Course Information
Registration period
Year-round Recruitment
Course Level
Study Mode
Duration
1 Hour(s) 47 Minute(s)
Language
English
Taught by
Nina Kozlova
Rating
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Course Overview
Learn to read Cyrillic, polish your accent and learn some words while you're at it.
This course is meant for those who don't know how to read Cyrillic and those do, but would like to improve their pronunciations.
You will:
- Learn all the 33 letters of the alphabet and the sounds they make (or don't)
- Practice prononciation, concentrating on the specific differences from similar sounds in English, which tend to cause foreign accents.
- Test reading and spelling skills while adding Russian words to your vocabulary.
- Receive live practice and tips on pronunciation via Skype from the teacher.
Course outline
Starting with consonants, which make sounds similar to those in English, and two simple vowels - "o" and "a", you will gradually move to completely 'foreign' letters and sounds, practicing and checking your reading and pronunciation skills every step of the way.
From one-syllable words, to words with 5+ syllables, each lesson will guide you through peculiar sounds and give you tips on how to master them. There is a number of tongue twisters to challenge you.
Additional reading practice is available as PDF.
Upon request, Skype practice sessions are available to help you perfect your pronunciation.
Course Content
- 6 section(s)
- 27 lecture(s)
- Section 1 Letters whose sounds are similar to English: д-d, т-t, н-n, л-l, к-k and о-о
- Section 2 Roaring "ррррр" and consonants chameleons: г- к, з - с, ж - ш, в - ф
- Section 3 4 more vowels: у, ы, и, е
- Section 4 Soundless letters ь and ъ
- Section 5 Яя, Юю, Ёё
- Section 6 Чч, Щщ, Хх, сч, чт and other oddities
What You’ll Learn
- Ideally, with practice, you will be able to read and pronounce Russian words, spell words (easy and straight forward ones).
Skills covered in this course
Reviews
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MMary
Very clear explanation!
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TTimothy Frost
Great course.
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BBethany Hunter
Great explanations, great going over topics and not shoving everything at once.
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KKatherine White
A tough alphabet to be sure! But the instructor does a good job of explaining the sounds and gives lots of examples to help clarify. It was nice that the lessons were not too long because it could get frustrating given the foreign sounds for an English speaker. There was one lesson where the words changed somewhat which was disconcerting but otherwise a great intro to the Russian alphabet!
