Welcome to week three of my language journal for 2019.  Wow, time is moving so fast I cannot believe I am starting week three, and here we are in February!  My Week Two, went more soothly, since I only had to complete five modules.  My goals were more realistic and it allowed me to concentrate on... Continue Reading →

Welcome to week two of my language journal for 2019.  As I mentioned in my post for Week One, setting goals is very important.  But it is equally important to set realistic goals, as my last week goals soon revealed to me that I tried to do too much.  So make sure that the goals... Continue Reading →

Welcome to my language journal for 2019.  Setting goals is very important to be successful in any endeavor, and this is also is true when learning a new language.  This journal is where I will record my weekly goals as well as my progress of learning the Russian language.  Up to this point, I have... Continue Reading →

Let me begin with some basic facts... The Foreign Service Institute's (FSI) School of Language Studies has categorized Russian as a level 4 language.  According to their 70 plus years of observation, it would take an average student with no prior knowledge of Russian, approximately 44 weeks or 1100 class hours to learn it.  Looking... Continue Reading →

As part of my Russian Language studies, the instructor assigned six classic Russian movies to watch.  These depict in a way, different eras in Russian History.  These movies were, and probably still are, very popular as with many Soviet era movies.  However, the last two movies Брат and Брат 2 were created after the fall... Continue Reading →

Many people are completely baffled as to why I want to learn Russian.  After giving me strange looks, as though I am from another planet, or some even look at me with a hint suspicion in their eyes, so they ask, "But why Russian?".  However, these people really misunderstand what a great challenge it is... Continue Reading →

When selecting learning materials, it’s a good idea to know what type learner you are. Perhaps you hadn't given it much thought or you were simply unaware that there are different styles of learning. But each of us, as individuals, all have certain characteristics in the way we learn things. Partly, these styles are derived... Continue Reading →

Although I had a brief exposure to the Russian language, my actual journey didn’t begin until just four years ago. I was channel surfing on the web and landed on a very intriguing instructional video about the Russian language. The teacher instantly grabbed my attention, and for the length of the video, I was a... Continue Reading →