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Surrounding yourself with words and sounds and music will be the very best way to learn, trust us. We are looking into courses abroad at the moment, and will soon be able to recommend one or two. Also, you could look into travelling to a Russian speaking country on your own back. In that case, we recommend that you invest in some trustworthy Travel Insurance. And here is an excellent resource when it comes to researching Russia and tips on travelling there on your own... for example, how to find an apartment and guides to help you get on your feet.

Until then, feel free to do your best to immerse yourself where you live, using the following suggestions… for example, use a dictionary to print words like “table”, "door", "window", "kettle", "bed", "chair", "mirror" etc and stick them onto those items around the house. Over time these words will automatically become part of your vocabulary, without even trying to memorize them! You could also in time join some verbs, like eat, open/close, wash, boil, sleep, sit, look, etc so as to associate them with the objects. Try it!

Internet freebies:

Immerse yourself right away by...

~Listening to the radio abit each day and tune in your ears!

~Keeping up with the news each day!

~Looking up the weather each day! This site is great because it doesn’t just show the weather in pictures, but in words too, with a weekly, everchanging, forecast. They're like weather flashcards!

~Keeping yourself tuned into the media! WebTelek will show you the best movie channel, music video channel, and news, etc to watch online!

~Using www.Google.ru/ instead of Google in English… and/or set your search options so that the results include Russian webpages OR use Google’s translation tools to translate English pages that you’re familiar with.

~Listening to music and look for the lyrics to your favorite songs! For example here is a song called Ponimaesh (meaning: do you understand) sung by Ira Toneva and Pasha Artemyev, try looking for the lyrics online and singing along...

And, check out regularly updated stories directly from travellers and bloggers in the Russian federation.

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