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Why Reading Russian is Better Than Relying on English Transcriptions Posted by Maria on Nov 21, 2019
For speakers of languages that use Latin letters, the Cyrillic alphabet is often the first obstacle for learning Russian. There are some crutches beginners can, such as relying on recordings or Latin transliterations, but these workarounds have some significant drawbacks. I’d like to share why actually learning to read Russian will help you in the…
5 New Year’s Resolutions To Help You Learn Russian In 2017 Posted by Maria on Jan 5, 2017
Perhaps some of our readers have made resolutions for the new year. Along with career and fitness goals, would you like to learn Russian or improve your current level? Maybe it’s not the first time you’ve tried to do so, but things did not always work out in the past. Here are five areas that…
Conquer the Backwards R — Learn to Read Russian (Part I) Posted by Maria on Nov 21, 2016
Every so often a reader of this blog will be frustrated about not being able to read Russian characters. While we will occasionally include transliteration and audio, learning to read Cyrillic is much easier that you think! There are several reasons why reading Russian is beneficial, and we will look at some relatively painless ways…