Russian rap and how to get students to study Russian

[Kenneth E Udut]

> Does anyone know if there are foreign language channels
> on
> DirecTV or any other general satellite subscription service?

Oh Yes!  I have it!

DISH Network - Russian TV package.

Here are the costs, and what you do:

COST: $150 for Dish and Receiver
$25/month for NTV and NTV+

[you pay for the first two months up front so:

$150 +
$50 =

$200.00

That's it!

Here's what to do:

1) Call 1-800-333-3474  [DISH Network]
2) Find out nearest DISH Retailer (SEARS is one)
3) Pick up Dish and receiver
4) Install it.  The dish is tiny - you don't have to
install it on a rooftop - mine is sitting on the ground
in my backyard, screwed onto an old wooden crate

This is the hardest step.  Expect to spend about 3 hrs
finding the satelitte.  A cheap 13" used portable TV
is your best friend here.  Or even a smaller TV.  Keep
the TV with you and the receiver, so that you can point
the dish and see the resuts on the screen.

5) Call that phone number again, and have your
credit card or debit card # ready.

6) Within 5 minutes or less, your NTV and NTV+
will start working!

It's neat stuff.  I've had it for about two months.

And - to top it off - during the week, on NTV,
from 4:30 - 5:15 EST, they run a Spanish soap
opera in Russian --- and the language, for a complete
neophyte learner of Russian - is very nearly fully
comprehendable.

I'd say I'm probably a beginning intermediate level,
and even though I can't *completely* follow the
conversations on screen, I do find that, more and more,
I'm understand the vocabulary used.

Also, NTV+ has a lot of excellent children's
programming like children's movies, 'multifilm' which
is mostly Russian cartoons.

And the movies!  The movies are top notch Russian movies.

In the evenings, you have a lot of detective stories -
actions, murder, plots you could follow with your eyes
closed - in fact, a lot like the programming on
America's USA network!

Also, the direction you are pointing the dish
is to their 3rd satelitte, which carries all of
their foreign language programming.  Here is a
sample of what you could get, looking
at my onscreen program guide:

Arabic
Polish
Italian
Spanish
French
Hindi


This is what I'm guessing, looking
at the names of the TV shows playing.  [those
are the language I can sorta recognize ]

There's two or three pay per view channels too,
although that's not the focus of this particular
satelitte.

Hope this helps!

-Kenneth, a happy DISH network user.

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