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Software Index
Web-Based, Freeware, Shareware
- Czech
- Materials for Learning Czech (non-textbook specific) by Andrew Drozd.
- Russian
- RUSSNET: Online language learning resources
- Collocational Russian-English Dictionary of the Human Body. An interactive on-line dictionary that lists thousands of phrases for describing the appearance, movements, moods, injuries, etc. of human beings.
- HyperClock. A HyperCard(Macintosh) stack that drills time telling in Russian quckly and efficiently.
Developed by Joseph Kautz, University of Washington
- Golosa
Book 2 Materials developed by Andrew Drozd.
- An Introduction to Russian by J. David Eisenberg. This tutorial introduces the Russian alphabet through mnemonic devices and narration. Click on a letter or word to hear its pronunciation.
- Golosa materials by Richard Robin, Karen Evans-Romaine, Galina Shatalina, Joanna Robin. Links to video, audio, and grammar exercises for Books 1
and 2 of Golosa.
- Russian Web Tutor developed by George Mitrevski. Includes "Learn to Read Russian" (click on a letter to hear the sound), grammatical tutorials with exercises, and syllabi and exercises for the textbooks
Nachalo: When in Russia and Golosa 1. The grammatical exercises allow students to drill themselves on fundamentals such as verb conjugation and noun-adjective declension.
- An Interactive On-Line Reference Grammar by Robert Beard. Concise,
clear explanations of grammar with on-line tutorials.
- On-line Materials at Cornell University include "Beginning Russian Through Film," "The Russian Dictionary Tree," and "Lora's Dialogues." You must have a network or very fast modem connection to view the movie clips.
- Russian Language Mentor. An entertaining and comprehensive site, designed,
according to the web-master, as a "self-paced Language Maintenance and Development Curriculum intended for intermediate to advanced Russian linguists." Contains sections on listening and reading comprehension in Russian, as well as Russian cultural literacy (in English). A visit to the "Irregardless Gallery" at the Boris and Gleb Tea Room is a must.
- RAILS: Russian Advanced Listening Series. Thirty online, interactive video-based listening comprehension lessons for intermediate-advanced level students of Russian. The lessons are based on excerpts from the films Solovky Power and Children of Ivan Kuzmich by Marina Goldovskaya, and on original, video-taped interviews with prominent Russians such as Irina Khakamada, Sergei Khrushchev, and Veniamin Smekhov. The RAILS project is directed by Benjamin Rifkin; lesson authors are Shannon Spasova, Victoria Thorstensson, Nina Familiant, Dianna Murphy and Daria Vassina.
Commercial Sites
- Russian tutorials from WorldLanguage.com, which bills itself as "The Ultimate Language Store"
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