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Russian Word of the Day: Фамильярность-familiarity
What more unromantic word than ‘familiarity’? Ugh. Right? WRONG!!! Two of my MOST favorite poems in Russian play upon the concepts of formality and familiarity in Russian. First to fully appreciate...
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Russian Song of the Day: Троллейбус-Кино
The first Russian music I ever heard was Kino, and I adored it immediately. See, Russian music has a very special place in my heart because it was what I used to teach myself Russian. I would find...
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Russian Song of the Day: Полковнику никто не пишет-Би-2
Because I had just been left to my own resources when looking for Russian music, I was having a hard time finding the good stuff. I was listening to a lot of романсы, which are charming in their own...
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Russian Song of the Day: Катюша
My first introduction to this song was at the sweet little slapdash dinner that my Russian host-grandmother had thrown together for me when she found out it was my 20th birthday. She invited her son,...
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Russian Song of the Day: Ты неси меня река–Любэ
I have so many favorite Russian songs. It’s so hard to choose. I could do post after post of all the great music that I have grown so fond of and has given me such pleasant nostalgia for these past 9...
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Russian Song of the Day: Мне нравится
One of my favorite types of Russian song is when they put famous poems to music. This is one area that I feel English music is lacking. Why has no one done this in English to the great poems of...
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Russian Song of the Day: Это по любви–Мумий Тролль
Several years ago I posted about my like for Mummy Troll, and I how I attended their concert here in my city a couple of years ago. Well, it was my friend Pasha who introduced me to their music. He was...
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Ukrainian Song of the Day: Квіти в волоссі-Бумбокс
As many of you might remember, I also love Ukraine and Ukrainian. In fact, some of my most favorite music comes from Ukrainian artists. So I think it’s only fair to include a few of my favorite...
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Taking the OPI in Russian
So, I am now a Master of Arts. I have my Master’s degree and I’ve already got a teaching job lined up for the fall, so I was feeling good. Then I took the OPI (Oral Proficiency Interview) in Russian....
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Всё хорошо, что хорошо кончается
You might have read my previous post about my experience taking the OPI (Oral Proficiency Interview) in Russian. It’s an official test administered by ACTFL (American Council for the Teaching of...
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My New Youtube Channel: College Russian
Hello Everyone, After over a year of intending to start a Youtube channel, a summer of sitting around thinking, “Oh, I really should start working on that Youtube channel now while I’ve got free time”...
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Seven Tips for Improving Pronunciation in a Foreign Language
It’s a dreaded phenomenon that happens to the best of us–a foreign accent. No one, no matter how rich, privileged or educated is immune. It happens to world leaders: It happens to even the most...
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