Hello, I am new to Russian, literally been learning it for about 5 days now, and I must say, I hate Rosetta stone. . . the first few lesson's were OK, but it took forever to teach anything useful, and I've ground to a halt in Unit two due to too many new concepts at once and very vague images, so I would like to know, what's the best program for learning to listen to, and speak, Russian? I think it would be far easier to learn the proper spelling and grammar after I can talk normally, after all, that's how we do it as children. Anyways, please tell me what worked best for you, or what you'd suggest. Oh, and I have a computer, but no iphone or anything, so don't tell me whether or not "there's an app for that", and if possible try to stick with cheaper programs. Thanks in advance everyone!