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Russian Pronunciation Course
Rating: 4.4 out of 5(3 ratings)
17 students

Russian Pronunciation Course

Sound like a Russian
Created byTimur Orlov
Last updated 12/2021
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What you'll learn

  • You will learn the ins and outs of Russian pronunciation and its differences from English
  • You will learn to read Russian words with accurate pronunciation
  • You will improve your listening comprehension
  • You will increase your vocabulary
  • You will get the necessary foundation to continue to move forward in learning the language

Course content

2 sections • 52 lectures • 1h 40m total length

  • Introduction2:43

    Explore Russian pronunciation through two modules: basics of letters and sounds, then detailed practice of all 42 Russian sounds with the read-aloud and repeat-after-me exercises, to improve reading and listening.

  • General features of Russian2:06

    Explore the features of Russian, including the Cyrillic alphabet and its phonetic spelling, so reading and pronouncing words becomes easier. Learn about variable word stress and how vowels are stressed.

  • The alphabet6:25

    Master a quick overview of the Russian alphabet, including vowels, consonants, the hard sign and the soft sign, and focus on pronunciation of sounds over memorizing letters.

  • The sounds (Part 1)3:05

    Explore Russian sound system, with six vowels, 32 consonants, a schwa-like vowel, and hard versus soft consonants. Discover why soft consonants are marked by an apostrophe and when they occur.

  • The sounds (Part 2)2:53

    Practice russian pronunciation by repeating the sounds and words from the lesson, such as this is, see, to, for, and choo choo.

  • The letters АБВГД4:57

    Explore how the letters a, б, в, г, д map to hard and soft sounds in Russian, and compare stressed and unstressed pronunciations using examples like papa and baba.

  • The letters ЕЁЖЗ4:21

    Explore how the Russian letters е ё ж з are pronounced in stressed and unstressed positions, including ye as in yes and the yo sound with practical examples.

  • The letters ИЙКЛ3:55

    Explore how Russian letters e, k, and l produce English-like sounds with stressed versus unstressed pronunciation and soft versus hard variants, using pizza, New York, cinema, and lemon as examples.

  • The letters МНО3:54

    Learn the Russian pronunciation of the letters m, n, and o, including hard and soft forms, tongue positions for soft sounds, with examples like metro and Moskva.

  • The letters ПРСТ4:23

    Master the Russian consonants П, Р, С, Т and their hard and soft variants. Learn articulation tips, including tongue position behind the top front teeth, with English comparisons.

  • The letters УФХЦЧ3:43

    Explore the pronunciation of the letters У, Ф, Х, Ц, Ч, including stressed and unstressed sounds, and distinguish soft and hard variants for accurate Russian articulation.

  • The letters ШЩЪЫЬ5:16

    Explore the Russian letters ш, щ, ъ, ы, ь and how they shape pronunciation, including how the hard sign and soft sign soften or separate consonants, with practical examples.

  • The letters ЭЮЯ4:10

    Explore how the Russian letters э ю я produce core vowel sounds and their stress-driven variants. Learn how schwa reduction occurs in fast speech, with examples like music and yacht.

Requirements

  • You can take this course and make the most of it as a complete beginner.

Description

The aim of course is to teach you the very basics of the Russian language - Russian sounds and letters and the relationship between them. You will learn to read in Russian and improve your pronunciation. The course is the foundation you need in order to successfully learn the other parts of the Russian language, namely vocabulary and grammar.  You can take this course if you speak zero Russian or if you can speak, but you think you pronunciation leaves a lot to be desired. 


The course is devided into two sections:

  1. Theory section, which explains how the letters and sounds are pronounced and which letters represent which sounds. In this section I compare Russian and English sounds and explain the difference between them.

  2. Practice section, in which we do repeat-after-me exercises. The aim of this section is to practice what we've learned in the theory section. To get the most value from the course, you will need to do the exercises on a daily basis until you can say the practice words easily and you can't hear much difference between my pronunciation and yours.


During and after studying the course you can send me your audio recordings with you reading the words in the practice videos. That way you can get feedback on how accurate and comprehensible your Russian pronunciation is.  (send me them at tim.tutor@mail.ru)

Who this course is for:

  • Beginner and intermediate Russian learners (A1 A2 B1 B2 according CEFR)

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