Obligatory introductory post

[ex-la-pistol326.livejournal.com]

¡Hola amigos!

No, wait, don't be frightened off... I am first & foremost a speaker of English :)

I am half-Russian by blood and have recently began to take up a pretty active interest in my heritage. Somewhere along the way, I decided that I would really like to learn the Russian language at some point.

Anyways, I was wondering if you kind folks had any suggestions for very beginner-type students... books, online resources, whatnot. I am a college kid, but my school rarely offers a "beginning Russian" course, so I'm in a rut there...

I'd really appreciate any help you could offer. Thanks very much :)

Comments

[quirrel.livejournal.com]

why don't you ask your parent to teach you?

Try Pimsleur

[bhv.livejournal.com]

I just started and am having lots of fun learning with the Pimsleur Method. I bought Russian I on CD from http://www.yournewlanguage.com/index.html . They seemed to have good prices and be helpful. You can get started with the first 8 lessons in the Russian I series by buying Pimsleur Quick and Simple Russian for about $20.00.

Apparently Pimsleur is god's gift to language learners. I am really enjoying it.

[vyacheslav.livejournal.com]

The New Penguin Russian Course is a good book for me.