etc.

do you have a russian friend? they are the best resources

Russian: A Complete Course for Beginners by Nicholas Brown (on Penguin Books). Take off in Russian is good to help you pronounce (i kno u got that, i read ur other post). And once your into russian, a big fat dictionary (Oxford ones are best). I got the book 501 russian verbs, but thats not that useful.

This book by Nicholas Brown, is it for beginners only? I have a tutor but I'm looking for something to read in my spare time. I hang out on this web site to practice reading and I visit other sites, but I can't always get to a computer. I'd like a suggestion for something I can carry around with me. I have a dictionary but that's a little bulky and sometimes boreing. I saw this post and thought I'd ask.

Thanks!

The Penguin book is labeld, 'A Complete Course for Beginners' but I'm sure it can be used for brushing up if you're a little more advanced or haven't studied in a long time.
Here's my rundown:
The New Penguin Russian Course - excellent for newbies!
Russian in Exercises - great for grammar reinforcement
Oxford Russian-English Dictionary - good in conjunction with the previous book
Collins Russian Concise Dictionary - HUGE dictionary with over 40,000 terms. Shows common phrases that go along with the corresponding word. Great all purpose dictionary. A little bulky.
Pimsleur Comprehensive Russian - good for building pronunciation skills. Apalling price and no grammar lessons! Best to download them

i like audio tapes, cause when ya read the books you dont know for sure if youre saying it right or not

You should also watch Russian movies, or adleast TV. Hearing it helps.

whats that good frequency dictionary i keep hearing about?

Kenneth Katzner (Ar dheis De go raibh a anam) is my dictionary-writing husband, but I guess he can be, like, your dictionary-writing babydaddy.

teh hotness

Originally Posted by Линдзи

Kenneth Katzner (Ar dheis De go raibh a anam) is my dictionary-writing husband, but I guess he can be, like, your dictionary-writing babydaddy.

ROFL wait...you guys are married now? I thought he was just your bf. I'm hurt I wasn't invited to the wedding...

Originally Posted by Tambakis

Originally Posted by Линдзи

Kenneth Katzner (Ar dheis De go raibh a anam) is my dictionary-writing husband, but I guess he can be, like, your dictionary-writing babydaddy.

ROFL wait...you guys are married now? I thought he was just your bf. I'm hurt I wasn't invited to the wedding...

Oh, don't cry, Tambakis. See, we eloped. It was just Ken, me, the justice of the peace and an Elvis impersonator. Verrrry romantic