Have you been learning Russian for several months now, but you still can’t say a word, and watching movies is out of the question? You're probably just learning Russian incorrectly.
Let's talk about simple but effective rules, which will help you speak Russian in just a few lessons!
Rule 1. Learn Russian using the immersion method. Listen to the radio, watch movies, look for video lessons in Russian. An intermediary language prevents you from concentrating on the language you are learning and, accordingly, slows down the process of mastering Russian. If you want to speak Russian or understand this language, communication technique will give you much more than any grammar guide.
Rule 2. Try to memorize phrases rather than individual words. Along with the phrase, you also learn grammar. How to use this or that word in this context and in this situation, how to construct sentences, how to ask questions - all this comes not with cramming the rules, but with memorizing the most used phrases in the Russian language.
Rule 3. The aspect of the language that you focus on most when learning will be the one you develop best. For example, if you are just doing grammar tasks, inflect words, conjugate verbs, you will be a master in this matter. But you will never speak if you don't try to speak. Do you want to watch Russian films? Watch movies! Do you want to talk to Russians freely? Try to talk, find a teacher or conversation partner and practice, and you will start talking! You can't play on musical instrument, if you only watch others play. Practice required!
Rule 4. Spend at least ten minutes on Russian language lessons, but every day. If you hear Russian speech and try to speak, the results will not keep you waiting. Repeat the material you have covered, try to talk to Russians. Regularity is very important in the process of language acquisition.
Rule 5. Find your motivation. If you don't know why you need Russian, you'll give up your lessons very soon. Read Dostoevsky in the original? A great reason to learn Russian! Travel all over Russia alone? Great, you need to at least know basic phrases to survive. Watch Russian comedy programs and understand the Russian mentality? Wonderful motivation. Or maybe you want to find your love in Russia? Or conquer the Russian-speaking distant relatives of your family? Look for your personal motivation, and you will not give up learning Russian!
Listen, speak, read and join our large Russian-speaking family!
Russian is the most widespread of the Slavic languages and the 6th total number carriers. Therefore, many people strive to learn Russian for work and career prospects, some need it for education, and others want to get to know Russian culture better.
In this article we will give you 10 practical advice, which will help in learning Russian and make this process interesting and exciting.
1 - Start with the simplest
The first step to learning Russian is to master its alphabet. The Cyrillic alphabet, unlike the Latin alphabet, is based on the Greek alphabet. Because of this, many letters, although similar, mean different sounds, and some are completely unique. So, for example, the Russian letter “P” is similar to the English “R”, and the Russian “N” is nothing more than the English “N”. If you spend enough time on the alphabet and basic phonetics from the very beginning, further learning of many aspects of the language will become easier and will progress much faster.
Children's fairy tales are well suited for teaching reading; a list of them can be found on Wikipedia. They are written in simple and correct language and easy to understand. This kind of reading will help you get a feel for the basics of the language and learn how to construct sentences beautifully and correctly. More complex things are best left for later.
2 – Repetition is the mother of learning
So says the old Russian proverb. Glue leaves with Russian names on pieces of furniture, appliances, dishes and everything that surrounds you in all the places where you spend a lot of time: at home, in the office, in the car. This will help you always keep new words before your eyes and, over time, remember them without resorting to boring memorization.
3 - Write everything down
You shouldn't always rely on your memory. Especially if you are in another country and everything that surrounds you is often new phenomena. Always keep it on hand notebook, or mobile phone, in which you can quickly and conveniently take notes. At the end of each day, review your notes; there will certainly be something worth remembering.
4 - Always stay in touch
VKontakte is the Russian analogue of Facebook, which in many post-Soviet countries is much more popular than its older brother. Russian-speaking users are happy to make new acquaintances with foreigners, which can be very useful for language practice. Thanks to communication on social networks, you can quickly improve your knowledge spoken language, and learn someone else’s online culture. In addition, sometimes, friends and acquaintances during such informal communication can much better teachers explain some phenomena and concepts.
5 – Cinema and music
For many, the most interesting way to learn another language is watching movies and listening to music. In the case of the Russian language, it will be an excellent help official channel of the Mosfilm concern, where all the old Russian films are collected. The channel has a separate playlist with films with subtitles.
Far From Moscow is an excellent platform where you can find a lot of Russian music from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and other countries. All genres and trends are represented here, and there is a lot of content that can be legally listened to and downloaded.
These resources will help not only improve yourself language knowledge, but also to find new topics for conversation with friends.
