Language Resources
Language Learning Resources for Russian
Spring 2012 drop-in tutoring schedule
Class-specific resources
Russian 120: course website
Russian 220: course website, textbook website with audio and video files
Russian 300: course website
You may also find class resources, such as syllabi and assignment-related material, on the Course Materials and Reserves page, on the department website, or on the Courses Server.
Research Guide for Russian Literature in English (Reed Library)
Recommended Online Dictionaries
- Oxford Language Dictionaries Online (Reed only): Russian-English and English-Russian dictionaries with audio of native-speaker pronunciation
- WordReference
- Freedict - English to Russian
- YourDictionary.com
Software
The following software is available in the Instructional Media Center:
- Learn Russian Now! (Interactive software) PG2113 .L437 1998 CD-ROM
Typing Help
| Windows: | Mac: | |
| Keyboard layout setup: Be able to type as if you have a Russian keyboard. | Keyboard layout setup: Be able to type as if you have a Russian keyboard. | |
| Keyboard layout: See the Russian keyboard layout. | Key Caps/Keyboard Viewer: View keyboard layouts and copy characters into documents. |
Language-specific Resources
- The Russian Sound System: Pronunciation Guide Practice Book for Beginners of Russian - Anna Yatsenko
- RAILS: Russian Advanced Interactive Learning Series (password required)
- Russian Grammar in Literary Contexts
- Let's Talk About Life!
- Russnet - provides a wealth of Russian-learning resources, including language modules for students at all levels.
- Master Russian - resources for grammar, vocabulary, culture, and speaking and reading practice.
- Russian Verb Conjugator
- RusLang Language Tools
- Everyday Russian - Free online lessons for beginner to advanced language students.
Literary and Cultural Resources
Newspapers
-
Argumenty i fakty (shelved by title in the Pollock Browsing Room)
- Izvestia
- Literaturnaia gazeta (shelved by title in the Pollock Browsing Room)
- Nezavisimaia gazeta (also in print; shelved by title in the Pollock Browsing Room)
- Pravda Online
- Segodnia (shelved by title in the Pollock Browsing Room)
- Slovo (shelved by title in the Pollock Browsing Room)
Miscellaneous
- Russian Portal Language Blog - A great blog with many interesting and fun links for learning the Russian language and culture.
- Russia Today - Russian signs with their English equivalents and many other linguistic and cultural resources
- Google Россия - the Russian Google
- Руссий Журнал - offers a wide range of Russian full-text journals and books, as well as a search engine for Russian websites
- Яндекс - search engine for Russian websites