RussianCast

About RussianCast

Easy listening practice for Russian learners who already speak and understand some Russian and are willing to improve their understanding and listening skills. Each episode is a short story read slowly for you to hear how sounds and words are connected in sentences and then – at a regular speaking speed so that you can hear the speech melody. Comments on certain vocabulary are provided. The transcripts and extra materials, such as grammar notes and glossaries, are available on russiancast.ru

Publisher

Anton Karasev

Category

education

Language

ru

Explicit

No

First episode

2 Aug 2020

Latest episode

3 Jan 2022

Latest episodes

41 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   3 Jan 2022

   Новый год и Рождество (New Year and Christmas)

   Listen to this episode to find out why New Year in Russia is a bigger holiday than Christmas. Transcript and extras: https://russiancast.ru/podcast-season4-episode3/ Subscribe to support and get access to extra materials: https://russiancast.ru/subscribe/

2. 

   7 Oct 2021

   Русский язык (Russian language)

   This episode features an overview of the Russian language including a brief history and some general facts about the language. This will help you learn or revise some vocabulary that is used to describe a language. Transcript and extras: https://russiancast.ru/podcast-season4-episode2/ Subscribe to support and get access to extra materials: https://russiancast.ru/subscribe/

3. 

   1 Aug 2021

   Санкт-Петербург (Saint Petersburg)

   In this episode, I tell a brief history of my home town, Saint Petersburg, the second largest Russian city. I mention a few key events in the history of the city – this will help you learn or revise how to say in Russian in what year something happened. Also notice that I sometimes switch from the Past Tense to the Present Tense, although referring to the bygone events. Transcript and extras: https://russiancast.ru/podcast-season4-episode1/ Subscribe to support and get access to extra materials: https://russiancast.ru/subscribe/

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Apple Podcasts (US)

4.5 / 5

2 ratings

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