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Since I am also a language teacher I would only advice that you write the script you are learning using your own alphabet-phonetic signs to be able to review shortly before you renew the lessons. It also emphasises pronunciation and word stress. Very practical method to learn a language. It is an excellent, easy to follow, step-by-step construction of the language item to be learnt that shows the knowledge of Language teaching strategies involved in the design of the course.
I strongly recommend it as a companion piece to an intensive grammar study (no way to avoid it, folks, this is Russian we're talking about)., such as Nicholas J. This is an excellent product, well worth the small price, if you buy it for exactly what it is. Absolutely essential to know what the language sounds like, because like English, the sounds of the words sometimes bear almost no relationship to their printed form. Brown's "Russian Course for Beginners," published by Penguin. It is not a grammar course (It's simply a set of audio CDs) but if, like me, you have no Russian friends or colleagues to practice with, it gives you the opportunity to hear what the language sounds like when spoken by real Russians, and in the process you can learn 15-20 useful phrases, such as "Do you speak English," "Where is Red Square," "I speak Russian, but poorly," "Wouldn't you like something to eat," (if you get past this one without choking half to death, you are well on your way. Many Russian sounds have no equivalent in English) and so forth.
Prof. Tks. Rodrigues The number of words taught could have been more. Too much repetition of the same words on the disc impoverish the final number of words taught.
I've used several of these types of courses over the years, and this one is pretty good, as well as reasonably priced. The other nice thing about this is it's strictly audio, none of this "turn to your books" stuff, which makes it perfect for a commuter. This course is slowly paced (which is probably a good thing, Russian is a tough language). The lessons really pound in a few concepts per module, so when you're done your skills won't be broad, but they will be reasonably deep.
If you want more, look elsewhere. This was good as an introduction to the sound/pronunciation of the Russian language, and the repetitiveness does imbed the vocabulary in your mind--but what useless vocabulary. Unless you are a guy traveling to Moscow to pick up a Russian girl (which is unnecessary b/c they will be looking for you regardless of whether you can speak the language) in which case it teaches you to invite her for a drink or out to eat, at a restaurant or "at my place".
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