Reviving one's knowledge of Russian

[Richard Robin]

My suggestion is to concentrate on radio (if the level is advanced).
There's more transcribed stuff out there, especially Эхо Москвы. They
transcribe nearly everything!

-Richard Robin


On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 4:53 PM, Brian Low <lowbrian at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have volunteered to run a U3A group to revive/practise Russian for
> people with an intermediate or advanced knowledge of the language. U3A
> ("University of the Third Age") is an organisation for older/retired people
> who help each other to learn. The format would be that half a dozen people
> would come to my house and we would study together. I would be learning
> along with the others - I did my degree in 1969 and haven't done much with
> it since then.
>
> I'm planning how to organise the time if the group gets going. For
> example, it would be useful if there was an Internet TV channel in Russian
> which provided the written text of recorded programmes. We could study the
> text and then watch the programme. Does anyone have any suggestions? Any
> other ideas?
>
> Thanks,
> Brian
>
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-- 
Richard M. Robin, Ph.D.
Director Russian Language Program
Academy of Distinguished Teachers
The George Washington University
Washington, DC 20052
202-994-7081

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