Community Language Lab

Free online grammar lessons for those interested in supplementing the immersion system of Rosetta Stone with an in depth discussion of grammar, including noun declensions, adjectives, verbs, and vocabulary lists.

Russnet provides a variety of resources on the culture and language of Russia from Ivan the Terrible to Stalin in the format of learning modules.  These are free with registration which requires the installation of a cyrillic font provided on the website.  Users must be able to read and type in Cyrillic.  Once registered many different modules are available (in RealPlayer format) to help students learn the Russian language in the context of a lesson about history, culture, or even business.

Digital Dialects has loads of animated activities and games that are intended to provide a relaxed way of acquiring basic language skills, and a great break from the books!

Internet Polyglot is an online flashcard system which uses games and drills designed to help you retain vocabulary.  Build your own lessons, steal from other users, or use the ready-made sets.

Click on the links below to access the search results for Russian language resources in the library.

Language: Electronic resources, audio courses, language learning texts, and more.

Language Study Sound Recordings: Language instruction CDs, tapes, and LPs.

Music: Folk, Classical, and Popular music CDs, tapes, and LPs.

Culture: Academic journals and texts.

Literature: Anthologies, literary criticism and history, novels, poetics, and more.

Language Guide introduces language learners to vocabulary through sound, pictures, and writing so that every new term is reinforced visually and aurally. If you are just starting out or want to supplement the vocabulary in your textbook, the clustering of the vocabulary into categories like numbers or body parts makes it easy for you to find what you want to work on.

Visit Omniglot for information about the writing system for this language and many others, including designed languages like Klingon. Each page includes the full alphabet or syllabary for a particular language, plus a pronunciation guide in the International Phonetic Alphabet and transliterations of sample text into the Roman alphabet.

Register with Word Champ to create online flash cards for vocabulary study. Browse and copy other users' flash cards, create your own, or use ready-made lists. There are several drill types to choose from, so you can use the same vocabulary over and over in interesting ways to maximize retention.