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== Learning Tools ==
 
== Learning Tools ==
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[https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/7361 Globefish] is an indispensible plugin for Firefox that helps translate and decode foreign languages. You can use it with Google Dictionary and Google Translate (including the Russian versions) and it helps when you want to find out if a word on the internet appears frequently (so you can tell if its slang or not)
  
 
'''Google Ru-En Dictionary setting for Globefish:'''
 
'''Google Ru-En Dictionary setting for Globefish:'''
 
http://www.google.com/dictionary?aq=f&langpair=ru|en&hl=en&q=YOURWORD
 
http://www.google.com/dictionary?aq=f&langpair=ru|en&hl=en&q=YOURWORD
  
[http://www.ilearnwords.com/eng_rus/er1_eng_rus_browse.html I Know English. I Learn Russian.]
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*[http://www.ilearnwords.com/eng_rus/er1_eng_rus_browse.html I Know English. I Learn Russian.] - words and audio
  
[http://www.earwormslearning.com/ Earworms] makes an awesome Russian audio learning cd.
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*[http://www.earwormslearning.com/ Earworms] makes an awesome Russian audio learning cd - words and great audio, with good mnemonics.
  
 
== See Also ==
 
== See Also ==

Revision as of 13:42, 2 October 2009

Handwritten Russian

Russian cursive is the handwritten form of the modern Russian language, used instead of the block letters seen in printed material

http://www.rusklaviatura.com/images/hand1.jpg

Simple Reading

Learning Tools

Globefish is an indispensible plugin for Firefox that helps translate and decode foreign languages. You can use it with Google Dictionary and Google Translate (including the Russian versions) and it helps when you want to find out if a word on the internet appears frequently (so you can tell if its slang or not)

Google Ru-En Dictionary setting for Globefish: http://www.google.com/dictionary?aq=f&langpair=ru%7Cen&hl=en&q=YOURWORD

  • Earworms makes an awesome Russian audio learning cd - words and great audio, with good mnemonics.

See Also