Thread: Ruslan 1/2

Anyone using Ruslan 1/2, either as a teacher or a student ? what do you think of it ?

I am currently using Ruslan and have been quite impressed with its interaction and structure.

My situation is that I am attending evening classes (using Through Russia with Love, N Veshneva) and have about a year's worth of experience. I have been using Ruslan 1 to recap on my learning and get more "aural" experience.

Summary is I would have no problem recommending it and you can try out a demo as well

Yes, i'm using Ruslan amongst others, very good learning aid. But i find the conversations on the tapes a little fast sometimes.

I am glad there is someone else who thinks that!!!! Got to chap 7 and it suddenly all speeded up - I thought it was just me

Well i thought it speeded up a lot earlier than that!! Stil once you've replayed the tape about a million times you get the hang of it.

Yeah, I would unfortunately agree with you there. I was hoping that I would be able to understand the dialogues without looking at text, but am finding it hard. I suppose practice makes perfect. Have only been going since October so cannot expect too much!

Well you've a good 3 months ahead of me.

I am using them and I think they are the best ones widely available in the UK, but I don't have the tapes so I can't make a comment on that. The structure is good though.

im not too impressed by this book, i dont think theres enough vocabulary in it and i think its presentation is too basic for a book that is so popular. i also dont think that the grammar explanations are very good