Hi all.
I wanted to share my latest blog where I evaluate my Russian progress after 3 months, mostly on LingQ. Hopefully you find it insightful!
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Ok I read your article. To put it simply, in my opinion, LingQ does not teach you grammar right off the bat. Even if you are saving collocations, they are not enough per se, however, a grammar concept gives sentence a logical meaning(whether an action was done in the past or will take place in future). Apart from greetings and all, I wonder how can you speak a sentence that will make perfect sense to a native speaker even without touching upon grammar concepts. The LingQ is a great reading tool without a shadow of doubt but I am not sure if it teaches you grammar.
Thanks for reading.
I believe you can pick up many grammar points through LingQ. For example, noticing patterns such as, бил (was) ,
буду (will) etc. I see such words repeated and use them in my own sentences.
That’s not to say that my language will be perfect when communicating with a native speaker but the collocations/ phrases I learned alongside broken syntax were adequate for conversations after 3 months.
After a longer period I will of course study grammar more intensely but to do it at such an early stage is a motivation killer (for me).
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As a native Russian speaker, I always find it fascinating to see the “opposite” experience of learning Russian from the perspective of those whose native language is English or Spanish. It’s interesting to notice where learners tend to struggle, and their stories are definitely motivating.
I’m not a Russian language teacher for foreigners, but as mentioned above, lessons with a tutor are essential at the beginning. As far as I remember, beginners, especially English speakers, often struggle with motion verbs and distinguishing between single and repeated/continuous actions in the future (“поверну” vs. “буду поворачивать”).
P.S. There are also some apps for language exchange where you can find a study buddy, try to use them if you need. And for writing exchange as well
It’s been a long time since I’ve been on here.
LingQ is great but the grammar portion is more self-driven, meaning there are courses on here that help teach grammar; you just have to find them.
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