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Languages
I am interested in language and play about with them. I like being able to say hello in a language, etc. I use Transparent 101 languages which is about £30.
I am interested in the fun and experiences of others so if folk wish to tell me how they got on please do so. I am reading HU and find others individual experiences realy interesting and enjoyable.
Thanks for puting them.
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I use babbel.com for the last 2 years. It's the most interesting of the online courses I found and has a convenient monthly payment so you can cancel anytime if you don't like it. It helped me enough to understand the basics and communicate for for a trip in Italy/Germany. It has basic and advanced grammar lessons so you don't just strictly memorize words, voice recognition and listening, plus an online community for interacting with other people.
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I'm a luddite, cue cards and verb tables turn me on.
Except Russian ones, that I'm learning at the moment, Russian grammar is making me floppy.
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Luddites rule!
I've just finished my second Russian for Beginners night class last night - already I'm developing a (probably) unjustified dislike of Saint Cyril.
Birdy - did you find a suitable Russian course for luddites?
Drew
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Priviet Drew,
Niet, I've just got a Russian speaker to write out the alphabet for me, then I printed off a list of the thousand most used words in Russian, so I could practice writing, reading and build up my useful vocabulary quickly and painlessly.
Now I've printed off verb tables and pronouns, which I'm currently learning. Bit of a sukha. I hate grammar.
Hopefully, with a working knowledge of how to conjugate, and a starter of an active vocabulary, the rest will fall into place when I turn up in Russia.
Or maybe not...
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I agree with the Luddites!
Learning Russian now, very difficult...
Sit on the train home from work everynight listening to Pimsleur course going over and over again and again 
Although I can now order  s and wine up to 10 at a time, so should be OK for my trip
Mark
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To study languages, I like the hard way: grammar and vocabulary, not natural ways. Of course, using it is great, but study hard first. But I love even more when language skills do not work, when you have to go for the mimics: starting to move your arms and legs like chicken walking is great fun and it really helps to close ties with the people. The only pity is that you miss a lot when you don't understand...
Ah, think about a visual dictionary, really helpful. Showing a fried egg picture works everywhere!
Russian is really hard, the alphabet is the easiest part, the grammar and vocabulary are the problem. It requires a veeeery good memory. Nonetheless, it is nice and very rewarding when you manage to say something and they really appreciate your effort.
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our english is a international language,most people know some knowledge about it.
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Have to disent on that.
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