{"id":2248,"date":"2011-08-08T23:00:58","date_gmt":"2011-08-08T23:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/?p=2248"},"modified":"2011-08-22T04:01:47","modified_gmt":"2011-08-22T04:01:47","slug":"social-networking-%e2%80%93-in-russian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/social-networking-%e2%80%93-in-russian\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Networking \u2013 In Russian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2011\/08\/vkontakte.jpg\" aria-label=\"Vkontakte 300x191\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"191\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2249\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2011\/08\/vkontakte-300x191.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>In recent years, a new term has become popular on the internet: <strong>\u00ab\u0441\u043e\u0446\u0438<u>\u0430<\/u>\u043b\u044c\u043d\u0430\u044f \u0441\u0435\u0442\u044c\u00bb<\/strong> [social network]. Some of these sites seem to be <strong>\u00ab\u043c\u0435\u0436\u0434\u0443\u043d\u0430\u0440<u>\u043e<\/u>\u0434\u043d\u044b\u0439\u00bb<\/strong> [international], like <strong>\u00ab\u0424\u0435\u0439\u0441\u0431\u0443\u043a\u00bb<\/strong> [Facebook]. Others, like <strong>\u00ab\u0412 \u041a\u043e\u043d\u0442<u>\u0430<\/u>\u043a\u0442\u0435\u00bb<\/strong> [V Kontakte] are not. Not only are social networks fun, but they can also help you learn a language. How? Read on to find out.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00ab\u0427\u0442\u043e \u0442\u0430\u043a<u>\u043e<\/u>\u0435 \u0441\u043e\u0446\u0438<u>\u0430<\/u>\u043b\u044c\u043d\u0430\u044f \u0441\u0435\u0442\u044c?\u00bb<\/strong> [What is a social network?] Wikipedia says that it is <strong>\u00ab\u0438\u043d\u0442\u0435\u0440\u0430\u043a\u0442<u>\u0438<\/u>\u0432\u043d\u044b\u0439 \u0432\u0435\u0431-\u0441\u0430\u0439\u0442\u00bb<\/strong> [an interactive website]. Furthermore, <strong>\u00ab\u043e\u0431<u>\u044b<\/u>\u0447\u043d\u043e \u0432\u043e\u0437\u043c<u>\u043e<\/u>\u0436\u043d\u043e \u0443\u043a\u0430\u0437<u>\u0430<\/u>\u0442\u044c \u0438\u043d\u0444\u043e\u0440\u043c<u>\u0430<\/u>\u0446\u0438\u044e \u043e \u0441\u0435\u0431<u>\u0435<\/u>\u00bb<\/strong> [you usually put information about yourself], such as <strong>\u00ab\u0434<u>\u0430<\/u>\u0442\u0430 \u0440\u043e\u0436\u0434<u>\u0435<\/u>\u043d\u0438\u044f, \u0448\u043a<u>\u043e<\/u>\u043b\u0430, \u0432\u0443\u0437, \u0438 \u0442.\u0434.\u00bb<\/strong> [birthday, school, university, etc.].<\/p>\n<p>The whole point of social networking sites, of course, is to <strong>\u00ab\u043d\u0430\u0439\u0442<u>\u0438<\/u> \u0434\u0440\u0443\u0437<u>\u0435<\/u>\u0439\u00bb<\/strong> [find your friends]. Usually you will be able to search for specific people so that, in Facebook terminology, you can <strong>\u00ab\u0434\u043e\u0431<u>\u0430<\/u>\u0432\u0438\u0442\u044c \u0432 \u0434\u0440\u0443\u0437\u044c<u>\u044f<\/u>\u00bb<\/strong> [add to your friends (list)].<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00ab\u0421\u043d\u0430\u0447<u>\u0430<\/u>\u043b\u0430\u00bb<\/strong> [At the beginning] of the social networking phenomenon, usually <strong>\u00ab\u043c\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0434\u0451\u0436\u044c\u00bb<\/strong> [the youth, young people] were using these websites, but now <strong>\u00ab\u043c\u043d<u>\u043e<\/u>\u0433\u043e \u043b\u044e\u0434<u>\u0435<\/u>\u0439\u00bb<\/strong> [many people] use them.