Study Abroad
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I'm currently a sophomore in college, planning to study in Russia next year, most likely for a semester. My college is the partner of Smolny College in St. Petersburg, where I have studied over the summer. I was wondering if anybody could recommend programs for studying abroad, either in St. Petersburg or Moscow, whether it makes sense to go about it all by myself or go through another school's program. I'm not so much looking to learn the language, but to be rather self-sufficient and take actual academic classes on Russian Literature as well as Philosophy. I would be grateful for any comments, suggestions, (or experiences with Smolny College itself). (If this has recently been discussed, feel free to just paste the link to the thread in the comment.)
I'm currently a sophomore in college, planning to study in Russia next year, most likely for a semester. My college is the partner of Smolny College in St. Petersburg, where I have studied over the summer. I was wondering if anybody could recommend programs for studying abroad, either in St. Petersburg or Moscow, whether it makes sense to go about it all by myself or go through another school's program. I'm not so much looking to learn the language, but to be rather self-sufficient and take actual academic classes on Russian Literature as well as Philosophy. I would be grateful for any comments, suggestions, (or experiences with Smolny College itself). (If this has recently been discussed, feel free to just paste the link to the thread in the comment.)
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Date: 2006-02-21 09:27 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-02-21 09:58 pm (UTC)I'm a sophomore at Smith College and I'm going in August for 10 months to study in St. Petersburg with ACTR. I personaly feel like this program is going to be AMAZING- but I also havn't actually gone yet. It has classes in both things you are looking for and more- and if you're advanced enough you can just take regular university classes rather than the ones for the program. Hope that helps! ;D
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Date: 2006-02-21 10:09 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-02-21 11:00 pm (UTC)Не знаю программок, но если я не знал не лучше, я бы говорю, что если ты ходишь в Сайнт Петербурге, тебе нужен узнать немного русского языка чтобы жит во руссии. Это всё. Пожа в моей жизне, хочу поехать в москве и учитать там. Ты знаешь если универсети в Москве?
(Mind my spelling, please)
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Date: 2006-02-21 11:24 pm (UTC)if you havn't done it before... taking advanced subject matter in a language that you arn't yet really fluent in is a lot harder than one might expect.
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Date: 2006-02-22 12:45 pm (UTC)учишЬся
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maybe, smth like this?
Date: 2006-02-22 12:57 pm (UTC)Re: maybe, smth like this?
Date: 2006-02-23 12:57 am (UTC)Side note: Pimsleur says that åñòü is to exist, but I thought it was the imperfective of ñúåñòü(?) meaning to eat.
Re: maybe, smth like this?
Date: 2006-02-23 08:21 am (UTC)Is it 'cause of computer-coding, or what?
Re: maybe, smth like this?
Date: 2006-02-24 01:16 am (UTC)Re: maybe, smth like this?
Date: 2006-02-24 08:10 am (UTC)Re: maybe, smth like this?
Date: 2006-02-24 11:45 am (UTC)Re: maybe, smth like this?
Date: 2006-02-26 04:05 pm (UTC)Re: maybe, smth like this?
Date: 2006-02-26 04:07 pm (UTC)Re: maybe, smth like this?
Date: 2006-02-26 04:11 pm (UTC)Re: maybe, smth like this?
Date: 2006-02-26 08:49 pm (UTC)Re: maybe, smth like this?
Date: 2006-02-26 09:04 pm (UTC)Re: maybe, smth like this?
Date: 2006-02-26 09:10 pm (UTC)Re: maybe, smth like this?
Date: 2006-02-26 10:12 pm (UTC)About "back and forth" - I meant not this, my dictionary doodled me :) I wanted to cay, that i did it with varied success
oh, speak.. about two times a month and only for 3-4 minutes with occasional clients (
Re: maybe, smth like this?
Date: 2006-02-26 11:03 pm (UTC)Wow..that's not very much. I speak russian about 8 times a weak for about 4 or 5 minutes a week. I write a host (Great number) of things in russian randomly.Much like "doodling" sentences.
Re: maybe, smth like this?
Date: 2006-02-26 11:24 pm (UTC)How can i replace word "doodle".. to express.. like my dictionary promised me trunk full of gold but gave one coin? :)
Where do you study it? Is it difficult for you? And how long?
Re: maybe, smth like this?
Date: 2006-02-27 12:59 am (UTC)I'm not sure what you mean. Are you trying to ask me how you can replace the word "doodle" in the sentence where you said ,"My dictionary doodled me"? Or a way to put the word doodle into the sentence "My dictionary promised me a trunk full of gold, but game me one coin"?
If it was the first one, where your dictionary "doodled" you, you could also say ,"My dictionary lied to me" or "My dictionary gave me false information".
If it was the second one, where your dictionary promised you a trunk full of gold, but gave you one coin, you could say ,"My trunk doodled me when I was given one coin out of a promised full trunk". But that sentence construction is pretty complex. That construction sounds much more intelligent though.
I study russian on my own. I'm self-taught. I speak it with a ukrainian lady a lot, so it's like practice. And I learn more vocab, and I'm kind of fluent depending on what I am trying to say. My cases usually are off a bit, but I try to take more time and consider what ending(s) to use while I talk...so I might sound hindered. Is it difficult for me? Well, it was at first. You see, I am taking latin at my school right now, where adjectives in general share the same endings for adjectives in nouns unless the noun and adjective are different declensions (In some cases they can be different declensions, and still have the same ending). Going from Latin into Russian is difficult because where latin would use one case, russian would use another and vice versa. But I've almost been studying russian for a year, as of May this year. The case system isn't so intimidating as it was when I began, I've gotten a lot better at it. Complex sentence construction, wording, and vocab usually get me. I've not quite breached 900 words, I'm assuming, and some things in english are worded differently in russian. For example,
If you were to say "The sky was full of fire" in russian (I'll transliterate), you'd say ,"Nebo byl vsyo v ogan'." Literally, it means "The sky was all in fire". Sorry for writing a lot.
How would you say ,"He sounds like a complete dumb-ass" in russian?