What utter rubbish. The last time I checked, Russians are as human as the next person, which means they are just as falliable as the rest of us. Do you have any idea how many ethnic Russians I've encountered as "heritage speakers" who have all the grammatical ability of a 2 year old? Don't buy a book based on someone's ethnicity. Sheesh.
With that out of the way, I'm afraid I'm not of much help, other than to say "Don't even CONSIDER Golosa." That was our first year book (actually books, what a waste of money), and it was roundly hated by both our students as well as several other people I've seen commenting about it on the Internet (Grrr... don't even get me started on how much I hate the way you are taught declensions). I think "Live from Moscow" is supposed to have a decent reputation...
But who thaught, for example, Terence Wade(Paul Falla, Della Thompson, Marcus Wheeler, etc)to speak Russian?) Native speakers who spoke Russian as if they were two years old? There are illitirate people in every country(and there are slang, by the way, which sounds very strange or illitirate to ones who are not native speakers), but if your book on this or that subject is published this means that you know your subject well. And it's better to learn a language form authentic sourse, isn't it?
I don't know who taught Terrence Wade. I don't CARE who taught Terrence Wade. I've never used any of his books, so I don't know about the quality of them. You're missing the point. By this same flawed logic, then, probably Russians don't know very much about the Internet, since it basically originated in the US. So, guys, if you ever have any questions about the Internet, don't ask a Russian, because they have less experience than we Americans and are more likely to make mistakes. Does that sarcastic response make it clear why your position is absurd
( ... )
I have the perfect book for you- The New Penguin Russian Course: A Complete Guide for Beginners, by Nicholas J Brown. It is quite heavy on the grammar, which is essential for leaning to speak even basic Russian. It also has lots of exercises and examples, and (to top it all off), it is relatively cheap and portable. Hooray!
No, Brown is not Russian. He's British. However, he has been interested in the langauge since the age of three, has been teaching it at university since the early 1970s, is currently Senior Lecturer in Russian at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies at University College London, has written three Russian textbooks and a Russian learners dictionary and is married to a Russian woman. I hope this is enough to forgive him for being a non-native Russian teacher.
Well it's a good thing that I just bought that book today!
Anyway, I have no problem with learning a foreign language from a non-native, in fact, I think that at the beginning stages it can even be better. So I have to qualms about Brown.
Comments 8
- A Russian Grammar Workbook (Blackwell Reference Grammars)(Paperback) by Terence Wade
- The Oxford Russian Dictionary (Hardcover) by Boris Unbegaun, Paul Falla, Della Thompson, Marcus Wheeler (Editor)
Reply
Reply
With that out of the way, I'm afraid I'm not of much help, other than to say "Don't even CONSIDER Golosa." That was our first year book (actually books, what a waste of money), and it was roundly hated by both our students as well as several other people I've seen commenting about it on the Internet (Grrr... don't even get me started on how much I hate the way you are taught declensions). I think "Live from Moscow" is supposed to have a decent reputation...
Reply
Reply
Reply
Reply
No, Brown is not Russian. He's British. However, he has been interested in the langauge since the age of three, has been teaching it at university since the early 1970s, is currently Senior Lecturer in Russian at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies at University College London, has written three Russian textbooks and a Russian learners dictionary and is married to a Russian woman. I hope this is enough to forgive him for being a non-native Russian teacher.
Reply
Anyway, I have no problem with learning a foreign language from a non-native, in fact, I think that at the beginning stages it can even be better. So I have to qualms about Brown.
Reply
Leave a comment