Should I purchase Rosetta Stone Russian?

Question

I have taken a year of Russian at the college level and have learned most of the grammar required in the first year (dative, accusative, nominative, etc). I want to continue taking Russian but I'm very rusty. It has been a year since I've last taken a class.

What product would you recommend for refreshing me on my Russian as well as learning new things?

Answer 1

Don't purchase it.  First see if your library has free public access to it - many do.  If they do, then try it out to see if you like it.  RS also has a free demo disc you can try.  I don't like their set up at *all*.  Also, RS does a very poor job with grammar.  If you want to continue to advance with grammar, don't use RS.

Here's a great site that has Russian:

http://www.mangolanguages.com/lesson/vie...

Answer 2

Rosetta Stone is great for vocabulary. It's harder to learn grammar with Rosetta Stone but it sounds like you are just a little rusty. I think Rosetta Stone is a good choice for you.

Best of Luck!

Jana

http://www.purehomeschooling.com/

Answer 3

Whatever you do, don't spend money on it - it's so not worth it.  If you can get it for free through your library, it'll be a good vocab refresher, but that's really it.

Mango Languages is good, Auralog Tell Me More is also a really good program.  Just don't spend money on Rosetta Stone :)