6 - Read in Russian
Reading develops language skills very quickly. Try to read as much Russian as possible, such as news sites and Russian-language blogs. This way you will improve your language skills and be able to delve more deeply into the Russian mentality, culture and everyday life. In the end, it’s just interesting to read how the same events are written about in different countries.
7 - Never refuse invitations
Russians sometimes seem not very friendly and cold, but this is only until you find yourself at their home. If you are invited to a party, or just for tea, then be sure that you will be treated the best food and they will share with you the most unusual stories. Such lively and relaxed communication - great way improve your speaking skills, learn new things about the culture and make friends.
8 – Visit a Russian-speaking country
Complete immersion in the language environment is the most the right way start speaking Russian quickly. In the vastness former USSR The Russian language is very common, it is not necessary to go directly to Russia - you can find cities in other countries where Russian is one of the main languages of communication. Such a place can even be found in the European Union. For example, the city of Daugavpils in Latvia: for 80% of its residents Russian is their native language, and 96% of residents speak Russian fluently. In Daugavpils, standard modern Russian without any accent is used as the main language for communication, which makes this city very attractive place to study it.
If possible, it is better to live not in a hotel, but in a family where the main language of communication is Russian. Many language training programs provide this opportunity. So you will never fall out of language environment, and you will be forced to speak Russian, which will definitely bear fruit over time.
9 - Find someone to talk to
Finding an interlocutor for whom Russian is a native language is not so difficult. You can use social networks, but if you are in Russian speaking country, be sure to find someone to spend time with. This will not only help you make new friendships, but will also help you get involved in learning the language faster.
The main thing to remember is that if your goal is language, then you should not forget about the need to write down and remember everything new. Analyze your meetings every time, learn new words and expressions. Thus, with each subsequent “lesson” you will feel more confident, which means you will be ready for more difficult things.
10 - Find a new hobby
Do you like to cook? Ask your friends to teach you how to cook some traditional dishes. Are you into music? Learn a few traditional songs and a few popular modern Russian compositions. Dive deeper into Russian culture. This will make you even more interesting conversationalist and will allow you to better understand the Russian mentality. This way you can find faster common language with Russian-speaking people and you will be able to gain much more conversational experience.
Russian culture and the language, which is an integral part of it, are incredibly interesting and, therefore, attract many. We are confident that the tips we have given you will simplify the process of learning Russian. If you are interested in courses to learn this language, which provide a unique cultural experience and practice, be sure to check out the information on our website. Don't be afraid of difficulties and learn Russian!
I think this will help:
step 1. open the textbook
step 2. read the rule
step 3. read it again
step 4. 1. Write letters. A study conducted in 2008 at Kyoto University showed that before starting cramming, if you spend 15-20 minutes remembering and writing down your sad thoughts and the smallest troubles that happened in the past, lately, your learning efficiency will increase dramatically. The fact is that we remember everything negative a priori very well. And all the information that arrives immediately after the epistolary outpourings will be perceived by the brain as “bad” by inertia, and therefore will be reliably recorded. Not the most fun method, but it really works.
2. Take care of nature. It turns out that the tradition of domestic students to prepare for exams at their dachas is very wise. Three years ago, psychologists from the University of Michigan found that contemplating nature increases cognitive function by as much as 20%. By the way, you don’t have to go out into this very nature; you can just look at the photographs for 5-10 minutes.
3. Scream louder. Words are remembered 10% better if you shout them. It is not necessary, of course, to yell “cat!” or “go for a walk!” at the whole house. It is enough to say each word loudly and clearly several times.
4. Be more expressive. Another tip for students difficult languages: Use gestures to represent all the words and phrases you are learning. Literally: if you are learning the conjugation of the verb “jump” - jump. And if you need to learn a dialogue or a complex phrase, act out a skit. You'll see, everything will be remembered amazingly quickly.
5. Listen to yourself. Having learned some information, speak it into the recorder. And when you fall asleep, turn on this recording quietly - you need to sleep to it. This is amazing effective way in order to consolidate already familiar but poorly remembered things.
6. Don't sit still. Learn poems, textbooks and reports by making circles around the room. The fact is that walking activates your brain, and your ability to remember increases significantly.
7. Change your surroundings. If you need to study for two exams (or meetings) in one evening, do it in different rooms. The information that we remember under different circumstances is not mixed up in our heads.
8. Throw out words. A super way to learn a large amount of continuous text, for example, the words of a song or a report. Rewrite this text, leaving only the first letter of each word, and learn it, trying to remember these words. Naturally, at first you will have to look at the original, but in the end you will only need to look at the truncated version and the text will instantly come to mind. This cheat sheet is very convenient to take with you.
