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learn_russianI am so glad to have discovered this community! My name is Alyssa and I have been doing independent Russian language studies off and on for approximately 2 1/2 years now. I started studying Russian in June 2001 with a private Russian tutor because I had a desire to spend some time in Russia.
I signed up to teach English in Russia during the summer of 2002 and my basic knowledge of Russian came in extremely handy in the little town of Lodeynoye Pole, Russia; a place where only the teachers and students spoke any English.
I spent two months teaching there. The experience was challenging at times, but extremely rewarding. My husband went to Russia in 2000 to study the language in Nizhni Novgorod for 4 months. We both have a desire to return there soon to teach/do social service work and further our language studies.
I am currently studying Russian completely on my own, but I plan on starting again with my Russian teacher, Sasha. I just wish I had more time (and money) to devote to my Russian studies. I have graduated from college already and have a full-time job as a program director with a non-profit organization. Unfortunately, because of this, I am not able to take college-level Russian courses since they are almost always held during the day while I am working.
The most frustrating thing for me now is that I feel like I am so behind where I should be considering how much I have studied. Right now I am studying about 1-2 hours a day, but I continue to get stuck on the cases. Has anybody else experienced this in their studies? Have you ever reached a point where you felt you were running in place? If so, how did you get past that point? I could really use some advice and encouragement in my studies. Fortunately I am really determined to become proficient/fluent in Russian someday. That gives me the motivation to continue even during the difficult times.
Anyway, this intro is getting way too long, so I will wrap things up now. I just want to say again that I am glad to be here.
I signed up to teach English in Russia during the summer of 2002 and my basic knowledge of Russian came in extremely handy in the little town of Lodeynoye Pole, Russia; a place where only the teachers and students spoke any English.
I spent two months teaching there. The experience was challenging at times, but extremely rewarding. My husband went to Russia in 2000 to study the language in Nizhni Novgorod for 4 months. We both have a desire to return there soon to teach/do social service work and further our language studies.
I am currently studying Russian completely on my own, but I plan on starting again with my Russian teacher, Sasha. I just wish I had more time (and money) to devote to my Russian studies. I have graduated from college already and have a full-time job as a program director with a non-profit organization. Unfortunately, because of this, I am not able to take college-level Russian courses since they are almost always held during the day while I am working.
The most frustrating thing for me now is that I feel like I am so behind where I should be considering how much I have studied. Right now I am studying about 1-2 hours a day, but I continue to get stuck on the cases. Has anybody else experienced this in their studies? Have you ever reached a point where you felt you were running in place? If so, how did you get past that point? I could really use some advice and encouragement in my studies. Fortunately I am really determined to become proficient/fluent in Russian someday. That gives me the motivation to continue even during the difficult times.
Anyway, this intro is getting way too long, so I will wrap things up now. I just want to say again that I am glad to be here.
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