Solid Online Russian Resources?

September 9, 2005 10:50 PM

Solid Online Russian Resources?

I've had trouble locating effective tools for learning Russian online. I take the class but I'm making little progress.

Background: I'm a 4-year learner of Japanese, and all the online *and* offline content I can find is very comprehensive, especially the textbooks--explanations of each point of grammar, translations into English, etc. The Russian textbook I have now is...*all* Russian.

Anyway, I've found a few sites here and there (but I've found they don't progress beyond the alphabet and some simple vocabulary, which I already know), and some messy forums, but does anyone know of something on par with The Japanese Page or Tim's Takamatsu for Russian? I'm dying to tackle this beast.

posted by Lockeownzj00 to Education (2 answers total)

I was going to email you but...

Perhaps ask languagehat via email (he's probably not seen this question/is away from keyboard otherwise I suspect he'd throw his err. .. hat in the ring).
posted by peacay at 9:01 PM on September 10, 2005

Hi -- yeah, I've been away a lot (both because of work and because this place is turning into a ludicrous cesspool), but here I am... and I'm afraid I can't help you. I learned Russian offline and haven't looked into the kind of thing you want. If I run across anything, I'll let you know. Meanwhile, you might drop Renee a line -- she teaches Russian and is more likely to know something about this.
posted by languagehat at 1:42 PM on September 11, 2005