9. Get more sleep. The longer you sleep after you've learned something, the better you'll remember that information the next morning. A sleepless nights, on the contrary, significantly impair memory. It’s better to sleep a couple of hours before the exam than to try to learn “a couple more tickets.”
10. Play sports! A lot of research has been conducted on this topic, and everyone has confirmed that aerobic exercise improves cerebral circulation and memory. Do Fit-bo or dance before sitting down to read your books: you can even learn “Eugene Onegin” by heart. Well, or at least the first stanza.
Verb conjugation.
To the second conjugation
We will take it without a doubt
All verbs that are in -it,
Excluding shaving, laying.
And also: look, offend,
hear, see, hate,
drive, breathe, hold, endure,
And depend and twist.
You will remember, friends,
They cannot be conjugated with -E.
And here are some more verbs with -sya.
Whoever writes CA in verbs is a real SHEEP!
If you really want to, you can memorize any rule, but it’s easier and more fun with memory sticks.
A rule - that’s what it’s a rule for, that it’s needed learn, memorize, drive iron nails into your head. There is no other way!
This is why children at school study Russian for so many years in order to speak and write correctly and be able to express their thoughts.
If you failed at school, that's your problem, because... later life you most likely will not have time to memorize the rules of the Russian language.
Here is detailed material on how to remember the rules of the Russian language. I won’t retell the article. Don't be lazy to follow the link. http://mogu-pisat.ru/stat/metod/?ELEMENT_ID=202948amp;clear_cache=Y
Here is our method that was given to us by an old Russian language teacher.
This is how I remembered the roots for the rest of my life with alternating growth, growth and growth.
All the sonorant consonants in this word are lemonary.
Good luck in Russian.
At school we were taught to memorize questions that are answered by an adverb, so that it would be easier to parse the sentence according to its composition. We memorized in the form of a poem:
where, where, when, where, why, why and how?
We’ve already written about cases, so I won’t repeat them.
There are many interesting examples to remember the rules faster and better. But the most important thing in studying native language- this is (excuse the banality) constant training, memorization and repetition of all (!) spelling and punctuation grammars. It’s not at all difficult to memorize them if you start at least in the fifth grade. In the classroom, several rules are not taught. And one, small, lesson can be learned in 45 minutes. I am sure that if you pay attention in class, you can understand and learn all the rules included in the school curriculum without homework.
This is why the Russian language is considered very difficult to learn (along with Chinese and Korean) by foreigners, because there is no specific system for rules. There are individual verses or phrases to memorize, but they cover only a small part of the Russian language. The rest will have to be learned through training and cramming.
Read more. Those who read a lot not only speak more correctly, but also write more correctly. Even without always knowing the rules, nevertheless, a person writes from mistakes, something like visual memory. So teach your children to love reading: they will broaden their horizons and improve their spelling. Well, the rules are a matter of technique.
When analyzing a sentence, when the main (subject, predicate) and secondary (object, definition and circumstance) members of the sentence are emphasized, the circumstance can be determined by the following questions:
Where? Where? where? How?
Why? For what? and how much?
Here's how to remember accents:
I poured merlot into the mouth, it turned out to be bullshit!
Same (same) as
Also (can be replaced by I)
Glass, tin, wood (WINDOW: there is glass and wood and tin (iron))
Either, don’t forget a little line.
I have this diagram about the prefixes PRE and PRI:
at- means closeness to something, proximity (ex. coastal - close to the shore, arrive at the station, arrive by car, receive guests)
pre- means exaggeration, embellishment (excellent, beautiful, lovely).
And cases can be taught from the poem:
Ivan Gave Birth to a Baby Girl, Ordered to Carry the Diaper.
And the rules can be outlined schematically, then it’s easy to remember.
How to learn a rule and learn to apply it
Read carefully
Things won't progress if you study while listening to music or with the TV on. Settle in convenient place and concentrate on the textbook. Read the rule carefully, paying attention to the highlighted words, examples and diagrams. If the essence of what was written did not fit into your head right away, read the text again.
Think about it
Don’t cram, but delve into the essence of the rule. Say each point to yourself. Deal with incomprehensible words and wording, try to retell the rule in your own words. Look carefully at the examples. They show the effect of the rule in practice. They will make it easier to understand the meaning.
About writing compound nouns, adjectives, as well as adverbs are told by a Russian language teacher educational center Adukar Victoria RomanovaRemember
By comprehending the rule, you start the process of memorization. All that remains is to keep the information in your head. Retelling it out loud will help with this. Memorizing is hard - train your memory. Learn to reproduce the theme at home, and you can easily repeat it at the board or to yourself when you encounter a spelling problem in the text or a problem with punctuation.
