Postby Polyclod » Thu Oct 29, 2015 10:46 am
Holy crap, haven't updated this blog in a while. Well, I've been busy, and honestly I wasn't quite ready to write anything because I wasn't exactly sure what my plans were or if they'd change. But now that I've fallen into a steady routine, I feel like I can start making more regular updates.
So as it says in my signature, I started Russian exactly one month ago. I've been using Assimil, which I bought I think about a year ago and then stuck on the shelf. I was so intimidated by Russian and it's reputation as being incredibly difficult that I wanted to wait until I was "finished" with my other languages. But in the end I realized that I'm 31, and I'd like to have gotten a good start on all of the languages I want to learn before I'm 40. I'll constantly be improving my Spanish, French and German just by using them as much as possible, so I might as well tackle Russian while I'm still (relatively) young and able.
And holy shit is Russian tough. I am so happy I took the Assimil approach, it's much less painful...But even with a gentle course like this...holy shit. For the first time in my language studies, I feel the burn. It feels like studying. I don't know what the worst part is, the pronunciation, or the grammar...screw it, ALL of its hard.
And yet...Russian has that certain something that once it has you in it's grip, you can't escape. Maybe I'm just a sadist, but I keep coming back for more. Every morning I wake up, brew some coffee and excitedly start the day's lesson. And within an hour to an hour and a half I feel like my ass was kicked. I limp away, tell myself this language is impossible, that it's too much, etc, etc...and then the next day I come crawling back.
It's a new experience for me. The toughest course so far for me was New French With Ease, and that usually took me between thirty minutes to an hour per lesson. Now I'm spending an hour to an hour and a half per lesson, including time I use to review previous lessons, since nothing seems to stick. Well that's not true, I think I'm doing okay, but everything about this language feels so alien.
Anyways I think I've written enough, I'll continue this post tomorrow when I have more time.
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Bücher:Star Trek The Next Generation Tod im Winter: РусскийAssimil Russian: