Learning a language takes significant effort over a sustained period

Everyone connected with language learning – from learners, teachers, school managers and departments of education – is looking for ways to do this as efficiently as possible

What does it take to learn a language?

• Strong motivation

• Organisation

• Attitude

What can't you do without

• Your time

• Your aptitude

• Feedback

How long does it take to learn Russian? (according to US Foreign Service Institute)

• 720 hours for Elementary proficiency (A1)

• 1000 hours for limited proficiency (A2)

• 1500 hours for minimum Proficiency (B2)

• 1780 hours for full proficiency (B2-C1)

• native/bilingual Proficiency

Total time = 5000 hours

5 hrs/day, 35 hrs/week, 3 years

If you were to study 5 hours a day, how you would fill the day?

• Alternate listening, reading and vocabulary activites

• Complete Grammar activites

• Write

• Talk to an online tutor or with native speakers, locals if in the country

• Relax in the language, movies, songs, or going out with friends in the language. depending on availability

Ideas of free resources

• Place labels around your home

• ​Start a blog

•  Change your phone settings to Russian

• Write a diary in Russian

• Read easy-readers

• Watch YouTube videos for grammar

• ​Sp

• Sp

Brainstorm

Think of Free resources available to all of us that can help you learn Russian every day. Think in terms of:

1) reading

2) writing

3) listening

4) speaking