Put it into practice
The ability to write correctly can only be brought to automaticity through practice. After thoughtfully completing the exercises, you will no longer have to pronounce the rule every time. To keep it from fading, periodically return to theory and assignments on this topic.
What else will help you better understand and remember the rules?
Mnemonics
Places in the rules where you need to remember a lot of exception words are quickly stored in memory using mnemonic phrases (a way of remembering information using associations). One of these: “I healed the wound and climbed a tree.” This line helps to distinguish between words that are oral speech sound the same. You will find ready-made associations in the book by E. A. Lisovskaya “Knots for Memory, or Mnemonic Methods for Learning Spelling.”
Charts and tables
To collect big rule into one picture, use diagrams or tables. Also look for infographics in Adukar’s public page on the Russian language.
It’s also good to learn a language from videos. You will find videos that follow all the rules that will be useful at the CT in our online Russian language training service.
Understanding word structure
To apply the rules correctly, you need to see the structure of the word. It is important to understand that the root or suffix contains the spelling. The easiest way to parse a lexeme into morphemes is to select words with the same root.
Definition of part of speech
The spelling often depends on the part of speech to which the word belongs. Learn to clearly distinguish between an adverb from a noun with a preposition or an infinitive from a verb in the imperative mood.
Syntactic skills
To use punctuation marks correctly, learn to understand the composition of a sentence and highlight its parts. Correctly constructed circuit non-union proposal, will save you from punctuation errors.
If a student is able to parse a sentence completely, this will help him when putting punctuation marks. The diagram will be useful for proposals with different types communications. You also need to pay attention to the presence of phrases (participial, adverbial), interjections, and addresses.
Svetlana Pashukevich, Russian language teacher at the Adukar educational center
I think this will help:
step 1. open the textbook
step 2. read the rule
step 3. read it again
step 4. 1. Write letters. A study conducted in 2008 at Kyoto University showed that if you spend 15-20 minutes remembering and writing down your sad thoughts and minor troubles that have happened recently before you start cramming, your study efficiency will increase dramatically. The fact is that we remember everything negative a priori very well. And all the information that arrives immediately after the epistolary outpourings will be perceived by the brain as “bad” by inertia, and therefore will be reliably recorded. Not the most fun method, but it really works.
2. Take care of nature. It turns out that the tradition of domestic students to prepare for exams at their dachas is very wise. Three years ago, psychologists from the University of Michigan found that contemplating nature increases cognitive function by as much as 20%. By the way, you don’t have to go out into this very nature; you can just look at the photographs for 5-10 minutes.
3. Scream louder. Words are remembered 10% better if you shout them. It is not necessary, of course, to yell “cat!” or “go for a walk!” at the whole house. It is enough to say each word loudly and clearly several times.
4. Be more expressive. Another tip for learning difficult languages: sign all the words and phrases you learn. Literally: if you are learning the conjugation of the verb “jump” - jump. And if you need to learn a dialogue or a complex phrase, act out a skit. You'll see, everything will be remembered amazingly quickly.
5. Listen to yourself. Having learned some information, speak it into the recorder. And when you fall asleep, turn on this recording quietly - you need to sleep to it. This is an incredibly effective way to reinforce already familiar but poorly remembered things.
6. Don't sit still. Learn poems, textbooks and reports by making circles around the room. The fact is that walking activates your brain, and your ability to remember increases significantly.
7. Change your surroundings. If you need to study for two exams (or meetings) in one evening, do it in different rooms. The information that we remember under different circumstances is not mixed up in our heads.
8. Throw out words. A super way to learn a large amount of continuous text, for example, the words of a song or a report. Rewrite this text, leaving only the first letter of each word, and learn it, trying to remember these words. Naturally, at first you will have to look at the original, but in the end you will only need to look at the truncated version and the text will instantly come to mind. This cheat sheet is very convenient to take with you.
9. Get more sleep. The longer you sleep after you've learned something, the better you'll remember that information the next morning. Sleepless nights, on the contrary, significantly impair memory. It’s better to sleep a couple of hours before the exam than to try to learn “a couple more tickets.”
10. Play sports! A lot of research has been conducted on this topic, and everyone has confirmed that aerobic exercise improves cerebral circulation and memory. Do Fit-bo or dance before sitting down to read your books: you can even learn “Eugene Onegin” by heart. Well, or at least the first stanza.
How to quickly learn the rules of the Russian language and remember them forever? The answer to this question is of interest not only to students, but also to those who graduated from school a long time ago. There is hardly a person who would not like to write and speak competently. The tips given in the article will help you cope with this task.
