Russian Language Course from Princeton University

[Daveman]

I just ran across this. It a whopper of a download at about 1.5G, but it appears to be a fairly comprehensive self study course compiled by a Princeton professor and based on the university classes.  It's a free download (well, it does 'require' an email to the author, but no program to register - the course(s) are in HTML, PDF and supplemental MP3 formats.  It looks pretty good.

http://www.freelanguagecourses.com/language/russian/princeton-russian-course-51/

[ECOCKS]

Thank you Dave.

[Daveman]

Quite Welcome...

After more of a chance to get into the material, I must say, this series of lessons/courses is excellent.  If you're starting from point zero, just take your time.. if you're coming from the Pimsleur or Rosetta Stone, or some other intro material, it's a breeze to get going but then it will challenge you fairly quickly as the lessons progress. 

I must say, I give this an absolute thumbs up.  It really is university quality (IMO of course -- comparing to my Spanish classes eons ago - but it would be nice to have some second or third opinions from those of you who have a good understanding of Russian...) It will take a while to complete but I'm really stoked to find this. It does appear to be exactly the kind of self study course I personally have been looking for.

Dave

[aikorob]

http://myrussianteacher.org/index.html

The above site was mentioned in the comments about Dave's download---you can never have too many sources

[SANDRO43]

The above site was mentioned in the comments about Dave's download---you can never have too many sources

That, and other resources, are listed in our RWDpedia (http://www.russianwomendiscussion.com/mwiki/index.php/Learn_Russian) .

[Daveman]

That, and other resources, are listed in our RWDpedia (http://www.russianwomendiscussion.com/mwiki/index.php/Learn_Russian) .

LoL! Well, darn... and here I thought I had discovered something new! heh..  I always forget that our RWpedia even exists..  (BAD Dave!)

HOWEVER I'd still like to hear some opinions/reviews from anyone with enough Russian language knowledge to give a good critique...  It seems that this compilation from three quarters of university classes, with a considerable time and effort investment, would take one's proficiency well into the intermediate level. 

[SANDRO43]

LoL! Well, darn... and here I thought I had discovered something new! heh..

To be quite honest, I added your and Aikorob's links to the RWDpedia AFTER reading your posts .

I always forget that our RWpedia even exists..  (BAD Dave!)

Seems most do .