<\/p>\n<p>So, how can using social networking sites help you learn a foreign language? In many ways! <strong>\u00ab\u041d\u0430\u043f\u0440\u0438\u043c<u>\u0435<\/u>\u0440\u00bb<\/strong> [For example], you can go to <strong>\u00ab\u043d\u0430\u0441\u0442\u0440<u>\u043e<\/u>\u0439\u043a\u0438\u00bb<\/strong> and change your language settings. My Facebook is <strong>\u00ab\u0442<u>\u043e<\/u>\u043b\u044c\u043a\u043e \u043d\u0430 \u0440<u>\u0443<\/u>\u0441\u0441\u043a\u043e\u043c\u00bb<\/strong> [only in Russian] and this has helped me learn computer vocabulary.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to interact with Russian people, you could join <strong>\u00ab\u0412 \u041a\u043e\u043d\u0442<u>\u0430<\/u>\u043a\u0442\u0435\u00bb<\/strong> [V Kontakte]. <strong>\u00ab<u>\u042d<\/u>\u0442\u043e\u0442 \u0432\u0435\u0431-\u0441\u0430\u0439\u0442 \u043f\u043e\u0445<u>\u043e<\/u>\u0436 \u043d\u0430 \u0424\u0435\u0439\u0441\u0431\u0443\u043a, \u043d\u043e \u043d\u0430 \u0440<u>\u0443<\/u>\u0441\u0441\u043a\u043e\u043c.\u00bb<\/strong> [This website looks like Facebook, but in Russian.] The design is similar to the old Facebook design. <strong>\u00ab\u041a \u0441\u043e\u0436\u0430\u043b<u>\u0435<\/u>\u043d\u0438\u044e, \u043d<u>\u0443<\/u>\u0436\u043d\u043e \u043f\u0440\u0438\u0433\u043b\u0430\u0448<u>\u0435<\/u>\u043d\u0438\u0435, \u0447\u0442<u>\u043e<\/u>\u0431\u044b \u0432\u043e\u0439\u0442<u>\u0438<\/u>.\u00bb<\/strong> [Unfortunately, you need an invitation to log in.] If anyone reading this needs an invitation, I may be able to give you one (if I can remember my account password!).<\/p>\n<p>You can also seek out Russian speakers on <strong>\u00ab\u0422\u0432\u0438\u0442\u0442\u0435\u0440\u00bb<\/strong> [Twitter]. <strong>\u00ab\u0422\u0432\u0438\u0442\u0442\u0435\u0440 \u0442<u>\u043e<\/u>\u0436\u0435 \u043d\u0430 \u0440<u>\u0443<\/u>\u0441\u0441\u043a\u043e\u043c\u00bb<\/strong> [Twitter is also in Russian], so you can learn some new vocabulary. Also, with Twitter, you communicate with \u00ab\u043a\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0442\u043a\u0438\u0435 \u0441\u043e\u043e\u0431\u0449\u0435\u043d\u0438\u044f\u00bb [short messages], which means you won&#8217;t get too overwhelmed with very long sentences.<\/p>\n<p><em>Do you have any tips for learning Russian by using social networking? Share below!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"223\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2011\/08\/vkontakte-350x223.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2011\/08\/vkontakte-350x223.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2011\/08\/vkontakte-768x490.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2011\/08\/vkontakte.jpg 790w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>In recent years, a new term has become popular on the internet: \u00ab\u0441\u043e\u0446\u0438\u0430\u043b\u044c\u043d\u0430\u044f \u0441\u0435\u0442\u044c\u00bb [social network]. Some of these sites seem to be \u00ab\u043c\u0435\u0436\u0434\u0443\u043d\u0430\u0440\u043e\u0434\u043d\u044b\u0439\u00bb [international], like \u00ab\u0424\u0435\u0439\u0441\u0431\u0443\u043a\u00bb [Facebook]. Others, like \u00ab\u0412 \u041a\u043e\u043d\u0442\u0430\u043a\u0442\u0435\u00bb [V Kontakte] are not. Not only are social networks fun, but they can also help you learn a language. How? 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