Product Description

Express Russian includes the first lesson of the Pimsleur Comprehensive Level I Program plus eleven travel scenes.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #85602 in Books
• Published on: 2003-09-01
• Format: Audiobook
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Audio CD
• 1 pages

Customer Reviews

This is the Best
Pimsleur is simply the best most useful way to learn a language. It's practical, actually fun, challenging and effective at getting you SPEAKING a language instead of staring at a page trying to memorize rules and vocabulary.

The need to react quickly and the variety of things they throw at you really cement the knowledge and make it instinctive and not just intellectual. It's not cheap, but there is no other substitute out there that comes close to this.

You will need a good book in addition to help formally learn grammar rules and you'll need to learn more vocabulary than you can on an audio program, but when it comes to hitting the ground running and internalizing a language, Pimsleur is the way to go. SIX STARS.

Not bad, but could be better
It is a good product for acquiring pronunciation skills, but it would have been better if the supplied manual had included at least the Russian texts of the dialogues. If you are trying to learn Russian on your own, you will need at least a grammar text, a dictionary and perhaps a verb conjugation text. I find it easier if I can visualise the written Russian while trying to speak it.

Easiest Grammar Lesson in the World
When you learned your native language, what was the most effective grammar lesson? For most people, it had nothing to do with memorizing rules, reading grammar texts, and surviving grammar lectures. You learn the most grammar by repeatedly HEARING grammatically correct sentences. By the time you were old enough to read, you already instinctively understood most of the grammar rules you would now be taught in school.

That is why the Pimsleur method is the cornerstone of my Russian study program. Memorizing a grammar book is not my idea of a fun Saturday. However, listening to these Russians and being taught how to construct grammatically correct sentences without memorizing the rules is a fantastic way to begin learning a languange.

In addition, these CD's will train your ear to comprehend Russian words and accents. No book can train you in this way. To properly and thoroughly learn a language, you need to verbalize it, visualize it, and hear it. Pimsleur's CD's and booklet will give you the fundamentals to do all three from day one, and will continue to develop your skills to a respectable level.

My Listmania contains all the resources I have used or are currently using to learn Russian. There are several valuable resources out there. I believe Pimsleur is the most valuable, and it remains the guiding force of my Russian program.