When it comes to learning a new language, one of the greatest challenges can be speaking it.  Logic sets in, and through it, we tell ourselves, "I'll practice speaking when I know enough vocabulary or when I can pronounce the words correctly."... yada, yada, yada, the list is endless.  This kind of thinking is what... Continue Reading →

When learning a foreign language your main focus should be on communication.  Otherwise, there is no reason for learning a new language.  Everyone understands that learning vocabulary plays a vital role in being able to communicate.  However, learning a list of  totally unrelated words that you may or may not use, is a pointless activity.... Continue Reading →

This book review is on a masterful book about learning the Russian language.  Denis P. Ivanov lays out a very common sense approach and practical exercises to implement his language learning ideologies.  Sometimes you have remove all of the distractions out of the way and focus on the core fundamentals.  This book accomplishes that very... Continue Reading →

Welcome to week 13 of my language journal.  This is the final week for this course on "How to build Russian Sentences".  I have learned a lot during the past twelve weeks and I look forward to this final leg of the journey. This week will cover the words должен, что, потому что, поэтому,  and... Continue Reading →

Welcome to week twelve of my language journal.  In this week will be covering how to discuss the time of day like, "in the morning/in the evening and at night".  It will also cover using the words, можно, нужно/нужен, надо, and следует.  This week also includes quizzes in-between each lesson. It is important to set... Continue Reading →

Welcome to week eleven of my language journal.  Wow, I have covered a lot of ground during the past ten weeks.  I am still amazed about how much I have learned in such a short amount of time.  So by having a solid lesson plan and by following it step by step, it allows me... Continue Reading →

Welcome to week ten of my language journal. This week will be about creating constructions for: I have..., у + genitive case + есть + noun, (У меня есть машина.) I don't have..., у + genitive case + нет + noun, (У меня нет машины.) How to express what you like using the word... "нравится",... Continue Reading →

Welcome to week 9 of my language journal!  I am amazed at how much I have learned in just eight weeks, and it doesn't even seem like it has been that long at all.  I think I really underestimated the amount of material you can absorb in just a short amount of time.  So it... Continue Reading →

Welcome to week eight of my 2019 language journal.  The weeks just seem to be rolling by so fast.  I can hardly believe I completed seven weeks already.   During week 7, I learned how to form sentences using different cases.  Even though there was not enough examples in the modules, I was able to supplement my... Continue Reading →

Welcome to week seven of my language journal for 2019.  As in Week Six, this week continues with the topic of cases and will cover how to use the plural forms.  Cases or rather declensions are an intricate part of what all Russian grammar centers around.  So my question is, why is it often taught as... Continue Reading →