I bet you ask yourself this question when you are at an early stage of learning a language. Actually, you are wondering how long it will take you to learn A LANGUAGE. At least that is what I mean when asking myself these sorts of questions. You see, I am totally against the ‘learn-five-words-a-day’ scheme. Why? Just imagine: yesterday you had a headache and failed to learn these five. (далее…)
Once, in Thai class we were talking about reading rules in different languages and a Russian guy said, ‘My kid is 6 and now he is trying to learn to read Russian. Gosh, you should have heard him!’ That reminded me of myself 24 years ago, when I was learning to read. Though I was 5 I still remember what a nightmare it used to be for both my mum and me. (далее…)
Hello my dear students! Have you ever experienced loss of language learning motivation? No? Then maybe you felt like dumping a studying process because it was no longer fun – maybe just once? What, no again? Ok, no more doubts: this article is definitely for you because this is a very practical guide on how to stop wanting to learn a foreign language! (далее…)
Hi everyone! Today I am going to teach you how to know another person’s attitude towards you depending on how he says ‘Hello’ in Russian. First of all, the most common way to say ‘Hello’ in the Russian language is «Привет». You can say it to members of your family, to work colleagues, friends, classmates and so on. Avoid saying «Привет» to strangers in the street! (далее…)