Where to start
How to quickly learn the rules of the Russian language? To begin with, you should stock up on a textbook and a collection of assignments, the completion of which will help you consolidate what you have learned. Proper preparation to classes is the key to success. You need to tune in to remember the rules. Under no circumstances should you teach them in a hurry, under the influence of certain distractions (music, TV, and so on). Best time for assimilation new information- morning and evening hours.
A person must also understand why he is going to learn this or that rule, whether he will need it in later life and in what situations. The right motivation- the key to success.
Understanding
How to quickly learn the rules of the Russian language and successfully apply them? The mistake is made by those who try to memorize a text without understanding the essence of its content. First, you should carefully read the rule, while each word is clearly pronounced out loud. Then you need to determine the meaning of each word.
Then you need to try to reformulate the rule. Let's assume that it has the following structure: “We do... when there is...”. You can say this: “If there is..., then we do...”. Next it is worth highlighting keywords, for example, using color. This will ensure participation in the memorization process. You can also present the rule graphically, for example, in the form of a table or diagram. How more action a person produces with a text, the higher the likelihood that he will remember its content.
How to quickly learn the rules of the Russian language, consisting of several points? First you need to understand the content of each part. Then all the points need to be linked together.
Let's use our imagination
People with developed imagination, can take advantage of this when memorizing the rules. This method is actively used by teachers primary classes, kindergarten teachers. If a person can figuratively imagine the content of the text, he will remember it better.
Fixing the material
How to learn the rules of the Russian language? Many people forget the importance of consolidating what they have learned. You should not neglect the exercises that will help you apply the rule. It is advisable to choose a variety of types of exercises, this will allow you to remember all the possible nuances. While performing the work, it is necessary to speak out the contents of the rule again and again.
Retelling the material studied - shortest path to memorization. You can tell the contents of the rule to yourself or to someone in your household. It's also helpful to answer someone's questions about the material you've learned. For example, an assistant can ask a person about the occasion in which something specific is done or written, and he must name the condition. If there is no way to resort to someone else’s help, you can ask questions to yourself and answer them.
Read and write
How to quickly learn the rules of the Russian language on your own? Reading books is the shortest way to achieve this goal. It's about specifically about books, and not about texts on the Internet, which are often overcrowded grammatical errors. Best choice will become classical literature. Works while reading books visual memory, and speaking the text out loud allows you to use your auditory memory. A person not only expands his vocabulary and develops the skill of combining and combining lexical units. His brain also records correct spelling various concepts and terms. This ensures a reduction in the amount spelling errors.
Copying books is another way to remember the rules of the Russian language. It is quite labor intensive, but the result is worth it. By rewriting a page a day, a person can as soon as possible become more literate. While completing this task, be sure to work with the text. It is necessary to keep track of familiar rules that are found in sentences, to control the correct placement of punctuation marks and spelling of words. However, even if a person simply rewrites texts, the rules will begin to be deposited in his subconscious without additional effort.
Mnemonics - a quick way to learn the rules of the Russian language
Mnemonics is a memorization technique that has been used since before our era. This method was also used by ancient orators who needed to learn their long speeches. Most researchers attribute its invention to Cicero. So, what is the most quick way learn the rules of the Russian language? Practical examples The following will help you figure this out.
- How to remember the use of the verbs “put on” and “dress”? “I dress Hope by putting on clothes.”
- “It’s not wonderful, not wonderful, but dangerous and terrible to write the letter “t” in the words “interesting” and “tasty” in vain. This text will help you better remember seven words that do not use the letter “t.”
- How to remember the cases of the Russian language? It will help to cope with this task funny tongue twister. For example, “Ivan Gave Birth to a Girl, Ordered to Drag the Diaper.” Or “Ivan Chopped the Wood, Varya Stoked the Stove.”
- How to quickly learn prefixes that need to be written together? It’s enough to remember the word “automobile, bicycle, photo and radio technician.”
- After the letter “C,” “I” is always written, but there are exception words. They are quite easy to learn: “A gypsy on tiptoe tutted a chick to a chicken.”
How funnier phrase, the easier it is to remember. For example, “Whoever writes “CA” in verbs is a real sheep.”
Creative methods
Using mnemonics is a quick way to learn the rules of the Russian language. Of course, there are other creative methods. For example, you can try to sing a rule that is difficult to remember. In this case, it will certainly be etched in memory.
Another effective way- talk complex text to the recorder. You should listen to this recording regularly before going to bed. Finally, the text of the rule can be shouted, this also promotes memorization.
