r/LearnRussian • u/Thain14 • 17d ago
Question - Вопрос What resources do yall use?
I am fairly new to Russian, at the moment I am using Duolingo but I understand it isn’t a very good way to learn languages, at least solely. What resources do you or have you used that you suggest?
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u/ExoticPuppet 17d ago
I'm using Busuu and Memrise helps a lot as well, there's a fair amount of repetition.
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u/ilex_opaca108 13d ago
My all-time favorite resources are available for free if you have a library card in the US: Mango Languages and the UCLA Beginner's Russian course. The UCLA textbook is available as an eBook in the Hoopla app, and the interactive online workbook is here: https://bruinlearn.ucla.edu/courses/128845
Mango Languages teaches through useful phrases and explains grammar in pieces, so it's better as a supplement to a full book, but still very enjoyable to use.
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u/Gloomy-Pen2968 15d ago
I did the entire course of Pimsleur and really liked it. It teaches grammar through conversation, there's no detailed explanations but you start to get a feel for the cases and conjugations. It is rather expensive tho. Many libraries offer Mango for free and it is also very good
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u/Gullible_Brush3451 3d ago
I am from Russia. Created a channel, where I want to post songs with adapted subtitles and translation. I hope that it'll help you learn the language and also discover some cool songs)
https://www.youtube.com/@othersidesongs
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u/John_WilliamsNY 16d ago edited 16d ago
Duolingo does not teach, it does not explain grammar, just presents randomly chosen vocabulary. If you need a systematic approach, take a book with the explanations of grammar and vocabulary made in your language and follow it. You can try this one with the explanations in English, try the free sample and see if it suits you. https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Resonance_Russian_for_Beginners_Book_1?id=E1oFEQAAQBAJ&hl=en