This section is a repository of information and materials that you will need to be acquainted with during the course. Here you will find useful links, dictionaries, and textbooks.
DLIFLC eLearning: A set of resources for all levels compiled by the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, California.
Note: Some of these resources require a log-in, but not all.
Foreigncy: Courses for intermediate and advanced students about various topics in Russian.
Diverse Russian: A Multicultural Exploration – Simple Book Publishing (unizin.org)
LLC Commons: Resources curated by the University of Arizona, that has lessons across a wide array of topics.
Russnet: A collection of lessons designed by American Councils for various levels.
STAR: Steps to Advanced Reading (STAR) is a free-to-use way to improve reading proficiency.
SRAS: Another site with an extensive list of Russian language study and sustainment resources.
Голоса/Voices: A site with a few listing and vocabulary exercises.
Russian Culture App: Resources curated by the University of Hawaii.
New Girl on The Bloc: Website includes numerous guides and dialogues that teach students basic vocabulary and russian grammar concepts in contexts
NEWSPAPERS ONLINE: https://www.w3newspapers.com/russia/
Click on Russian Newspapers and Media by Region to open the resource.
Russian Grammar Textbook В Пути: https://bruinlearn.ucla.edu/courses/98383
The embedded Google Drive is a place where I have saved essential supplemental materials from the Advanced Operational Language course we take here at DLI.
In this Google Drive you will find the following:
Essential operational handbooks
Thematic/Subject matter focused dictionaries
Guidance on translations of technical terms
Many of these sections are taken from the blog New Girl on the Bloc. She has one of the most concise and well-done sites I have ever seen. I highly recommend her pages on introducing the perfective and imperfective, as well as her pages introducing cases and number systems. I have attached a few below.
Great Review for those about to OPI in Russian. Students just starting out will also find the already composed dialogues useful as an introduction to the language.
More advanced uses of cases with numbers. Ideal to review before starting the course.
The definitive guide on how to distinguish between imperfective and perfective for the English speaker